SimpleIni.h

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#ifndef INCLUDED_SimpleIni_h
#define INCLUDED_SimpleIni_h

#if defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1020)
# pragma once
#endif

// Disable these warnings in MSVC:
//  4127 "conditional expression is constant" as the conversion classes trigger
//  it with the statement if (sizeof(SI_CHAR) == sizeof(char)). This test will
//  be optimized away in a release build.
//  4503 'insert' : decorated name length exceeded, name was truncated
//  4702 "unreachable code" as the MS STL header causes it in release mode.
//  Again, the code causing the warning will be cleaned up by the compiler.
//  4786 "identifier truncated to 256 characters" as this is thrown hundreds
//  of times VC6 as soon as STL is used.
#ifdef _MSC_VER
# pragma warning (push)
# pragma warning (disable: 4127 4503 4702 4786)
#endif

#include <cstring>
#include <string>
#include <map>
#include <list>
#include <algorithm>
#include <stdio.h>

#ifdef SI_SUPPORT_IOSTREAMS
# include <iostream>
#endif // SI_SUPPORT_IOSTREAMS

#ifdef _DEBUG
# ifndef assert
#  include <cassert>
# endif
# define SI_ASSERT(x)   assert(x)
#else
# define SI_ASSERT(x)
#endif

enum SI_Error {
    SI_OK       =  0,   
    SI_UPDATED  =  1,   
    SI_INSERTED =  2,   

    // note: test for any error with (retval < 0)
    SI_FAIL     = -1,   
    SI_NOMEM    = -2,   
    SI_FILE     = -3    
};

#define SI_UTF8_SIGNATURE     "\xEF\xBB\xBF"

#ifdef _WIN32
# define SI_NEWLINE_A   "\r\n"
# define SI_NEWLINE_W   L"\r\n"
#else // !_WIN32
# define SI_NEWLINE_A   "\n"
# define SI_NEWLINE_W   L"\n"
#endif // _WIN32

#if defined(SI_CONVERT_ICU)
# include <unicode/ustring.h>
#endif

#if defined(_WIN32)
# define SI_HAS_WIDE_FILE
# define SI_WCHAR_T     wchar_t
#elif defined(SI_CONVERT_ICU)
# define SI_HAS_WIDE_FILE
# define SI_WCHAR_T     UChar
#endif


// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
//                              MAIN TEMPLATE CLASS
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

template<class SI_CHAR, class SI_STRLESS, class SI_CONVERTER>
class CSimpleIniTempl
{
public:
    struct Entry {
        const SI_CHAR * pItem;
        const SI_CHAR * pComment;
        int             nOrder;

        Entry(const SI_CHAR * a_pszItem = NULL, int a_nOrder = 0)
            : pItem(a_pszItem)
            , pComment(NULL)
            , nOrder(a_nOrder)
        { }
        Entry(const SI_CHAR * a_pszItem, const SI_CHAR * a_pszComment, int a_nOrder)
            : pItem(a_pszItem)
            , pComment(a_pszComment)
            , nOrder(a_nOrder)
        { }
        Entry(const Entry & rhs) { operator=(rhs); }
        Entry & operator=(const Entry & rhs) {
            pItem    = rhs.pItem;
            pComment = rhs.pComment;
            nOrder   = rhs.nOrder;
            return *this;
        }

#if defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER <= 1200

        bool operator<(const Entry & rhs) const { return LoadOrder()(*this, rhs); }
        bool operator>(const Entry & rhs) const { return LoadOrder()(rhs, *this); }
#endif

        struct KeyOrder : std::binary_function<Entry, Entry, bool> {
            bool operator()(const Entry & lhs, const Entry & rhs) const {
                const static SI_STRLESS isLess = SI_STRLESS();
                return isLess(lhs.pItem, rhs.pItem);
            }
        };

        struct LoadOrder : std::binary_function<Entry, Entry, bool> {
            bool operator()(const Entry & lhs, const Entry & rhs) const {
                if (lhs.nOrder != rhs.nOrder) {
                    return lhs.nOrder < rhs.nOrder;
                }
                return KeyOrder()(lhs.pItem, rhs.pItem);
            }
        };
    };

    typedef std::multimap<Entry,const SI_CHAR *,typename Entry::KeyOrder> TKeyVal;

    typedef std::map<Entry,TKeyVal,typename Entry::KeyOrder> TSection;

    typedef std::list<Entry> TNamesDepend;

    class OutputWriter {
    public:
        OutputWriter() { }
        virtual ~OutputWriter() { }
        virtual void Write(const char * a_pBuf) = 0;
    private:
        OutputWriter(const OutputWriter &);             // disable
        OutputWriter & operator=(const OutputWriter &); // disable
    };

    class FileWriter : public OutputWriter {
        FILE * m_file;
    public:
        FileWriter(FILE * a_file) : m_file(a_file) { }
        void Write(const char * a_pBuf) {
            fputs(a_pBuf, m_file);
        }
    private:
        FileWriter(const FileWriter &);             // disable
        FileWriter & operator=(const FileWriter &); // disable
    };

    class StringWriter : public OutputWriter {
        std::string & m_string;
    public:
        StringWriter(std::string & a_string) : m_string(a_string) { }
        void Write(const char * a_pBuf) {
            m_string.append(a_pBuf);
        }
    private:
        StringWriter(const StringWriter &);             // disable
        StringWriter & operator=(const StringWriter &); // disable
    };

#ifdef SI_SUPPORT_IOSTREAMS

    class StreamWriter : public OutputWriter {
        std::ostream & m_ostream;
    public:
        StreamWriter(std::ostream & a_ostream) : m_ostream(a_ostream) { }
        void Write(const char * a_pBuf) {
            m_ostream << a_pBuf;
        }
    private:
        StreamWriter(const StreamWriter &);             // disable
        StreamWriter & operator=(const StreamWriter &); // disable
    };
#endif // SI_SUPPORT_IOSTREAMS

    class Converter : private SI_CONVERTER {
    public:
        Converter(bool a_bStoreIsUtf8) : SI_CONVERTER(a_bStoreIsUtf8) {
            m_scratch.resize(1024);
        }
        Converter(const Converter & rhs) { operator=(rhs); }
        Converter & operator=(const Converter & rhs) {
            m_scratch = rhs.m_scratch;
            return *this;
        }
        bool ConvertToStore(const SI_CHAR * a_pszString) {
            size_t uLen = SI_CONVERTER::SizeToStore(a_pszString);
            if (uLen == (size_t)(-1)) {
                return false;
            }
            while (uLen > m_scratch.size()) {
                m_scratch.resize(m_scratch.size() * 2);
            }
            return SI_CONVERTER::ConvertToStore(
                a_pszString,
                const_cast<char*>(m_scratch.data()),
                m_scratch.size());
        }
        const char * Data() { return m_scratch.data(); }
    private:
        std::string m_scratch;
    };

public:
    /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/

    CSimpleIniTempl(
        bool a_bIsUtf8    = false,
        bool a_bMultiKey  = false,
        bool a_bMultiLine = false
        );

    ~CSimpleIniTempl();

    void Reset();

    bool IsEmpty() const { return m_data.empty(); }

    /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
    void SetUnicode(bool a_bIsUtf8 = true) {
        if (!m_pData) m_bStoreIsUtf8 = a_bIsUtf8;
    }

    bool IsUnicode() const { return m_bStoreIsUtf8; }

    void SetMultiKey(bool a_bAllowMultiKey = true) {
        m_bAllowMultiKey = a_bAllowMultiKey;
    }

    bool IsMultiKey() const { return m_bAllowMultiKey; }

    void SetMultiLine(bool a_bAllowMultiLine = true) {
        m_bAllowMultiLine = a_bAllowMultiLine;
    }

    bool IsMultiLine() const { return m_bAllowMultiLine; }

    void SetSpaces(bool a_bSpaces = true) {
        m_bSpaces = a_bSpaces;
    }

    bool UsingSpaces() const { return m_bSpaces; }
    
    /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
    SI_Error LoadFile(
        const char * a_pszFile
        );

#ifdef SI_HAS_WIDE_FILE

    SI_Error LoadFile(
        const SI_WCHAR_T * a_pwszFile
        );
#endif // SI_HAS_WIDE_FILE

    SI_Error LoadFile(
        FILE * a_fpFile
        );

#ifdef SI_SUPPORT_IOSTREAMS

    SI_Error LoadData(
        std::istream & a_istream
        );
#endif // SI_SUPPORT_IOSTREAMS

    SI_Error LoadData(const std::string & a_strData) {
        return LoadData(a_strData.c_str(), a_strData.size());
    }

    SI_Error LoadData(
        const char *    a_pData,
        size_t          a_uDataLen
        );

    /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
    SI_Error SaveFile(
        const char *    a_pszFile,
        bool            a_bAddSignature = true
        ) const;

#ifdef SI_HAS_WIDE_FILE

    SI_Error SaveFile(
        const SI_WCHAR_T *  a_pwszFile,
        bool                a_bAddSignature = true
        ) const;
#endif // _WIN32

    SI_Error SaveFile(
        FILE *  a_pFile,
        bool    a_bAddSignature = false
        ) const;

    SI_Error Save(
        OutputWriter &  a_oOutput,
        bool            a_bAddSignature = false
        ) const;

#ifdef SI_SUPPORT_IOSTREAMS

    SI_Error Save(
        std::ostream &  a_ostream,
        bool            a_bAddSignature = false
        ) const
    {
        StreamWriter writer(a_ostream);
        return Save(writer, a_bAddSignature);
    }
#endif // SI_SUPPORT_IOSTREAMS

    SI_Error Save(
        std::string &   a_sBuffer,
        bool            a_bAddSignature = false
        ) const
    {
        StringWriter writer(a_sBuffer);
        return Save(writer, a_bAddSignature);
    }

