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xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
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xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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xml:id="sec-generators">
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<title>Generators</title>
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<title>Generators</title>
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<para>
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Generators are functions that create file formats from nix data structures,
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e. g. for configuration files. There are generators available for:
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<literal>INI</literal>, <literal>JSON</literal> and <literal>YAML</literal>
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</para>
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<para>
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Generators are functions that create file formats from nix data structures,
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e. g. for configuration files. There are generators available for:
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<literal>INI</literal>, <literal>JSON</literal> and <literal>YAML</literal>
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</para>
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<para>
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All generators follow a similar call interface: <code>generatorName
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configFunctions data</code>, where <literal>configFunctions</literal> is an
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attrset of user-defined functions that format nested parts of the content.
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They each have common defaults, so often they do not need to be set
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manually. An example is <code>mkSectionName ? (name: libStr.escape [ "[" "]"
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] name)</code> from the <literal>INI</literal> generator. It receives the
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name of a section and sanitizes it. The default
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<literal>mkSectionName</literal> escapes <literal>[</literal> and
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<literal>]</literal> with a backslash.
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</para>
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<para>
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All generators follow a similar call interface: <code>generatorName
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configFunctions data</code>, where <literal>configFunctions</literal> is an
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attrset of user-defined functions that format nested parts of the content.
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They each have common defaults, so often they do not need to be set manually.
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An example is <code>mkSectionName ? (name: libStr.escape [ "[" "]" ]
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name)</code> from the <literal>INI</literal> generator. It receives the name
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of a section and sanitizes it. The default <literal>mkSectionName</literal>
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escapes <literal>[</literal> and <literal>]</literal> with a backslash.
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</para>
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<para>
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Generators can be fine-tuned to produce exactly the file format required by
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your application/service. One example is an INI-file format which uses
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<literal>: </literal> as separator, the strings
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<literal>"yes"</literal>/<literal>"no"</literal> as boolean values and
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requires all string values to be quoted:
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</para>
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<para>
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Generators can be fine-tuned to produce exactly the file format required by
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your application/service. One example is an INI-file format which uses
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<literal>: </literal> as separator, the strings
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<literal>"yes"</literal>/<literal>"no"</literal> as boolean values and
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requires all string values to be quoted:
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</para>
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<programlisting>
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with lib;
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}
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</programlisting>
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<para>
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This will produce the following INI file as nix string:
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</para>
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<para>
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This will produce the following INI file as nix string:
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</para>
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<programlisting>
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[main]
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merge:"diff3"
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</programlisting>
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<note>
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<para>
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Nix store paths can be converted to strings by enclosing a derivation
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attribute like so: <code>"${drv}"</code>.
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</para>
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</note>
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<note>
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<para>
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Detailed documentation for each generator can be found in
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<literal>lib/generators.nix</literal>.
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Nix store paths can be converted to strings by enclosing a derivation
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attribute like so: <code>"${drv}"</code>.
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</para>
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</section>
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</note>
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<para>
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Detailed documentation for each generator can be found in
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<literal>lib/generators.nix</literal>.
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</para>
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</section>
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