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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)
8// RCS-ID: $Id$
9d55bfef 9// Copyright: (c) 1997 Karsten Ballueder Ballueder@usa.net
26ac5fad 10// Vadim Zeitlin <zeitlin@dptmaths.ens-cachan.fr>
65571936 11// Licence: wxWindows licence
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12///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
13
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14#ifndef _WX_CONFBASE_H_
15#define _WX_CONFBASE_H_
26ac5fad 16
ac57418f 17#include "wx/defs.h"
8cb172b4 18#include "wx/string.h"
d7e918b5 19#include "wx/object.h"
5814e8ba 20#include "wx/base64.h"
2da2f941 21
b5dbe15d 22class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_BASE wxArrayString;
ac57418f 23
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24// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
25// constants
26// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
27
28/// shall we be case sensitive in parsing variable names?
29#ifndef wxCONFIG_CASE_SENSITIVE
ad1b0610 30 #define wxCONFIG_CASE_SENSITIVE 0
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31#endif
32
33/// separates group and entry names (probably shouldn't be changed)
34#ifndef wxCONFIG_PATH_SEPARATOR
9a83f860 35 #define wxCONFIG_PATH_SEPARATOR wxT('/')
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36#endif
37
38/// introduces immutable entries
39// (i.e. the ones which can't be changed from the local config file)
40#ifndef wxCONFIG_IMMUTABLE_PREFIX
9a83f860 41 #define wxCONFIG_IMMUTABLE_PREFIX wxT('!')
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42#endif
43
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44#if wxUSE_CONFIG
45
16193c2b 46/// should we use registry instead of configuration files under Windows?
26ac5fad 47// (i.e. whether wxConfigBase::Create() will create a wxFileConfig (if it's
68379eaf 48// false) or wxRegConfig (if it's true and we're under Win32))
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49#ifndef wxUSE_CONFIG_NATIVE
50 #define wxUSE_CONFIG_NATIVE 1
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51#endif
52
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53// not all compilers can deal with template Read/Write() methods, define this
54// symbol if the template functions are available
55#if (!defined(__VISUALC__) || __VISUALC__ > 1200) && \
56 !defined( __VMS ) && \
7e08bc5a 57 !(defined(__HP_aCC) && defined(__hppa)) && \
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58 !defined (__DMC__)
59 #define wxHAS_CONFIG_TEMPLATE_RW
60#endif
61
18244936 62// Style flags for constructor style parameter
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63enum
64{
65 wxCONFIG_USE_LOCAL_FILE = 1,
944ac903 66 wxCONFIG_USE_GLOBAL_FILE = 2,
8dce54c9 67 wxCONFIG_USE_RELATIVE_PATH = 4,
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68 wxCONFIG_USE_NO_ESCAPE_CHARACTERS = 8,
69 wxCONFIG_USE_SUBDIR = 16
9869734d 70};
18244936 71
26ac5fad 72// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
8bbe427f 73// abstract base class wxConfigBase which defines the interface for derived
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74// classes
75//
76// wxConfig organizes the items in a tree-like structure (modeled after the
77// Unix/Dos filesystem). There are groups (directories) and keys (files).
78// There is always one current group given by the current path.
79//
80// Keys are pairs "key_name = value" where value may be of string or integer
9869734d 81// (long) type (TODO doubles and other types such as wxDate coming soon).
26ac5fad 82// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
886dd7d2 83
412b97cc 84class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxConfigBase : public wxObject
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85{
86public:
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87 // constants
88 // the type of an entry
89 enum EntryType
90 {
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91 Type_Unknown,
92 Type_String,
93 Type_Boolean,
94 Type_Integer, // use Read(long *)
95 Type_Float // use Read(double *)
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96 };
97
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98 // static functions
99 // sets the config object, returns the previous pointer
100 static wxConfigBase *Set(wxConfigBase *pConfig);
101 // get the config object, creates it on demand unless DontCreateOnDemand
102 // was called
68379eaf 103 static wxConfigBase *Get(bool createOnDemand = true)
eee786e9 104 { if ( createOnDemand && (!ms_pConfig) ) Create(); return ms_pConfig; }
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105 // create a new config object: this function will create the "best"
106 // implementation of wxConfig available for the current platform, see
16193c2b 107 // comments near definition wxUSE_CONFIG_NATIVE for details. It returns
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108 // the created object and also sets it as ms_pConfig.
109 static wxConfigBase *Create();
110 // should Get() try to create a new log object if the current one is NULL?
68379eaf 111 static void DontCreateOnDemand() { ms_bAutoCreate = false; }
26ac5fad 112
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113 // ctor & virtual dtor
114 // ctor (can be used as default ctor too)
115 //
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116 // Not all args will always be used by derived classes, but including
117 // them all in each class ensures compatibility. If appName is empty,
118 // uses wxApp name
119 wxConfigBase(const wxString& appName = wxEmptyString,
120 const wxString& vendorName = wxEmptyString,
121 const wxString& localFilename = wxEmptyString,
122 const wxString& globalFilename = wxEmptyString,
e96ddf25 123 long style = 0);
18244936 124
26ac5fad 125 // empty but ensures that dtor of all derived classes is virtual
5e233068 126 virtual ~wxConfigBase();
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127
128 // path management
129 // set current path: if the first character is '/', it's the absolute path,
130 // otherwise it's a relative path. '..' is supported. If the strPath
131 // doesn't exist it is created.
132 virtual void SetPath(const wxString& strPath) = 0;
133 // retrieve the current path (always as absolute path)
134 virtual const wxString& GetPath() const = 0;
135
136 // enumeration: all functions here return false when there are no more items.
137 // you must pass the same lIndex to GetNext and GetFirst (don't modify it)
138 // enumerate subgroups
139 virtual bool GetFirstGroup(wxString& str, long& lIndex) const = 0;
140 virtual bool GetNextGroup (wxString& str, long& lIndex) const = 0;
141 // enumerate entries
142 virtual bool GetFirstEntry(wxString& str, long& lIndex) const = 0;
143 virtual bool GetNextEntry (wxString& str, long& lIndex) const = 0;
144 // get number of entries/subgroups in the current group, with or without
145 // it's subgroups
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146 virtual size_t GetNumberOfEntries(bool bRecursive = false) const = 0;
147 virtual size_t GetNumberOfGroups(bool bRecursive = false) const = 0;
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148
149 // tests of existence
68379eaf 150 // returns true if the group by this name exists
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151 virtual bool HasGroup(const wxString& strName) const = 0;
152 // same as above, but for an entry
153 virtual bool HasEntry(const wxString& strName) const = 0;
68379eaf 154 // returns true if either a group or an entry with a given name exist
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155 bool Exists(const wxString& strName) const
156 { return HasGroup(strName) || HasEntry(strName); }
157
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158 // get the entry type
159 virtual EntryType GetEntryType(const wxString& name) const
160 {
161 // by default all entries are strings
61ba49f2 162 return HasEntry(name) ? Type_String : Type_Unknown;
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163 }
164
68379eaf 165 // key access: returns true if value was really read, false if default used
26ac5fad 166 // (and if the key is not found the default value is returned.)
18244936 167
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168 // read a string from the key
169 bool Read(const wxString& key, wxString *pStr) const;
170 bool Read(const wxString& key, wxString *pStr, const wxString& defVal) const;
18244936 171
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172 // read a number (long)
173 bool Read(const wxString& key, long *pl) const;
174 bool Read(const wxString& key, long *pl, long defVal) const;
18244936 175
3e1512cd 176 // read an int (wrapper around `long' version)
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177 bool Read(const wxString& key, int *pi) const;
178 bool Read(const wxString& key, int *pi, int defVal) const;
18244936 179
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180 // read a double
181 bool Read(const wxString& key, double* val) const;
182 bool Read(const wxString& key, double* val, double defVal) const;
dfad0599 183
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184 // read a float
185 bool Read(const wxString& key, float* val) const;
186 bool Read(const wxString& key, float* val, float defVal) const;
187
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188 // read a bool
189 bool Read(const wxString& key, bool* val) const;
190 bool Read(const wxString& key, bool* val, bool defVal) const;
dfad0599 191
434e2903 192#if wxUSE_BASE64
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193 // read a binary data block
194 bool Read(const wxString& key, wxMemoryBuffer* data) const
434e2903 195 { return DoReadBinary(key, data); }
5814e8ba 196 // no default version since it does not make sense for binary data
434e2903 197#endif // wxUSE_BASE64
5814e8ba 198
f9bb777f 199#ifdef wxHAS_CONFIG_TEMPLATE_RW
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200 // read other types, for which wxFromString is defined
201 template <typename T>
202 bool Read(const wxString& key, T* value) const
203 {
204 wxString s;
205 if ( !Read(key, &s) )
206 return false;
207 return wxFromString(s, value);
208 }
209
210 template <typename T>
211 bool Read(const wxString& key, T* value, const T& defVal) const
212 {
213 const bool found = Read(key, value);
214 if ( !found )
215 {
216 if (IsRecordingDefaults())
217 ((wxConfigBase *)this)->Write(key, defVal);
218 *value = defVal;
219 }
220 return found;
221 }
f9bb777f 222#endif // wxHAS_CONFIG_TEMPLATE_RW
3e1512cd 223
03647350 224 // convenience functions returning directly the value
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225 wxString Read(const wxString& key,
226 const wxString& defVal = wxEmptyString) const
227 { wxString s; (void)Read(key, &s, defVal); return s; }
18244936 228
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229 // we have to provide a separate version for C strings as otherwise the
230 // template Read() would be used
231 wxString Read(const wxString& key, const char* defVal) const
232 { return Read(key, wxString(defVal)); }
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233 wxString Read(const wxString& key, const wchar_t* defVal) const
234 { return Read(key, wxString(defVal)); }
3e1512cd 235
56601ff2 236 long ReadLong(const wxString& key, long defVal) const
2ba41305 237 { long l; (void)Read(key, &l, defVal); return l; }
26ac5fad 238
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239 double ReadDouble(const wxString& key, double defVal) const
240 { double d; (void)Read(key, &d, defVal); return d; }
241
242 bool ReadBool(const wxString& key, bool defVal) const
243 { bool b; (void)Read(key, &b, defVal); return b; }
244
245 template <typename T>
246 T ReadObject(const wxString& key, T const& defVal) const
247 { T t; (void)Read(key, &t, defVal); return t; }
248
249 // for compatibility with wx 2.8
250 long Read(const wxString& key, long defVal) const
251 { return ReadLong(key, defVal); }
252
253
254 // write the value (return true on success)
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255 bool Write(const wxString& key, const wxString& value)
256 { return DoWriteString(key, value); }
257
258 bool Write(const wxString& key, long value)
259 { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
260
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261 bool Write(const wxString& key, double value)
262 { return DoWriteDouble(key, value); }
263
264 bool Write(const wxString& key, bool value)
265 { return DoWriteBool(key, value); }
18244936 266
434e2903 267#if wxUSE_BASE64
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268 bool Write(const wxString& key, const wxMemoryBuffer& buf)
269 { return DoWriteBinary(key, buf); }
434e2903 270#endif // wxUSE_BASE64
5814e8ba 271
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272 // we have to provide a separate version for C strings as otherwise they
273 // would be converted to bool and not to wxString as expected!
1c8c9146 274 bool Write(const wxString& key, const char *value)
2ba41305 275 { return Write(key, wxString(value)); }
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276 bool Write(const wxString& key, const unsigned char *value)
277 { return Write(key, wxString(value)); }
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278 bool Write(const wxString& key, const wchar_t *value)
279 { return Write(key, wxString(value)); }
68275b85 280
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281
282 // we also have to provide specializations for other types which we want to
283 // handle using the specialized DoWriteXXX() instead of the generic template
284 // version below
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285 bool Write(const wxString& key, char value)
286 { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
287
288 bool Write(const wxString& key, unsigned char value)
289 { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
290
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291 bool Write(const wxString& key, short value)
292 { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
293
294 bool Write(const wxString& key, unsigned short value)
295 { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
296
297 bool Write(const wxString& key, unsigned int value)
298 { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
299
300 bool Write(const wxString& key, int value)
301 { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
302
303 bool Write(const wxString& key, unsigned long value)
304 { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
305
306 bool Write(const wxString& key, float value)
307 { return DoWriteDouble(key, value); }
308
934960d1 309 // Causes ambiguities in VC++ 6 and OpenVMS (at least)
fbbac935 310#if ( (!defined(__VISUALC__) || __VISUALC__ > 1200) && !defined( __VMS ) && !defined (__DMC__))
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311 // for other types, use wxToString()
312 template <typename T>
313 bool Write(const wxString& key, T const& value)
314 { return Write(key, wxToString(value)); }
f81e22cf 315#endif
3e1512cd 316
68275b85 317 // permanently writes all changes
68379eaf 318 virtual bool Flush(bool bCurrentOnly = false) = 0;
26ac5fad 319
68379eaf 320 // renaming, all functions return false on failure (probably because the new
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321 // name is already taken by an existing entry)
322 // rename an entry
323 virtual bool RenameEntry(const wxString& oldName,
324 const wxString& newName) = 0;
325 // rename a group
326 virtual bool RenameGroup(const wxString& oldName,
327 const wxString& newName) = 0;
328
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329 // delete entries/groups
330 // deletes the specified entry and the group it belongs to if
331 // it was the last key in it and the second parameter is true
18244936 332 virtual bool DeleteEntry(const wxString& key,
68379eaf 333 bool bDeleteGroupIfEmpty = true) = 0;
26ac5fad 334 // delete the group (with all subgroups)
18244936 335 virtual bool DeleteGroup(const wxString& key) = 0;
26ac5fad 336 // delete the whole underlying object (disk file, registry key, ...)
35c4b4da 337 // primarily for use by uninstallation routine.
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338 virtual bool DeleteAll() = 0;
339
340 // options
341 // we can automatically expand environment variables in the config entries
342 // (this option is on by default, you can turn it on/off at any time)
343 bool IsExpandingEnvVars() const { return m_bExpandEnvVars; }
68379eaf 344 void SetExpandEnvVars(bool bDoIt = true) { m_bExpandEnvVars = bDoIt; }
26ac5fad 345 // recording of default values
68379eaf 346 void SetRecordDefaults(bool bDoIt = true) { m_bRecordDefaults = bDoIt; }
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347 bool IsRecordingDefaults() const { return m_bRecordDefaults; }
348 // does expansion only if needed
6164d85e 349 wxString ExpandEnvVars(const wxString& str) const;
26ac5fad 350
18244936 351 // misc accessors
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352 wxString GetAppName() const { return m_appName; }
353 wxString GetVendorName() const { return m_vendorName; }
f6bcfd97 354
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355 // Used wxIniConfig to set members in constructor
356 void SetAppName(const wxString& appName) { m_appName = appName; }
357 void SetVendorName(const wxString& vendorName) { m_vendorName = vendorName; }
18244936 358
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359 void SetStyle(long style) { m_style = style; }
360 long GetStyle() const { return m_style; }
18244936 361
26ac5fad 362protected:
18244936 363 static bool IsImmutable(const wxString& key)
995de2b4 364 { return !key.IsEmpty() && key[0] == wxCONFIG_IMMUTABLE_PREFIX; }
18244936 365
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366 // return the path without trailing separator, if any: this should be called
367 // to sanitize paths referring to the group names before passing them to
368 // wxConfigPathChanger as "/foo/bar/" should be the same as "/foo/bar" and it
369 // isn't interpreted in the same way by it (and this can't be changed there
370 // as it's not the same for the entries names)
371 static wxString RemoveTrailingSeparator(const wxString& key);
372
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373 // do read/write the values of different types
374 virtual bool DoReadString(const wxString& key, wxString *pStr) const = 0;
375 virtual bool DoReadLong(const wxString& key, long *pl) const = 0;
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376 virtual bool DoReadDouble(const wxString& key, double* val) const;
377 virtual bool DoReadBool(const wxString& key, bool* val) const;
434e2903 378#if wxUSE_BASE64
5814e8ba 379 virtual bool DoReadBinary(const wxString& key, wxMemoryBuffer* buf) const = 0;
434e2903 380#endif // wxUSE_BASE64
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381
382 virtual bool DoWriteString(const wxString& key, const wxString& value) = 0;
383 virtual bool DoWriteLong(const wxString& key, long value) = 0;
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384 virtual bool DoWriteDouble(const wxString& key, double value);
385 virtual bool DoWriteBool(const wxString& key, bool value);
434e2903 386#if wxUSE_BASE64
5814e8ba 387 virtual bool DoWriteBinary(const wxString& key, const wxMemoryBuffer& buf) = 0;
434e2903 388#endif // wxUSE_BASE64
2ba41305 389
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390private:
391 // are we doing automatic environment variable expansion?
392 bool m_bExpandEnvVars;
393 // do we record default values?
394 bool m_bRecordDefaults;
8bbe427f 395
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396 // static variables
397 static wxConfigBase *ms_pConfig;
398 static bool ms_bAutoCreate;
399
400 // Application name and organisation name
401 wxString m_appName;
402 wxString m_vendorName;
403
404 // Style flag
405 long m_style;
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406
407 DECLARE_ABSTRACT_CLASS(wxConfigBase)
18244936 408};
26ac5fad 409
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410// a handy little class which changes current path to the path of given entry
411// and restores it in dtor: so if you declare a local variable of this type,
412// you work in the entry directory and the path is automatically restored
413// when the function returns
414// Taken out of wxConfig since not all compilers can cope with nested classes.
bddd7a8d 415class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxConfigPathChanger
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416{
417public:
9c92620c 418 // ctor/dtor do path changing/restoring of the path
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419 wxConfigPathChanger(const wxConfigBase *pContainer, const wxString& strEntry);
420 ~wxConfigPathChanger();
421
422 // get the key name
423 const wxString& Name() const { return m_strName; }
424
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425 // this method must be called if the original path (i.e. the current path at
426 // the moment of creation of this object) could have been deleted to prevent
427 // us from restoring the not existing (any more) path
428 //
429 // if the original path doesn't exist any more, the path will be restored to
430 // the deepest still existing component of the old path
431 void UpdateIfDeleted();
432
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433private:
434 wxConfigBase *m_pContainer; // object we live in
435 wxString m_strName, // name of entry (i.e. name only)
436 m_strOldPath; // saved path
437 bool m_bChanged; // was the path changed?
22f3361e 438
c0c133e1 439 wxDECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxConfigPathChanger);
2ba41305 440};
26ac5fad 441
26ac5fad 442
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443#endif // wxUSE_CONFIG
444
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445/*
446 Replace environment variables ($SOMETHING) with their values. The format is
447 $VARNAME or ${VARNAME} where VARNAME contains alphanumeric characters and
448 '_' only. '$' must be escaped ('\$') in order to be taken literally.
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450
bddd7a8d 451WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxExpandEnvVars(const wxString &sz);
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452
453/*
454 Split path into parts removing '..' in progress
455 */
86501081 456WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxSplitPath(wxArrayString& aParts, const wxString& path);
21709999 457
d7e918b5 458#endif // _WX_CONFBASE_H_
26ac5fad 459