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with PolyORB.Utils.Strings;
with PolyORB.Utils.HTables.Perfect;
with PolyORB.Utils.HFunctions.Hyper;

package PolyORB.Utils.Configuration_File is

   package Configuration_Table is new PolyORB.Utils.HTables.Perfect (
      PolyORB.Utils.Strings.String_Ptr,
      PolyORB.Utils.HFunctions.Hyper.Hash_Hyper_Parameters,
      PolyORB.Utils.HFunctions.Hyper.Default_Hash_Parameters,
      PolyORB.Utils.HFunctions.Hyper.Hash,
      PolyORB.Utils.HFunctions.Hyper.Next_Hash_Parameters);

   procedure Load_Configuration_Table
     (Configuration_Filename : String;
      Is_Default             : Boolean;
      Table                  : in out Configuration_Table.Table_Instance);
   --  Load Configuration_Filename configuration file into Table.
   --  Is_Default is True if the Configuration_Filename is the default one.

   --  The following helper functions allow the manipulation of a
   --  configuration table and then writes it into a configuration
   --  file that can be further read by a PolyORB-based application.

   procedure Set_Conf (Configuration_Filename, Section, Key, Value : String);
   --  Add or rewrite a configuration (Section, Key) tuple with Value

   procedure Reset;
   --  Reset local configuration table

   procedure Display;
   --  Display the configuration table (only for debugging purposes)

   procedure Generate_Configuration_File (Configuration_Filename : String);
   --  Generate the configuration file

end PolyORB.Utils.Configuration_File;
