Added getConfEntString(category, key, defaultValue)

castor/common/CastorConfiguration.cpp

@@ -132,7 +132,20 @@ castor::common::CastorConfiguration &
 }
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// getConfEnt
+// getConfEntString
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+const std::string& castor::common::CastorConfiguration::getConfEntString(
+  const std::string &category, const std::string &key,
+  const std::string &defaultValue) {
+  try {
+    return getConfEntString(category, key);
+  } catch(castor::exception::NoEntry &ne) {
+    return defaultValue;
+  }
+}
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// getConfEntString
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 const std::string& castor::common::CastorConfiguration::getConfEntString(
   const std::string &category, const std::string &key) {

castor/common/CastorConfiguration.hpp

@@ -88,8 +88,24 @@ namespace castor {
        * retrieves a configuration entry
        * @param category the category of the entry
        * @param key the key of the entry
+       * @param default value to be return if the configuration entry is not in
+       * the configuration file
        */
-      const std::string& getConfEntString(const std::string &category, const std::string &key);
+      const std::string& getConfEntString(const std::string &category,
+        const std::string &key, const std::string &defaultValue);
+
+      /**
+       * retrieves a configuration entry
+       *
+       * besides other possible exception, this method throws a
+       * castor::exception::NoEntry exception if the specified configuration
+       * entry is not in the configuration file
+       *
+       * @param category the category of the entry
+       * @param key the key of the entry
+       */
+      const std::string& getConfEntString(const std::string &category,
+        const std::string &key);
 
     private: