我正在构建一个我想要使用各种参数配置的类,这些参数可以是：int,double和string(或者const char *).在像Ruby这样的语言中,我将构建一个初始化函数,该函数接受由字符串键入的哈希值.例如：

class Example
  def init_with_params params
    puts params
  end
end

e = Example.new
e.init_with_params({ "OutputFile" => "/tmp/out.txt", "CaptureFPS" => 25.0, "RetryDelaySeconds" => 5 })

如何在C中创建类似的行为？

环顾四周,我发现了几篇关于boost :: variant的帖子.我宁愿避免使用boost如果通过将不同类型限制为上面提到的3种类型,可以制作一个相当干净的解决方案.

编辑：
我同意使用经过精心设计和广泛测试的代码(如Boost.Variant)比重新实现相同的想法要好得多.在这种情况下,问题减少到只使用3种基本类型,所以我一直在寻找最简单的实现方法.

解决方法:

这是我经常用来存储程序配置属性的减少版本,也许你会发现它很有用：

#include <map>
#include <string>
#include <sstream>
#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <initializer_list>

class config
{
    // everything is stored internally as std::strings
    // usually read from a configuration file
    typedef std::map<std::string, std::string> prop_map;
    typedef prop_map::const_iterator prop_map_citer;

    prop_map props;

public:
    // example constructor. Normally I have a method to read the
    // values in from a file
    config(std::initializer_list<std::pair<std::string, std::string>> list)
    {
        for(const auto& p: list)
            props[p.first] = p.second;
    }

    // values are converted as they are requested to whatever types
    // they need to be. Also a default may be given in case the value
    // was missing from the configuration file
    template<typename T>
    T get(const std::string& s, const T& dflt = T()) const
    {
        prop_map_citer found = props.find(s);

        if(found == props.end())
            return dflt;

        T t;
        std::istringstream(found->second) >> std::boolalpha >> t;
        return t;
    }

    // std::strings need special handling (no conversion)
    std::string get(const std::string& s, const std::string& dflt = "") const
    {
        prop_map_citer found = props.find(s);
        return found != props.end() ? found->second : dflt;
    }

};

int main()
{
    const config cfg =
    {
        {"OutputFile", "/tmp/out.txt"}
        , {"CaptureFPS", "25.0"}
        , {"RetryDelaySeconds", "5"}
    };

    std::string s;
    float f;
    int i;

    s = cfg.get("OutputFile");
    f = cfg.get<float>("CaptureFPS");
    i = cfg.get<int>("RetryDelaySeconds");

    std::cout << "s: " << s << '\n';
    std::cout << "f: " << f << '\n';
    std::cout << "i: " << i << '\n';
}