moving the config handler out of the main set

config/config.go

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package config
+
+import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"launchpad.net/goyaml"
+)
+
+type Config map[string]interface{}
+
+// Of the configurations, provided option, return the value as a bool
+func (c *Config) GetBool(option string) (value bool) {
+	conf := Config{}
+	conf = *c
+	switch conf[option] {
+	default:
+		value = false
+	case "yes", "on", "true":
+		value = true
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+// Of the configurations, provided option, return the value as a string
+func (c *Config) GetString(option string) (value string) {
+	conf := Config{}
+	conf = *c
+	value, _ = conf[option].(string)
+	return
+}
+
+// Given a filename to a YAML file, unmarshal it, and return a Config
+func ReadConfigFile(filename string) (config Config, err error) {
+	bytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	err = goyaml.Unmarshal(bytes, &config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	return config, nil
+}
+
+/*
+func WriteConfigFile(filename string, data []byte) (err error) {
+	return
+}
+*/