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1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: filesys.h
3 // Purpose: interface of wxFileSystem, wxFileSystemHandler, wxFSFile
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
5 // RCS-ID: $Id$
6 // Licence: wxWindows license
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
9
10 /**
11 Open Bit Flags
12 */
13 enum wxFileSystemOpenFlags
14 {
15 wxFS_READ = 1, /**< Open for reading */
16 wxFS_SEEKABLE = 4 /**< Returned stream will be seekable */
17 };
18
19
20 /**
21 @class wxFileSystem
22
23 This class provides an interface for opening files on different file systems.
24 It can handle absolute and/or local filenames.
25
26 It uses a system of handlers (see wxFileSystemHandler) to provide access to
27 user-defined virtual file systems.
28
29 @library{wxbase}
30 @category{vfs}
31
32 @see wxFileSystemHandler, wxFSFile, @ref overview_fs
33 */
34 class wxFileSystem : public wxObject
35 {
36 public:
37 /**
38 Constructor.
39 */
40 wxFileSystem();
41
42 /**
43 This static function adds new handler into the list of handlers
44 (see wxFileSystemHandler) which provide access to virtual FS.
45
46 Note that if two handlers for the same protocol are added, the last
47 added one takes precedence.
48
49 @note You can call:
50 @code
51 wxFileSystem::AddHandler(new My_FS_Handler);
52 @endcode
53 This is because (a) AddHandler is a static method, and (b) the
54 handlers are deleted in wxFileSystem's destructor so that you
55 don't have to care about it.
56 */
57 static void AddHandler(wxFileSystemHandler handler);
58
59 /**
60 Sets the current location. @a location parameter passed to OpenFile() is
61 relative to this path.
62
63 @remarks Unless @a is_dir is @true the @a location parameter is not the
64 directory name but the name of the file in this directory.
65
66 All these commands change the path to "dir/subdir/":
67
68 @code
69 ChangePathTo("dir/subdir/xh.htm");
70 ChangePathTo("dir/subdir", true);
71 ChangePathTo("dir/subdir/", true);
72 @endcode
73
74 Example:
75 @code
76 f = fs->OpenFile("hello.htm"); // opens file 'hello.htm'
77 fs->ChangePathTo("subdir/folder", true);
78 f = fs->OpenFile("hello.htm"); // opens file 'subdir/folder/hello.htm' !!
79 @endcode
80
81 @param location
82 the new location. Its meaning depends on the value of is_dir
83 @param is_dir
84 if @true location is new directory.
85 If @false (the default) location is file in the new directory.
86 */
87 void ChangePathTo(const wxString& location, bool is_dir = false);
88
89 /**
90 Converts a wxFileName into an URL.
91
92 @see URLToFileName(), wxFileName
93 */
94 static wxString FileNameToURL(const wxFileName& filename);
95
96 /**
97 Looks for the file with the given name @a file in a colon or semi-colon
98 (depending on the current platform) separated list of directories in @a path.
99
100 If the file is found in any directory, returns @true and the full path
101 of the file in @a str, otherwise returns @false and doesn't modify @a str.
102
103 @param str
104 Receives the full path of the file, must not be @NULL
105 @param path
106 wxPATH_SEP-separated list of directories
107 @param file
108 the name of the file to look for
109 */
110 bool FindFileInPath(wxString str, const wxString& path,
111 const wxString& file);
112
113 /**
114 Works like ::wxFindFirstFile().
115
116 Returns the name of the first filename (within filesystem's current path)
117 that matches @a wildcard.
118
119 @param wildcard
120 The wildcard that the filename must match
121 @param flags
122 One of wxFILE (only files), wxDIR (only directories) or 0 (both).
123 */
124 wxString FindFirst(const wxString& wildcard, int flags = 0);
125
126 /**
127 Returns the next filename that matches the parameters passed to FindFirst().
128 */
129 wxString FindNext();
130
131 /**
132 Returns the actual path (set by wxFileSystem::ChangePathTo).
133 */
134 wxString GetPath();
135
136 /**
137 This static function returns @true if there is a registered handler which can
138 open the given location.
139 */
140 static bool HasHandlerForPath(const wxString& location);
141
142 /**
143 Opens the file and returns a pointer to a wxFSFile object or @NULL if failed.
144
145 It first tries to open the file in relative scope (based on value passed to
146 ChangePathTo() method) and then as an absolute path.
147
148 Note that the user is responsible for deleting the returned wxFSFile.
149 @a flags can be one or more of the ::wxFileSystemOpenFlags values
150 combined together.
