source: trunk/PARPG/settings.py @ 40

import shutil

try:
    import xml.etree.cElementTree as ET
except:
    import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET

class Setting(object):
    def setDefaults(self):
        shutil.copyfile('settings-dist.xml', 'settings.xml')
        self.isSetToDefault = True
        self.changesRequireRestart = True

    def readSetting(self, name, type='int', strip=True, text=False):
        if not hasattr(self, 'tree'):
            self.tree = ET.parse('settings.xml')
            self.root_element = self.tree.getroot()
        element = self.root_element.find(name)
        if element is not None:
            element_value = element.text
            if element_value is None:
                if type == 'int':
                    return 0
                elif type == 'list':
                    list = []
                    return list
            else:
                if type == 'int':
                    return element_value.strip() if strip else element_value
                elif type == 'list':
                    list = []
                    list_s = []
                    list = str(element_value.strip()).split(";")
                    for item in list:
                        item = item.strip()
                        if text:
                            item = item.replace('\\n', '\n')
                        list_s.append(item)
                    return list_s
                elif type == 'bool':
                    return False if element_value.strip() == 'False' else True
        else:
            print 'Setting,', name, 'does not exist!'

    def setSetting(self, name, value):
        element = self.root_element.find(name)
        if element is not None:
            if value is not element.text:
                element.text = str(value)
        else:
            print 'Setting,', name, 'does not exist!'