include/wx/variant.h

   1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   2 // Name:        variant.h
   3 // Purpose:     wxVariant class, container for any type
   4 // Author:      Julian Smart
   5 // Modified by:
   6 // Created:     10/09/98
   7 // RCS-ID:      $Id$
   8 // Copyright:   (c)
   9 // Licence:     wxWindows licence
  10 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  11
  12 #ifndef _WX_VARIANT_H_
  13 #define _WX_VARIANT_H_
  14
  15 #if defined(__GNUG__) && !defined(__APPLE__)
  16 #pragma interface "variant.h"
  17 #endif
  18
  19 #include "wx/defs.h"
  20 #include "wx/object.h"
  21 #include "wx/string.h"
  22 #include "wx/list.h"
  23
  24 #if wxUSE_TIMEDATE
  25     #include "wx/time.h"
  26     #include "wx/date.h"
  27 #endif // time/date
  28
  29 #include "wx/datetime.h"
  30
  31 #if wxUSE_ODBC
  32     #include "wx/db.h"  // will #include sqltypes.h
  33 #endif //ODBC
  34
  35 #include "wx/ioswrap.h"
  36
  37 /*
  38  * wxVariantData stores the actual data in a wxVariant object,
  39  * to allow it to store any type of data.
  40  * Derive from this to provide custom data handling.
  41  *
  42  * TODO: in order to replace wxPropertyValue, we would need
  43  * to consider adding constructors that take pointers to C++ variables,
  44  * or removing that functionality from the wxProperty library.
  45  * Essentially wxPropertyValue takes on some of the wxValidator functionality
  46  * by storing pointers and not just actual values, allowing update of C++ data
  47  * to be handled automatically. Perhaps there's another way of doing this without
  48  * overloading wxVariant with unnecessary functionality.
  49  */
  50
  51 class WXDLLEXPORT wxVariantData: public wxObject
  52 {
  53 DECLARE_ABSTRACT_CLASS(wxVariantData)
  54 public:
  55
  56 // Construction & destruction
  57     wxVariantData() {};
  58
  59 // Override these to provide common functionality
  60     // Copy to data
  61     virtual void Copy(wxVariantData& data) = 0;
  62     virtual bool Eq(wxVariantData& data) const = 0;
  63 #if wxUSE_STD_IOSTREAM
  64     virtual bool Write(wxSTD ostream& str) const = 0;
  65 #endif
  66     virtual bool Write(wxString& str) const = 0;
  67 #if wxUSE_STD_IOSTREAM
  68     virtual bool Read(wxSTD istream& str) = 0;
  69 #endif
  70     virtual bool Read(wxString& str) = 0;
  71     // What type is it? Return a string name.
  72     virtual wxString GetType() const = 0;
  73 };
  74
  75 /*
  76  * wxVariant can store any kind of data, but has some basic types
  77  * built in.
  78  * NOTE: this eventually should have a reference-counting implementation.
  79  * PLEASE, if you change it to ref-counting, make sure it doesn't involve bloating
  80  * this class too much.
  81  */
  82
  83 class WXDLLEXPORT wxVariant: public wxObject
  84 {
  85 DECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxVariant)
  86 public:
  87
  88 // Construction & destruction
  89     wxVariant();
  90     wxVariant(double val, const wxString& name = wxEmptyString);
  91     wxVariant(long val, const wxString& name = wxEmptyString);
  92 #ifdef HAVE_BOOL
  93     wxVariant(bool val, const wxString& name = wxEmptyString);
  94 #endif
  95     wxVariant(char val, const wxString& name = wxEmptyString);
  96     wxVariant(const wxString& val, const wxString& name = wxEmptyString);
  97     wxVariant(const wxChar* val, const wxString& name = wxEmptyString); // Necessary or VC++ assumes bool!