151
152 A stream opened with just the default @e wxFS_READ flag may
153 or may not be seekable depending on the underlying source.
154
155 Passing @e "wxFS_READ | wxFS_SEEKABLE" for @a flags will back
156 a stream that is not natively seekable with memory or a file
157 and return a stream that is always seekable.
158 */
159 wxFSFile* OpenFile(const wxString& location,
160 int flags = wxFS_READ);
161
162 /**
163 Converts URL into a well-formed filename.
164 The URL must use the @c file protocol.
165 */
166 static wxFileName URLToFileName(const wxString& url);
167 };
168
169
170
171 /**
172 @class wxFSFile
173
174 This class represents a single file opened by wxFileSystem.
175 It provides more information than wxWindow's input stream
176 (stream, filename, mime type, anchor).
177
178 @note Any pointer returned by a method of wxFSFile is valid only as long as
179 the wxFSFile object exists. For example a call to GetStream()
180 doesn't @e create the stream but only returns the pointer to it.
181 In other words after 10 calls to GetStream() you will have obtained
182 ten identical pointers.
183
184 @library{wxbase}
185 @category{vfs}
186
187 @see wxFileSystemHandler, wxFileSystem, @ref overview_fs
188 */
189 class wxFSFile : public wxObject
190 {
191 public:
192 /**
193 Constructor. You probably won't use it. See the Note for details.
194
195 It is seldom used by the application programmer but you will need it if
196 you are writing your own virtual FS. For example you may need something
197 similar to wxMemoryInputStream, but because wxMemoryInputStream doesn't
198 free the memory when destroyed and thus passing a memory stream pointer
199 into wxFSFile constructor would lead to memory leaks, you can write your
200 own class derived from wxFSFile:
201
202 @code
203 class wxMyFSFile : public wxFSFile
204 {
205 private:
206 void *m_Mem;
207 public:
208 wxMyFSFile(.....)
209 ~wxMyFSFile() {free(m_Mem);}
210 // of course dtor is virtual ;-)
211 };
212 @endcode
213
214 If you are not sure of the meaning of these params, see the description
215 of the GetXXXX() functions.
216
217 @param stream
218 The input stream that will be used to access data
219 @param location
220 The full location (aka filename) of the file
221 @param mimetype
222 MIME type of this file. It may be left empty, in which
223 case the type will be determined from file's extension (location must
224 not be empty in this case).
225 @param anchor
226 Anchor. See GetAnchor() for details.
227 */
228 wxFSFile(wxInputStream stream, const wxString& loc,
229 const wxString& mimetype,
230 const wxString& anchor, wxDateTime modif);
231
232 /**
233 Detaches the stream from the wxFSFile object. That is, the
234 stream obtained with GetStream() will continue its existance
235 after the wxFSFile object is deleted.
236
237 You will have to delete the stream yourself.
238 */
239 void DetachStream();
240
241 /**
242 Returns anchor (if present). The term of @b anchor can be easily
243 explained using few examples:
244
245 @verbatim
246 index.htm#anchor // 'anchor' is anchor
247 index/wx001.htm // NO anchor here!
248 archive/main.zip#zip:index.htm#global // 'global'
249 archive/main.zip#zip:index.htm // NO anchor here!
250 @endverbatim
251
252 Usually an anchor is presented only if the MIME type is 'text/html'.
253 But it may have some meaning with other files; for example myanim.avi#200
254 may refer to position in animation or reality.wrl#MyView may refer
255 to a predefined view in VRML.
256 */
257 const wxString& GetAnchor() const;
258
259 /**
260 Returns full location of the file, including path and protocol.
261
262 Examples:
263 @verbatim
264 http://www.wxwidgets.org
265 http://www.ms.mff.cuni.cz/~vsla8348/wxhtml/archive.zip#zip:info.txt
266 file:/home/vasek/index.htm
267 relative-file.htm
268 @endverbatim
269 */
270 const wxString& GetLocation() const;
271
272 /**
273 Returns the MIME type of the content of this file.
274
275 It is either extension-based (see wxMimeTypesManager) or extracted from
276 HTTP protocol Content-Type header.
277 */
278 const wxString& GetMimeType() const;
279
280 /**
281 Returns time when this file was modified.
282 */
283 wxDateTime GetModificationTime() const;
284
285 /**
286 Returns pointer to the stream.
287
288 You can use the returned stream to directly access data.
289 You may suppose that the stream provide Seek and GetSize functionality
290 (even in the case of the HTTP protocol which doesn't provide
291 this by default. wxHtml uses local cache to work around
292 this and to speed up the connection).
