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1 | ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// |
2 | // Name: wx/fswatcher.h | |
3 | // Purpose: wxFileSystemWatcher | |
4 | // Author: Bartosz Bekier | |
5 | // Created: 2009-05-23 | |
6 | // RCS-ID: $Id$ | |
7 | // Copyright: (c) 2009 Bartosz Bekier <bartosz.bekier@gmail.com> | |
8 | // Licence: wxWindows licence | |
9 | ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// | |
10 | ||
11 | /** | |
12 | @class wxFileSystemWatcher | |
13 | ||
14 | The wxFileSystemWatcher class allows to receive notifications of file | |
15 | system changes. | |
16 | ||
17 | @note Implementation limitations: this class is currently implemented for | |
18 | MSW, OS X and GTK ports but doesn't detect all changes correctly | |
19 | everywhere: under MSW accessing the file is not detected (only | |
20 | modifying it is) and under OS X neither accessing nor modifying is | |
21 | detected (only creating and deleting files is). Moreover, OS X | |
22 | version doesn't currently collapse pairs of create/delete events in a | |
23 | rename event, unlike the other ones. | |
24 | ||
25 | For the full list of change types that are reported see wxFSWFlags. | |
26 | ||
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27 | This class notifies the application about the file system changes by |
28 | sending events of wxFileSystemWatcherEvent class. By default these events | |
29 | are sent to the wxFileSystemWatcher object itself so you can derive from it | |
30 | and use the event table @c EVT_FSWATCHER macro to handle these events in a | |
31 | derived class method. Alternatively, you can use | |
32 | wxFileSystemWatcher::SetOwner() to send the events to another object. Or | |
33 | you could use wxEvtHandler::Connect() with @c wxEVT_FSWATCHER to handle | |
34 | these events in any other object. See the fswatcher sample for an example | |
35 | of the latter approach. | |
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36 | |
37 | @library{wxbase} | |
38 | @category{file} | |
39 | ||
40 | @since 2.9.1 | |
41 | */ | |
42 | class wxFileSystemWatcher: public wxEvtHandler | |
43 | { | |
44 | public: | |
45 | /** | |
2b6259fe | 46 | Default constructor. |
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47 | */ |
48 | wxFileSystemWatcher(); | |
49 | ||
50 | /** | |
51 | Destructor. Stops all paths from being watched and frees any system | |
52 | resources used by this file system watcher object. | |
53 | */ | |
54 | virtual ~wxFileSystemWatcher(); | |
55 | ||
56 | /** | |
2b6259fe | 57 | Adds @a path to currently watched files. |
6b8ef0b3 | 58 | |
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59 | The @a path argument can currently only be a directory and any changes |
60 | to this directory itself or its immediate children will generate the | |
61 | events. Use AddTree() to monitor the directory recursively. | |
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63 | Note that on platforms that use symbolic links, you should consider the |
64 | possibility that @a path is a symlink. To watch the symlink itself and | |
65 | not its target you may call wxFileName::DontFollowLink() on @a path. | |
66 | ||
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67 | @param path |
68 | The name of the path to watch. | |
69 | @param events | |
70 | An optional filter to receive only events of particular types. | |
b77bb705 | 71 | This is currently implemented only for GTK. |
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72 | */ |
73 | virtual bool Add(const wxFileName& path, int events = wxFSW_EVENT_ALL); | |
74 | ||
75 | /** | |
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76 | This is the same as Add(), but also recursively adds every |
77 | file/directory in the tree rooted at @a path. | |
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78 | |
79 | Additionally a file mask can be specified to include only files | |
80 | matching that particular mask. | |
81 | ||
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82 | This method is implemented efficiently on MSW, but should be used with |
83 | care on other platforms for directories with lots of children (e.g. the | |
84 | root directory) as it calls Add() for each subdirectory, potentially | |
