LuaPlus::LuaObject ant::LuaStateManager::createPath( const std::string& path, bool ignoreLastElement /*= false*/ )
{
StringVec splitPath;
Split(path,splitPath, '.');
if (ignoreLastElement)
{
splitPath.pop_back();
}
LuaPlus::LuaObject context = getGlobalVars();
for (auto it = splitPath.begin() ; it != splitPath.end() ; it++)
{
// Is the context valid?
if (context.IsNil())
{
GCC_ERROR("Something broke in CreatePath(); bailing out (element == " + (*it) + ")");
return context; // this will be nil
}
// grab whatever exists for this element
const std::string& element = (*it);
LuaPlus::LuaObject curr = context.GetByName(element.c_str());
if (!curr.IsTable())
{
// if the element is not a table and not nil, we clobber it
if (!curr.IsNil())
{
GCC_WARNING("Overwriting element '" + element + "' in table");
context.SetNil(element.c_str());
}
// element is either nil or was clobbered so add the new table
context.CreateTable(element.c_str());
}
context = context.GetByName(element.c_str());
}
// We have created a complete path here
return context;
}
