toml11 ====== [![Build Status on TravisCI](https://travis-ci.org/ToruNiina/toml11.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/ToruNiina/toml11) [![Build status on Appveyor](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/m2n08a926asvg5mg/branch/master?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/ToruNiina/toml11/branch/master) [![Build status on CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/ToruNiina/toml11/tree/master.svg?style=svg)](https://circleci.com/gh/ToruNiina/toml11/tree/master) [![Version](https://img.shields.io/github/release/ToruNiina/toml11.svg?style=flat)](https://github.com/ToruNiina/toml11/releases) [![License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/ToruNiina/toml11.svg?style=flat)](LICENSE) [![DOI](https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.1209136.svg)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1209136) toml11 is a C++11 header-only toml parser/encoder depending only on C++ standard library. compatible to the latest version of [TOML v0.5.0](https://github.com/toml-lang/toml/blob/master/versions/en/toml-v0.5.0.md) after version 2.0.0. It passes [the language agnostic test suite for TOML parsers by BurntSushi](https://github.com/BurntSushi/toml-test). Not only the test suite itself, a TOML reader/encoder also runs on [CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/ToruNiina/toml11). You can see the error messages about invalid files and serialization results of valid files at [CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/ToruNiina/toml11). ## Example ```cpp #include #include int main() { const auto data = toml::parse("example.toml"); // title = "an example toml file" std::string title = toml::find(data, "title"); std::cout << "the title is " << title << std::endl; // nums = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] std::vector nums = toml::find>(data, "nums"); std::cout << "the length of `nums` is" << nums.size() << std::endl; return 0; } ``` ## Table of Contents - [Integration](#integration) - [Decoding a toml file](#decoding-a-toml-file) - [In the case of syntax error](#in-the-case-of-syntax-error) - [Invalid UTF-8 Codepoints](#invalid-utf-8-codepoints) - [Finding a toml value](#finding-a-toml-value) - [Finding a value in a table](#finding-a-value-in-a-table) - [In case of error](#in-case-of-error) - [Dotted keys](#dotted-keys) - [Casting a toml value](#casting-a-toml-value) - [Checking value type](#checking-value-type) - [More about conversion](#more-about-conversion) - [Converting an array](#converting-an-array) - [Converting a table](#converting-a-table) - [Getting an array of tables](#getting-an-array-of-tables) - [Cost of conversion](#cost-of-conversion) - [Converting datetime and its variants](#converting-datetime-and-its-variants) - [Getting with a fallback](#getting-with-a-fallback) - [Expecting conversion](#expecting-conversion) - [Visiting a toml::value](#visiting-a-tomlvalue) - [Constructing a toml::value](#constructing-a-tomlvalue) - [Preserving Comments](#preserving-comments) - [Customizing containers](#customizing-containers) - [TOML literal](#toml-literal) - [Conversion between toml value and arbitrary types](#conversion-between-toml-value-and-arbitrary-types) - [Formatting user-defined error messages](#formatting-user-defined-error-messages) - [Obtaining location information](#obtaining-location-information) - [Exceptions](#exceptions) - [Colorize Error Messages](#colorize-error-messages) - [Serializing TOML data](#serializing-toml-data) - [Underlying types](#underlying-types) - [Unreleased TOML features](#unreleased-toml-features) - [Breaking Changes from v2](#breaking-changes-from-v2) - [Running Tests](#running-tests) - [Contributors](#contributors) - [Licensing Terms](#licensing-terms) ## Integration Just include the file after adding it to the include path. ```cpp #include // that's all! now you can use it. #include int main() { const auto data = toml::parse("example.toml"); const auto title = toml::find(data, "title"); std::cout << "the title is " << title << std::endl; return 0; } ``` The convenient way is to add this repository as a git-submodule or to install it in your system by CMake. ## Decoding a toml file To parse a toml file, the only thing you have to do is to pass a filename to the `toml::parse` function. ```cpp const std::string fname("sample.toml"); const toml::value data = toml::parse(fname); ``` If it encounters an error while opening a file, it will throw `std::runtime_error`. You can also pass a `std::istream` to the `toml::parse` function. To show a filename in an error message, however, it is recommended to pass the filename with the stream. ```cpp std::ifstream ifs("sample.toml", std::ios_base::binary); assert(ifs.good()); const auto data = toml::parse(ifs, /*optional -> */ "sample.toml"); ``` **Note**: When you are **on Windows, open a file in binary mode**. If a file is opened in text-mode, CRLF ("\r\n") will automatically be converted to LF ("\n") and this causes inconsistency between file size and the contents that would be read. This causes weird error. ### In the case of syntax error If there is a syntax error in a toml file, `toml::parse` will throw `toml::syntax_error` that inherits `std::exception`. toml11 has clean and informative error messages inspired by Rust and it looks like the following. ```console terminate called after throwing an instance of 'toml::syntax_error' what(): [error] toml::parse_table: invalid line format # error description --> example.toml # file name 3 | a = 42 = true # line num and content | ^------ expected newline, but got '='. # error reason ``` If you (mistakenly) duplicate tables and got an error, it is helpful to see where they are. toml11 shows both at the same time like the following. ```console terminate called after throwing an instance of 'toml::syntax_error' what(): [error] toml::insert_value: table ("table") already exists. --> duplicate-table.toml 1 | [table] | ~~~~~~~ table already exists here ... 