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26ac5fad 1///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
80fdcdb9 2// Name: wx/confbase.h
26ac5fad 3// Purpose: declaration of the base class of all config implementations
19d40bab 4// (see also: fileconf.h and msw/regconf.h and iniconf.h)
9d55bfef 5// Author: Karsten Ballueder & Vadim Zeitlin
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6// Modified by:
7// Created: 07.04.98 (adapted from appconf.h)
9d55bfef 8// Copyright: (c) 1997 Karsten Ballueder Ballueder@usa.net
26ac5fad 9// Vadim Zeitlin <zeitlin@dptmaths.ens-cachan.fr>
65571936 10// Licence: wxWindows licence
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11///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
12
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13#ifndef _WX_CONFBASE_H_
14#define _WX_CONFBASE_H_
26ac5fad 15
ac57418f 16#include "wx/defs.h"
8cb172b4 17#include "wx/string.h"
d7e918b5 18#include "wx/object.h"
5814e8ba 19#include "wx/base64.h"
2da2f941 20
b5dbe15d 21class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_BASE wxArrayString;
ac57418f 22
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23// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
24// constants
25// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
26
27/// shall we be case sensitive in parsing variable names?
28#ifndef wxCONFIG_CASE_SENSITIVE
ad1b0610 29 #define wxCONFIG_CASE_SENSITIVE 0
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30#endif
31
32/// separates group and entry names (probably shouldn't be changed)
33#ifndef wxCONFIG_PATH_SEPARATOR
9a83f860 34 #define wxCONFIG_PATH_SEPARATOR wxT('/')
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35#endif
36
37/// introduces immutable entries
38// (i.e. the ones which can't be changed from the local config file)
39#ifndef wxCONFIG_IMMUTABLE_PREFIX
9a83f860 40 #define wxCONFIG_IMMUTABLE_PREFIX wxT('!')
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41#endif
42
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43#if wxUSE_CONFIG
44
16193c2b 45/// should we use registry instead of configuration files under Windows?
26ac5fad 46// (i.e. whether wxConfigBase::Create() will create a wxFileConfig (if it's
68379eaf 47// false) or wxRegConfig (if it's true and we're under Win32))
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48#ifndef wxUSE_CONFIG_NATIVE
49 #define wxUSE_CONFIG_NATIVE 1
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50#endif
51
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52// not all compilers can deal with template Read/Write() methods, define this
53// symbol if the template functions are available
54#if (!defined(__VISUALC__) || __VISUALC__ > 1200) && \
55 !defined( __VMS ) && \
7e08bc5a 56 !(defined(__HP_aCC) && defined(__hppa)) && \
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57 !defined (__DMC__)
58 #define wxHAS_CONFIG_TEMPLATE_RW
59#endif
60
18244936 61// Style flags for constructor style parameter
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62enum
63{
64 wxCONFIG_USE_LOCAL_FILE = 1,
944ac903 65 wxCONFIG_USE_GLOBAL_FILE = 2,
8dce54c9 66 wxCONFIG_USE_RELATIVE_PATH = 4,
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67 wxCONFIG_USE_NO_ESCAPE_CHARACTERS = 8,
68 wxCONFIG_USE_SUBDIR = 16
9869734d 69};
18244936 70
26ac5fad 71// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
8bbe427f 72// abstract base class wxConfigBase which defines the interface for derived
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73// classes
74//
1582a1db 75// wxConfig organizes the items in a tree-like structure (modelled after the
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76// Unix/Dos filesystem). There are groups (directories) and keys (files).
77// There is always one current group given by the current path.
78//
79// Keys are pairs "key_name = value" where value may be of string or integer
9869734d 80// (long) type (TODO doubles and other types such as wxDate coming soon).