    /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
    void GetAllSections(
        TNamesDepend & a_names
        ) const;

    bool GetAllKeys(
        const SI_CHAR * a_pSection,
        TNamesDepend &  a_names
        ) const;

    bool GetAllValues(
        const SI_CHAR * a_pSection,
        const SI_CHAR * a_pKey,
        TNamesDepend &  a_values
        ) const;

    int GetSectionSize(
        const SI_CHAR * a_pSection
        ) const;

    const TKeyVal * GetSection(
        const SI_CHAR * a_pSection
        ) const;

    const SI_CHAR * GetValue(
        const SI_CHAR * a_pSection,
        const SI_CHAR * a_pKey,
        const SI_CHAR * a_pDefault     = NULL,
        bool *          a_pHasMultiple = NULL
        ) const;

    long GetLongValue(
        const SI_CHAR * a_pSection,
        const SI_CHAR * a_pKey,
        long            a_nDefault     = 0,
        bool *          a_pHasMultiple = NULL
        ) const;

    double GetDoubleValue(
        const SI_CHAR * a_pSection,
        const SI_CHAR * a_pKey,
        double          a_nDefault     = 0,
        bool *          a_pHasMultiple = NULL
        ) const;

    bool GetBoolValue(
        const SI_CHAR * a_pSection,
        const SI_CHAR * a_pKey,
        bool            a_bDefault     = false,
        bool *          a_pHasMultiple = NULL
        ) const;

    SI_Error SetValue(
        const SI_CHAR * a_pSection,
        const SI_CHAR * a_pKey,
        const SI_CHAR * a_pValue,
        const SI_CHAR * a_pComment      = NULL,
        bool            a_bForceReplace = false
        )
    {
        return AddEntry(a_pSection, a_pKey, a_pValue, a_pComment, a_bForceReplace, true);
    }

    SI_Error SetLongValue(
        const SI_CHAR * a_pSection,
        const SI_CHAR * a_pKey,
        long            a_nValue,
        const SI_CHAR * a_pComment      = NULL,
        bool            a_bUseHex       = false,
        bool            a_bForceReplace = false
        );

    SI_Error SetDoubleValue(
        const SI_CHAR * a_pSection,
        const SI_CHAR * a_pKey,
        double          a_nValue,
        const SI_CHAR * a_pComment      = NULL,
        bool            a_bForceReplace = false
        );

    SI_Error SetBoolValue(
        const SI_CHAR * a_pSection,
        const SI_CHAR * a_pKey,
        bool            a_bValue,
        const SI_CHAR * a_pComment      = NULL,
        bool            a_bForceReplace = false
        );

    bool Delete(
        const SI_CHAR * a_pSection,
        const SI_CHAR * a_pKey,
        bool            a_bRemoveEmpty = false
        );

    /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
    Converter GetConverter() const {
        return Converter(m_bStoreIsUtf8);
    }

    /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
private:
    // copying is not permitted
    CSimpleIniTempl(const CSimpleIniTempl &); // disabled
    CSimpleIniTempl & operator=(const CSimpleIniTempl &); // disabled

    SI_Error FindFileComment(
        SI_CHAR *&      a_pData,
        bool            a_bCopyStrings
        );

    bool FindEntry(
        SI_CHAR *&  a_pData,
        const SI_CHAR *&  a_pSection,
        const SI_CHAR *&  a_pKey,
        const SI_CHAR *&  a_pVal,
        const SI_CHAR *&  a_pComment
        ) const;

    SI_Error AddEntry(
        const SI_CHAR * a_pSection,
        const SI_CHAR * a_pKey,
        const SI_CHAR * a_pValue,
        const SI_CHAR * a_pComment,
        bool            a_bForceReplace,
        bool            a_bCopyStrings
        );

    inline bool IsSpace(SI_CHAR ch) const {
        return (ch == ' ' || ch == '\t' || ch == '\r' || ch == '\n');
    }

    inline bool IsComment(SI_CHAR ch) const {
        return (ch == ';' || ch == '#');
    }


    inline void SkipNewLine(SI_CHAR *& a_pData) const {
        a_pData += (*a_pData == '\r' && *(a_pData+1) == '\n') ? 2 : 1;
    }

    SI_Error CopyString(const SI_CHAR *& a_pString);

    void DeleteString(const SI_CHAR * a_pString);

    bool IsLess(const SI_CHAR * a_pLeft, const SI_CHAR * a_pRight) const {
        const static SI_STRLESS isLess = SI_STRLESS();
        return isLess(a_pLeft, a_pRight);
    }

    bool IsMultiLineTag(const SI_CHAR * a_pData) const;
    bool IsMultiLineData(const SI_CHAR * a_pData) const;
    bool LoadMultiLineText(
        SI_CHAR *&          a_pData,
        const SI_CHAR *&    a_pVal,
        const SI_CHAR *     a_pTagName,
        bool                a_bAllowBlankLinesInComment = false
        ) const;
    bool IsNewLineChar(SI_CHAR a_c) const;

    bool OutputMultiLineText(
        OutputWriter &  a_oOutput,
        Converter &     a_oConverter,
        const SI_CHAR * a_pText
        ) const;

private:
    SI_CHAR * m_pData;

    size_t m_uDataLen;

    const SI_CHAR * m_pFileComment;

    TSection m_data;

    TNamesDepend m_strings;

    bool m_bStoreIsUtf8;

    bool m_bAllowMultiKey;

    bool m_bAllowMultiLine;

    bool m_bSpaces;
    
    int m_nOrder;
};

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
//                                  IMPLEMENTATION
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

template<class SI_CHAR, class SI_STRLESS, class SI_CONVERTER>
CSimpleIniTempl<SI_CHAR,SI_STRLESS,SI_CONVERTER>::CSimpleIniTempl(
    bool a_bIsUtf8,
    bool a_bAllowMultiKey,
    bool a_bAllowMultiLine
    )
  : m_pData(0)
  , m_uDataLen(0)
  , m_pFileComment(NULL)
  , m_bStoreIsUtf8(a_bIsUtf8)
  , m_bAllowMultiKey(a_bAllowMultiKey)
  , m_bAllowMultiLine(a_bAllowMultiLine)
  , m_bSpaces(true)
  , m_nOrder(0)
{ }

template<class SI_CHAR, class SI_STRLESS, class SI_CONVERTER>
CSimpleIniTempl<SI_CHAR,SI_STRLESS,SI_CONVERTER>::~CSimpleIniTempl()
{
    Reset();
}

template<class SI_CHAR, class SI_STRLESS, class SI_CONVERTER>
void
CSimpleIniTempl<SI_CHAR,SI_STRLESS,SI_CONVERTER>::Reset()
{
    // remove all data
    delete[] m_pData;
    m_pData = NULL;
    m_uDataLen = 0;
    m_pFileComment = NULL;
    if (!m_data.empty()) {
        m_data.erase(m_data.begin(), m_data.end());
    }

    // remove all strings
    if (!m_strings.empty()) {
        typename TNamesDepend::iterator i = m_strings.begin();
        for (; i != m_strings.end(); ++i) {
            delete[] const_cast<SI_CHAR*>(i->pItem);
        }
        m_strings.erase(m_strings.begin(), m_strings.end());
    }
}

template<class SI_CHAR, class SI_STRLESS, class SI_CONVERTER>
SI_Error
CSimpleIniTempl<SI_CHAR,SI_STRLESS,SI_CONVERTER>::LoadFile(
    const char * a_pszFile
    )
{
    FILE * fp = NULL;
#if __STDC_WANT_SECURE_LIB__ && !_WIN32_WCE
    fopen_s(&fp, a_pszFile, "rb");
#else // !__STDC_WANT_SECURE_LIB__
    fp = fopen(a_pszFile, "rb");
#endif // __STDC_WANT_SECURE_LIB__
    if (!fp) {
        return SI_FILE;
    }
    SI_Error rc = LoadFile(fp);
    fclose(fp);
    return rc;
}

#ifdef SI_HAS_WIDE_FILE
template<class SI_CHAR, class SI_STRLESS, class SI_CONVERTER>
SI_Error
CSimpleIniTempl<SI_CHAR,SI_STRLESS,SI_CONVERTER>::LoadFile(
    const SI_WCHAR_T * a_pwszFile
    )
{
#ifdef _WIN32
    FILE * fp = NULL;
#if __STDC_WANT_SECURE_LIB__ && !_WIN32_WCE
    _wfopen_s(&fp, a_pwszFile, L"rb");
#else // !__STDC_WANT_SECURE_LIB__
    fp = _wfopen(a_pwszFile, L"rb");
#endif // __STDC_WANT_SECURE_LIB__
    if (!fp) return SI_FILE;
    SI_Error rc = LoadFile(fp);
    fclose(fp);
    return rc;
#else // !_WIN32 (therefore SI_CONVERT_ICU)
    char szFile[256];
    u_austrncpy(szFile, a_pwszFile, sizeof(szFile));
    return LoadFile(szFile);
#endif // _WIN32
}
#endif // SI_HAS_WIDE_FILE

template<class SI_CHAR, class SI_STRLESS, class SI_CONVERTER>
SI_Error
CSimpleIniTempl<SI_CHAR,SI_STRLESS,SI_CONVERTER>::LoadFile(
    FILE * a_fpFile
    )
{
    // load the raw file data
    int retval = fseek(a_fpFile, 0, SEEK_END);
    if (retval != 0) {
        return SI_FILE;
    }
    long lSize = ftell(a_fpFile);
    if (lSize < 0) {
        return SI_FILE;
    }
    if (lSize == 0) {
        return SI_OK;
    }
    char * pData = new char[lSize];
    if (!pData) {
        return SI_NOMEM;
    }
    fseek(a_fpFile, 0, SEEK_SET);
    size_t uRead = fread(pData, sizeof(char), lSize, a_fpFile);
    if (uRead != (size_t) lSize) {
        delete[] pData;
        return SI_FILE;
    }