3 | [table] | ~~~~~~~ table defined twice ``` When toml11 encounters a malformed value, it tries to detect what type it is. Then it shows hints to fix the format. An error message while reading one of the malformed files in [the language agnostic test suite](https://github.com/BurntSushi/toml-test). is shown below. ```console what(): [error] bad time: should be HH:MM:SS.subsec --> ./datetime-malformed-no-secs.toml 1 | no-secs = 1987-07-05T17:45Z | ^------- HH:MM:SS.subsec | Hint: pass: 1979-05-27T07:32:00, 1979-05-27 07:32:00.999999 Hint: fail: 1979-05-27T7:32:00, 1979-05-27 17:32 ``` You can find other examples in a job named `output_result` on [CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/ToruNiina/toml11). Since the error message generation is generally a difficult task, the current status is not ideal. If you encounter a weird error message, please let us know and contribute to improve the quality! ### Invalid UTF-8 codepoints It throws `syntax_error` if a value of an escape sequence representing unicode character is not a valid UTF-8 codepoint. ```console what(): [error] toml::read_utf8_codepoint: input codepoint is too large. --> utf8.toml 1 | exceeds_unicode = "\U0011FFFF example" | ^--------- should be in [0x00..0x10FFFF] ``` ## Finding a toml value After parsing successfully, you can obtain the values from the result of `toml::parse` using `toml::find` function. ```toml # sample.toml answer = 42 pi = 3.14 numbers = [1,2,3] time = 1979-05-27T07:32:00Z ``` ``` cpp const auto data = toml::parse("sample.toml"); const auto answer = toml::find(data, "answer"); const auto pi = toml::find(data, "pi"); const auto numbers = toml::find>(data, "numbers"); const auto timepoint = toml::find(data, "time"); ``` By default, `toml::find` returns a `toml::value`. ```cpp const toml::value& answer = toml::find(data, "answer"); ``` When you pass an exact TOML type that does not require type conversion, `toml::find` returns a reference without copying the value. ```cpp const auto data = toml::parse("sample.toml"); const auto& answer = toml::find(data, "answer"); ``` If the specified type requires conversion, you can't take a reference to the value. See also [underlying types](#underlying-types). **NOTE**: For some technical reason, automatic conversion between `integer` and `floating` is not supported. If you want to get a floating value even if a value has integer value, you need to convert it manually after obtaining a value, like the followings. ```cpp const auto vx = toml::find(data, "x"); double x = vx.is_floating() ? vx.as_floating(std::nothrow) : static_cast(vx.as_integer()); // it throws if vx is neither // floating nor integer. ``` ### Finding a value in a table There are several way to get a value defined in a table. First, you can get a table as a normal value and find a value from the table. ```toml [fruit] name = "apple" [fruit.physical] color = "red" shape = "round" ``` ``` cpp const auto data = toml::parse("fruit.toml"); const auto& fruit = toml::find(data, "fruit"); const auto name = toml::find(fruit, "apple"); const auto& physical = toml::find(fruit, "physical"); const auto color = toml::find(fruit, "color"); const auto shape = toml::find(fruit, "shape"); ``` Here, variable `fruit` is a `toml::value` and can be used as the first argument of `toml::find`. Second, you can pass as many arguments as the number of subtables to `toml::find`. ```cpp const auto data = toml::parse("fruit.toml"); const auto color = toml::find(data, "fruit", "physical", "color"); const auto shape = toml::find(data, "fruit", "physical", "shape"); ``` ### Finding a value in an array You can find n-th value in an array by `toml::find`. ```toml values = ["foo", "bar", "baz"] ``` ``` cpp const auto data = toml::parse("sample.toml"); const auto values = toml::find(data, "values"); const auto bar = toml::find(values, 1); ``` `toml::find` can also search array recursively. ```cpp const auto data = toml::parse("fruit.toml"); const auto bar = toml::find(data, "values", 1); ``` ### In case of error If the value does not exist, `toml::find` throws `std::out_of_range` with the location of the table. ```console terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::out_of_range' what(): [error] key "answer" not found --> example.toml 6 | [tab] | ~~~~~ in this table ``` ---- If the specified type differs from the actual value contained, it throws `toml::type_error` that inherits `std::exception`. Similar to the case of syntax error, toml11 also displays clean error messages. The error message when you choose `int` to get `string` value would be like this. ```console terminate called after throwing an instance of 'toml::type_error' what(): [error] toml::value bad_cast to integer --> example.toml 3 | title = "TOML Example" | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the actual type is string ``` **NOTE**: In order to show this kind of error message, all the toml values have a pointer to represent its range in a file. The entire contents of a file is shared by `toml::value`s and remains on the heap memory. It is recommended to destruct all the `toml::value` classes after configuring your application if you have a large TOML file compared to the memory resource. ### Dotted keys TOML v0.5.0 has a new feature named "dotted keys". You can chain keys to represent the structure of the data. ```toml physical.color = "orange" physical.shape = "round" ``` This is equivalent to the following. ```toml [physical] color = "orange" shape = "round" ``` You can get both of the above tables with the same c++ code. ```cpp const auto physical = toml::find(data, "physical"); const auto color = toml::find(physical, "color"); ``` The following code does not work for the above toml file. ```cpp // XXX this does not work! const auto color = toml::find(data, "physical.color"); ``` The above code works with the following toml file. ```toml "physical.color" = "orange" # equivalent to {"physical.color": "orange"}, # NOT {"physical": {"color": "orange"}}. ``` ## Casting a toml value ### `toml::get` `toml::parse` returns `toml::value`. `toml::value` is a union type that can contain one of the following types. - `toml::boolean` (`bool`) - `toml::integer` (`std::int64_t`) - `toml::floating` (`double`) - `toml::string` (a type convertible to std::string) - `toml::local_date` - `toml::local_time` - `toml::local_datetime` - `toml::offset_datetime` - `toml::array` (by default, `std::vector`) - It depends. See [customizing containers](#customizing-containers) for detail. - `toml::table` (by default, `std::unordered_map`) - It depends. See [customizing containers](#customizing-containers) for detail. To get a value inside, you can use `toml::get()`. The usage is the same as `toml::find` (actually, `toml::find` internally uses `toml::get` after casting a value to `toml::table`). ``` cpp const toml::value data = toml::parse("sample.toml"); const toml::value answer_ = toml::get(data).at("answer"); const std::int64_t answer = toml::get(answer_); ``` When you pass an exact TOML type that does not require type conversion, `toml::get` returns a reference through which you can modify the content (if the `toml::value` is `const`, it returns `const` reference). ```cpp toml::value data = toml::parse("sample.toml"); toml::value answer_ = toml::get(data).at("answer"); toml::integer& answer = toml::get(answer_); answer = 6 * 9; // write to data.answer. now `answer_` contains 54. ``` If the specified type requires conversion, you can't take a reference to the value. See also [underlying types](#underlying-types). It also throws a `toml::type_error` if the type differs. ### `as_xxx` You can also use a member function to cast a value. ```cpp const std::int64_t answer = data.as_table().at("answer").as_integer(); ``` It also throws a `toml::type_error` if the type differs. If you are sure that the value `v` contains a value of the specified type, you can suppress checking by passing `std::nothrow`. ```cpp const auto& answer = data.as_table().at("answer"); if(answer.is_integer() && answer.as_integer(std::nothrow) == 42) { std::cout << "value is 42" << std::endl; } ``` If `std::nothrow` is passed, the functions are marked as noexcept. The full list of the functions is below. ```cpp namespace toml { class value { // ... const boolean& as_boolean() const&; const integer& as_integer() const&; const floating& as_floating() const&; const string& as_string() const&; const offset_datetime& as_offset_datetime() const&; const local_datetime& as_local_datetime() const&; const local_date& as_local_date() const&; const local_time& as_local_time() const&; const array& as_array() const&; const table& as_table() const&; // -------------------------------------------------------- // non-const version boolean& as_boolean() &; // ditto... // -------------------------------------------------------- // rvalue version boolean&& as_boolean() &&; // ditto... // -------------------------------------------------------- // noexcept versions ... const boolean& as_boolean(const std::nothrow_t&) const& noexcept; boolean& as_boolean(const std::nothrow_t&) & noexcept; boolean&& as_boolean(const std::nothrow_t&) && noexcept; // ditto... }; } // toml ``` ### `at()` You can access to the element of a table and an array by `toml::basic_value::at`. ```cpp const toml::value v{1,2,3,4,5}; std::cout << v.at(2).as_integer() << std::endl; // 3 const toml::value v{{"foo", 42}, {"bar", 3.14}}; std::cout << v.at("foo").as_integer() << std::endl; // 42 ``` If an invalid key (integer for a table, string for an array), it throws `toml::type_error` for the conversion. If the provided key is out-of-range, it throws `std::out_of_range`. Note that, although `std::string` has `at()` member function, `toml::value::at` throws if the contained type is a string. Because `std::string` does not contain `toml::value`. ### `operator[]` You can also access to the element of a table and an array by `toml::basic_value::operator[]`. ```cpp const toml::value v{1,2,3,4,5}; std::cout << v[2].as_integer() << std::endl; // 3 const toml::value v{{"foo", 42}, {"bar", 3.14}}; std::cout << v["foo"].as_integer() << std::endl; // 42 ``` When you access to a `toml::value` that is not initialized yet via `operator[](const std::string&)`, the `toml::value` will be a table, just like the `std::map`. ```cpp toml::value v; // not initialized as a table. v["foo"] = 42; // OK. `v` will be a table. ``` Contrary, if you access to a `toml::value` that contains an array via `operator[]`, it does not check anything. It converts `toml::value` without type check and then access to the n-th element without boundary check, just like the `std::vector::operator[]`. ```cpp toml::value v; // not initialized as an array v[2] = 42; // error! UB ``` Please make sure that the `toml::value` has an array inside when you access to its element via `operator[]`. ## Checking value type You can check the type of a value by `is_xxx` function. ```cpp const toml::value v = /* ... */; if(v.is_integer()) { std::cout << "value is an integer" << std::endl; } ``` The complete list of the functions is below. ```cpp namespace toml { class value { // ... bool is_boolean() const noexcept; bool is_integer() const noexcept; bool is_floating() const noexcept; bool is_string() const noexcept; bool is_offset_datetime() const noexcept; bool is_local_datetime() const noexcept; bool is_local_date() const noexcept; bool is_local_time() const noexcept; bool is_array() const noexcept; bool is_table() const noexcept; bool is_uninitialized() const noexcept; // ... }; } // toml ``` Also, you can get `enum class value_t` from `toml::value::type()`. ```cpp switch(data.at("something").type()) { case toml::value_t::integer: /*do some stuff*/ ; break; case toml::value_t::floating: /*do some stuff*/ ; break; case toml::value_t::string : /*do some stuff*/ ; break; default : throw std::runtime_error( "unexpected type : " + toml::stringize(data.at("something").type())); } ``` The complete list of the `enum`s can be found in the section [underlying types](#underlying-types). The `enum`s can be used as a parameter of `toml::value::is` function like the following. ```cpp toml::value v = /* ... */; if(v.is(toml::value_t::boolean)) // ... ``` ## More about conversion Since `toml::find` internally uses `toml::get`, all the following examples work with both `toml::get` and `toml::find`. ### Converting an array You can get any kind of `container` class from a `toml::array` except for `map`-like classes. ``` cpp // # sample.toml // numbers = [1,2,3] const auto numbers = toml::find(data, "numbers"); const auto vc = toml::get >(numbers); const auto ls = toml::get >(numbers); const auto dq = toml::get >(numbers); const auto ar = toml::get>(numbers); // if the size of data.at("numbers") is larger than that of std::array, // it will throw toml::type_error because std::array is not resizable. ``` Surprisingly, you