Beautify a bit the code.

No real change. Just do less code or use higher level API.

src/reader.cpp

@@ -98,12 +98,12 @@ namespace kiwix {
 
   std::map<const std::string, unsigned int> Reader::parseCounterMetadata() const {
     std::map<const std::string, unsigned int> counters;
-    string content, mimeType, item, counterString;
+    string mimeType, item, counterString;
-    unsigned int contentLength, counter;
+    unsigned int counter;
-    string counterUrl = "/M/Counter";
 
-    this->getContentByUrl(counterUrl, content, contentLength, mimeType);
+    zim::Article article = this->zimFileHandler->getArticle('M',"Counter");
-    stringstream ssContent(content);
+
+    stringstream ssContent(article.getData());
 
     while(getline(ssContent, item,  ';')) {
       stringstream ssItem(item);
@@ -175,15 +175,13 @@ namespace kiwix {
   /* Return a page url from a title */
   bool Reader::getPageUrlFromTitle(const string &title, string &url) const {
     /* Extract the content from the zim file */
-    std::pair<bool, zim::File::const_iterator> resultPair = zimFileHandler->findxByTitle('A', title);
+    zim::Article article = this->zimFileHandler->getArticleByTitle('A', title);
 
-    /* Test if the article was found */
+    if ( ! article.good() )
-    if (resultPair.first == true) {
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
 
-      /* Get the article */
-      zim::Article article = *resultPair.second;
-
-      /* If redirect */
     unsigned int loopCounter = 0;
     while (article.isRedirect() && loopCounter++<42) {
 	article = article.getRedirectArticle();
@@ -193,9 +191,6 @@ namespace kiwix {
     return true;
   }
 
-    return false;
-  }
-
   /* Return an URL from a title*/
   string Reader::getRandomPageUrl() const {
     zim::Article article;
@@ -208,7 +203,7 @@ namespace kiwix {
       article = zimFileHandler->getArticle(idx);
     } while (article.getLongUrl() == mainPageUrl);
 
-    return article.getLongUrl().c_str();
+    return article.getLongUrl();
   }
 
   /* Return the welcome page URL */
@@ -358,9 +353,7 @@ namespace kiwix {
   string Reader::getFirstPageUrl() const {
     zim::size_type firstPageOffset = zimFileHandler->getNamespaceBeginOffset('A');
     zim::Article article = zimFileHandler->getArticle(firstPageOffset);
-    url = article.getLongUrl();
+    return article.getLongUrl();
-
-    return url;
   }
 
   bool Reader::parseUrl(const string &url, char *ns, string &title) const {
@@ -394,56 +387,44 @@ namespace kiwix {
 
   /* Return article by url */
   bool Reader::getArticleObjectByDecodedUrl(const string &url, zim::Article &article) const {
-    bool retVal = false;
+    if (this->zimFileHandler == NULL) {
-    
+        return false;
-    if (this->zimFileHandler != NULL) {
+    }
 
     /* Parse the url */
     char ns = 0;
-      string titleStr;
+    string urlStr;
-      this->parseUrl(url, &ns, titleStr);
+    this->parseUrl(url, &ns, urlStr);
       
     /* Main page */
-      if (titleStr.empty() && ns == 0) {
+    if (urlStr.empty() && ns == 0) {
-	this->parseUrl(this->getMainPageUrl(), &ns, titleStr);
+        this->parseUrl(this->getMainPageUrl(), &ns, urlStr);
     }
 
     /* Extract the content from the zim file */
-      std::pair<bool, zim::File::const_iterator> resultPair = zimFileHandler->findx(ns, titleStr);
+    article = zimFileHandler->getArticle(ns, urlStr);
-      
+    return article.good();
-      /* Test if the article was found */
-      if (resultPair.first == true) {
-	article = zimFileHandler->getArticle(resultPair.second.getIndex());
-	retVal = true;
-      }
-
-    }
-    
-    return retVal;
   }
 
   /* Return the mimeType without the content */
   bool Reader::getMimeTypeByUrl(const string &url, string &mimeType) const {
-    bool retVal = false;
+    if (this->zimFileHandler == NULL) {
-
+        return false;
-    if (this->zimFileHandler != NULL) {
+    }
 
     zim::Article article;
     if (this->getArticleObjectByDecodedUrl(url, article)) {
         try {
-	    mimeType = string(article.getMimeType().data(), article.getMimeType().size());
+            mimeType = article.getMimeType();
         } catch (exception &e) {
             cerr << "Unable to get the mimetype for " << url << ":" << e.what() << endl;
             mimeType = "application/octet-stream";
         }
-	  retVal = true;
+        return true;
     } else {
         mimeType = "";
+        return false;
     }
-     
-    }
-
-    return retVal;
   }
 
   /* Get a content from a zim file */
@@ -466,14 +447,14 @@ namespace kiwix {
   }
 
   bool Reader::getContentByDecodedUrl(const string &url, string &content, unsigned int &contentLength, string &contentType, string &baseUrl) const {
-    bool retVal = false;
     content="";
     contentType="";
     contentLength = 0;
-    if (this->zimFileHandler != NULL) {
 
     zim::Article article;
-      if (this->getArticleObjectByDecodedUrl(url, article)) {
+    if ( ! this->getArticleObjectByDecodedUrl(url, article)) {
+        return false;
+    }
 
     /* If redirect */
     unsigned int loopCounter = 0;
@@ -507,12 +488,7 @@ namespace kiwix {
     /* Get the data length */
     contentLength = article.getArticleSize();
 
-	/* Set return value */
+    return true;
-	retVal = true;
-      }
-    }
-
-    return retVal;
   }
 
   /* Check if an article exists */