    // convert the raw data to unicode
    SI_Error rc = LoadData(pData, uRead);
    delete[] pData;
    return rc;
}

template<class SI_CHAR, class SI_STRLESS, class SI_CONVERTER>
SI_Error
CSimpleIniTempl<SI_CHAR,SI_STRLESS,SI_CONVERTER>::LoadData(
    const char *    a_pData,
    size_t          a_uDataLen
    )
{
    SI_CONVERTER converter(m_bStoreIsUtf8);

    if (a_uDataLen == 0) {
        return SI_OK;
    }

    // consume the UTF-8 BOM if it exists
    if (m_bStoreIsUtf8 && a_uDataLen >= 3) {
        if (memcmp(a_pData, SI_UTF8_SIGNATURE, 3) == 0) {
            a_pData    += 3;
            a_uDataLen -= 3;
        }
    }

    // determine the length of the converted data
    size_t uLen = converter.SizeFromStore(a_pData, a_uDataLen);
    if (uLen == (size_t)(-1)) {
        return SI_FAIL;
    }

    // allocate memory for the data, ensure that there is a NULL
    // terminator wherever the converted data ends
    SI_CHAR * pData = new SI_CHAR[uLen+1];
    if (!pData) {
        return SI_NOMEM;
    }
    memset(pData, 0, sizeof(SI_CHAR)*(uLen+1));

    // convert the data
    if (!converter.ConvertFromStore(a_pData, a_uDataLen, pData, uLen)) {
        delete[] pData;
        return SI_FAIL;
    }

    // parse it
    const static SI_CHAR empty = 0;
    SI_CHAR * pWork = pData;
    const SI_CHAR * pSection = &empty;
    const SI_CHAR * pItem = NULL;
    const SI_CHAR * pVal = NULL;
    const SI_CHAR * pComment = NULL;

    // We copy the strings if we are loading data into this class when we
    // already have stored some.
    bool bCopyStrings = (m_pData != NULL);

    // find a file comment if it exists, this is a comment that starts at the
    // beginning of the file and continues until the first blank line.
    SI_Error rc = FindFileComment(pWork, bCopyStrings);
    if (rc < 0) return rc;

    // add every entry in the file to the data table
    while (FindEntry(pWork, pSection, pItem, pVal, pComment)) {
        rc = AddEntry(pSection, pItem, pVal, pComment, false, bCopyStrings);
        if (rc < 0) return rc;
    }

    // store these strings if we didn't copy them
    if (bCopyStrings) {
        delete[] pData;
    }
    else {
        m_pData = pData;
        m_uDataLen = uLen+1;
    }

    return SI_OK;
}

#ifdef SI_SUPPORT_IOSTREAMS
template<class SI_CHAR, class SI_STRLESS, class SI_CONVERTER>
SI_Error
CSimpleIniTempl<SI_CHAR,SI_STRLESS,SI_CONVERTER>::LoadData(
    std::istream & a_istream
    )
{
    std::string strData;
    char szBuf[512];
    do {
        a_istream.get(szBuf, sizeof(szBuf), '\0');
        strData.append(szBuf);
    }
    while (a_istream.good());
    return LoadData(strData);
}
#endif // SI_SUPPORT_IOSTREAMS

template<class SI_CHAR, class SI_STRLESS, class SI_CONVERTER>
SI_Error
CSimpleIniTempl<SI_CHAR,SI_STRLESS,SI_CONVERTER>::FindFileComment(
    SI_CHAR *&      a_pData,
    bool            a_bCopyStrings
    )
{
    // there can only be a single file comment
    if (m_pFileComment) {
        return SI_OK;
    }

    // Load the file comment as multi-line text, this will modify all of
    // the newline characters to be single \n chars
    if (!LoadMultiLineText(a_pData, m_pFileComment, NULL, false)) {
        return SI_OK;
    }

    // copy the string if necessary
    if (a_bCopyStrings) {
        SI_Error rc = CopyString(m_pFileComment);
        if (rc < 0) return rc;
    }

    return SI_OK;
}

template<class SI_CHAR, class SI_STRLESS, class SI_CONVERTER>
bool
CSimpleIniTempl<SI_CHAR,SI_STRLESS,SI_CONVERTER>::FindEntry(
    SI_CHAR *&        a_pData,
    const SI_CHAR *&  a_pSection,
    const SI_CHAR *&  a_pKey,
    const SI_CHAR *&  a_pVal,
    const SI_CHAR *&  a_pComment
    ) const
{
    a_pComment = NULL;

    SI_CHAR * pTrail = NULL;
    while (*a_pData) {
        // skip spaces and empty lines
        while (*a_pData && IsSpace(*a_pData)) {
            ++a_pData;
        }
        if (!*a_pData) {
            break;
        }

        // skip processing of comment lines but keep a pointer to
        // the start of the comment.
        if (IsComment(*a_pData)) {
            LoadMultiLineText(a_pData, a_pComment, NULL, true);
            continue;
        }

        // process section names
        if (*a_pData == '[') {
            // skip leading spaces
            ++a_pData;
            while (*a_pData && IsSpace(*a_pData)) {
                ++a_pData;
            }

            // find the end of the section name (it may contain spaces)
            // and convert it to lowercase as necessary
            a_pSection = a_pData;
            while (*a_pData && *a_pData != ']' && !IsNewLineChar(*a_pData)) {
                ++a_pData;
            }

            // if it's an invalid line, just skip it
            if (*a_pData != ']') {
                continue;
            }

            // remove trailing spaces from the section
            pTrail = a_pData - 1;
            while (pTrail >= a_pSection && IsSpace(*pTrail)) {
                --pTrail;
            }
            ++pTrail;
            *pTrail = 0;

            // skip to the end of the line
            ++a_pData;  // safe as checked that it == ']' above
            while (*a_pData && !IsNewLineChar(*a_pData)) {
                ++a_pData;
            }

            a_pKey = NULL;
            a_pVal = NULL;
            return true;
        }

        // find the end of the key name (it may contain spaces)
        // and convert it to lowercase as necessary
        a_pKey = a_pData;
        while (*a_pData && *a_pData != '=' && !IsNewLineChar(*a_pData)) {
            ++a_pData;
        }

        // if it's an invalid line, just skip it
        if (*a_pData != '=') {
            continue;
        }

        // empty keys are invalid
        if (a_pKey == a_pData) {
            while (*a_pData && !IsNewLineChar(*a_pData)) {
                ++a_pData;
            }
            continue;
        }

        // remove trailing spaces from the key
        pTrail = a_pData - 1;
        while (pTrail >= a_pKey && IsSpace(*pTrail)) {
            --pTrail;
        }
        ++pTrail;
        *pTrail = 0;

        // skip leading whitespace on the value
        ++a_pData;  // safe as checked that it == '=' above
        while (*a_pData && !IsNewLineChar(*a_pData) && IsSpace(*a_pData)) {
            ++a_pData;
        }

        // find the end of the value which is the end of this line
        a_pVal = a_pData;
        while (*a_pData && !IsNewLineChar(*a_pData)) {
            ++a_pData;
        }

        // remove trailing spaces from the value
        pTrail = a_pData - 1;
        if (*a_pData) { // prepare for the next round
            SkipNewLine(a_pData);
        }
        while (pTrail >= a_pVal && IsSpace(*pTrail)) {
            --pTrail;
        }
        ++pTrail;
        *pTrail = 0;

        // check for multi-line entries
        if (m_bAllowMultiLine && IsMultiLineTag(a_pVal)) {
            // skip the "<<<" to get the tag that will end the multiline
            const SI_CHAR * pTagName = a_pVal + 3;
            return LoadMultiLineText(a_pData, a_pVal, pTagName);
        }

        // return the standard entry
        return true;
    }

    return false;
}

template<class SI_CHAR, class SI_STRLESS, class SI_CONVERTER>
bool
CSimpleIniTempl<SI_CHAR,SI_STRLESS,SI_CONVERTER>::IsMultiLineTag(
    const SI_CHAR * a_pVal
    ) const
{
    // check for the "<<<" prefix for a multi-line entry
    if (*a_pVal++ != '<') return false;
    if (*a_pVal++ != '<') return false;
    if (*a_pVal++ != '<') return false;
    return true;
}

template<class SI_CHAR, class SI_STRLESS, class SI_CONVERTER>
bool
CSimpleIniTempl<SI_CHAR,SI_STRLESS,SI_CONVERTER>::IsMultiLineData(
    const SI_CHAR * a_pData
    ) const
{
    // data is multi-line if it has any of the following features:
    //  * whitespace prefix
    //  * embedded newlines
    //  * whitespace suffix

    // empty string
    if (!*a_pData) {
        return false;
    }

    // check for prefix
    if (IsSpace(*a_pData)) {
        return true;
    }

    // embedded newlines
    while (*a_pData) {
        if (IsNewLineChar(*a_pData)) {
            return true;
        }
        ++a_pData;
    }

    // check for suffix
    if (IsSpace(*--a_pData)) {
        return true;
    }

    return false;
}

template<class SI_CHAR, class SI_STRLESS, class SI_CONVERTER>
bool
CSimpleIniTempl<SI_CHAR,SI_STRLESS,SI_CONVERTER>::IsNewLineChar(
    SI_CHAR a_c
    ) const
{
    return (a_c == '\n' || a_c == '\r');
}

template<class SI_CHAR, class SI_STRLESS, class SI_CONVERTER>
bool
CSimpleIniTempl<SI_CHAR,SI_STRLESS,SI_CONVERTER>::LoadMultiLineText(
    SI_CHAR *&          a_pData,
    const SI_CHAR *&    a_pVal,
    const SI_CHAR *     a_pTagName,
    bool                a_bAllowBlankLinesInComment
    ) const
{
    // we modify this data to strip all newlines down to a single '\n'
    // character. This means that on Windows we need to strip out some
    // characters which will make the data shorter.
    // i.e.  LINE1-LINE1\r\nLINE2-LINE2\0 will become
    //       LINE1-LINE1\nLINE2-LINE2\0
    // The pDataLine entry is the pointer to the location in memory that
    // the current line needs to start to run following the existing one.
    // This may be the same as pCurrLine in which case no move is needed.
    SI_CHAR * pDataLine = a_pData;
    SI_CHAR * pCurrLine;