  98     wxVariant(const wxStringList& val, const wxString& name = wxEmptyString);
  99     wxVariant(const wxList& val, const wxString& name = wxEmptyString); // List of variants
 100 // For some reason, Watcom C++ can't link variant.cpp with time/date classes compiled
 101 #if wxUSE_TIMEDATE && !defined(__WATCOMC__)
 102     wxVariant(const wxTime& val, const wxString& name = wxEmptyString); // Time
 103     wxVariant(const wxDate& val, const wxString& name = wxEmptyString); // Date
 104 #endif
 105     wxVariant(void* ptr, const wxString& name = wxEmptyString); // void* (general purpose)
 106     wxVariant(wxVariantData* data, const wxString& name = wxEmptyString); // User-defined data
 107 //TODO: Need to document
 108     wxVariant(const wxDateTime& val, const wxString& name = wxEmptyString); // Date
 109     wxVariant(const wxArrayString& val, const wxString& name = wxEmptyString); // String array
 110 #if wxUSE_ODBC
 111     wxVariant(const DATE_STRUCT* valptr, const wxString& name = wxEmptyString); // DateTime
 112     wxVariant(const TIME_STRUCT* valptr, const wxString& name = wxEmptyString); // DateTime
 113     wxVariant(const TIMESTAMP_STRUCT* valptr, const wxString& name = wxEmptyString); // DateTime
 114 #endif
 115 //TODO: End of Need to document
 116
 117     wxVariant(const wxVariant& variant);
 118     ~wxVariant();
 119
 120 // Generic operators
 121     // Assignment
 122     void operator= (const wxVariant& variant);
 123
 124 //TODO: Need to document
 125     bool operator== (const wxDateTime& value) const;
 126     bool operator!= (const wxDateTime& value) const;
 127     void operator= (const wxDateTime& value) ;
 128
 129     bool operator== (const wxArrayString& value) const;
 130     bool operator!= (const wxArrayString& value) const;
 131     void operator= (const wxArrayString& value) ;
 132 #if wxUSE_ODBC
 133     void operator= (const DATE_STRUCT* value) ;
 134     void operator= (const TIME_STRUCT* value) ;
 135     void operator= (const TIMESTAMP_STRUCT* value) ;
 136 #endif
 137 //TODO: End of Need to document
 138
 139     // Assignment using data, e.g.
 140     // myVariant = new wxStringVariantData("hello");
 141     void operator= (wxVariantData* variantData);
 142     bool operator== (const wxVariant& variant) const;
 143     bool operator!= (const wxVariant& variant) const;
 144
 145 // Specific operators
 146     bool operator== (double value) const;
 147     bool operator!= (double value) const;
 148     void operator= (double value) ;
 149     bool operator== (long value) const;
 150     bool operator!= (long value) const;
 151     void operator= (long value) ;
 152     bool operator== (char value) const;
 153     bool operator!= (char value) const;
 154     void operator= (char value) ;
 155 #ifdef HAVE_BOOL
 156     bool operator== (bool value) const;
 157     bool operator!= (bool value) const;
 158     void operator= (bool value) ;
 159 #endif
 160     bool operator== (const wxString& value) const;
 161     bool operator!= (const wxString& value) const;
 162     void operator= (const wxString& value) ;
 163     void operator= (const wxChar* value) ; // Necessary or VC++ assumes bool!
