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