    // value starts at the current line
    a_pVal = a_pData;

    // find the end tag. This tag must start in column 1 and be
    // followed by a newline. No whitespace removal is done while
    // searching for this tag.
    SI_CHAR cEndOfLineChar = *a_pData;
    for(;;) {
        // if we are loading comments then we need a comment character as
        // the first character on every line
        if (!a_pTagName && !IsComment(*a_pData)) {
            // if we aren't allowing blank lines then we're done
            if (!a_bAllowBlankLinesInComment) {
                break;
            }

            // if we are allowing blank lines then we only include them
            // in this comment if another comment follows, so read ahead
            // to find out.
            SI_CHAR * pCurr = a_pData;
            int nNewLines = 0;
            while (IsSpace(*pCurr)) {
                if (IsNewLineChar(*pCurr)) {
                    ++nNewLines;
                    SkipNewLine(pCurr);
                }
                else {
                    ++pCurr;
                }
            }

            // we have a comment, add the blank lines to the output
            // and continue processing from here
            if (IsComment(*pCurr)) {
                for (; nNewLines > 0; --nNewLines) *pDataLine++ = '\n';
                a_pData = pCurr;
                continue;
            }

            // the comment ends here
            break;
        }

        // find the end of this line
        pCurrLine = a_pData;
        while (*a_pData && !IsNewLineChar(*a_pData)) ++a_pData;

        // move this line down to the location that it should be if necessary
        if (pDataLine < pCurrLine) {
            size_t nLen = (size_t) (a_pData - pCurrLine);
            memmove(pDataLine, pCurrLine, nLen * sizeof(SI_CHAR));
            pDataLine[nLen] = '\0';
        }

        // end the line with a NULL
        cEndOfLineChar = *a_pData;
        *a_pData = 0;

        // if are looking for a tag then do the check now. This is done before
        // checking for end of the data, so that if we have the tag at the end
        // of the data then the tag is removed correctly.
        if (a_pTagName &&
            (!IsLess(pDataLine, a_pTagName) && !IsLess(a_pTagName, pDataLine)))
        {
            break;
        }

        // if we are at the end of the data then we just automatically end
        // this entry and return the current data.
        if (!cEndOfLineChar) {
            return true;
        }

        // otherwise we need to process this newline to ensure that it consists
        // of just a single \n character.
        pDataLine += (a_pData - pCurrLine);
        *a_pData = cEndOfLineChar;
        SkipNewLine(a_pData);
        *pDataLine++ = '\n';
    }

    // if we didn't find a comment at all then return false
    if (a_pVal == a_pData) {
        a_pVal = NULL;
        return false;
    }

    // the data (which ends at the end of the last line) needs to be
    // null-terminated BEFORE before the newline character(s). If the
    // user wants a new line in the multi-line data then they need to
    // add an empty line before the tag.
    *--pDataLine = '\0';

    // if looking for a tag and if we aren't at the end of the data,
    // then move a_pData to the start of the next line.
    if (a_pTagName && cEndOfLineChar) {
        SI_ASSERT(IsNewLineChar(cEndOfLineChar));
        *a_pData = cEndOfLineChar;
        SkipNewLine(a_pData);
    }

    return true;
}

template<class SI_CHAR, class SI_STRLESS, class SI_CONVERTER>
SI_Error
CSimpleIniTempl<SI_CHAR,SI_STRLESS,SI_CONVERTER>::CopyString(
    const SI_CHAR *& a_pString
    )
{
    size_t uLen = 0;
    if (sizeof(SI_CHAR) == sizeof(char)) {
        uLen = strlen((const char *)a_pString);
    }
    else if (sizeof(SI_CHAR) == sizeof(wchar_t)) {
        uLen = wcslen((const wchar_t *)a_pString);
    }
    else {
        for ( ; a_pString[uLen]; ++uLen) /*loop*/ ;
    }
    ++uLen; // NULL character
    SI_CHAR * pCopy = new SI_CHAR[uLen];
    if (!pCopy) {
        return SI_NOMEM;
    }
    memcpy(pCopy, a_pString, sizeof(SI_CHAR)*uLen);
    m_strings.push_back(pCopy);
    a_pString = pCopy;
    return SI_OK;
}

template<class SI_CHAR, class SI_STRLESS, class SI_CONVERTER>
SI_Error
CSimpleIniTempl<SI_CHAR,SI_STRLESS,SI_CONVERTER>::AddEntry(
    const SI_CHAR * a_pSection,
    const SI_CHAR * a_pKey,
    const SI_CHAR * a_pValue,
    const SI_CHAR * a_pComment,
    bool            a_bForceReplace,
    bool            a_bCopyStrings
    )
{
    SI_Error rc;
    bool bInserted = false;

    SI_ASSERT(!a_pComment || IsComment(*a_pComment));

    // if we are copying strings then make a copy of the comment now
    // because we will need it when we add the entry.
    if (a_bCopyStrings && a_pComment) {
        rc = CopyString(a_pComment);
        if (rc < 0) return rc;
    }

    // create the section entry if necessary
    typename TSection::iterator iSection = m_data.find(a_pSection);
    if (iSection == m_data.end()) {
        // if the section doesn't exist then we need a copy as the
        // string needs to last beyond the end of this function
        if (a_bCopyStrings) {
            rc = CopyString(a_pSection);
            if (rc < 0) return rc;
        }

        // only set the comment if this is a section only entry
        Entry oSection(a_pSection, ++m_nOrder);
        if (a_pComment && (!a_pKey || !a_pValue)) {
            oSection.pComment = a_pComment;
        }

        typename TSection::value_type oEntry(oSection, TKeyVal());
        typedef typename TSection::iterator SectionIterator;
        std::pair<SectionIterator,bool> i = m_data.insert(oEntry);
        iSection = i.first;
        bInserted = true;
    }
    if (!a_pKey || !a_pValue) {
        // section only entries are specified with pItem and pVal as NULL
        return bInserted ? SI_INSERTED : SI_UPDATED;
    }

    // check for existence of the key
    TKeyVal & keyval = iSection->second;
    typename TKeyVal::iterator iKey = keyval.find(a_pKey);

    // remove all existing entries but save the load order and
    // comment of the first entry
    int nLoadOrder = ++m_nOrder;
    if (iKey != keyval.end() && m_bAllowMultiKey && a_bForceReplace) {
        const SI_CHAR * pComment = NULL;
        while (iKey != keyval.end() && !IsLess(a_pKey, iKey->first.pItem)) {
            if (iKey->first.nOrder < nLoadOrder) {
                nLoadOrder = iKey->first.nOrder;
                pComment   = iKey->first.pComment;
            }
            ++iKey;
        }
        if (pComment) {
            DeleteString(a_pComment);
            a_pComment = pComment;
            CopyString(a_pComment);
        }
        Delete(a_pSection, a_pKey);
        iKey = keyval.end();
    }

    // make string copies if necessary
    bool bForceCreateNewKey = m_bAllowMultiKey && !a_bForceReplace;
    if (a_bCopyStrings) {
        if (bForceCreateNewKey || iKey == keyval.end()) {
            // if the key doesn't exist then we need a copy as the
            // string needs to last beyond the end of this function
            // because we will be inserting the key next
            rc = CopyString(a_pKey);
            if (rc < 0) return rc;
        }

        // we always need a copy of the value
        rc = CopyString(a_pValue);
        if (rc < 0) return rc;
    }

    // create the key entry
    if (iKey == keyval.end() || bForceCreateNewKey) {
        Entry oKey(a_pKey, nLoadOrder);
        if (a_pComment) {
            oKey.pComment = a_pComment;
        }
        typename TKeyVal::value_type oEntry(oKey, static_cast<const SI_CHAR *>(NULL));
        iKey = keyval.insert(oEntry);
        bInserted = true;
    }
    iKey->second = a_pValue;
    return bInserted ? SI_INSERTED : SI_UPDATED;
}

template<class SI_CHAR, class SI_STRLESS, class SI_CONVERTER>
const SI_CHAR *
CSimpleIniTempl<SI_CHAR,SI_STRLESS,SI_CONVERTER>::GetValue(
    const SI_CHAR * a_pSection,
    const SI_CHAR * a_pKey,
    const SI_CHAR * a_pDefault,
    bool *          a_pHasMultiple
    ) const
{
    if (a_pHasMultiple) {
        *a_pHasMultiple = false;
    }
    if (!a_pSection || !a_pKey) {
        return a_pDefault;
    }
    typename TSection::const_iterator iSection = m_data.find(a_pSection);
    if (iSection == m_data.end()) {
        return a_pDefault;
    }
    typename TKeyVal::const_iterator iKeyVal = iSection->second.find(a_pKey);
    if (iKeyVal == iSection->second.end()) {
        return a_pDefault;
    }

    // check for multiple entries with the same key
    if (m_bAllowMultiKey && a_pHasMultiple) {
        typename TKeyVal::const_iterator iTemp = iKeyVal;
        if (++iTemp != iSection->second.end()) {
            if (!IsLess(a_pKey, iTemp->first.pItem)) {
                *a_pHasMultiple = true;
            }
        }
    }

    return iKeyVal->second;
}

template<class SI_CHAR, class SI_STRLESS, class SI_CONVERTER>
long
CSimpleIniTempl<SI_CHAR,SI_STRLESS,SI_CONVERTER>::GetLongValue(
    const SI_CHAR * a_pSection,
    const SI_CHAR * a_pKey,
    long            a_nDefault,
    bool *          a_pHasMultiple
    ) const
{
    // return the default if we don't have a value
    const SI_CHAR * pszValue = GetValue(a_pSection, a_pKey, NULL, a_pHasMultiple);
    if (!pszValue || !*pszValue) return a_nDefault;