 164     bool operator== (const wxStringList& value) const;
 165     bool operator!= (const wxStringList& value) const;
 166     void operator= (const wxStringList& value) ;
 167     bool operator== (const wxList& value) const;
 168     bool operator!= (const wxList& value) const;
 169     void operator= (const wxList& value) ;
 170 // For some reason, Watcom C++ can't link variant.cpp with time/date classes compiled
 171 #if wxUSE_TIMEDATE && !defined(__WATCOMC__)
 172     bool operator== (const wxTime& value) const;
 173     bool operator!= (const wxTime& value) const;
 174     void operator= (const wxTime& value) ;
 175     bool operator== (const wxDate& value) const;
 176     bool operator!= (const wxDate& value) const;
 177     void operator= (const wxDate& value) ;
 178 #endif
 179     bool operator== (void* value) const;
 180     bool operator!= (void* value) const;
 181     void operator= (void* value) ;
 182
 183     // Treat a list variant as an array
 184     wxVariant operator[] (size_t idx) const;
 185     wxVariant& operator[] (size_t idx) ;
 186
 187     // Implicit conversion to a wxString
 188     inline operator wxString () const {  return MakeString(); }
 189     wxString MakeString() const;
 190
 191     // Other implicit conversions
 192     inline operator double () const {  return GetDouble(); }
 193     inline operator char () const {  return GetChar(); }
 194     inline operator long () const {  return GetLong(); }
 195     inline operator bool () const {  return GetBool(); }
 196 // For some reason, Watcom C++ can't link variant.cpp with time/date classes compiled
 197 #if wxUSE_TIMEDATE && !defined(__WATCOMC__)
 198     inline operator wxTime () const {  return GetTime(); }
 199     inline operator wxDate () const {  return GetDate(); }
 200 #endif
 201     inline operator void* () const {  return GetVoidPtr(); }
 202 //TODO: Need to document
 203     inline operator wxDateTime () const { return GetDateTime(); }
 204 //TODO: End of Need to document
 205
 206 // Accessors
 207     // Sets/gets name
 208     inline void SetName(const wxString& name) { m_name = name; }
 209     inline const wxString& GetName() const { return m_name; }
 210
 211     // Tests whether there is data
 212     inline bool IsNull() const { return (m_data == (wxVariantData*) NULL); }
 213
 214     wxVariantData* GetData() const { return m_data; }
 215     void SetData(wxVariantData* data) ;
 216
 217     // Returns a string representing the type of the variant,
 218     // e.g. "string", "bool", "stringlist", "list", "double", "long"
 219     wxString GetType() const;
 220
 221     bool IsType(const wxString& type) const;
 222
 223     // Return the number of elements in a list
 224     int GetCount() const;
 225
 226 // Value accessors
 227     double GetReal() const ;
 228     inline double GetDouble() const { return GetReal(); };
 229     long GetInteger() const ;
 230     inline long GetLong() const { return GetInteger(); };
 231     char GetChar() const ;
 232     bool GetBool() const ;
 233     wxString GetString() const ;
 234     wxList& GetList() const ;
 235     wxStringList& GetStringList() const ;
 236
 237 // For some reason, Watcom C++ can't link variant.cpp with time/date classes compiled
 238 #if wxUSE_TIMEDATE && !defined(__WATCOMC__)
 239     wxTime GetTime() const ;
 240     wxDate GetDate() const ;
 241 #endif
 242     void* GetVoidPtr() const ;
 243 //TODO: Need to document
 244     wxDateTime GetDateTime() const ;
 245     wxArrayString GetArrayString() const;
 246 //TODO: End of Need to document
 247
 248 // Operations
 249     // Make NULL (i.e. delete the data)
 250     void MakeNull();
 251
 252     // Make empty list
 253     void NullList();
 254
 255     // Append to list
 256     void Append(const wxVariant& value);
 257
 258     // Insert at front of list
 259     void Insert(const wxVariant& value);
 260
 261     // Returns TRUE if the variant is a member of the list
 262     bool Member(const wxVariant& value) const;
 263
 264     // Deletes the nth element of the list
 265     bool Delete(int item);
 266
 267     // Clear list
 268     void ClearList();
 269
 270 // Implementation
 271 public:
 272 // Type conversion
 273     bool Convert(long* value) const;
 274     bool Convert(bool* value) const;
 275     bool Convert(double* value) const;
 276     bool Convert(wxString* value) const;
 277     bool Convert(char* value) const;
 278 // For some reason, Watcom C++ can't link variant.cpp with time/date classes compiled
 279 #if wxUSE_TIMEDATE && !defined(__WATCOMC__)
 280     bool Convert(wxTime* value) const;
 281     bool Convert(wxDate* value) const;
 282 #endif
 283 //TODO: Need to document
 284     bool Convert(wxDateTime* value) const;
 285 //TODO: End of Need to document
 286
 287 // Attributes
 288 protected:
 289     wxVariantData*  m_data;
 290     wxString        m_name;
 291 };
 292
 293 extern wxVariant WXDLLEXPORT wxNullVariant;
 294
 295 #endif
 296     // _WX_VARIANT_H_