can convert `toml::array` into `std::pair` and `std::tuple`. ```cpp // numbers = [1,2,3] const auto tp = toml::get>(numbers); ``` This functionality is helpful when you have a toml file like the following. ```toml array_of_arrays = [[1, 2, 3], ["foo", "bar", "baz"]] # toml allows this ``` What is the corresponding C++ type? Obviously, it is a `std::pair` of `std::vector`s. ```cpp const auto array_of_arrays = toml::find(data, "array_of_arrays"); const auto aofa = toml::get< std::pair, std::vector> >(array_of_arrays); ``` If you don't know the type of the elements, you can use `toml::array`, which is a `std::vector` of `toml::value`, instead. ```cpp const auto a_of_a = toml::get(array_of_arrays); const auto first = toml::get>(a_of_a.at(0)); ``` You can change the implementation of `toml::array` with `std::deque` or some other array-like container. See [Customizing containers](#customizing-containers) for detail. ### Converting a table When all the values of the table have the same type, toml11 allows you to convert a `toml::table` to a `map` that contains the convertible type. ```toml [tab] key1 = "foo" # all the values are key2 = "bar" # toml String ``` ```cpp const auto data = toml::parse("sample.toml"); const auto tab = toml::find>(data, "tab"); std::cout << tab["key1"] << std::endl; // foo std::cout << tab["key2"] << std::endl; // bar ``` But since `toml::table` is just an alias of `std::unordered_map`, normally you don't need to convert it because it has all the functionalities that `std::unordered_map` has (e.g. `operator[]`, `count`, and `find`). In most cases `toml::table` is sufficient. ```cpp toml::table tab = toml::get(data); if(data.count("title") != 0) { data["title"] = std::string("TOML example"); } ``` You can change the implementation of `toml::table` with `std::map` or some other map-like container. See [Customizing containers](#customizing-containers) for detail. ### Getting an array of tables An array of tables is just an array of tables. You can get it in completely the same way as the other arrays and tables. ```toml # sample.toml array_of_inline_tables = [{key = "value1"}, {key = "value2"}, {key = "value3"}] [[array_of_tables]] key = "value4" [[array_of_tables]] key = "value5" [[array_of_tables]] key = "value6" ``` ```cpp const auto data = toml::parse("sample.toml"); const auto aot1 = toml::find>(data, "array_of_inline_tables"); const auto aot2 = toml::find>(data, "array_of_tables"); ``` ### Cost of conversion Although conversion through `toml::(get|find)` is convenient, it has additional copy-cost because it copies data contained in `toml::value` to the user-specified type. Of course in some cases this overhead is not ignorable. ```cpp // the following code constructs a std::vector. // it requires heap allocation for vector and element conversion. const auto array = toml::find>(data, "foo"); ``` By passing the exact types, `toml::get` returns reference that has no overhead. ``` cpp const auto& tab = toml::find(data, "tab"); const auto& numbers = toml::find(data, "numbers"); ``` Also, `as_xxx` are zero-overhead because they always return a reference. ``` cpp const auto& tab = toml::find(data, "tab" ).as_table(); const auto& numbers = toml::find(data, "numbers").as_array(); ``` In this case you need to call `toml::get` each time you access to the element of `toml::array` because `toml::array` is an array of `toml::value`. ```cpp const auto& num0 = toml::get(numbers.at(0)); const auto& num1 = toml::get(numbers.at(1)); const auto& num2 = toml::get(numbers.at(2)); ``` ### Converting datetime and its variants TOML v0.5.0 has 4 different datetime objects, `local_date`, `local_time`, `local_datetime`, and `offset_datetime`. Since `local_date`, `local_datetime`, and `offset_datetime` represent a time point, you can convert them to `std::chrono::system_clock::time_point`. Contrary, `local_time` does not represents a time point because they lack a date information, but it can be converted to `std::chrono::duration` that represents a duration from the beginning of the day, `00:00:00.000`. ```toml # sample.toml date = 2018-12-23 time = 12:30:00 l_dt = 2018-12-23T12:30:00 o_dt = 2018-12-23T12:30:00+09:30 ``` ```cpp const auto data = toml::parse("sample.toml"); const auto date = toml::get(data.at("date")); const auto l_dt = toml::get(data.at("l_dt")); const auto o_dt = toml::get(data.at("o_dt")); const auto time = toml::get(data.at("time")); // 12 * 60 + 30 min ``` `local_date` and `local_datetime` are assumed to be in the local timezone when they are converted into `time_point`. On the other hand, `offset_datetime` only uses the offset part of the data and it does not take local timezone into account. To contain datetime data, toml11 defines its own datetime types. For more detail, you can see the definitions in [toml/datetime.hpp](toml/datetime.hpp). ## Getting with a fallback `toml::find_or` returns a default value if the value is not found or has a different type. ```cpp const auto data = toml::parse("example.toml"); const auto num = toml::find_or(data, "num", 42); ``` Also, `toml::get_or` returns a default value if `toml::get` failed. ```cpp toml::value v("foo"); // v contains String const int value = toml::get_or(v, 42); // conversion fails. it returns 42. ``` These functions automatically deduce what type you want to get from the default value you passed. To get a reference through this function, take care about the default value. ```cpp toml::value v("foo"); // v contains String toml::integer& i = toml::get_or(v, 42); // does not work because binding `42` // to `integer&` is invalid toml::integer opt = 42; toml::integer& i = toml::get_or(v, opt); // this works. ``` ## Expecting conversion By using `toml::expect`, you will get your expected value or an error message without throwing `toml::type_error`. ```cpp const auto value = toml::expect(data.at("title")); if(value.is_ok()) { std::cout << value.unwrap() << std::endl; } else { std::cout << value.unwrap_err() << std::endl; } ``` Also, you can pass a function object to modify the expected value. ```cpp const auto value = toml::expect(data.at("number")) .map(// function that receives expected type (here, int) [](const int number) -> double { return number * 1.5 + 1.0; }).unwrap_or(/*default value =*/ 3.14); ``` ## Visiting