README.md

Sekvap-java

A simple Key/Value language "Sekvap" implemented for Java.

See also: Sekvap-dotnet

This thing converts this kind of strings into a List<AbstractMap.SimpleEntry<String, String>>.

Main value;Key1=Value 1;Key2=Value 2;Key2=Value 2 again;

Data Source=myServerAddress;Initial Catalog=myDataBase;Integrated Security=SSPI;User ID=myDomain\myUsername;Password=myPassword;

This unit test will help you understand how it works:

[TestMethod]
public void SimpleEmptyEqualValue_PlusTwoKevap()
{
    var lang = new SekvapLanguage();
    var parts = new string[]
    { // hello world;Name=;Foo=Bar
        "hello world",
        ";", "Name", "=", 
        ";", "Foo", "=", "Bar",
    };
    string input = string.Join(string.Empty, parts); // "hello world;Name=;Foo=Bar"
    var result = lang.Parse(input);
    Assert.IsNotNull(result);
    Assert.AreEqual(3, result.Count);
    int i = -1;

    Assert.AreEqual("Value", result[++i].Key);      // result[0].Key   = "Value"
    Assert.AreEqual(parts[0], result[i].Value);     // result[0].Value = "hello world"

    Assert.AreEqual(parts[2], result[++i].Key);     // result[1].Key   = "Name"
    Assert.AreEqual(string.Empty, result[i].Value); // result[1].Value = ""

    Assert.AreEqual(parts[5], result[++i].Key);     // result[2].Key   = "Foo"
    Assert.AreEqual(parts[7], result[i].Value);     // result[2].Value = "Bar"
}

TODO: link to unit tests

Why Sekvap?

Sekvap is easy to read, easy to parse and easy to store.

Sekvap is lighter than JSON or XML. It does not provide any depth though.

You can parse .net connection strings with it.

Install

No package yet. Contribute?

To Do list

• Parse (string to IList<KeyValuePair<string, string>>)
• Serialize (IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, string>> to string)
• maven package
• Deserialize (string to typed object)
• Serialize (typed object to string)
• Language specifications

Contribute

Open to contributions via issues and PRs.

Ported code

This is a port of Sekvap-dotnet.