/**
* Adds a section if it doesn't exist yet.
*
* @param name the name of the section
* @return <code>true</code> if the section didn't already exist
* @throws IllegalArgumentException the name is illegal, ie contains one of the characters '[' and
* ']' or consists only of white space
*/
public boolean addSection(String name) {
String normName = normSection(name);
if (!hasSection(normName)) {
// Section constructor might throw IllegalArgumentException
Section section = new Section(normName, this.commentDelims, this.isCaseSensitive);
section.setOptionFormat(this.optionFormat);
this.sections.put(normName, section);
this.sectionOrder.add(normName);
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}