a toml::value toml11 provides `toml::visit` to apply a function to `toml::value` in the same way as `std::variant`. ```cpp const toml::value v(3.14); toml::visit([](const auto& val) -> void { std::cout << val << std::endl; }, v); ``` The function object that would be passed to `toml::visit` must be able to recieve all the possible TOML types. Also, the result types should be the same each other. ## Constructing a toml::value `toml::value` can be constructed in various ways. ```cpp toml::value v(true); // boolean toml::value v(42); // integer toml::value v(3.14); // floating toml::value v("foobar"); // string toml::value v(toml::local_date(2019, toml::month_t::Apr, 1)); // date toml::value v{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}; // array toml::value v{{"foo", 42}, {"bar", 3.14}, {"baz", "qux"}}; // table ``` When constructing a string, you can choose to use either literal or basic string. By default, it will be a basic string. ```cpp toml::value v("foobar", toml::string_t::basic ); toml::value v("foobar", toml::string_t::literal); ``` Datetime objects can be constructed from `std::tm` and `std::chrono::system_clock::time_point`. But you need to specify what type you use to avoid ambiguity. ```cpp const auto now = std::chrono::system_clock::now(); toml::value v(toml::local_date(now)); toml::value v(toml::local_datetime(now)); toml::value v(toml::offset_datetime(now)); ``` Since local time is not equivalent to a time point, because it lacks date information, it will be constructed from `std::chrono::duration`. ```cpp toml::value v(toml::local_time(std::chrono::hours(10))); ``` You can construct an array object not only from `initializer_list`, but also from STL containers. ```cpp std::vector vec{1,2,3,4,5}; toml::value v = vec; ``` All the elements of `initializer_list` should be convertible into `toml::value`. ## Preserving comments After toml11 v3, you can choose whether comments are preserved or not. ```cpp const auto data1 = toml::parse("example.toml"); const auto data2 = toml::parse("example.toml"); ``` Comments related to a value can be obtained by `toml::value::comments()`. The return value has the same interface as `std::vector`. ```cpp const auto& com = v.comments(); for(const auto& c : com) { std::cout << c << std::endl; } ``` Comments just before and just after (within the same line) a value are kept in a value. ```toml # this is a comment for v1. v1 = "foo" v2 = "bar" # this is a comment for v2. # Note that this comment is NOT a comment for v2. # this comment is not related to any value # because there are empty lines between v3. # this comment will be ignored even if you set `preserve_comments`. # this is a comment for v3 # this is also a comment for v3. v3 = "baz" # ditto. ``` Each comment line becomes one element of a `std::vector`. Hash signs will be removed, but spaces after hash sign will not be removed. ```cpp v1.comments().at(0) == " this is a comment for v1."s; v2.comments().at(1) == " this is a comment for v1."s; v3.comments().at(0) == " this is a comment for v3."s; v3.comments().at(1) == " this is also a comment for v3."s; v3.comments().at(2) == " ditto."s; ``` Note that a comment just after an opening brace of an array will not be a comment for the array. ```toml # this is a comment for a. a = [ # this is not a comment for a. this will be ignored. 1, 2, 3, # this is a comment for `42`. 42, # this is also a comment for `42`. 5 ] # this is a comment for a. ``` You can also append and modify comments. The interfaces are the same as `std::vector`. ```cpp toml::basic_value v(42); v.comments().push_back(" add this comment."); // # add this comment. // i = 42 ``` Also, you can pass a `std::vector` when constructing a `toml::basic_value`. ```cpp std::vector comments{"comment 1", "comment 2"}; const toml::basic_value v1(42, std::move(comments)); const toml::basic_value v2(42, {"comment 1", "comment 2"}); ``` When `toml::discard_comments` is chosen, comments will not be contained in a value. `value::comments()` will always be kept empty. All the modification on comments would be ignored. All the element access in a `discard_comments` causes the same error as accessing an element of an empty `std::vector`. The comments will also be serialized. If comments exist, those comments will be added just before the values. __NOTE__: Result types from `toml::parse(...)` and `toml::parse(...)` are different. ## Customizing containers Actually, `toml::basic_value` has 3 template arguments. ```cpp template class Table = std::unordered_map, template class Array = std::vector> class basic_value; ``` This enables you to change the containers used inside. E.g. you can use `std::map` to contain a table object instead of `std::unordered_map`. And also can use `std::deque` as a array object instead of `std::vector`. You can set these parameters while calling `toml::parse` function. ```cpp const auto data = toml::parse< toml::preserve_comments, std::map, std::deque >("example.toml"); ``` Needless to say, the result types from `toml::parse(...)` and `toml::parse(...)` are different (unless you specify the same types as default). Note that, since `toml::table` and `toml::array` is an alias for a table and an array of a default `toml::value`, so it is different from the types actually contained in a `toml::basic_value` when you customize containers. To get the actual type in a generic way, use `typename toml::basic_type::table_type` and `typename toml::basic_type::array_type`. ## TOML literal toml11 supports `"..."_toml` literal. It accept both a bare value and a file content. ```cpp using namespace toml::literals::toml_literals; // `_toml` can convert a bare value without key const toml::value v = u8"0xDEADBEEF"_toml; // v is an Integer value containing 0xDEADBEEF. // raw string literal (`R"(...)"