class Config : Object {

    protected Gee.HashMap<string,string> hash;

    protected string rkey(string section, string key) {

        return section+"\n"+key;

    }

    public Config.from_file(string filename) {

        base();

        hash = new Gee.HashMap<string,string>();

        IOChannel cfg;

        try {

            cfg = new IOChannel.file(filename,"r");

        } catch (FileError e) {

            log("config", LogLevelFlags.LEVEL_ERROR, "Failed to load config file '%s'", filename);

            return;

        }

        string section = "default";

        do {

            string str;

            size_t length, termpos;

            IOStatus stat = cfg.read_line(out str,out length,out termpos);

            if (stat == IOStatus.NORMAL) {

                str = str[0:(long)termpos];

                if ( str.has_prefix("[") && str.has_suffix("]") ) {

                    section = str[1:-1];

                } else {

                    string[] parts = str.split("=",2);

                    if (parts.length==2) {

                        var nkey = rkey(section,parts[0]);

                        hash[nkey] = parts[1];

                    }

                }

            } else

                break;

        } while (true);

    }

    public string get(string section, string key) {

        return hash[rkey(section,key)];

    }

    public string get_default(string section, string key, string def) {

        var nkey = rkey(section,key);

        if (hash.has_key(nkey))

            return hash[nkey];

        return def;

    }

    public bool has_key(string section, string key) {

        return hash.has_key(rkey(section,key));

    }

}