Before continuing any further, we should test our parser in order to be sure that it works as expected.

To do this, we can use the following configuration file:

nameMyComponent 1
textHelloWorld 0

If everything works as expected, we should have a name metadata with the value MyComponent and a property named text with the value HelloWorld.

Let's write a simple test class:

class ComponentImpl
{
   public static function main(): Void
   {
      var comp = ComponentParser.parseConfigurationFile("conf.txt");
      trace(comp.properties.get("text"));
      trace(comp.metadata.get("name"));
   }
}

Now, if everything went well, while running this program, you should get the following output:

ComponentImpl.hx:6: HelloWorld
ComponentImpl.hx:7: MyComponent