    // convert to UTF-8/MBCS which for a numeric value will be the same as ASCII
    char szValue[64] = { 0 };
    SI_CONVERTER c(m_bStoreIsUtf8);
    if (!c.ConvertToStore(pszValue, szValue, sizeof(szValue))) {
        return a_nDefault;
    }

    // handle the value as hex if prefaced with "0x"
    long nValue = a_nDefault;
    char * pszSuffix = szValue;
    if (szValue[0] == '0' && (szValue[1] == 'x' || szValue[1] == 'X')) {
        if (!szValue[2]) return a_nDefault;
        nValue = strtol(&szValue[2], &pszSuffix, 16);
    }
    else {
        nValue = strtol(szValue, &pszSuffix, 10);
    }

    // any invalid strings will return the default value
    if (*pszSuffix) { 
        return a_nDefault; 
    }

    return nValue;
}

template<class SI_CHAR, class SI_STRLESS, class SI_CONVERTER>
SI_Error 
CSimpleIniTempl<SI_CHAR,SI_STRLESS,SI_CONVERTER>::SetLongValue(
    const SI_CHAR * a_pSection,
    const SI_CHAR * a_pKey,
    long            a_nValue,
    const SI_CHAR * a_pComment,
    bool            a_bUseHex,
    bool            a_bForceReplace
    )
{
    // use SetValue to create sections
    if (!a_pSection || !a_pKey) return SI_FAIL;

    // convert to an ASCII string
    char szInput[64];
#if __STDC_WANT_SECURE_LIB__ && !_WIN32_WCE
    sprintf_s(szInput, a_bUseHex ? "0x%lx" : "%ld", a_nValue);
#else // !__STDC_WANT_SECURE_LIB__
    sprintf(szInput, a_bUseHex ? "0x%lx" : "%ld", a_nValue);
#endif // __STDC_WANT_SECURE_LIB__

    // convert to output text
    SI_CHAR szOutput[64];
    SI_CONVERTER c(m_bStoreIsUtf8);
    c.ConvertFromStore(szInput, strlen(szInput) + 1, 
        szOutput, sizeof(szOutput) / sizeof(SI_CHAR));

    // actually add it
    return AddEntry(a_pSection, a_pKey, szOutput, a_pComment, a_bForceReplace, true);
}

template<class SI_CHAR, class SI_STRLESS, class SI_CONVERTER>
double
CSimpleIniTempl<SI_CHAR,SI_STRLESS,SI_CONVERTER>::GetDoubleValue(
    const SI_CHAR * a_pSection,
    const SI_CHAR * a_pKey,
    double          a_nDefault,
    bool *          a_pHasMultiple
    ) const
{
    // return the default if we don't have a value
    const SI_CHAR * pszValue = GetValue(a_pSection, a_pKey, NULL, a_pHasMultiple);
    if (!pszValue || !*pszValue) return a_nDefault;

    // convert to UTF-8/MBCS which for a numeric value will be the same as ASCII
    char szValue[64] = { 0 };
    SI_CONVERTER c(m_bStoreIsUtf8);
    if (!c.ConvertToStore(pszValue, szValue, sizeof(szValue))) {
        return a_nDefault;
    }

    char * pszSuffix = NULL;
    double nValue = strtod(szValue, &pszSuffix);

    // any invalid strings will return the default value
    if (!pszSuffix || *pszSuffix) { 
        return a_nDefault; 
    }

    return nValue;
}

template<class SI_CHAR, class SI_STRLESS, class SI_CONVERTER>
SI_Error 
CSimpleIniTempl<SI_CHAR,SI_STRLESS,SI_CONVERTER>::SetDoubleValue(
        const SI_CHAR * a_pSection,
        const SI_CHAR * a_pKey,
        double          a_nValue,
        const SI_CHAR * a_pComment,
        bool            a_bForceReplace
        )
{
        // use SetValue to create sections
        if (!a_pSection || !a_pKey) return SI_FAIL;

        // convert to an ASCII string
        char szInput[64];
#if __STDC_WANT_SECURE_LIB__ && !_WIN32_WCE
        sprintf_s(szInput, "%f", a_nValue);
#else // !__STDC_WANT_SECURE_LIB__
        sprintf(szInput, "%f", a_nValue);
#endif // __STDC_WANT_SECURE_LIB__

        // convert to output text
        SI_CHAR szOutput[64];
        SI_CONVERTER c(m_bStoreIsUtf8);
        c.ConvertFromStore(szInput, strlen(szInput) + 1, 
                szOutput, sizeof(szOutput) / sizeof(SI_CHAR));

        // actually add it
        return AddEntry(a_pSection, a_pKey, szOutput, a_pComment, a_bForceReplace, true);
}

template<class SI_CHAR, class SI_STRLESS, class SI_CONVERTER>
bool
CSimpleIniTempl<SI_CHAR,SI_STRLESS,SI_CONVERTER>::GetBoolValue(
    const SI_CHAR * a_pSection,
    const SI_CHAR * a_pKey,
    bool            a_bDefault,
    bool *          a_pHasMultiple
    ) const
{
    // return the default if we don't have a value
    const SI_CHAR * pszValue = GetValue(a_pSection, a_pKey, NULL, a_pHasMultiple);
    if (!pszValue || !*pszValue) return a_bDefault;

    // we only look at the minimum number of characters
    switch (pszValue[0]) {
    case 't': case 'T': // true
    case 'y': case 'Y': // yes
    case '1':           // 1 (one)
        return true;

    case 'f': case 'F': // false
    case 'n': case 'N': // no
    case '0':           // 0 (zero)
        return false;

    case 'o': case 'O':
        if (pszValue[1] == 'n' || pszValue[1] == 'N') return true;  // on
        if (pszValue[1] == 'f' || pszValue[1] == 'F') return false; // off
        break;
    }

    // no recognized value, return the default
    return a_bDefault;
}

template<class SI_CHAR, class SI_STRLESS, class SI_CONVERTER>
SI_Error 
CSimpleIniTempl<SI_CHAR,SI_STRLESS,SI_CONVERTER>::SetBoolValue(
    const SI_CHAR * a_pSection,
    const SI_CHAR * a_pKey,
    bool            a_bValue,
    const SI_CHAR * a_pComment,
    bool            a_bForceReplace
    )
{
    // use SetValue to create sections
    if (!a_pSection || !a_pKey) return SI_FAIL;

    // convert to an ASCII string
    const char * pszInput = a_bValue ? "true" : "false";

    // convert to output text
    SI_CHAR szOutput[64];
    SI_CONVERTER c(m_bStoreIsUtf8);
    c.ConvertFromStore(pszInput, strlen(pszInput) + 1, 
        szOutput, sizeof(szOutput) / sizeof(SI_CHAR));

    // actually add it
    return AddEntry(a_pSection, a_pKey, szOutput, a_pComment, a_bForceReplace, true);
}
    
template<class SI_CHAR, class SI_STRLESS, class SI_CONVERTER>
bool
CSimpleIniTempl<SI_CHAR,SI_STRLESS,SI_CONVERTER>::GetAllValues(
    const SI_CHAR * a_pSection,
    const SI_CHAR * a_pKey,
    TNamesDepend &  a_values
    ) const
{
    a_values.clear();

    if (!a_pSection || !a_pKey) {
        return false;
    }
    typename TSection::const_iterator iSection = m_data.find(a_pSection);
    if (iSection == m_data.end()) {
        return false;
    }
    typename TKeyVal::const_iterator iKeyVal = iSection->second.find(a_pKey);
    if (iKeyVal == iSection->second.end()) {
        return false;
    }

    // insert all values for this key
    a_values.push_back(Entry(iKeyVal->second, iKeyVal->first.pComment, iKeyVal->first.nOrder));
    if (m_bAllowMultiKey) {
        ++iKeyVal;
        while (iKeyVal != iSection->second.end() && !IsLess(a_pKey, iKeyVal->first.pItem)) {
            a_values.push_back(Entry(iKeyVal->second, iKeyVal->first.pComment, iKeyVal->first.nOrder));
            ++iKeyVal;
        }
    }

    return true;
}

template<class SI_CHAR, class SI_STRLESS, class SI_CONVERTER>
int
CSimpleIniTempl<SI_CHAR,SI_STRLESS,SI_CONVERTER>::GetSectionSize(
    const SI_CHAR * a_pSection
    ) const
{
    if (!a_pSection) {
        return -1;
    }

    typename TSection::const_iterator iSection = m_data.find(a_pSection);
    if (iSection == m_data.end()) {
        return -1;
    }
    const TKeyVal & section = iSection->second;

    // if multi-key isn't permitted then the section size is
    // the number of keys that we have.
    if (!m_bAllowMultiKey || section.empty()) {
        return (int) section.size();
    }