85 | creating a lot of watches and taking a long time to execute. | |
86 | ||
87 | Note that on platforms that use symbolic links, you will probably want | |
88 | to have called wxFileName::DontFollowLink on @a path. This is especially | |
89 | important if the symlink targets may themselves be watched. | |
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90 | */ |
91 | virtual bool AddTree(const wxFileName& path, int events = wxFSW_EVENT_ALL, | |
293a6aaf | 92 | const wxString& filter = wxEmptyString); |
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93 | |
94 | /** | |
95 | Removes @a path from the list of watched paths. | |
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96 | |
97 | See the comment in Add() about symbolic links. @a path should treat | |
98 | symbolic links in the same way as in the original Add() call. | |
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99 | */ |
100 | virtual bool Remove(const wxFileName& path); | |
101 | ||
102 | /** | |
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103 | This is the same as Remove(), but also removes every file/directory |
104 | belonging to the tree rooted at @a path. | |
105 | ||
106 | See the comment in AddTree() about symbolic links. @a path should treat | |
107 | symbolic links in the same way as in the original AddTree() call. | |
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108 | */ |
109 | virtual bool RemoveTree(const wxFileName& path); | |
110 | ||
111 | /** | |
112 | Clears the list of currently watched paths. | |
113 | */ | |
114 | virtual bool RemoveAll(); | |
115 | ||
116 | /** | |
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117 | Returns the number of currently watched paths. |
118 | ||
119 | @see GetWatchedPaths() | |
6b8ef0b3 | 120 | */ |
c6eea7ff | 121 | int GetWatchedPathsCount() const; |
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122 | |
123 | /** | |
124 | Retrieves all watched paths and places them in @a paths. Returns | |
125 | the number of watched paths, which is also the number of entries added | |
126 | to @a paths. | |
127 | */ | |
128 | int GetWatchedPaths(wxArrayString* paths) const; | |
129 | ||
130 | /** | |
131 | Associates the file system watcher with the given @a handler object. | |
132 | ||
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133 | All the events generated by this object will be passed to the specified |
134 | owner. | |
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135 | */ |
136 | void SetOwner(wxEvtHandler* handler); | |
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137 | }; |
138 | ||
139 | ||
140 | ||
141 | /** | |
142 | @class wxFileSystemWatcherEvent | |
143 | ||
144 | A class of events sent when a file system event occurs. Types of events | |
d13b34d3 | 145 | reported may vary depending on a platform, however all platforms report |
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146 | at least creation of new file/directory and access, modification, move |
147 | (rename) or deletion of an existing one. | |
148 | ||
f00f01b3 | 149 | @library{wxbase} |
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150 | @category{events} |
151 | ||
152 | @see wxFileSystemWatcher | |
153 | @see @ref overview_events | |
154 | ||
155 | @since 2.9.1 | |
156 | */ | |
157 | class wxFileSystemWatcherEvent : public wxEvent | |
158 | { | |
159 | public: | |
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160 | wxFileSystemWatcherEvent(int changeType, int watchid = wxID_ANY); |
161 | wxFileSystemWatcherEvent(int changeType, const wxString& errorMsg, | |
162 | int watchid = wxID_ANY); | |
163 | wxFileSystemWatcherEvent(int changeType, | |
164 | const wxFileName& path, const wxFileName& newPath, | |
165 | int watchid = wxID_ANY); | |
166 | ||
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167 | /** |
168 | Returns the path at which the event occurred. | |
169 | */ | |
170 | const wxFileName& GetPath() const; | |
171 | ||
172 | /** | |
173 | Returns the new path of the renamed file/directory if this is a rename | |
174 | event. | |
175 | ||
176 | Otherwise it returns the same path as GetPath(). | |
177 | */ | |
178 | const wxFileName& GetNewPath() const; | |
179 | ||
180 | /** | |
181 | Returns the type of file system change that occurred. See wxFSWFlags for | |