26ac5fad 81// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
886dd7d2 82
412b97cc 83class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxConfigBase : public wxObject
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84{
85public:
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86 // constants
87 // the type of an entry
88 enum EntryType
89 {
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90 Type_Unknown,
91 Type_String,
92 Type_Boolean,
93 Type_Integer, // use Read(long *)
94 Type_Float // use Read(double *)
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95 };
96
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97 // static functions
98 // sets the config object, returns the previous pointer
99 static wxConfigBase *Set(wxConfigBase *pConfig);
100 // get the config object, creates it on demand unless DontCreateOnDemand
101 // was called
68379eaf 102 static wxConfigBase *Get(bool createOnDemand = true)
eee786e9 103 { if ( createOnDemand && (!ms_pConfig) ) Create(); return ms_pConfig; }
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104 // create a new config object: this function will create the "best"
105 // implementation of wxConfig available for the current platform, see
16193c2b 106 // comments near definition wxUSE_CONFIG_NATIVE for details. It returns
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107 // the created object and also sets it as ms_pConfig.
108 static wxConfigBase *Create();
109 // should Get() try to create a new log object if the current one is NULL?
68379eaf 110 static void DontCreateOnDemand() { ms_bAutoCreate = false; }
26ac5fad 111
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112 // ctor & virtual dtor
113 // ctor (can be used as default ctor too)
114 //
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115 // Not all args will always be used by derived classes, but including
116 // them all in each class ensures compatibility. If appName is empty,
117 // uses wxApp name
118 wxConfigBase(const wxString& appName = wxEmptyString,
119 const wxString& vendorName = wxEmptyString,
120 const wxString& localFilename = wxEmptyString,
121 const wxString& globalFilename = wxEmptyString,
e96ddf25 122 long style = 0);
18244936 123
26ac5fad 124 // empty but ensures that dtor of all derived classes is virtual
5e233068 125 virtual ~wxConfigBase();
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126
127 // path management
128 // set current path: if the first character is '/', it's the absolute path,
129 // otherwise it's a relative path. '..' is supported. If the strPath
130 // doesn't exist it is created.
131 virtual void SetPath(const wxString& strPath) = 0;
132 // retrieve the current path (always as absolute path)
133 virtual const wxString& GetPath() const = 0;
134
135 // enumeration: all functions here return false when there are no more items.
136 // you must pass the same lIndex to GetNext and GetFirst (don't modify it)
137 // enumerate subgroups
138 virtual bool GetFirstGroup(wxString& str, long& lIndex) const = 0;
139 virtual bool GetNextGroup (wxString& str, long& lIndex) const = 0;
140 // enumerate entries
141 virtual bool GetFirstEntry(wxString& str, long& lIndex) const = 0;
142 virtual bool GetNextEntry (wxString& str, long& lIndex) const = 0;
143 // get number of entries/subgroups in the current group, with or without
144 // it's subgroups
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145 virtual size_t GetNumberOfEntries(bool bRecursive = false) const = 0;
146 virtual size_t GetNumberOfGroups(bool bRecursive = false) const = 0;
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147
148 // tests of existence
68379eaf 149 // returns true if the group by this name exists
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150 virtual bool HasGroup(const wxString& strName) const = 0;
151 // same as above, but for an entry
152 virtual bool HasEntry(const wxString& strName) const = 0;
68379eaf 153 // returns true if either a group or an entry with a given name exist
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154 bool Exists(const wxString& strName) const
155 { return HasGroup(strName) || HasEntry(strName); }
156
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157 // get the entry type
158 virtual EntryType GetEntryType(const wxString& name) const
159 {
160 // by default all entries are strings
61ba49f2 161 return HasEntry(name) ? Type_String : Type_Unknown;
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162 }
163
68379eaf 164 // key access: returns true if value was really read, false if default used
26ac5fad 165 // (and if the key is not found the default value is returned.)