    // otherwise we need to count them
    int nCount = 0;
    const SI_CHAR * pLastKey = NULL;
    typename TKeyVal::const_iterator iKeyVal = section.begin();
    for (int n = 0; iKeyVal != section.end(); ++iKeyVal, ++n) {
        if (!pLastKey || IsLess(pLastKey, iKeyVal->first.pItem)) {
            ++nCount;
            pLastKey = iKeyVal->first.pItem;
        }
    }
    return nCount;
}

template<class SI_CHAR, class SI_STRLESS, class SI_CONVERTER>
const typename CSimpleIniTempl<SI_CHAR,SI_STRLESS,SI_CONVERTER>::TKeyVal *
CSimpleIniTempl<SI_CHAR,SI_STRLESS,SI_CONVERTER>::GetSection(
    const SI_CHAR * a_pSection
    ) const
{
    if (a_pSection) {
        typename TSection::const_iterator i = m_data.find(a_pSection);
        if (i != m_data.end()) {
            return &(i->second);
        }
    }
    return 0;
}

template<class SI_CHAR, class SI_STRLESS, class SI_CONVERTER>
void
CSimpleIniTempl<SI_CHAR,SI_STRLESS,SI_CONVERTER>::GetAllSections(
    TNamesDepend & a_names
    ) const
{
    a_names.clear();
    typename TSection::const_iterator i = m_data.begin();
    for (int n = 0; i != m_data.end(); ++i, ++n ) {
        a_names.push_back(i->first);
    }
}

template<class SI_CHAR, class SI_STRLESS, class SI_CONVERTER>
bool
CSimpleIniTempl<SI_CHAR,SI_STRLESS,SI_CONVERTER>::GetAllKeys(
    const SI_CHAR * a_pSection,
    TNamesDepend &  a_names
    ) const
{
    a_names.clear();

    if (!a_pSection) {
        return false;
    }

    typename TSection::const_iterator iSection = m_data.find(a_pSection);
    if (iSection == m_data.end()) {
        return false;
    }

    const TKeyVal & section = iSection->second;
    const SI_CHAR * pLastKey = NULL;
    typename TKeyVal::const_iterator iKeyVal = section.begin();
    for (int n = 0; iKeyVal != section.end(); ++iKeyVal, ++n ) {
        if (!pLastKey || IsLess(pLastKey, iKeyVal->first.pItem)) {
            a_names.push_back(iKeyVal->first);
            pLastKey = iKeyVal->first.pItem;
        }
    }

    return true;
}

template<class SI_CHAR, class SI_STRLESS, class SI_CONVERTER>
SI_Error
CSimpleIniTempl<SI_CHAR,SI_STRLESS,SI_CONVERTER>::SaveFile(
    const char *    a_pszFile,
    bool            a_bAddSignature
    ) const
{
    FILE * fp = NULL;
#if __STDC_WANT_SECURE_LIB__ && !_WIN32_WCE
    fopen_s(&fp, a_pszFile, "wb");
#else // !__STDC_WANT_SECURE_LIB__
    fp = fopen(a_pszFile, "wb");
#endif // __STDC_WANT_SECURE_LIB__
    if (!fp) return SI_FILE;
    SI_Error rc = SaveFile(fp, a_bAddSignature);
    fclose(fp);
    return rc;
}

#ifdef SI_HAS_WIDE_FILE
template<class SI_CHAR, class SI_STRLESS, class SI_CONVERTER>
SI_Error
CSimpleIniTempl<SI_CHAR,SI_STRLESS,SI_CONVERTER>::SaveFile(
    const SI_WCHAR_T *  a_pwszFile,
    bool                a_bAddSignature
    ) const
{
#ifdef _WIN32
    FILE * fp = NULL;
#if __STDC_WANT_SECURE_LIB__ && !_WIN32_WCE
    _wfopen_s(&fp, a_pwszFile, L"wb");
#else // !__STDC_WANT_SECURE_LIB__
    fp = _wfopen(a_pwszFile, L"wb");
#endif // __STDC_WANT_SECURE_LIB__
    if (!fp) return SI_FILE;
    SI_Error rc = SaveFile(fp, a_bAddSignature);
    fclose(fp);
    return rc;
#else // !_WIN32 (therefore SI_CONVERT_ICU)
    char szFile[256];
    u_austrncpy(szFile, a_pwszFile, sizeof(szFile));
    return SaveFile(szFile, a_bAddSignature);
#endif // _WIN32
}
#endif // SI_HAS_WIDE_FILE

template<class SI_CHAR, class SI_STRLESS, class SI_CONVERTER>
SI_Error
CSimpleIniTempl<SI_CHAR,SI_STRLESS,SI_CONVERTER>::SaveFile(
    FILE *  a_pFile,
    bool    a_bAddSignature
    ) const
{
    FileWriter writer(a_pFile);
    return Save(writer, a_bAddSignature);
}

template<class SI_CHAR, class SI_STRLESS, class SI_CONVERTER>
SI_Error
CSimpleIniTempl<SI_CHAR,SI_STRLESS,SI_CONVERTER>::Save(
    OutputWriter &  a_oOutput,
    bool            a_bAddSignature
    ) const
{
    Converter convert(m_bStoreIsUtf8);

    // add the UTF-8 signature if it is desired
    if (m_bStoreIsUtf8 && a_bAddSignature) {
        a_oOutput.Write(SI_UTF8_SIGNATURE);
    }

    // get all of the sections sorted in load order
    TNamesDepend oSections;
    GetAllSections(oSections);
#if defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER <= 1200
    oSections.sort();
#elif defined(__BORLANDC__)
    oSections.sort(Entry::LoadOrder());
#else
    oSections.sort(typename Entry::LoadOrder());
#endif

    // write the file comment if we have one
    bool bNeedNewLine = false;
    if (m_pFileComment) {
        if (!OutputMultiLineText(a_oOutput, convert, m_pFileComment)) {
            return SI_FAIL;
        }
        bNeedNewLine = true;
    }

    // iterate through our sections and output the data
    typename TNamesDepend::const_iterator iSection = oSections.begin();
    for ( ; iSection != oSections.end(); ++iSection ) {
        // write out the comment if there is one
        if (iSection->pComment) {
            if (bNeedNewLine) {
                a_oOutput.Write(SI_NEWLINE_A);
                a_oOutput.Write(SI_NEWLINE_A);
            }
            if (!OutputMultiLineText(a_oOutput, convert, iSection->pComment)) {
                return SI_FAIL;
            }
            bNeedNewLine = false;
        }

        if (bNeedNewLine) {
            a_oOutput.Write(SI_NEWLINE_A);
            a_oOutput.Write(SI_NEWLINE_A);
            bNeedNewLine = false;
        }

        // write the section (unless there is no section name)
        if (*iSection->pItem) {
            if (!convert.ConvertToStore(iSection->pItem)) {
                return SI_FAIL;
            }
            a_oOutput.Write("[");
            a_oOutput.Write(convert.Data());
            a_oOutput.Write("]");
            a_oOutput.Write(SI_NEWLINE_A);
        }

        // get all of the keys sorted in load order
        TNamesDepend oKeys;
        GetAllKeys(iSection->pItem, oKeys);
#if defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER <= 1200
        oKeys.sort();
#elif defined(__BORLANDC__)
        oKeys.sort(Entry::LoadOrder());
#else
        oKeys.sort(typename Entry::LoadOrder());
#endif

        // write all keys and values
        typename TNamesDepend::const_iterator iKey = oKeys.begin();
        for ( ; iKey != oKeys.end(); ++iKey) {
            // get all values for this key
            TNamesDepend oValues;
            GetAllValues(iSection->pItem, iKey->pItem, oValues);

            typename TNamesDepend::const_iterator iValue = oValues.begin();
            for ( ; iValue != oValues.end(); ++iValue) {
                // write out the comment if there is one
                if (iValue->pComment) {
                    a_oOutput.Write(SI_NEWLINE_A);
                    if (!OutputMultiLineText(a_oOutput, convert, iValue->pComment)) {
                        return SI_FAIL;
                    }
                }

                // write the key
                if (!convert.ConvertToStore(iKey->pItem)) {
                    return SI_FAIL;
                }
                a_oOutput.Write(convert.Data());

                // write the value
                if (!convert.ConvertToStore(iValue->pItem)) {
                    return SI_FAIL;
                }
                a_oOutput.Write(m_bSpaces ? " = " : "=");
                if (m_bAllowMultiLine && IsMultiLineData(iValue->pItem)) {
                    // multi-line data needs to be processed specially to ensure
                    // that we use the correct newline format for the current system
                    a_oOutput.Write("<<<END_OF_TEXT" SI_NEWLINE_A);
                    if (!OutputMultiLineText(a_oOutput, convert, iValue->pItem)) {
                        return SI_FAIL;
                    }
                    a_oOutput.Write("END_OF_TEXT");
                }
                else {
                    a_oOutput.Write(convert.Data());
                }
                a_oOutput.Write(SI_NEWLINE_A);
            }
        }

        bNeedNewLine = true;
    }

    return SI_OK;
}

template<class SI_CHAR, class SI_STRLESS, class SI_CONVERTER>
bool
CSimpleIniTempl<SI_CHAR,SI_STRLESS,SI_CONVERTER>::OutputMultiLineText(
    OutputWriter &  a_oOutput,
    Converter &     a_oConverter,
    const SI_CHAR * a_pText
    ) const
{
    const SI_CHAR * pEndOfLine;
    SI_CHAR cEndOfLineChar = *a_pText;
    while (cEndOfLineChar) {
        // find the end of this line
        pEndOfLine = a_pText;
        for (; *pEndOfLine && *pEndOfLine != '\n'; ++pEndOfLine) /*loop*/ ;
        cEndOfLineChar = *pEndOfLine;

        // temporarily null terminate, convert and output the line
        *const_cast<SI_CHAR*>(pEndOfLine) = 0;
        if (!a_oConverter.ConvertToStore(a_pText)) {
            return false;
        }
        *const_cast<SI_CHAR*>(pEndOfLine) = cEndOfLineChar;
        a_pText += (pEndOfLine - a_pText) + 1;
        a_oOutput.Write(a_oConverter.Data());
        a_oOutput.Write(SI_NEWLINE_A);
    }
    return true;
}

template<class SI_CHAR, class SI_STRLESS, class SI_CONVERTER>
bool
CSimpleIniTempl<SI_CHAR,SI_STRLESS,SI_CONVERTER>::Delete(
    const SI_CHAR * a_pSection,
    const SI_CHAR * a_pKey,
    bool            a_bRemoveEmpty
    )
{
    if (!a_pSection) {
        return false;
    }

    typename TSection::iterator iSection = m_data.find(a_pSection);
    if (iSection == m_data.end()) {
        return false;
    }

    // remove a single key if we have a keyname
    if (a_pKey) {
        typename TKeyVal::iterator iKeyVal = iSection->second.find(a_pKey);
        if (iKeyVal == iSection->second.end()) {
            return false;
        }

