#ifndef __CONFIG_BASE_H__
#define __CONFIG_BASE_H__

#include "gen_types.h"
#include "libicpf.h"

BEGIN_ICPF_NAMESPACE

class config_base
{
public:
/** \name File operations */
/**@{*/
	/// Reads the xml document from the specified file
	virtual void read(const tchar_t* pszPath) = 0;
	/// Saves the internal data to a specified file as the xml document
	virtual void save(const tchar_t* pszPath) = 0;
/**@}*/

/** \name Key and value handling */
/**@{*/
	/// Searches for a specified key (given all the path to a specific string)
	virtual ptr_t find(const tchar_t* pszName) = 0;
	/// Searches for the next string
	virtual const tchar_t* find_next(ptr_t pFindHandle) = 0;
	/// Closes the search operation
	virtual void find_close(ptr_t pFindHandle) = 0;

	/// Sets a value for a given key (either adds to or replaces the previous value)
	virtual void set_value(const tchar_t* pszName, const tchar_t* pszValue, bool bAdd) = 0;
/**@}*/
};

END_ICPF_NAMESPACE

#endif