18244936 166
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167 // read a string from the key
168 bool Read(const wxString& key, wxString *pStr) const;
169 bool Read(const wxString& key, wxString *pStr, const wxString& defVal) const;
18244936 170
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171 // read a number (long)
172 bool Read(const wxString& key, long *pl) const;
173 bool Read(const wxString& key, long *pl, long defVal) const;
18244936 174
3e1512cd 175 // read an int (wrapper around `long' version)
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176 bool Read(const wxString& key, int *pi) const;
177 bool Read(const wxString& key, int *pi, int defVal) const;
18244936 178
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179 // read a double
180 bool Read(const wxString& key, double* val) const;
181 bool Read(const wxString& key, double* val, double defVal) const;
dfad0599 182
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183 // read a float
184 bool Read(const wxString& key, float* val) const;
185 bool Read(const wxString& key, float* val, float defVal) const;
186
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187 // read a bool
188 bool Read(const wxString& key, bool* val) const;
189 bool Read(const wxString& key, bool* val, bool defVal) const;
dfad0599 190
434e2903 191#if wxUSE_BASE64
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192 // read a binary data block
193 bool Read(const wxString& key, wxMemoryBuffer* data) const
434e2903 194 { return DoReadBinary(key, data); }
5814e8ba 195 // no default version since it does not make sense for binary data
434e2903 196#endif // wxUSE_BASE64
5814e8ba 197
f9bb777f 198#ifdef wxHAS_CONFIG_TEMPLATE_RW
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199 // read other types, for which wxFromString is defined
200 template <typename T>
201 bool Read(const wxString& key, T* value) const
202 {
203 wxString s;
204 if ( !Read(key, &s) )
205 return false;
206 return wxFromString(s, value);
207 }
208
209 template <typename T>
210 bool Read(const wxString& key, T* value, const T& defVal) const
211 {
212 const bool found = Read(key, value);
213 if ( !found )
214 {
215 if (IsRecordingDefaults())
216 ((wxConfigBase *)this)->Write(key, defVal);
217 *value = defVal;
218 }
219 return found;
220 }
f9bb777f 221#endif // wxHAS_CONFIG_TEMPLATE_RW
3e1512cd 222
03647350 223 // convenience functions returning directly the value
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224 wxString Read(const wxString& key,
225 const wxString& defVal = wxEmptyString) const
226 { wxString s; (void)Read(key, &s, defVal); return s; }
18244936 227
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228 // we have to provide a separate version for C strings as otherwise the
229 // template Read() would be used
230 wxString Read(const wxString& key, const char* defVal) const
231 { return Read(key, wxString(defVal)); }
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232 wxString Read(const wxString& key, const wchar_t* defVal) const
233 { return Read(key, wxString(defVal)); }
3e1512cd 234
56601ff2 235 long ReadLong(const wxString& key, long defVal) const
2ba41305 236 { long l; (void)Read(key, &l, defVal); return l; }
26ac5fad 237
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238 double ReadDouble(const wxString& key, double defVal) const
239 { double d; (void)Read(key, &d, defVal); return d; }
240
241 bool ReadBool(const wxString& key, bool defVal) const
242 { bool b; (void)Read(key, &b, defVal); return b; }
243
244 template <typename T>
245 T ReadObject(const wxString& key, T const& defVal) const
246 { T t; (void)Read(key, &t, defVal); return t; }
247
248 // for compatibility with wx 2.8
249 long Read(const wxString& key, long defVal) const
250 { return ReadLong(key, defVal); }
251
252
253 // write the value (return true on success)
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254 bool Write(const wxString& key, const wxString& value)
255 { return DoWriteString(key, value); }
256
257 bool Write(const wxString& key, long value)
258 { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
259
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260 bool Write(const wxString& key, double value)
261 { return DoWriteDouble(key, value); }
262
263 bool Write(const wxString& key, bool value)
264 { return DoWriteBool(key, value); }
18244936 265
434e2903 266#if wxUSE_BASE64
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267 bool Write(const wxString& key, const wxMemoryBuffer& buf)
268 { return DoWriteBinary(key, buf); }
434e2903 269#endif // wxUSE_BASE64
5814e8ba 270
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271 // we have to provide a separate version for C strings as otherwise they
272 // would be converted to bool and not to wxString as expected!
1c8c9146 273 bool Write(const wxString& key, const char *value)
2ba41305 274 { return Write(key, wxString(value)); }
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275 bool Write(const wxString& key, const unsigned char *value)
276 { return Write(key, wxString(value)); }
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277 bool Write(const wxString& key, const wchar_t *value)
278 { return Write(key, wxString(value)); }
68275b85 279
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280
281 // we also have to provide specializations for other types which we want to
282 // handle using the specialized DoWriteXXX() instead of the generic template
283 // version below
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284 bool Write(const wxString& key, char value)
285 { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
286
287 bool Write(const wxString& key, unsigned char value)
288 { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
289
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290 bool Write(const wxString& key, short value)
291 { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
292
293 bool Write(const wxString& key, unsigned short value)
294 { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
295
296 bool Write(const wxString& key, unsigned int value)
297 { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
298
299 bool Write(const wxString& key, int value)
300 { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
301
302 bool Write(const wxString& key, unsigned long value)
303 { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
304
305 bool Write(const wxString& key, float value)
306 { return DoWriteDouble(key, value); }
307
934960d1 308 // Causes ambiguities in VC++ 6 and OpenVMS (at least)
fbbac935 309#if ( (!defined(__VISUALC__) || __VISUALC__ > 1200) && !defined( __VMS ) && !defined (__DMC__))
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310 // for other types, use wxToString()
311 template <typename T>
312 bool Write(const wxString& key, T const& value)
313 { return Write(key, wxToString(value)); }
f81e22cf 314#endif
3e1512cd 315
68275b85 316 // permanently writes all changes
68379eaf 317 virtual bool Flush(bool bCurrentOnly = false) = 0;
26ac5fad 318
68379eaf 319 // renaming, all functions return false on failure (probably because the new
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320 // name is already taken by an existing entry)
321 // rename an entry
322 virtual bool RenameEntry(const wxString& oldName,
323 const wxString& newName) = 0;
324 // rename a group
325 virtual bool RenameGroup(const wxString& oldName,
326 const wxString& newName) = 0;
327
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328 // delete entries/groups
329 // deletes the specified entry and the group it belongs to if
330 // it was the last key in it and the second parameter is true
18244936 331 virtual bool DeleteEntry(const wxString& key,
68379eaf 332 bool bDeleteGroupIfEmpty = true) = 0;
26ac5fad 333 // delete the group (with all subgroups)
18244936 334 virtual bool DeleteGroup(const wxString& key) = 0;
26ac5fad 335 // delete the whole underlying object (disk file, registry key, ...)
35c4b4da 336 // primarily for use by uninstallation routine.
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337 virtual bool DeleteAll() = 0;
338
339 // options
340 // we can automatically expand environment variables in the config entries
341 // (this option is on by default, you can turn it on/off at any time)
342 bool IsExpandingEnvVars() const { return m_bExpandEnvVars; }
68379eaf 343 void SetExpandEnvVars(bool bDoIt = true) { m_bExpandEnvVars = bDoIt; }
26ac5fad 344 // recording of default values
68379eaf 345 void SetRecordDefaults(bool bDoIt = true) { m_bRecordDefaults = bDoIt; }
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346 bool IsRecordingDefaults() const { return m_bRecordDefaults; }
347 // does expansion only if needed
6164d85e 348 wxString ExpandEnvVars(const wxString& str) const;
26ac5fad 349
18244936 350 // misc accessors
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351 wxString GetAppName() const { return m_appName; }
352 wxString GetVendorName() const { return m_vendorName; }
f6bcfd97 353
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354 // Used wxIniConfig to set members in constructor
355 void SetAppName(const wxString& appName) { m_appName = appName; }
356 void SetVendorName(const wxString& vendorName) { m_vendorName = vendorName; }
18244936 357
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358 void SetStyle(long style) { m_style = style; }
359 long GetStyle() const { return m_style; }
18244936 360
26ac5fad 361protected:
18244936 362 static bool IsImmutable(const wxString& key)
995de2b4 363 { return !key.IsEmpty() && key[0] == wxCONFIG_IMMUTABLE_PREFIX; }
18244936 364
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365 // return the path without trailing separator, if any: this should be called
366 // to sanitize paths referring to the group names before passing them to
367 // wxConfigPathChanger as "/foo/bar/" should be the same as "/foo/bar" and it
368 // isn't interpreted in the same way by it (and this can't be changed there
369 // as it's not the same for the entries names)
370 static wxString RemoveTrailingSeparator(const wxString& key);
371
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372 // do read/write the values of different types
373 virtual bool DoReadString(const wxString& key, wxString *pStr) const = 0;
374 virtual bool DoReadLong(const wxString& key, long *pl) const = 0;
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375 virtual bool DoReadDouble(const wxString& key, double* val) const;
376 virtual bool DoReadBool(const wxString& key, bool* val) const;
434e2903 377#if wxUSE_BASE64
5814e8ba 378 virtual bool DoReadBinary(const wxString& key, wxMemoryBuffer* buf) const = 0;
434e2903 379#endif // wxUSE_BASE64
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380
381 virtual bool DoWriteString(const wxString& key, const wxString& value) = 0;
382 virtual bool DoWriteLong(const wxString& key, long value) = 0;
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383 virtual bool DoWriteDouble(const wxString& key, double value);
384 virtual bool DoWriteBool(const wxString& key, bool value);
434e2903 385#if wxUSE_BASE64
5814e8ba 386 virtual bool DoWriteBinary(const wxString& key, const wxMemoryBuffer& buf) = 0;
434e2903 387#endif // wxUSE_BASE64
2ba41305 388
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389private:
390 // are we doing automatic environment variable expansion?
391 bool m_bExpandEnvVars;
392 // do we record default values?
393 bool m_bRecordDefaults;
8bbe427f 394
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395 // static variables
396 static wxConfigBase *ms_pConfig;
397 static bool ms_bAutoCreate;
398
399 // Application name and organisation name
400 wxString m_appName;
401 wxString m_vendorName;
402
403 // Style flag
404 long m_style;
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405
406 DECLARE_ABSTRACT_CLASS(wxConfigBase)
18244936 407};
26ac5fad 408
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409// a handy little class which changes current path to the path of given entry
410// and restores it in dtor: so if you declare a local variable of this type,
411// you work in the entry directory and the path is automatically restored
412// when the function returns
413// Taken out of wxConfig since not all compilers can cope with nested classes.
bddd7a8d 414class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxConfigPathChanger
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415{
416public:
9c92620c 417 // ctor/dtor do path changing/restoring of the path
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418 wxConfigPathChanger(const wxConfigBase *pContainer, const wxString& strEntry);
419 ~wxConfigPathChanger();
420
421 // get the key name
422 const wxString& Name() const { return m_strName; }
423
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424 // this method must be called if the original path (i.e. the current path at
425 // the moment of creation of this object) could have been deleted to prevent
426 // us from restoring the not existing (any more) path
427 //
428 // if the original path doesn't exist any more, the path will be restored to
429 // the deepest still existing component of the old path
430 void UpdateIfDeleted();
431
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432private:
433 wxConfigBase *m_pContainer; // object we live in
434 wxString m_strName, // name of entry (i.e. name only)
435 m_strOldPath; // saved path
436 bool m_bChanged; // was the path changed?
22f3361e 437
c0c133e1 438 wxDECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxConfigPathChanger);
2ba41305 439};
26ac5fad 440
26ac5fad 441
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442#endif // wxUSE_CONFIG
443
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444/*
445 Replace environment variables ($SOMETHING) with their values. The format is
446 $VARNAME or ${VARNAME} where VARNAME contains alphanumeric characters and
447 '_' only. '$' must be escaped ('\$') in order to be taken literally.
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448*/
449
bddd7a8d 450WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxExpandEnvVars(const wxString &sz);
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451
452/*
453 Split path into parts removing '..' in progress
454 */
86501081 455WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxSplitPath(wxArrayString& aParts, const wxString& path);
21709999 456
d7e918b5 457#endif // _WX_CONFBASE_H_
26ac5fad 458