        // remove any copied strings and then the key
        typename TKeyVal::iterator iDelete;
        do {
            iDelete = iKeyVal++;

            DeleteString(iDelete->first.pItem);
            DeleteString(iDelete->second);
            iSection->second.erase(iDelete);
        }
        while (iKeyVal != iSection->second.end()
            && !IsLess(a_pKey, iKeyVal->first.pItem));

        // done now if the section is not empty or we are not pruning away
        // the empty sections. Otherwise let it fall through into the section
        // deletion code
        if (!a_bRemoveEmpty || !iSection->second.empty()) {
            return true;
        }
    }
    else {
        // delete all copied strings from this section. The actual
        // entries will be removed when the section is removed.
        typename TKeyVal::iterator iKeyVal = iSection->second.begin();
        for ( ; iKeyVal != iSection->second.end(); ++iKeyVal) {
            DeleteString(iKeyVal->first.pItem);
            DeleteString(iKeyVal->second);
        }
    }

    // delete the section itself
    DeleteString(iSection->first.pItem);
    m_data.erase(iSection);

    return true;
}

template<class SI_CHAR, class SI_STRLESS, class SI_CONVERTER>
void
CSimpleIniTempl<SI_CHAR,SI_STRLESS,SI_CONVERTER>::DeleteString(
    const SI_CHAR * a_pString
    )
{
    // strings may exist either inside the data block, or they will be
    // individually allocated and stored in m_strings. We only physically
    // delete those stored in m_strings.
    if (a_pString < m_pData || a_pString >= m_pData + m_uDataLen) {
        typename TNamesDepend::iterator i = m_strings.begin();
        for (;i != m_strings.end(); ++i) {
            if (a_pString == i->pItem) {
                delete[] const_cast<SI_CHAR*>(i->pItem);
                m_strings.erase(i);
                break;
            }
        }
    }
}

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
//                              CONVERSION FUNCTIONS
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

// Defines the conversion classes for different libraries. Before including
// SimpleIni.h, set the converter that you wish you use by defining one of the
// following symbols.
//
//  SI_CONVERT_GENERIC      Use the Unicode reference conversion library in
//                          the accompanying files ConvertUTF.h/c
//  SI_CONVERT_ICU          Use the IBM ICU conversion library. Requires
//                          ICU headers on include path and icuuc.lib
//  SI_CONVERT_WIN32        Use the Win32 API functions for conversion.

#if !defined(SI_CONVERT_GENERIC) && !defined(SI_CONVERT_WIN32) && !defined(SI_CONVERT_ICU)
# ifdef _WIN32
#  define SI_CONVERT_WIN32
# else
#  define SI_CONVERT_GENERIC
# endif
#endif

template<class SI_CHAR>
struct SI_GenericCase {
    bool operator()(const SI_CHAR * pLeft, const SI_CHAR * pRight) const {
        long cmp;
        for ( ;*pLeft && *pRight; ++pLeft, ++pRight) {
            cmp = (long) *pLeft - (long) *pRight;
            if (cmp != 0) {
                return cmp < 0;
            }
        }
        return *pRight != 0;
    }
};

template<class SI_CHAR>
struct SI_GenericNoCase {
    inline SI_CHAR locase(SI_CHAR ch) const {
        return (ch < 'A' || ch > 'Z') ? ch : (ch - 'A' + 'a');
    }
    bool operator()(const SI_CHAR * pLeft, const SI_CHAR * pRight) const {
        long cmp;
        for ( ;*pLeft && *pRight; ++pLeft, ++pRight) {
            cmp = (long) locase(*pLeft) - (long) locase(*pRight);
            if (cmp != 0) {
                return cmp < 0;
            }
        }
        return *pRight != 0;
    }
};

template<class SI_CHAR>
class SI_ConvertA {
    bool m_bStoreIsUtf8;
protected:
    SI_ConvertA() { }
public:
    SI_ConvertA(bool a_bStoreIsUtf8) : m_bStoreIsUtf8(a_bStoreIsUtf8) { }

    /* copy and assignment */
    SI_ConvertA(const SI_ConvertA & rhs) { operator=(rhs); }
    SI_ConvertA & operator=(const SI_ConvertA & rhs) {
        m_bStoreIsUtf8 = rhs.m_bStoreIsUtf8;
        return *this;
    }

    size_t SizeFromStore(
        const char *    a_pInputData,
        size_t          a_uInputDataLen)
    {
        (void)a_pInputData;
        SI_ASSERT(a_uInputDataLen != (size_t) -1);

        // ASCII/MBCS/UTF-8 needs no conversion
        return a_uInputDataLen;
    }

    bool ConvertFromStore(
        const char *    a_pInputData,
        size_t          a_uInputDataLen,
        SI_CHAR *       a_pOutputData,
        size_t          a_uOutputDataSize)
    {
        // ASCII/MBCS/UTF-8 needs no conversion
        if (a_uInputDataLen > a_uOutputDataSize) {
            return false;
        }
        memcpy(a_pOutputData, a_pInputData, a_uInputDataLen);
        return true;
    }

    size_t SizeToStore(
        const SI_CHAR * a_pInputData)
    {
        // ASCII/MBCS/UTF-8 needs no conversion
        return strlen((const char *)a_pInputData) + 1;
    }

    bool ConvertToStore(
        const SI_CHAR * a_pInputData,
        char *          a_pOutputData,
        size_t          a_uOutputDataSize)
    {
        // calc input string length (SI_CHAR type and size independent)
        size_t uInputLen = strlen((const char *)a_pInputData) + 1;
        if (uInputLen > a_uOutputDataSize) {
            return false;
        }

        // ascii/UTF-8 needs no conversion
        memcpy(a_pOutputData, a_pInputData, uInputLen);
        return true;
    }
};


// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
//                              SI_CONVERT_GENERIC
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
#ifdef SI_CONVERT_GENERIC

#define SI_Case     SI_GenericCase
#define SI_NoCase   SI_GenericNoCase

#include <wchar.h>
#include "ConvertUTF.h"

template<class SI_CHAR>
class SI_ConvertW {
    bool m_bStoreIsUtf8;
protected:
    SI_ConvertW() { }
public:
    SI_ConvertW(bool a_bStoreIsUtf8) : m_bStoreIsUtf8(a_bStoreIsUtf8) { }

    /* copy and assignment */
    SI_ConvertW(const SI_ConvertW & rhs) { operator=(rhs); }
    SI_ConvertW & operator=(const SI_ConvertW & rhs) {
        m_bStoreIsUtf8 = rhs.m_bStoreIsUtf8;
        return *this;
    }

    size_t SizeFromStore(
        const char *    a_pInputData,
        size_t          a_uInputDataLen)
    {
        SI_ASSERT(a_uInputDataLen != (size_t) -1);

        if (m_bStoreIsUtf8) {
            // worst case scenario for UTF-8 to wchar_t is 1 char -> 1 wchar_t
            // so we just return the same number of characters required as for
            // the source text.
            return a_uInputDataLen;
        }
        else {
            return mbstowcs(NULL, a_pInputData, a_uInputDataLen);
        }
    }

    bool ConvertFromStore(
        const char *    a_pInputData,
        size_t          a_uInputDataLen,
        SI_CHAR *       a_pOutputData,
        size_t          a_uOutputDataSize)
    {
        if (m_bStoreIsUtf8) {
            // This uses the Unicode reference implementation to do the
            // conversion from UTF-8 to wchar_t. The required files are
            // ConvertUTF.h and ConvertUTF.c which should be included in
            // the distribution but are publically available from unicode.org
            // at http://www.unicode.org/Public/PROGRAMS/CVTUTF/
            ConversionResult retval;
            const UTF8 * pUtf8 = (const UTF8 *) a_pInputData;
            if (sizeof(wchar_t) == sizeof(UTF32)) {
                UTF32 * pUtf32 = (UTF32 *) a_pOutputData;
                retval = ConvertUTF8toUTF32(
                    &pUtf8, pUtf8 + a_uInputDataLen,
                    &pUtf32, pUtf32 + a_uOutputDataSize,
                    lenientConversion);
            }
            else if (sizeof(wchar_t) == sizeof(UTF16)) {
                UTF16 * pUtf16 = (UTF16 *) a_pOutputData;
                retval = ConvertUTF8toUTF16(
                    &pUtf8, pUtf8 + a_uInputDataLen,
                    &pUtf16, pUtf16 + a_uOutputDataSize,
                    lenientConversion);
            }
            return retval == conversionOK;
        }
        else {
            size_t retval = mbstowcs(a_pOutputData,
                a_pInputData, a_uOutputDataSize);
            return retval != (size_t)(-1);
        }
    }

    size_t SizeToStore(
        const SI_CHAR * a_pInputData)
    {
        if (m_bStoreIsUtf8) {
            // worst case scenario for wchar_t to UTF-8 is 1 wchar_t -> 6 char
            size_t uLen = 0;
            while (a_pInputData[uLen]) {
                ++uLen;
            }
            return (6 * uLen) + 1;
        }
        else {
            size_t uLen = wcstombs(NULL, a_pInputData, 0);
            if (uLen == (size_t)(-1)) {
                return uLen;
            }
            return uLen + 1; // include NULL terminator
        }
    }

    bool ConvertToStore(
        const SI_CHAR * a_pInputData,
        char *          a_pOutputData,
        size_t          a_uOutputDataSize
        )
    {
        if (m_bStoreIsUtf8) {
            // calc input string length (SI_CHAR type and size independent)
            size_t uInputLen = 0;
            while (a_pInputData[uInputLen]) {
                ++uInputLen;
            }
            ++uInputLen; // include the NULL char