` is useful for this purpose) const toml::value t = u8R"( title = "this is TOML literal" [table] key = "value" )"_toml; // the literal will be parsed and the result will be contained in t ``` The literal function is defined in the same way as the standard library literals such as `std::literals::string_literals::operator""s`. ```cpp namespace toml { inline namespace literals { inline namespace toml_literals { toml::value operator"" _toml(const char* str, std::size_t len); } // toml_literals } // literals } // toml ``` Access to the operator can be gained with `using namespace toml::literals;`, `using namespace toml::toml_literals`, and `using namespace toml::literals::toml_literals`. Note that a key that is composed only of digits is allowed in TOML. And, unlike the file parser, toml-literal allows a bare value without a key. Thus it is difficult to distinguish arrays having integers and definitions of tables that are named as digits. Currently, literal `[1]` becomes a table named "1". To ensure a literal to be considered as an array with one element, you need to add a comma after the first element (like `[1,]`). ```cpp "[1,2,3]"_toml; // This is an array "[table]"_toml; // This is a table that has an empty table named "table" inside. "[[1,2,3]]"_toml; // This is an array of arrays "[[table]]"_toml; // This is a table that has an array of tables inside. "[[1]]"_toml; // This literal is ambiguous. // Currently, it becomes a table that has array of table "1". "1 = [{}]"_toml; // This is a table that has an array of table named 1. "[[1,]]"_toml; // This is an array of arrays. "[[1],]"_toml; // ditto. ``` NOTE: `_toml` literal returns a `toml::value` that does not have comments. ## Conversion between toml value and arbitrary types You can also use `toml::get` and other related functions with the types you defined after you implement a way to convert it. ```cpp namespace ext { struct foo { int a; double b; std::string c; }; } // ext const auto data = toml::parse("example.toml"); // to do this const foo f = toml::find(data, "foo"); ``` There are 2 ways to use `toml::get` with the types that you defined. The first one is to implement `from_toml(const toml::value&)` member function. ```cpp namespace ext { struct foo { int a; double b; std::string c; void from_toml(const toml::value& v) { this->a = toml::find(v, "a"); this->b = toml::find(v, "b"); this->c = toml::find(v, "c"); return; } }; } // ext ``` In this way, because `toml::get` first constructs `foo` without arguments, the type should be default-constructible. The second is to implement specialization of `toml::from` for your type. ```cpp namespace ext { struct foo { int a; double b; std::string c; }; } // ext namespace toml { template<> struct from { static ext::foo from_toml(const value& v) { ext::foo f; f.a = find(v, "a"); f.b = find(v, "b"); f.c = find(v, "c"); return f; } }; } // toml ``` In this way, since the conversion function is defined outside of the class, you can add conversion between `toml::value` and classes defined in another library. Note that you cannot implement both of the functions because the overload resolution of `toml::get` will be ambiguous. If you want to convert any versions of `toml::basic_value`, you need to templatize the conversion function as follows. ```cpp struct foo { template class M, template class A> void from_toml(const toml::basic_value& v) { this->a = toml::find(v, "a"); this->b = toml::find(v, "b"); this->c = toml::find(v, "c"); return; } }; // or namespace toml { template<> struct from { template class M, template class A> static ext::foo from_toml(const basic_value& v) { ext::foo f; f.a = find(v, "a"); f.b = find(v, "b"); f.c = find(v, "c"); return f; } }; } // toml ``` ---- The opposite direction is also supported in a similar way. You can directly pass your type to `toml::value`'s constructor by introducing `into_toml` or `toml::into`. ```cpp namespace ext { struct foo { int a; double b; std::string c; toml::table into_toml() const // you need to mark it const. { return toml::table{{"a", this->a}, {"b", this->b}, {"c", this->c}}; } }; } // ext ext::foo f{42, 3.14, "foobar"}; toml::value v(f); ``` The definition of `toml::into` is similar to `toml::from`. ```cpp namespace ext { struct foo { int a; double b; std::string c; }; } // ext namespace toml { template<> struct into { static toml::table into_toml(const ext::foo& f) { return toml::table{{"a", f.a}, {"b", f.b}, {"c", f.c}}; } }; } // toml ext::foo f{42, 3.14, "foobar"}; toml::value v(f); ``` Any type that can be converted to `toml::value`, e.g. `int`, `toml::table` and `toml::array` are okay to return from `into_toml`. ## Formatting user-defined error messages When you encounter an error after you read the toml value, you may want to show the error with the value. toml11 provides you a function that formats user-defined error message with related values. With a code like the following, ```cpp const auto value = toml::find(data, "num"); if(value < 0) { std::cerr << toml::format_error("[error] value should be positive", data.at("num"), "positive number required") << std::endl; } ``` you will get an error message like this. ```console [error] value should be positive --> example.toml 3 | num = -42 | ~~~ positive number required ``` When you pass two values to `toml::format_error`, ```cpp const auto min = toml::find(range, "min"); const auto max = toml::find(range, "max"); if(max < min) { std::cerr << toml::format_error("[error] max should be larger than min", data.at("min"), "minimum number here", data.at("max"), "maximum number here"); << std::endl; } ``` you will get an error message like this. ```console [error] max should be larger than min --> example.toml 3 | min = 54 | ~~ minimum number here ... 4 | max = 42 | ~~ maximum number here ``` You can print hints at the end of the message. ```cpp std::vector hints; hints.push_back("positive number means n >= 0."); hints.push_back("negative number is not positive."); std::cerr << toml::format_error("[error] value should be positive", data.at("num"), "positive number required", hints) << std::endl; ``` ```console [error] value should be positive --> example.toml 2 | num = 42 | ~~ positive number required | Hint: positive number means n >= 0. Hint: negative number is not positive. ``` ## Obtaining location information You can also format error messages in your own way by using `source_location`. ```cpp struct source_location { std::uint_least32_t line() const noexcept; std::uint_least32_t column() const noexcept; std::uint_least32_t region() const noexcept; std::string const& file_name() const noexcept; std::string const& line_str() const noexcept; }; // +-- line() +--- length of the region (here, region() == 9) // v .