* New wxStream classes: wxStreamBuffer and wxObject*Stream.
[wxWidgets.git] / include / wx / file.h
1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: file.cpp
3 // Purpose: wxFile - encapsulates low-level "file descriptor"
4 // wxTempFile - safely replace the old file
5 // Author: Vadim Zeitlin
6 // Modified by:
7 // Created: 29/01/98
8 // RCS-ID: $Id$
9 // Copyright: (c) 1998 Vadim Zeitlin <zeitlin@dptmaths.ens-cachan.fr>
10 // Licence: wxWindows license
11 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
12
13 #ifndef __FILEH__
14 #define __FILEH__
15
16 #ifdef __GNUG__
17 #pragma interface "file.h"
18 #endif
19
20 #include "wx/string.h"
21 #include "wx/filefn.h"
22
23 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
24 <<<<<<< file.h
25 =======
26 // constants
27 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
28
29 // error return value for Seek() functions
30 const off_t ofsInvalid = (off_t)-1;
31
32 // we redefine these constants here because S_IREAD &c are _not_ standard
33 // however, we do assume that the values correspond to the Unix umask bits
34 #define wxS_IRUSR 00400
35 #define wxS_IWUSR 00200
36 #define wxS_IXUSR 00100
37
38 #define wxS_IRGRP 00040
39 #define wxS_IWGRP 00020
40 #define wxS_IXGRP 00010
41
42 #define wxS_IROTH 00004
43 #define wxS_IWOTH 00002
44 #define wxS_IXOTH 00001
45
46 // default mode for the new files: corresponds to umask 022
47 #define wxS_DEFAULT (wxS_IRUSR | wxS_IWUSR | wxS_IRGRP | wxS_IROTH)
48
49 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
50 >>>>>>> 1.7
51 // class wxFile: raw file IO
52 //
53 // NB: for space efficiency this class has no virtual functions, including
54 // dtor which is _not_ virtual, so it shouldn't be used as a base class.
55 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
56 class WXDLLEXPORT wxFile
57 {
58 public:
59 // more file constants
60 // -------------------
61
62 // opening mode
63 enum OpenMode { read, write, read_write, write_append };
64 // standard values for file descriptor
65 enum { fd_invalid = -1, fd_stdin, fd_stdout, fd_stderr };
66
67 // static functions
68 // ----------------
69 static bool Exists(const char *sz); // also checks it's a regular file
70
71 // ctors
72 // -----
73 // def ctor
74 wxFile() { m_fd = fd_invalid; }
75 // open specified file (may fail, use IsOpened())
76 wxFile(const char *szFileName, OpenMode mode = read);
77 // attach to (already opened) file
78 wxFile(int fd) { m_fd = fd; }
79
80 // open/close
81 <<<<<<< file.h
82 bool Create(const char *szFileName, bool bOverwrite = FALSE);
83 bool Open(const char *szFileName, OpenMode mode = read);
84 inline bool Close(); // Close is a NOP if not opened
85 =======
86 // create a new file (with the default value of bOverwrite, it will fail if
87 // the file already exists, otherwise it will overwrite it and succeed)
88 bool Create(const char *szFileName, bool bOverwrite = FALSE,
89 int access = wxS_DEFAULT);
90 bool Open(const char *szFileName, OpenMode mode = read,
91 int access = wxS_DEFAULT);
92 bool Close(); // Close is a NOP if not opened
93 >>>>>>> 1.7
94
95 // assign an existing file descriptor and get it back from wxFile object
96 void Attach(int fd) { Close(); m_fd = fd; }
97 void Detach() { m_fd = fd_invalid; }
98 int fd() const { return m_fd; }
99
100 // read/write (unbuffered)
101 // returns number of bytes read or ofsInvalid on error
102 off_t Read(void *pBuf, off_t nCount);
103 // returns true on success
104 uint Write(const void *pBuf, uint nCount);
105 // returns true on success
106 bool Write(const wxString& s) { return Write(s.c_str(), s.Len()) != 0; }
107 // flush data not yet written
108 bool Flush();
109
110 // file pointer operations (return ofsInvalid on failure)
111 // move ptr ofs bytes related to start/current off_t/end of file
112 off_t Seek(off_t ofs, wxSeekMode mode = wxFromStart);
113 // move ptr to ofs bytes before the end
114 off_t SeekEnd(off_t ofs = 0) { return Seek(ofs, wxFromEnd); }
115 // get current off_t
116 off_t Tell() const;
117 // get current file length
118 off_t Length() const;
119
120 // simple accessors
121 // is file opened?
122 bool IsOpened() const { return m_fd != fd_invalid; }
123 // is end of file reached?
124 bool Eof() const;
125 // is an error occured?
126 bool Error() const { return m_error; }
127
128 // dtor closes the file if opened
129 ~wxFile();
130
131 private:
132 // copy ctor and assignment operator are private because
133 // it doesn't make sense to copy files this way:
134 // attempt to do it will provoke a compile-time error.
135 wxFile(const wxFile&);
136 wxFile& operator=(const wxFile&);
137
138 int m_fd; // file descriptor or INVALID_FD if not opened
139 bool m_error; // error memory
140 };
141
142 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
143 // class wxTempFile: if you want to replace another file, create an instance
144 // of wxTempFile passing the name of the file to be replaced to the ctor. Then
145 // you can write to wxTempFile and call Commit() function to replace the old
146 // file (and close this one) or call Discard() to cancel the modification. If
147 // you call neither of them, dtor will call Discard().
148 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
149 class WXDLLEXPORT wxTempFile
150 {
151 public:
152 // ctors
153 // default
154 wxTempFile() { }
155 // associates the temp file with the file to be replaced and opens it
156 wxTempFile(const wxString& strName);
157
158 // open the temp file (strName is the name of file to be replaced)
159 bool Open(const wxString& strName);
160
161 // is the file opened?
162 bool IsOpened() const { return m_file.IsOpened(); }
163
164 // I/O (both functions return true on success, false on failure)
165 bool Write(const void *p, uint n) { return m_file.Write(p, n) != 0; }
166 bool Write(const wxString& str) { return m_file.Write(str); }
167
168 // different ways to close the file
169 // validate changes and delete the old file of name m_strName
170 bool Commit();
171 // discard changes
172 void Discard();
173
174 // dtor calls Discard() if file is still opened
175 ~wxTempFile();
176
177 private:
178 wxString m_strName, // name of the file to replace in Commit()
179 m_strTemp; // temporary file name
180 wxFile m_file; // the temporary file
181 };
182
183 #endif
184 // __FILEH__