#ifndef __PROPERTY_HPP
#define __PROPERTY_HPP

class PropertyList {
public:
        PropertyList();
        ~PropertyList();

        enum proptype { boolean, integer, string, error };
        int insert(const char *propname, proptype type, const char *value);
        int queryValue(const char *propname, int maxbuf, char *buf) const;
        proptype queryType(const char *propname) const;
        int setValue(const char *propname, const char *value);
        int remove(const char *propname);
        int exists(const char *propname) const;
private:
        struct entry {
                char *name;
                unsigned char namesum;
                proptype type;
                entry *prev,*next;
                union {
                        int b;
                        long i;
                        char *s;
                } u;
        };
        entry *first;
static unsigned char sumname(const char *s);
        entry *find(const char *propname);
        const entry *find(const char *propname) const
          { return ((PropertyList*)this)->find(propname); }
};

extern PropertyList GlobalPropertyList;

#endif