Add wxGetFileType and IsSeekable
[wxWidgets.git] / include / wx / file.h
1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: file.h
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 licence
11 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
12
13 #ifndef _WX_FILEH__
14 #define _WX_FILEH__
15
16 #if defined(__GNUG__) && !defined(NO_GCC_PRAGMA)
17 #pragma interface "file.h"
18 #endif
19
20 #include "wx/string.h"
21 #include "wx/filefn.h"
22 #include "wx/strconv.h"
23
24 #if wxUSE_FILE
25
26 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
27 // constants
28 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
29
30 // we redefine these constants here because S_IREAD &c are _not_ standard
31 // however, we do assume that the values correspond to the Unix umask bits
32 #define wxS_IRUSR 00400
33 #define wxS_IWUSR 00200
34 #define wxS_IXUSR 00100
35
36 #define wxS_IRGRP 00040
37 #define wxS_IWGRP 00020
38 #define wxS_IXGRP 00010
39
40 #define wxS_IROTH 00004
41 #define wxS_IWOTH 00002
42 #define wxS_IXOTH 00001
43
44 // default mode for the new files: corresponds to umask 022
45 #define wxS_DEFAULT (wxS_IRUSR | wxS_IWUSR | wxS_IRGRP | wxS_IWGRP |\
46 wxS_IROTH | wxS_IWOTH)
47
48 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
49 // class wxFile: raw file IO
50 //
51 // NB: for space efficiency this class has no virtual functions, including
52 // dtor which is _not_ virtual, so it shouldn't be used as a base class.
53 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
54
55 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxFile
56 {
57 public:
58 // more file constants
59 // -------------------
60 // opening mode
61 enum OpenMode { read, write, read_write, write_append, write_excl };
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 whether 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; m_error = false; }
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; m_error = false; }
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; m_error = false; }
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 wxInvalidOffset on error
98 ssize_t Read(void *pBuf, size_t nCount);
99 // returns the number of bytes written
100 size_t Write(const void *pBuf, size_t nCount);
101 // returns true on success
102 bool Write(const wxString& s, wxMBConv& conv = wxConvUTF8)
103 {
104 const wxWX2MBbuf buf = s.mb_str(conv);
105 size_t size = strlen(buf);
106 return Write((const char *) buf, size) == size;
107 }
108 // flush data not yet written
109 bool Flush();
110
111 // file pointer operations (return wxInvalidOffset on failure)
112 // move ptr ofs bytes related to start/current offset/end of file
113 wxFileOffset Seek(wxFileOffset ofs, wxSeekMode mode = wxFromStart);
114 // move ptr to ofs bytes before the end
115 wxFileOffset SeekEnd(wxFileOffset ofs = 0) { return Seek(ofs, wxFromEnd); }
116 // get current offset
117 wxFileOffset Tell() const;
118 // get current file length
119 wxFileOffset Length() const;
120
121 // simple accessors
122 // is file opened?
123 bool IsOpened() const { return m_fd != fd_invalid; }
124 // is end of file reached?
125 bool Eof() const;
126 // has an error occured?
127 bool Error() const { return m_error; }
128 // type such as disk or pipe
129 wxFileTypeEnum GetFileType() const { return wxGetFileType(m_fd); }
130
131 // dtor closes the file if opened
132 ~wxFile() { Close(); }
133
134 private:
135 // copy ctor and assignment operator are private because
136 // it doesn't make sense to copy files this way:
137 // attempt to do it will provoke a compile-time error.
138 wxFile(const wxFile&);
139 wxFile& operator=(const wxFile&);
140
141 int m_fd; // file descriptor or INVALID_FD if not opened
142 bool m_error; // error memory
143 };
144
145 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
146 // class wxTempFile: if you want to replace another file, create an instance
147 // of wxTempFile passing the name of the file to be replaced to the ctor. Then
148 // you can write to wxTempFile and call Commit() function to replace the old
149 // file (and close this one) or call Discard() to cancel the modification. If
150 // you call neither of them, dtor will call Discard().
151 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
152
153 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxTempFile
154 {
155 public:
156 // ctors
157 // default
158 wxTempFile() { }
159 // associates the temp file with the file to be replaced and opens it
160 wxTempFile(const wxString& strName);
161
162 // open the temp file (strName is the name of file to be replaced)
163 bool Open(const wxString& strName);
164
165 // is the file opened?
166 bool IsOpened() const { return m_file.IsOpened(); }
167
168 // I/O (both functions return true on success, false on failure)
169 bool Write(const void *p, size_t n) { return m_file.Write(p, n) == n; }
170 bool Write(const wxString& str, wxMBConv& conv = wxConvUTF8)
171 { return m_file.Write(str, conv); }
172
173 // different ways to close the file
174 // validate changes and delete the old file of name m_strName
175 bool Commit();
176 // discard changes
177 void Discard();
178
179 // dtor calls Discard() if file is still opened
180 ~wxTempFile();
181
182 private:
183 // no copy ctor/assignment operator
184 wxTempFile(const wxTempFile&);
185 wxTempFile& operator=(const wxTempFile&);
186
187 wxString m_strName, // name of the file to replace in Commit()
188 m_strTemp; // temporary file name
189 wxFile m_file; // the temporary file
190 };
191
192 #endif // wxUSE_FILE
193
194 #endif // _WX_FILEH__