loadConfig

2.10

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Only available in Development branch(es) until its release with Arma 3 patch v2.10.

Description

Description:

Loads the given file as a Config. It can load .rvmat, .bisurf, .cpp, .bin, .sqm, and description.ext files (both binarized and unbinarized configs are supported).

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Loading a config can be very slow. The config should only be loaded once and cached. For example, the result can be stored in a HashMap of File Path - Config pairs. (See Example 2)

Groups:

Config

Syntax

Syntax:

loadConfig path

Parameters:

path: String - Path to the file, which should be in a valid config format.

Return Value:

Config - Loaded config. Returns configNull if the file doesn't exist.

Examples

Example 1:

private _cfg = loadConfig "a3\data_f\default_super.rvmat"; //note: very slow! ~0.1200 ms on tested system getText (_cfg >> "Stage2" >> "uvSource");

Example 2:

//Using a cache to store loaded configs, since loading configs is very slow and should be done once. _fnc_getConfig = { params ["_path"]; //initialize cache if not initialized yet if (isNil "Leo_configCache") then { Leo_configCache = createHashMap; }; private _cfg = Leo_configCache getOrDefault [_path, configNull]; //if path doesn't exist in the cache or cfg is null, load the config if (isNull _cfg) then { _cfg = loadConfig _path; Leo_configCache set [_path, _cfg]; }; _cfg; }; //the first call will be slow (~0.1200 ms), but subsequent calls are fast (~0.0050 ms) ["a3\data_f\default_super.rvmat"] call _fnc_getConfig;

Additional Information

See also:

>> configFile configClasses isText isNumber isArray isClass configName getText getNumber getArray

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