293 */
294 wxInputStream* GetStream() const;
295 };
296
297
298
299 /**
300 @class wxFileSystemHandler
301
302 Classes derived from wxFileSystemHandler are used to access virtual file systems.
303
304 Its public interface consists of two methods: wxFileSystemHandler::CanOpen
305 and wxFileSystemHandler::OpenFile.
306
307 It provides additional protected methods to simplify the process
308 of opening the file: GetProtocol(), GetLeftLocation(), GetRightLocation(),
309 GetAnchor(), GetMimeTypeFromExt().
310
311 Please have a look at overview (see wxFileSystem) if you don't know how locations
312 are constructed.
313
314 Also consult the @ref overview_fs_wxhtmlfs "list of available handlers".
315
316 Note that the handlers are shared by all instances of wxFileSystem.
317
318 @remarks
319 wxHTML library provides handlers for local files and HTTP or FTP protocol.
320
321 @note
322 The location parameter passed to OpenFile() or CanOpen() methods is always an
323 absolute path. You don't need to check the FS's current path.
324
325 @beginWxPerlOnly
326 In wxPerl, you need to derive your file system handler class
327 from Wx::PlFileSystemHandler.
328 @endWxPerlOnly
329
330 @library{wxbase}
331 @category{vfs}
332
333 @see wxFileSystem, wxFSFile, @ref overview_fs
334 */
335 class wxFileSystemHandler : public wxObject
336 {
337 public:
338 /**
339 Constructor.
340 */
341 wxFileSystemHandler();
342
343 /**
344 Returns @true if the handler is able to open this file. This function doesn't
345 check whether the file exists or not, it only checks if it knows the protocol.
346 Example:
347
348 @code
349 bool MyHand::CanOpen(const wxString& location)
350 {
351 return (GetProtocol(location) == "http");
352 }
353 @endcode
354
355 Must be overridden in derived handlers.
356 */
357 virtual bool CanOpen(const wxString& location);
358
359 /**
360 Works like ::wxFindFirstFile().
361
362 Returns the name of the first filename (within filesystem's current path)
363 that matches @e wildcard. @a flags may be one of wxFILE (only files),
364 wxDIR (only directories) or 0 (both).
365
366 This method is only called if CanOpen() returns @true.
367 */
368 virtual wxString FindFirst(const wxString& wildcard,
369 int flags = 0);
370
371 /**
372 Returns next filename that matches parameters passed to wxFileSystem::FindFirst.
373
374 This method is only called if CanOpen() returns @true and FindFirst()
375 returned a non-empty string.
376 */
377 virtual wxString FindNext();
378
379 /**
380 Returns the anchor if present in the location.
381 See wxFSFile::GetAnchor for details.
382
383 Example:
384 @code
385 GetAnchor("index.htm#chapter2") == "chapter2"
386 @endcode
387
388 @note the anchor is NOT part of the left location.
389 */
390 wxString GetAnchor(const wxString& location) const;
391
392 /**
393 Returns the left location string extracted from @e location.
394
395 Example:
396 @code
397 GetLeftLocation("file:myzipfile.zip#zip:index.htm") == "file:myzipfile.zip"
398 @endcode
399 */
400 wxString GetLeftLocation(const wxString& location) const;
401
402 /**
403 Returns the MIME type based on @b extension of @a location.
404 (While wxFSFile::GetMimeType() returns real MIME type - either
405 extension-based or queried from HTTP.)
406
407 Example:
408 @code
409 GetMimeTypeFromExt("index.htm") == "text/html"
410 @endcode
411 */
412 wxString GetMimeTypeFromExt(const wxString& location);
413
414 /**
415 Returns the protocol string extracted from @a location.
416
417 Example:
418 @code
419 GetProtocol("file:myzipfile.zip#zip:index.htm") == "zip"
420 @endcode
421 */
422 wxString GetProtocol(const wxString& location) const;
423
424 /**
425 Returns the right location string extracted from @a location.
426
427 Example:
428 @code
429 GetRightLocation("file:myzipfile.zip#zip:index.htm") == "index.htm"
430 @endcode
431 */
432 wxString GetRightLocation(const wxString& location) const;
433
434 /**
435 Opens the file and returns wxFSFile pointer or @NULL if failed.
436 Must be overridden in derived handlers.
437
438 @param fs
439 Parent FS (the FS from that OpenFile was called).
440 See the ZIP handler for details of how to use it.
441 @param location
442 The absolute location of file.
443 */
444 virtual wxFSFile* OpenFile(wxFileSystem& fs,
445 const wxString& location);
446 };
447