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# WeBWorK mod_perl (c) 1995-2002 WeBWorK Team, Univeristy of Rochester
# $Id$
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package WeBWorK::CourseEnvironment;

use strict;
use warnings;
use Safe;
use WeBWorK::Utils qw(readFile);

# new($invocant, $webworkRoot, $courseName)
# $invocant	implicitly set by caller
# $webworkRoot	directory that contains the WeBWorK distribution
# $courseName	name of the course being used
sub new {
	my $invocant = shift;
	my $class = ref($invocant) || $invocant;
	my $webworkRoot = shift;
	my $courseName = shift;
	my $safe = Safe->new;
	
	# set up some defaults that the environment files will need
	$safe->reval("\$webworkRoot = '$webworkRoot'");
	$safe->reval("\$courseName = '$courseName'");
	
	# determine location of globalEnvironmentFile
	my $globalEnvironmentFile = "$webworkRoot/conf/global.conf";
	
	# read and evaluate the global environment file
	my $globalFileContents = readFile($globalEnvironmentFile);
	$safe->reval($globalFileContents);
	
	# if that evaluation failed, we can't really go on...
	# we need a global environment!
	$@ and die "Could not evaluate global environment file $globalEnvironmentFile: $@";
	
	# determine location of courseEnvironmentFile
	# pull it out of $safe's symbol table ad hoc
	# (we don't want to do the hash conversion yet)
	no strict 'refs';
	my $courseEnvironmentFile = ${*{${$safe->root."::"}{courseFiles}}}{environment};
	use strict 'refs';
	
	# read and evaluate the course environment file
	# if readFile failed, we don't bother trying to reval
	my $courseFileContents = eval { readFile($courseEnvironmentFile) }; # catch exceptions
	$@ or $safe->reval($courseFileContents);
	
	# get the safe compartment's namespace as a hash
	no strict 'refs';
	my %symbolHash = %{$safe->root."::"};
	use strict 'refs';
	
	# convert the symbol hash into a hash of regular variables.
	my $self = {};
	foreach my $name (keys %symbolHash) {
		# weed out internal symbols
		next if $name =~ /^(INC|_|__ANON__|main::)$/;
		# pull scalar, array, and hash values for this symbol
		my $scalar = ${*{$symbolHash{$name}}};
		my @array = @{*{$symbolHash{$name}}};
		my %hash = %{*{$symbolHash{$name}}};
		# for multiple variables sharing a symbol, scalar takes precedence
		# over array, which takes precedence over hash.
		if (defined $scalar) {
			$self->{$name} = $scalar;
		} elsif (@array) {
			$self->{$name} = \@array;
		} elsif (%hash) {
			$self->{$name} = \%hash;
		}
	}
	
	bless $self, $class;
	return $self;
}

1;

__END__

=head1 NAME

WeBWorK::CourseEnvironment - Read configuration information from global.conf
and course.conf files

=head1 SYNOPSIS

	use WeBWorK::CourseEnvironment;
	$courseEnv = WeBWorK::CourseEnvironment->new($webworkRoot, $courseName);
	
	$timeout = $courseEnv->{sessionKeyTimeout};
	$mode    = $courseEnv->{pg}->{options}->{displayMode};
	# etc...

=head1 DESCRIPTION

The WeBWorK::CourseEnvironment module reads the system-wide F<global.conf> and
course-specific F<course.conf> files used by WeBWorK to calculate and store
settings needed throughout the system. The F<.conf> files are perl source files
that can contain any code allowed under the default safe compartment opset.
After evaluation of both files, any package variables are copied out of the
safe compartment into a hash. This hash becomes the course environment.

=head1 CONSTRUCTION

=over

=item new (ROOT, COURSE)

The C<new> method finds the file F<conf/global.conf> relative to the given ROOT
directory. After reading this file, it uses the C<$courseFiles{environment}>
variable, if present, to locate the course environment file. If found, the file
is read and added to the environment.

=back

=head1 ACCESS

There are no formal accessor methods. However, since the course environemnt is
a hash of hashes and arrays, is exists as the self hash of an instance
variable:

	$courseEnvironment->{someKey}->{someOtherKey};

=head1 AUTHOR

Written by Sam Hathaway, sh002i (at) math.rochester.edu.

=cut