added a funtion to check the presence of a group in a config file -- if you

setGroup() to a non-existing group this group gets created and the config
file is rewritten with an empty group, which is not needed in most cases.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/library/config.h b/library/config.h
index 0bab7ca..c908fea 100644
--- a/library/config.h
+++ b/library/config.h
@@ -12,64 +12,67 @@
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 #ifndef CONFIG_H
 #define CONFIG_H
 
 // ##### could use QSettings with Qt 3.0
 
 #include <qmap.h>
 #include <qstringlist.h>
 
 class ConfigPrivate;
 class Config
 {
 public:
     typedef QMap< QString, QString > ConfigGroup;
     
     enum Domain { File, User };
     Config( const QString &name, Domain domain=User );
     ~Config();
     
     bool operator == ( const Config & other ) const { return (filename == other.filename); }
     bool operator != ( const Config & other ) const { return (filename != other.filename); }
     
     bool isValid() const;
     bool hasKey( const QString &key ) const;
+
+        // inline for better SharpROM BC
+        inline bool hasGroup ( const QString &gname ) const  { return ( groups. find ( gname ) != groups. end ( )); };
     
     void setGroup( const QString &gname );
     void writeEntry( const QString &key, const char* value );
     void writeEntry( const QString &key, const QString &value );
     void writeEntryCrypt( const QString &key, const QString &value );
     void writeEntry( const QString &key, int num );
 #ifdef Q_HAS_BOOL_TYPE
     void writeEntry( const QString &key, bool b );
 #endif
     void writeEntry( const QString &key, const QStringList &lst, const QChar &sep );
     void removeEntry( const QString &key );
     
     QString readEntry( const QString &key, const QString &deflt = QString::null ) const;
     QString readEntryCrypt( const QString &key, const QString &deflt = QString::null ) const;
     QString readEntryDirect( const QString &key, const QString &deflt = QString::null ) const;
     int readNumEntry( const QString &key, int deflt = -1 ) const;
     bool readBoolEntry( const QString &key, bool deflt = FALSE ) const;
     QStringList readListEntry( const QString &key, const QChar &sep ) const;
 
     // For compatibility, non-const versions.
     QString readEntry( const QString &key, const QString &deflt );
     QString readEntryCrypt( const QString &key, const QString &deflt );
     QString readEntryDirect( const QString &key, const QString &deflt );
     int readNumEntry( const QString &key, int deflt );
     bool readBoolEntry( const QString &key, bool deflt );
     QStringList readListEntry( const QString &key, const QChar &sep );
     
     void clearGroup();
     
     void write( const QString &fn = QString::null );
     
 protected: