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