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1 // -*- mode: cpp; mode: fold -*-
2 // Description /*{{{*/
3 /* ######################################################################
4
5 System - Abstraction for running on different systems.
6
7 Instances of this class can be thought of as factories or meta-classes
8 for a variety of more specialized classes. Together this class and
9 it's specialized offspring completely define the environment and how
10 to access resources for a specific system. There are several sub
11 areas that are all orthogonal - each system has a unique combination of
12 these sub areas:
13 - Versioning. Different systems have different ideas on versions.
14 Within a system all sub classes must follow the same versioning
15 rules.
16 - Local tool locking to prevent multiple tools from accessing the
17 same database.
18 - Candidate Version selection policy - this is probably almost always
19 managed using a standard APT class
20 - Actual Package installation
21 * Indication of what kind of binary formats are supported
22 - Selection of local 'status' indexes that make up the pkgCache.
23
24 It is important to note that the handling of index files is not a
25 function of the system. Index files are handled through a separate
26 abstraction - the only requirement is that the index files have the
27 same idea of versioning as the target system.
28
29 Upon startup each supported system instantiates an instance of the
30 pkgSystem class (using a global constructor) which will make itself
31 available to the main APT init routine. That routine will select the
32 proper system and make it the global default.
33
34 ##################################################################### */
35 /*}}}*/
36 #ifndef PKGLIB_PKGSYSTEM_H
37 #define PKGLIB_PKGSYSTEM_H
38
39 #include <apt-pkg/pkgcache.h>
40 #include <apt-pkg/cacheiterators.h>
41
42 #include <vector>
43
44 #ifndef APT_8_CLEANER_HEADERS
45 #include <apt-pkg/depcache.h>
46 #endif
47
48 class pkgDepCache;
49 class pkgPackageManager;
50 class pkgVersioningSystem;
51 class Configuration;
52 class pkgIndexFile;
53
54 class pkgSystem
55 {
56 public:
57
58 // Global list of supported systems
59 static pkgSystem **GlobalList;
60 static unsigned long GlobalListLen;
61 static pkgSystem *GetSystem(const char *Label);
62
63 const char * const Label;
64 pkgVersioningSystem * const VS;
65
66 /* Prevent other programs from touching shared data not covered by
67 other locks (cache or state locks) */
68 virtual bool Lock() = 0;
69 virtual bool UnLock(bool NoErrors = false) = 0;
70
71 /* Various helper classes to interface with specific bits of this
72 environment */
73 virtual pkgPackageManager *CreatePM(pkgDepCache *Cache) const = 0;
74
75 /* Load environment specific configuration and perform any other setup
76 necessary */
77 virtual bool Initialize(Configuration &/*Cnf*/) {return true;};
78
79 /* Type is some kind of Globally Unique way of differentiating
80 archive file types.. */
81 virtual bool ArchiveSupported(const char *Type) = 0;
82
83 // Return a list of system index files..
84 virtual bool AddStatusFiles(std::vector<pkgIndexFile *> &List) = 0;
85 virtual bool FindIndex(pkgCache::PkgFileIterator File,
86 pkgIndexFile *&Found) const = 0;
87
88 /* Evauluate how 'right' we are for this system based on the filesystem
89 etc.. */
90 virtual signed Score(Configuration const &/*Cnf*/) {
91 return 0;
92 };
93
94 pkgSystem(char const * const Label, pkgVersioningSystem * const VS);
95 virtual ~pkgSystem();
96 private:
97 void * const d;
98 };
99
100 // The environment we are operating in.
101 extern pkgSystem *_system;
102
103 #endif