            // This uses the Unicode reference implementation to do the
            // conversion from wchar_t to UTF-8. The required files are
            // ConvertUTF.h and ConvertUTF.c which should be included in
            // the distribution but are publically available from unicode.org
            // at http://www.unicode.org/Public/PROGRAMS/CVTUTF/
            ConversionResult retval;
            UTF8 * pUtf8 = (UTF8 *) a_pOutputData;
            if (sizeof(wchar_t) == sizeof(UTF32)) {
                const UTF32 * pUtf32 = (const UTF32 *) a_pInputData;
                retval = ConvertUTF32toUTF8(
                    &pUtf32, pUtf32 + uInputLen,
                    &pUtf8, pUtf8 + a_uOutputDataSize,
                    lenientConversion);
            }
            else if (sizeof(wchar_t) == sizeof(UTF16)) {
                const UTF16 * pUtf16 = (const UTF16 *) a_pInputData;
                retval = ConvertUTF16toUTF8(
                    &pUtf16, pUtf16 + uInputLen,
                    &pUtf8, pUtf8 + a_uOutputDataSize,
                    lenientConversion);
            }
            return retval == conversionOK;
        }
        else {
            size_t retval = wcstombs(a_pOutputData,
                a_pInputData, a_uOutputDataSize);
            return retval != (size_t) -1;
        }
    }
};

#endif // SI_CONVERT_GENERIC


// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
//                              SI_CONVERT_ICU
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
#ifdef SI_CONVERT_ICU

#define SI_Case     SI_GenericCase
#define SI_NoCase   SI_GenericNoCase

#include <unicode/ucnv.h>

template<class SI_CHAR>
class SI_ConvertW {
    const char * m_pEncoding;
    UConverter * m_pConverter;
protected:
    SI_ConvertW() : m_pEncoding(NULL), m_pConverter(NULL) { }
public:
    SI_ConvertW(bool a_bStoreIsUtf8) : m_pConverter(NULL) {
        m_pEncoding = a_bStoreIsUtf8 ? "UTF-8" : NULL;
    }

    /* copy and assignment */
    SI_ConvertW(const SI_ConvertW & rhs) { operator=(rhs); }
    SI_ConvertW & operator=(const SI_ConvertW & rhs) {
        m_pEncoding = rhs.m_pEncoding;
        m_pConverter = NULL;
        return *this;
    }
    ~SI_ConvertW() { if (m_pConverter) ucnv_close(m_pConverter); }

    size_t SizeFromStore(
        const char *    a_pInputData,
        size_t          a_uInputDataLen)
    {
        SI_ASSERT(a_uInputDataLen != (size_t) -1);

        UErrorCode nError;

        if (!m_pConverter) {
            nError = U_ZERO_ERROR;
            m_pConverter = ucnv_open(m_pEncoding, &nError);
            if (U_FAILURE(nError)) {
                return (size_t) -1;
            }
        }

        nError = U_ZERO_ERROR;
        int32_t nLen = ucnv_toUChars(m_pConverter, NULL, 0,
            a_pInputData, (int32_t) a_uInputDataLen, &nError);
        if (U_FAILURE(nError) && nError != U_BUFFER_OVERFLOW_ERROR) {
            return (size_t) -1;
        }

        return (size_t) nLen;
    }

    bool ConvertFromStore(
        const char *    a_pInputData,
        size_t          a_uInputDataLen,
        UChar *         a_pOutputData,
        size_t          a_uOutputDataSize)
    {
        UErrorCode nError;

        if (!m_pConverter) {
            nError = U_ZERO_ERROR;
            m_pConverter = ucnv_open(m_pEncoding, &nError);
            if (U_FAILURE(nError)) {
                return false;
            }
        }

        nError = U_ZERO_ERROR;
        ucnv_toUChars(m_pConverter,
            a_pOutputData, (int32_t) a_uOutputDataSize,
            a_pInputData, (int32_t) a_uInputDataLen, &nError);
        if (U_FAILURE(nError)) {
            return false;
        }

        return true;
    }

    size_t SizeToStore(
        const UChar * a_pInputData)
    {
        UErrorCode nError;

        if (!m_pConverter) {
            nError = U_ZERO_ERROR;
            m_pConverter = ucnv_open(m_pEncoding, &nError);
            if (U_FAILURE(nError)) {
                return (size_t) -1;
            }
        }

        nError = U_ZERO_ERROR;
        int32_t nLen = ucnv_fromUChars(m_pConverter, NULL, 0,
            a_pInputData, -1, &nError);
        if (U_FAILURE(nError) && nError != U_BUFFER_OVERFLOW_ERROR) {
            return (size_t) -1;
        }

        return (size_t) nLen + 1;
    }

    bool ConvertToStore(
        const UChar *   a_pInputData,
        char *          a_pOutputData,
        size_t          a_uOutputDataSize)
    {
        UErrorCode nError;

        if (!m_pConverter) {
            nError = U_ZERO_ERROR;
            m_pConverter = ucnv_open(m_pEncoding, &nError);
            if (U_FAILURE(nError)) {
                return false;
            }
        }

        nError = U_ZERO_ERROR;
        ucnv_fromUChars(m_pConverter,
            a_pOutputData, (int32_t) a_uOutputDataSize,
            a_pInputData, -1, &nError);
        if (U_FAILURE(nError)) {
            return false;
        }

        return true;
    }
};

#endif // SI_CONVERT_ICU


// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
//                              SI_CONVERT_WIN32
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
#ifdef SI_CONVERT_WIN32

#define SI_Case     SI_GenericCase

// Windows CE doesn't have errno or MBCS libraries
#ifdef _WIN32_WCE
# ifndef SI_NO_MBCS
#  define SI_NO_MBCS
# endif
#endif

#include <windows.h>
#ifdef SI_NO_MBCS
# define SI_NoCase   SI_GenericNoCase
#else // !SI_NO_MBCS

#include <mbstring.h>
template<class SI_CHAR>
struct SI_NoCase {
    bool operator()(const SI_CHAR * pLeft, const SI_CHAR * pRight) const {
        if (sizeof(SI_CHAR) == sizeof(char)) {
            return _mbsicmp((const unsigned char *)pLeft,
                (const unsigned char *)pRight) < 0;
        }
        if (sizeof(SI_CHAR) == sizeof(wchar_t)) {
            return _wcsicmp((const wchar_t *)pLeft,
                (const wchar_t *)pRight) < 0;
        }
        return SI_GenericNoCase<SI_CHAR>()(pLeft, pRight);
    }
};
#endif // SI_NO_MBCS

template<class SI_CHAR>
class SI_ConvertW {
    UINT m_uCodePage;
protected:
    SI_ConvertW() { }
public:
    SI_ConvertW(bool a_bStoreIsUtf8) {
        m_uCodePage = a_bStoreIsUtf8 ? CP_UTF8 : CP_ACP;
    }

    /* copy and assignment */
    SI_ConvertW(const SI_ConvertW & rhs) { operator=(rhs); }
    SI_ConvertW & operator=(const SI_ConvertW & rhs) {
        m_uCodePage = rhs.m_uCodePage;
        return *this;
    }

    size_t SizeFromStore(
        const char *    a_pInputData,
        size_t          a_uInputDataLen)
    {
        SI_ASSERT(a_uInputDataLen != (size_t) -1);

        int retval = MultiByteToWideChar(
            m_uCodePage, 0,
            a_pInputData, (int) a_uInputDataLen,
            0, 0);
        return (size_t)(retval > 0 ? retval : -1);
    }

    bool ConvertFromStore(
        const char *    a_pInputData,
        size_t          a_uInputDataLen,
        SI_CHAR *       a_pOutputData,
        size_t          a_uOutputDataSize)
    {
        int nSize = MultiByteToWideChar(
            m_uCodePage, 0,
            a_pInputData, (int) a_uInputDataLen,
            (wchar_t *) a_pOutputData, (int) a_uOutputDataSize);
        return (nSize > 0);
    }

    size_t SizeToStore(
        const SI_CHAR * a_pInputData)
    {
        int retval = WideCharToMultiByte(
            m_uCodePage, 0,
            (const wchar_t *) a_pInputData, -1,
            0, 0, 0, 0);
        return (size_t) (retval > 0 ? retval : -1);
    }

    bool ConvertToStore(
        const SI_CHAR * a_pInputData,
        char *          a_pOutputData,
        size_t          a_uOutputDataSize)
    {
        int retval = WideCharToMultiByte(
            m_uCodePage, 0,
            (const wchar_t *) a_pInputData, -1,
            a_pOutputData, (int) a_uOutputDataSize, 0, 0);
        return retval > 0;
    }
};

#endif // SI_CONVERT_WIN32


// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
//                                  TYPE DEFINITIONS
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

typedef CSimpleIniTempl<char,
    SI_NoCase<char>,SI_ConvertA<char> >                 CSimpleIniA;
typedef CSimpleIniTempl<char,
    SI_Case<char>,SI_ConvertA<char> >                   CSimpleIniCaseA;

#if defined(SI_CONVERT_ICU)
typedef CSimpleIniTempl<UChar,
    SI_NoCase<UChar>,SI_ConvertW<UChar> >               CSimpleIniW;
typedef CSimpleIniTempl<UChar,
    SI_Case<UChar>,SI_ConvertW<UChar> >                 CSimpleIniCaseW;
#else
typedef CSimpleIniTempl<wchar_t,
    SI_NoCase<wchar_t>,SI_ConvertW<wchar_t> >           CSimpleIniW;
typedef CSimpleIniTempl<wchar_t,
    SI_Case<wchar_t>,SI_ConvertW<wchar_t> >             CSimpleIniCaseW;
#endif

#ifdef _UNICODE
# define CSimpleIni      CSimpleIniW
# define CSimpleIniCase  CSimpleIniCaseW
# define SI_NEWLINE      SI_NEWLINE_W
#else // !_UNICODE
# define CSimpleIni      CSimpleIniA
# define CSimpleIniCase  CSimpleIniCaseA
# define SI_NEWLINE      SI_NEWLINE_A
#endif // _UNICODE

#ifdef _MSC_VER
# pragma warning (pop)
#endif

#endif // INCLUDED_SimpleIni_h