+ local value = config.get(self.host, self.name, name);
+ if value == nil then
+ value = config.get(self.host, "core", name);
+ if value == nil then
+ value = default_value;
+ end
+ end
+ return value;
+end
+
+function api:get_option_string(name, default_value)
+ local value = self:get_option(name, default_value);
+ if type(value) == "table" then
+ if #value > 1 then
+ self:log("error", "Config option '%s' does not take a list, using just the first item", name);
+ end
+ value = value[1];
+ end
+ if value == nil then
+ return nil;
+ end
+ return tostring(value);
+end
+
+function api:get_option_number(name, ...)
+ local value = self:get_option(name, ...);
+ if type(value) == "table" then
+ if #value > 1 then
+ self:log("error", "Config option '%s' does not take a list, using just the first item", name);
+ end
+ value = value[1];
+ end
+ local ret = tonumber(value);
+ if value ~= nil and ret == nil then
+ self:log("error", "Config option '%s' not understood, expecting a number", name);
+ end
+ return ret;
+end
+
+function api:get_option_boolean(name, ...)
+ local value = self:get_option(name, ...);
+ if type(value) == "table" then
+ if #value > 1 then
+ self:log("error", "Config option '%s' does not take a list, using just the first item", name);
+ end
+ value = value[1];
+ end
+ if value == nil then
+ return nil;
+ end
+ local ret = value == true or value == "true" or value == 1 or nil;
+ if ret == nil then
+ ret = (value == false or value == "false" or value == 0);
+ if ret then
+ ret = false;
+ else
+ ret = nil;
+ end
+ end
+ if ret == nil then
+ self:log("error", "Config option '%s' not understood, expecting true/false", name);
+ end
+ return ret;
+end
+
+function api:get_option_array(name, ...)
+ local value = self:get_option(name, ...);
+
+ if value == nil then
+ return nil;
+ end
+
+ if type(value) ~= "table" then
+ return array{ value }; -- Assume any non-list is a single-item list
+ end
+
+ return array():append(value); -- Clone
+end
+
+function api:get_option_set(name, ...)
+ local value = self:get_option_array(name, ...);
+
+ if value == nil then
+ return nil;
+ end
+
+ return set.new(value);