182 | the list of possible file system change types. | |
183 | */ | |
184 | int GetChangeType() const; | |
185 | ||
186 | /** | |
187 | Returns @c true if this error is an error event | |
188 | ||
189 | Error event is an event generated when a warning or error condition | |
190 | arises. | |
191 | */ | |
192 | bool IsError() const; | |
193 | ||
194 | /** | |
195 | Return a description of the warning or error if this is an error event. | |
196 | */ | |
197 | wxString GetErrorDescription() const; | |
198 | ||
199 | /** | |
200 | Returns a wxString describing an event, useful for logging, debugging | |
201 | or testing. | |
202 | */ | |
203 | wxString ToString() const; | |
204 | }; | |
205 | ||
487f6627 | 206 | wxEventType wxEVT_FSWATCHER; |
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207 | |
208 | /** | |
209 | These are the possible types of file system change events. | |
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210 | |
211 | Not all of these events are reported on all platforms currently. | |
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212 | |
213 | @since 2.9.1 | |
214 | */ | |
215 | enum wxFSWFlags | |
216 | { | |
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217 | /// File or directory was created. |
218 | wxFSW_EVENT_CREATE = 0x01, | |
219 | ||
220 | /// File or directory was deleted. | |
221 | wxFSW_EVENT_DELETE = 0x02, | |
222 | ||
223 | /** | |
224 | File or directory was renamed. | |
225 | ||
226 | Notice that under MSW this event is sometimes -- although not always -- | |
227 | followed by a ::wxFSW_EVENT_MODIFY for the new file. | |
228 | ||
229 | Under OS X this event is currently not detected and instead separate | |
230 | ::wxFSW_EVENT_CREATE and ::wxFSW_EVENT_DELETE events are. | |
231 | */ | |
232 | wxFSW_EVENT_RENAME = 0x04, | |
233 | ||
234 | /** | |
235 | File or directory was modified. | |
236 | ||
237 | Depending on the program doing the file modification, multiple such | |
238 | events can be reported for a single logical file update. | |
239 | ||
240 | Under OS X this event is currently not detected. | |
241 | */ | |
242 | wxFSW_EVENT_MODIFY = 0x08, | |
243 | ||
244 | /** | |
245 | File or directory was accessed. | |
246 | ||
247 | This event is currently only detected under Linux. | |
248 | */ | |
249 | wxFSW_EVENT_ACCESS = 0x10, | |
250 | ||
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251 | /** |
252 | The item's metadata was changed, e.g.\ its permissions or timestamps. | |
253 | ||
254 | This event is currently only detected under Linux. | |
255 | ||
256 | @since 2.9.5 | |
257 | */ | |
258 | wxFSW_EVENT_ATTRIB = 0x20, | |
259 | ||
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260 | /** |
261 | The file system containing a watched item was unmounted. | |
262 | ||
263 | wxFSW_EVENT_UNMOUNT cannot be set; unmount events are produced automatically. This flag | |
264 | is therefore not included in wxFSW_EVENT_ALL. | |
265 | ||
266 | This event is currently only detected under Linux. | |
267 | ||
268 | @since 2.9.5 | |
269 | */ | |
270 | wxFSW_EVENT_UNMOUNT = 0x2000, | |
271 | ||
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272 | /** |
273 | A warning condition arose. | |
274 | ||
275 | This is something that probably needs to be shown to the user in an | |
276 | interactive program as it can indicate a relatively serious problem, | |
277 | e.g. some events could have been missed because of an overflow. But | |
278 | more events will still be coming in the future, unlike for the error | |
279 | condition below. | |
280 | */ | |
f31f9900 | 281 | wxFSW_EVENT_WARNING = 0x40, |
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282 | |
283 | /** | |
284 | An error condition arose. | |
285 | ||
286 | Errors are fatal, i.e. no more events will be reported after an error | |
287 | and the program can stop watching the directories currently being | |
288 | monitored. | |
289 | */ | |
f31f9900 | 290 | wxFSW_EVENT_ERROR = 0x80, |
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291 | |
292 | wxFSW_EVENT_ALL = wxFSW_EVENT_CREATE | wxFSW_EVENT_DELETE | | |
293 | wxFSW_EVENT_RENAME | wxFSW_EVENT_MODIFY | | |
f31f9900 | 294 | wxFSW_EVENT_ACCESS | wxFSW_EVENT_ATTRIB | |
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295 | wxFSW_EVENT_WARNING | wxFSW_EVENT_ERROR |
296 | }; | |
297 |