---+---. // 12 | value = "foo bar" <- line_str() returns the line itself. // ^-------- column() points here ``` You can get this by ```cpp const toml::value v = /*...*/; const toml::source_location loc = v.location(); ``` ## Exceptions All the exceptions thrown by toml11 inherits `toml::exception` that inherits `std::exception`. ```cpp namespace toml { struct exception : public std::exception {/**/}; struct syntax_error : public toml::exception {/**/}; struct type_error : public toml::exception {/**/}; struct internal_error : public toml::exception {/**/}; } // toml ``` `toml::exception` has `toml::exception::location()` member function that returns `toml::source_location`, in addition to `what()`. ```cpp namespace toml { struct exception : public std::exception { // ... source_location const& location() const noexcept; }; } // toml ``` It represents where the error occurs. ## Colorize Error Messages By defining `TOML11_COLORIZE_ERROR_MESSAGE`, the error messages from `toml::parse` and `toml::find|get` will be colorized. By default, this feature is turned off. With the following toml file taken from `toml-lang/toml/tests/hard_example.toml`, ```toml [error] array = [ "This might most likely happen in multiline arrays", Like here, "or here, and here" ] End of array comment, forgot the # ``` the error message would be like this. ![error-message-1](https://github.com/ToruNiina/toml11/blob/misc/misc/toml11-err-msg-1.png) With the following, ```toml [error] # array = [ # "This might most likely happen in multiline arrays", # Like here, # "or here, # and here" # ] End of array comment, forgot the # number = 3.14 pi <--again forgot the # ``` the error message would be like this. ![error-message-2](https://github.com/ToruNiina/toml11/blob/misc/misc/toml11-err-msg-2.png) The message would be messy when it is written to a file, not a terminal because it uses [ANSI escape code](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code). Without `TOML11_COLORIZE_ERROR_MESSAGE`, you can still colorize user-defined error message by passing `true` to the `toml::format_error` function. If you define `TOML11_COLORIZE_ERROR_MESSAGE`, the value is `true` by default. If not, the defalut value would be `false`. ```cpp std::cerr << toml::format_error("[error] value should be positive", data.at("num"), "positive number required", hints, /*colorize = */ true) << std::endl; ``` Note: It colorize `[error]` in red. That means that it detects `[error]` prefix at the front of the error message. If there is no `[error]` prefix, `format_error` adds it to the error message. ## Serializing TOML data toml11 enables you to serialize data into toml format. ```cpp const toml::value data{{"foo", 42}, {"bar", "baz"}}; std::cout << data << std::endl; // bar = "baz" // foo = 42 ``` toml11 automatically makes a small table and small array inline. You can specify the width to make them inline by `std::setw` for streams. ```cpp const toml::value data{ {"qux", {{"foo", 42}, {"bar", "baz"}}}, {"quux", {"small", "array", "of", "strings"}}, {"foobar", {"this", "array", "of", "strings", "is", "too", "long", "to", "print", "into", "single", "line", "isn't", "it?"}}, }; // the threshold becomes 80. std::cout << std::setw(80) << data << std::endl; // foobar = [ // "this","array","of","strings","is","too","long","to","print","into", // "single","line","isn't","it?", // ] // quux = ["small","array","of","strings"] // qux = {bar="baz",foo=42} // the width is 0. nothing become inline. std::cout << std::setw(0) << data << std::endl; // foobar = [ // "this", // ... (snip) // "it?", // ] // quux = [ // "small", // "array", // "of", // "strings", // ] // [qux] // bar = "baz" // foo = 42 ``` It is recommended to set width before printing data. Some I/O functions changes width to 0, and it makes all the stuff (including `toml::array`) multiline. The resulting files becomes too long. To control the precision of floating point numbers, you need to pass `std::setprecision` to stream. ```cpp const toml::value data{ {"pi", 3.141592653589793}, {"e", 2.718281828459045} }; std::cout << std::setprecision(17) << data << std::endl; // e = 2.7182818284590451 // pi = 3.1415926535897931 std::cout << std::setprecision( 7) << data << std::endl; // e = 2.718282 // pi = 3.141593 ``` There is another way to format toml values, `toml::format()`. It returns `std::string` that represents a value. ```cpp const toml::value v{{"a", 42}}; const std::string fmt = toml::format(v); // a = 42 ``` Note that since `toml::format` formats a value, the resulting string may lack the key value. ```cpp const toml::value v{3.14}; const std::string fmt = toml::format(v); // 3.14 ``` To control the width and precision, `toml::format` receives optional second and third arguments to set them. By default, the witdh is 80 and the precision is `std::numeric_limits::max_digit10`. ```cpp const auto serial = toml::format(data, /*width = */ 0, /*prec = */ 17); ``` When you pass a comment-preserving-value, the comment will also be serialized. An array or a table containing a value that has a comment would not be inlined. ## Underlying types The toml types (can be used as `toml::*` in this library) and corresponding `enum` names are listed in the table below. | TOML type | underlying c++ type | enum class | | -------------- | ---------------------------------- | -------------------------------- | | Boolean | `bool` | `toml::value_t::boolean` | | Integer | `std::int64_t` | `toml::value_t::integer` | | Float | `double` | `toml::value_t::floating` | | String | `toml::string` | `toml::value_t::string` | | LocalDate | `toml::local_date` | `toml::value_t::local_date` | | LocalTime | `toml::local_time` | `toml::value_t::local_time` | | LocalDatetime | `toml::local_datetime` | `toml::value_t::local_datetime` | | OffsetDatetime | `toml::offset_datetime` | `toml::value_t::offset_datetime` | | Array | `array-like` | `toml::value_t::array` | | Table | `map-like` | `toml::value_t::table` | `array-like` and `map-like` are the STL containers that works like a `std::vector` and `std::unordered_map`, respectively. By default, `std::vector` and `std::unordered_map` are used. See [Customizing containers](#customizing-containers) for detail. `toml::string` is effectively the same as `std::string` but has an additional flag that represents a kind of a string, `string_t::basic` and `string_t::literal`. Although `std::string` is not an exact toml type, still you can get a reference that points to internal `std::string` by using `toml::get()` for convenience. The most important difference between `std::string` and `toml::string` is that `toml::string` will be formatted as a TOML string when outputed with `ostream`. This feature is introduced to make it easy to write a custom serializer. `Datetime` variants are `struct` that are defined in this library. Because `std::chrono::system_clock::time_point` is a __time point__, not capable of representing a Local Time independent from a specific day. ## Unreleased TOML features There are some unreleased features in toml-lang/toml:master. Currently, the following features are available after defining `TOML11_USE_UNRELEASED_TOML_FEATURES` macro flag. To use those features, `#define` `TOML11_USE_UNRELEASED_TOML_FEATURES` before including `toml.hpp` or pass `-DTOML11_USE_UNRELEASED_TOML_FEATURES` to your compiler. - Leading zeroes in exponent parts of floats are permitted. - e.g. `1.0e+01`, `5e+05` - [toml-lang/toml/PR/656](https://github.com/toml-lang/toml/pull/656) - Allow raw tab characters in basic strings and multi-line basic strings. - [toml-lang/toml/PR/627](https://github.com/toml-lang/toml/pull/627) - Allow heterogeneous arrays - [toml-lang/toml/PR/676](https://github.com/toml-lang/toml/pull/676) ### Note about heterogeneous arrays Although `toml::parse` allows heterogeneous arrays, constructor of `toml::value` does not. ```cpp // this won't be compiled toml::value v{ "foo", 3.14, 42, {1,2,3,4,5}, {{"key", "value"}} } ``` There is a workaround for this issue. By explicitly converting values into `toml::value`, you can initialize `toml::value` with a heterogeneous array. ```cpp // OK! toml::value v{ toml::value("foo"), toml::value(3.14), toml::value(42), toml::value{1,2,3,4,5}, toml::value{{"key", "value"}} } ``` The reason why the first example is not allowed is the following. Let's assume that you are initializing a `toml::value` with a table. ```cpp // # expecting TOML table. toml::value v{ // [v] {"answer", 42}, // answer = 42 {"pi", 3.14}, // pi = 3.14 {"foo", "bar"} // foo = "bar" }; ``` This is indistinguishable from a (heterogeneous) TOML array definition. ```toml v = [ ["answer", 42], ["pi", 3.14], ["foo", "bar"], ] ``` This means that the above C++ code makes constructor's overload resolution ambiguous. So a constructor that allows both "table as an initializer-list" and "heterogeneous array as an initializer-list" cannot be implemented. Thus, although it is painful, you need to explicitly cast values into `toml::value` when you initialize heterogeneous array in C++ code. ```cpp // You need to do this when you want to initialize hetero array. toml::value v{ toml::value("foo"), toml::value(3.14), toml::value(42), toml::value{1,2,3,4,5}, toml::value{{"key", "value"}} } ``` ## Breaking Changes from v2 Although toml11 is relatively new library (it's three years old now), it had some confusing and inconvenient user-interfaces because of historical reasons. Between v2 and v3, those interfaces are rearranged. - `toml::parse` now returns a `toml::value`, not `toml::table`. - `toml::value` is now an alias of `toml::basic_value`. - See [Customizing containers](#customizing-containers) for detail. - The elements of `toml::value_t` are renamed as `snake_case`. - See [Underlying types](#underlying-types) for detail. - Supports for the CamelCaseNames are dropped. - See [Underlying types](#underlying-types) for detail. - `(is|as)_float` has been removed to make the function names consistent with others. - Since `float` is a keyword, toml11 named a float type as `toml::floating`. - Also a `value_t` corresponds to `toml::floating` is named `value_t::floating`. - So `(is|as)_floating` is introduced and `is_float` has been removed. - See [Casting a toml::value](#casting-a-tomlvalue) and [Checking value type](#checking-value-type) for detail. - An overload of `toml::find` for `toml::table` has been dropped. Use `toml::value` version instead. - Because type conversion between a table and a value causes ambiguity while overload resolution - Since `toml::parse` now returns a `toml::value`, this feature becomes less important. - Also because `toml::table` is a normal STL container, implementing utility function is easy. - See [Finding a toml::value](#finding-a-toml-value) for detail. - An overload of `operator<<` and `toml::format` for `toml::table`s are dropped. - Use `toml::value` instead. - See [Serializing TOML data](#serializing-toml-data) for detail. - Interface around comments. - See [Preserving Comments](#preserving-comments) for detail. - An ancient `from_toml/into_toml` has been removed. Use arbitrary type conversion support. - See [Conversion between toml value and arbitrary types](#conversion-between-toml-value-and-arbitrary-types) for detail. Such a big change will not happen in the coming years. ## Running Tests To run test codes, you need to clone toml-lang/toml repository under `build/` directory because some of the test codes read a file in the repository. ```sh $ mkdir build $ cd build $ git clone https://github.com/toml-lang/toml.git $ cmake .. $ make $ make test ``` To run the language agnostic test suite, you need to compile `tests/check_toml_test.cpp` and pass it to the tester. ## Contributors I appreciate the help of the contributors who introduced the great feature to this library. - Guillaume Fraux (@Luthaf) - Windows support and CI on Appvayor - Intel Compiler support - Quentin Khan (@xaxousis) - Found & Fixed a bug around ODR - Improved error messages for invaild keys to show the location where the parser fails - Petr Beneš (@wbenny) - Fixed warnings on MSVC - Ivan Shynkarenka (@chronoxor) - Fixed Visual Studio 2019 warnings - @khoitd1997 - Fixed warnings while type conversion - @KerstinKeller - Added installation script to CMake - J.C. Moyer (@jcmoyer) - Fixed an example code in the documentation - Jt Freeman (@blockparty-sh) - Fixed feature test macro around `localtime_s` - Suppress warnings in Debug mode - OGAWA Kenichi (@kenichiice) - Suppress warnings on intel compiler ## Licensing terms This product is licensed under the terms of the [MIT License](LICENSE). - Copyright (c) 2017-2019 Toru Niina All rights reserved.