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+// $Id: filecfg-iteratemultiline.c,v 1.2 2004/12/07 11:13:29 ensc Exp $ --*- c -*--
+
+// Copyright (C) 2004 Enrico Scholz <enrico.scholz@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de>
+//
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include "filecfg.h"
+#include <string.h>
+
+bool
+FileCfg_iterateOverMultiLine(char const *str,
+ FileCfg_MultiLineHandler handler,
+ void *data)
+{
+ char const *ptr = str;
+ size_t line_nr = 1;
+
+ while (*ptr!='\0') {
+ while (*ptr==' ' || *ptr=='\t') ++ptr; // left-trim line
+
+ char const *eol = strchr(ptr, '\n');
+ if (eol==0) eol=ptr+strlen(ptr); // handle unterminated lines
+
+ if (*ptr!='#') { // skip commented lines
+ size_t len = eol-ptr;
+ while (len>0 && (ptr[len-1]==' ' || ptr[len-1]=='\t'))
+ --len; // right-trim line
+
+ // handle only non-empty lines
+ if (len>0 && !(*handler)(data, ptr, len))
+ return false; // some parsing-error occured...
+ }
+
+ ++line_nr;
+ ptr = eol;
+ if (*ptr) ++ptr;
+ }
+
+ return true;
+}