String Lookup Table

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I created this code for a mod I was working on and I thought I'd share it with the community. --deathz0rz 11:31, 13 Nov 2005 (PST)

/* Copyright (c) 2005 Jethro "deathz0rz" Beekman. All rights reserved.

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================================================================================

The contents of this file are designed for use with the Valve Source SDK, 
however, it's function can be adapted to work with other code, such as STL. 
Supplied are convenience macro's designed to convert from constant names to 
constant values. I think an example explains their usages best:

================================================================================
==                               sourcecontrol.h                              ==
================================================================================

//(...)
#include "stringlookup.h"
//(...)

#define FSTATUS_UNCHANGED	0
#define FSTATUS_ADDED		0x01
#define FSTATUS_REMOVED		0x02
#define FSTATUS_CHANGED		(FSTATUS_ADDED|FSTATUS_REMOVED)
#define FSTATUS_DIRECTORY	0x04
#define FSTATUS_HIDDEN		0x08
#define FSTATUS_SYSTEM		0x10
#define FSTATUS_READONLY	0x20
#define FSTATUS_ARCHIVE		0x40

DECLARE_STRING_LOOKUP_CONSTANTS(unsinged int,FSTATUS_LOOKUP)

//You don't have to do this, but it saves typing
#define FSTATUS(key,var) STRING_LOOKUP(FSTATUS_LOOKUP,key,var)

//(...)

================================================================================
==                              sourcecontrol.cpp                             ==
================================================================================

//(...)
#include "sourcecontrol.h"
//(...)

DEFINE_STRING_LOOKUP_CONSTANTS(unsinged int,FSTATUS_LOOKUP)
	ADD_LOOKUP(FSTATUS_UNCHANGED)
	ADD_LOOKUP(FSTATUS_ADDED)
	ADD_LOOKUP(FSTATUS_REMOVED)
	ADD_LOOKUP(FSTATUS_CHANGED)
	ADD_LOOKUP(FSTATUS_DIRECTORY)
	ADD_LOOKUP(FSTATUS_HIDDEN)
	ADD_LOOKUP(FSTATUS_SYSTEM)
	ADD_LOOKUP(FSTATUS_READONLY)
	ADD_LOOKUP(FSTATUS_ARCHIVE)
END_STRING_LOOKUP_CONSTANTS()

//(...)
	KeyValues *pKV;
//(...)
	unsinged int uiStatus;
	if (!FSTATUS(pKV->GetString("status"),uiStatus))
		Warning("Invalid status constant %s!\n",pKV->GetString("status"));
//(...)

//Of course, this is quite inconvenient, because the declared constants are 
//obviously meant to be used as bit flags. For that, a different macro is 
//supplied.

//(...)
	KeyValues *pKV;
//(...)
	unsinged int uiStatus=0;
	CUtlVector<unsinged int>* auiFlags;
	auiFlags=CONVERT_STRING(FSTATUS_LOOKUP,pKV->GetString("status"));
	for (int i=0;i<auiFlags->Count();i++)
		uiStatus|=(*auiFlags)[i];
//(...)

//NOTE: A character that is not a letter, a capital letter, a number or an 
//underscore is considered a separator.

================================================================================

*/

#include <UtlStringMap.h>
#include <UtlVector.h>

#ifndef STRING_LOOKUP_H
#define STRING_LOOKUP_H

template<typename T> class CStringLookupConstantTable
{
protected:
	typedef struct m_stringconstant_s {
		const char*	pszKey;
		T			tValue;
	} m_stringconstant_t;

	CUtlStringMap<T*> m_StringMap;

public:
	inline bool FindKey(const char *pszKey, T *ptValue)
	{
		if (m_StringMap.Defined(pszKey))
		{
			if (ptValue)
				*ptValue=*m_StringMap[pszKey];
			return true;
		}
		else
		{
			return false;
		}
	};

	CUtlVector<T>* FromString(const char* pszStr)
	{  
		static CUtlVector<T> LocalArray;  
		static char szNoSep[]="qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnmQWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM1234567890_";  
		char* pszCur=NULL;  
		char* pszIt;  
		char szTmp[256];
		T tTmp;

		LocalArray.RemoveAll();

		for(pszIt=(char*)pszStr;*pszIt;pszIt++)  
		{  
			if (pszCur)  
			{  
				if (!strchr(szNoSep,*pszIt))  
				{  
					Q_strncpy(szTmp,pszCur,min((int)(pszIt-pszCur)+1,256)); 
					if (FindKey(szTmp,&tTmp))
						LocalArray.AddToTail(tTmp);  
					pszCur=NULL;  
				}  
			}  
			else  
			{  
				if (strchr(szNoSep,*pszIt))  
				{  
					pszCur=pszIt;  
				}  
			}  
		}  
		if (pszCur)  
		{  
			Q_strncpy(szTmp,pszCur,min((int)(pszIt-pszCur)+1,256));  
			if (FindKey(szTmp,&tTmp))
				LocalArray.AddToTail(tTmp);
		}  
		return &LocalArray;  
	}
};

//SLTP means String Lookup Table Private
#define DECLARE_STRING_LOOKUP_CONSTANTS(type,identifier) \
	namespace SLTP__##identifier \
	{ \
		class CStringLookupConstantTable__##identifier : public CStringLookupConstantTable<type> \
		{ \
		public: \
			inline CUtlVector<type>* FromString(const char* pszStr) { return CStringLookupConstantTable<type>::FromString(pszStr); }; \
			CStringLookupConstantTable__##identifier(); \
			~CStringLookupConstantTable__##identifier() {}; \
		}; \
	} \
	\
	extern SLTP__##identifier::CStringLookupConstantTable__##identifier g_StringLookupConstantTable__##identifier;

#define STRING_LOOKUP(identifier,key,var) \
	g_StringLookupConstantTable__##identifier.FindKey(key,&var)

#define STRING_EXISTS(identifier,key) \
	g_StringLookupConstantTable__##identifier.FindKey(key,NULL)

#define CONVERT_STRING(identifier,str) \
	g_StringLookupConstantTable__##identifier.FromString(str);

#define DEFINE_STRING_LOOKUP_CONSTANTS(type,identifier) \
	SLTP__##identifier::CStringLookupConstantTable__##identifier g_StringLookupConstantTable__##identifier; \
	namespace SLTP__##identifier \
	{ \
		CStringLookupConstantTable__##identifier::CStringLookupConstantTable__##identifier() \
		{ \
			static m_stringconstant_t aConstants[] = {

#define ADD_LOOKUP(macro) \
				#macro, macro, \

#define END_STRING_LOOKUP_CONSTANTS() \
			}; \
			for (int i=0;i<sizeof(aConstants)/sizeof(m_stringconstant_t);i++) \
			{ \
				m_StringMap[aConstants[i].pszKey]=&aConstants[i].tValue; \
			} \
		}; \
	};

#endif //!STRING_LOOKUP_H