Documentation

For a complete class reference, you can go to the Doxygen documentation. This online manual is a work in progress, expect frequent changes to the material.

1 Introduction Audience Typographical Conventions Structure 2 The Data Classes The string Class The statstring Class The value Class The currency Class The ipaddress Class The timestamp Class 3 Data Classes in Action The Code Inline value Declaration String Formatting Data Objects and Memory Management Working with IPv4 Addresses Exploring Data Classes with the Grace Shell 4 Using the value Class Variant Data Array Handling Dictionary Handling More Child Management Attributes Sorting Objects Handling CSV Formats Loading INI Files Native Serialization Using SHoX The NeXT / Apple 'plist' Format Serializing and Deserializing PHP Arrays Simplistic ASCII Serialization 5 String Manipulation Array Access String Matching Finding a Sequence Inside a String Copying Sub-strings Copying Using Markers Cutting up Using Markers Changing the Case Removing Unwanted Characters Cropping and Padding Formatting and Encoding Splitting Strings Regular Expressions Parameter Parsing 6 Building Applications Using mkproject Command Line Options Resources Inside the Application Bundle The Configuration File Building Standalone Executables Initialization 7 Files The filesystem Class Alias Paths Directories Filesystem Manipulation The file Class Nonblocking Operation

8 Networking Using tcpsocket Listening Sockets Interacting with HTTP Servers Posting Form Data Sending SMTP Mail 9 Threads Creating a Thread Subclass Using Locks Sending and Handling Events Synchronization with Conditionals Grouped Threads Thread-local Storage 10 Building Daemons Using mkproject for Daemons Configuration Triggers The Log Thread Delaying Daemonization The .pid File Specifying Child Process Credentials 11 XML Schemas Native encoding Applying an XML Schema Using the Tag Type as a Key Mixing Tag and Attribute Keys Wrapping the Value Container Arrays Advanced Wrapping Making Things Interesting Example: Push Access Protocol Boolean Values as Objects 12 Data Validation Using the validator Class match.data match.id match.child match.rule match.attrib match.mandatory mandatory optional 13 HTML Templates Using scriptparser Using Sections Looping Through Arrays Conditional Evaluation Assigning and Modifying Variables 14 The HTTP Server Using the Class Attaching Handlers Chaining Using httpdlogger