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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _UTILS_PROPERTY_MAP_H
+#define _UTILS_PROPERTY_MAP_H
+
+#include <utils/KeyedVector.h>
+#include <utils/String8.h>
+#include <utils/Errors.h>
+#include <utils/Tokenizer.h>
+
+namespace android {
+
+/*
+ * Provides a mechanism for passing around string-based property key / value pairs
+ * and loading them from property files.
+ *
+ * The property files have the following simple structure:
+ *
+ * # Comment
+ * key = value
+ *
+ * Keys and values are any sequence of printable ASCII characters.
+ * The '=' separates the key from the value.
+ * The key and value may not contain whitespace.
+ *
+ * The '\' character is reserved for escape sequences and is not currently supported.
+ * The '"" character is reserved for quoting and is not currently supported.
+ * Files that contain the '\' or '"' character will fail to parse.
+ *
+ * The file must not contain duplicate keys.
+ *
+ * TODO Support escape sequences and quoted values when needed.
+ */
+class PropertyMap {
+public:
+    /* Creates an empty property map. */
+    PropertyMap();
+    ~PropertyMap();
+
+    /* Clears the property map. */
+    void clear();
+
+    /* Adds a property.
+     * Replaces the property with the same key if it is already present.
+     */
+    void addProperty(const String8& key, const String8& value);
+
+    /* Returns true if the property map contains the specified key. */
+    bool hasProperty(const String8& key) const;
+
+    /* Gets the value of a property and parses it.
+     * Returns true and sets outValue if the key was found and its value was parsed successfully.
+     * Otherwise returns false and does not modify outValue.  (Also logs a warning.)
+     */
+    bool tryGetProperty(const String8& key, String8& outValue) const;
+    bool tryGetProperty(const String8& key, bool& outValue) const;
+    bool tryGetProperty(const String8& key, int32_t& outValue) const;
+    bool tryGetProperty(const String8& key, float& outValue) const;
+
+    /* Loads a property map from a file. */
+    static status_t load(const String8& filename, PropertyMap** outMap);
+
+private:
+    class Parser {
+        PropertyMap* mMap;
+        Tokenizer* mTokenizer;
+
+    public:
+        Parser(PropertyMap* map, Tokenizer* tokenizer);
+        ~Parser();
+        status_t parse();
+
+    private:
+        status_t parseType();
+        status_t parseKey();
+        status_t parseKeyProperty();
+        status_t parseModifier(const String8& token, int32_t* outMetaState);
+        status_t parseCharacterLiteral(char16_t* outCharacter);
+    };
+
+    KeyedVector<String8, String8> mProperties;
+};
+
+} // namespace android
+
+#endif // _UTILS_PROPERTY_MAP_H