first working version

.gitignore

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 /target
 **/*.rs.bk
 Cargo.lock
+.idea/

.idea/lfcm.iml

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
       <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src" isTestSource="false" />
       <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/tests" isTestSource="true" />
+      <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/.idea/dictionaries" />
       <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/target" />
     </content>
     <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />

Cargo.toml

@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@ proc-macro = true
 quote = "1"
 proc-macro2 = "1.0"
 syn = "1.0"
+config = "0.15.25"
 

src/lib.rs

@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 
 extern crate proc_macro;
 extern crate proc_macro2;
-use proc_macro2::TokenStream;
 use std::fmt::{Debug, Formatter};
-use proc_macro2::{Group, TokenTree};
+use proc_macro2::Literal;
 use quote::quote;
 use syn::parse::{Parse, ParseStream};
 use syn::{parse_macro_input, Expr, Type, Ident, braced};
@@ -148,26 +147,34 @@ impl Debug for ParseConfigDefinition {
 }
 
 #[proc_macro]
-pub fn config(input: proc_macro::TokenStream) -> proc_macro::TokenStream {
+pub fn config(input: proc_macro::TokenStream) -> proc_macro::TokenStream  {
     // parse the input and prepare the output
     let definition: ParseConfigDefinition = parse_macro_input!(input as ParseConfigDefinition);
-    let mut out = proc_macro2::TokenStream::new();
+    let mut out = quote!{
+        use ::config as _config_deser;
+
+        pub enum LFCMError {
+            UnableToBuild,
+            ParseError(_config_deser::ConfigError)
+        }
+    };
 
     // generate the class Structure
     let mut config_sections: Vec<ParseConfigSection> = Vec::new();
     walk_config_sections(&definition, &mut config_sections);
 
-    for config_section in config_sections.iter() {
-        println!("Section: {}", config_section.name.span().source_text().unwrap_or("<no-name?>".to_string()));
-    }
-
-    for section in config_sections.iter() {
-        emit_section_struct(&mut out, section)
-    }
-
     // TODO: generate implementations for necessary output
+    for section in config_sections.iter() {
+        // Generate the struct representation of the configuration
+        emit_section_struct(&mut out, section);
+        // TODO: generate Deserialization code
+        // generate the deserialization code for the configuration
+        emit_section_deser_impl(&mut out, section);
+    }
+
+    // TODO: generate the combined deserialization function
+    emit_deser_impl(&mut out, definition);
 
-    println!("Seems done");
 
     proc_macro::TokenStream::from(out)
 }
@@ -220,6 +227,7 @@ fn emit_section_struct(out: &mut proc_macro2::TokenStream, section: &ParseConfig
     let type_name = capitalize_name(&section.name.to_string());
     let type_name_ident = Ident::new(type_name.as_str(), section.name.span());
     let struct_stream = quote! {
+        #[derive(Debug)]
         pub struct #type_name_ident {
             #(#vars),*
             #(#subsections),*
@@ -227,4 +235,67 @@ fn emit_section_struct(out: &mut proc_macro2::TokenStream, section: &ParseConfig
     };
 
     out.extend(struct_stream.into_iter());
+}
+
+fn emit_section_deser_impl(out: &mut proc_macro2::TokenStream, section: &ParseConfigSection) {
+    // generate deserialisation for all variables
+    let var_deser_parts = section.vars.iter().map(|var| {
+        let var_name = var.name.clone();
+        let var_name_lit = Literal::string(var.name.to_string().as_str());
+        let var_default = var.default.clone();
+        quote!{
+            #var_name: match cfg.get((prefix.to_owned() + #var_name_lit).as_str()) {
+                Ok (value) => value,
+                Err (_config_deser::ConfigError::NotFound(_)) => #var_default,
+                Err (x) => return Err(LFCMError::ParseError(x))
+            }
+        }
+    }).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+    // generate deserialisation calls for all substructs
+    let subsection_deser_parts = section.subsections.iter().map(|subsection| {
+        let subsection_name = subsection.name.clone();
+        let subsection_type_name = Ident::new(capitalize_name(&subsection.name.to_string()).as_str(), subsection.name.span());
+        let subsection_name_lit = Literal::string(subsection.name.to_string().as_str());
+        quote!{
+            #subsection_name: #subsection_type_name::deser(cfg, (prefix.to_owned() + #subsection_name_lit + ".").as_str())?
+        }
+    }).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+    let section_type_name_ident = Ident::new(capitalize_name(section.name.to_string().as_str()).as_str(), section.name.span());
+
+    out.extend(quote! {
+        impl #section_type_name_ident {
+            fn deser(cfg: &_config_deser::Config, prefix: &str) -> Result<Self, LFCMError> {
+                Ok (Self {
+                    #(#var_deser_parts,)*
+                    #(#subsection_deser_parts,)*
+                })
+            }
+        }
+    })
+}
+
+fn emit_deser_impl(out: &mut proc_macro2::TokenStream, definition: ParseConfigDefinition) {
+    // name of the config object
+    let cfg_type_name = capitalize_name(&definition.name.to_string());
+    let cfg_type_name_ident = Ident::new(cfg_type_name.as_str(), definition.name.span());
+
+    // this is a new time
+    out.extend(quote! {
+        pub fn lfcm_load_config(files: Vec<&str>) -> Result<#cfg_type_name_ident, LFCMError> {
+            let mut _read_config = _config_deser::Config::builder();
+            for path in files {
+                _read_config = _read_config.add_source(_config_deser::File::with_name(path));
+            }
+            let _cfg_data = match _read_config.build() {
+                Err (error) => {
+                    return Err (LFCMError::UnableToBuild)
+                },
+                Ok (cfg) => cfg
+            };
+
+            #cfg_type_name_ident::deser(&_cfg_data, "")
+        }
+    });
 }

tests/fixtures/test1.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+rand: 15

tests/integration_tests.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+use config::ConfigError;
 use lfcm::config;
 
+
 config! {
     param name = Config;
     section top {
@@ -7,11 +9,21 @@ config! {
         section database {
             var seed: u64 = 42;
         }
+        section test {
+            var reps: u64 = 10;
+        }
     }
 }
 
+
 #[test]
 fn test_parser() {
-    //println!("{:?}");
+    let config = match lfcm_load_config(vec![
+        "tests/fixtures/test1.yaml",
+    ]) {
+        Ok(config) => config,
+        Err(e) => return,
+    };
 
+    println!("{:?}", config);
 }