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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 pStr
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* pStr, 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() const;
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 @param modif
228 Modification date and time for this file.
229 */
230 wxFSFile(wxInputStream* stream, const wxString& location,
231 const wxString& mimetype, const wxString& anchor,
232 wxDateTime modif);
233
234 /**
235 Detaches the stream from the wxFSFile object. That is, the
236 stream obtained with GetStream() will continue its existance
237 after the wxFSFile object is deleted.
238
239 You will have to delete the stream yourself.
240 */
241 wxInputStream* DetachStream();
242
243 /**
244 Returns anchor (if present). The term of @b anchor can be easily
245 explained using few examples:
246
247 @verbatim
248 index.htm#anchor // 'anchor' is anchor
249 index/wx001.htm // NO anchor here!
250 archive/main.zip#zip:index.htm#global // 'global'
251 archive/main.zip#zip:index.htm // NO anchor here!
252 @endverbatim
253
254 Usually an anchor is presented only if the MIME type is 'text/html'.
255 But it may have some meaning with other files; for example myanim.avi#200
256 may refer to position in animation or reality.wrl#MyView may refer
257 to a predefined view in VRML.
258 */
259 const wxString& GetAnchor() const;
260
261 /**
262 Returns full location of the file, including path and protocol.
263
264 Examples:
265 @verbatim
266 http://www.wxwidgets.org
267 http://www.ms.mff.cuni.cz/~vsla8348/wxhtml/archive.zip#zip:info.txt
268 file:/home/vasek/index.htm
269 relative-file.htm
270 @endverbatim
271 */
272 const wxString& GetLocation() const;
273
274 /**
275 Returns the MIME type of the content of this file.
276
277 It is either extension-based (see wxMimeTypesManager) or extracted from
278 HTTP protocol Content-Type header.
279 */
280 const wxString& GetMimeType() const;
281
282 /**
283 Returns time when this file was modified.
284 */
285 wxDateTime GetModificationTime() const;
286
287 /**
288 Returns pointer to the stream.
289
290 You can use the returned stream to directly access data.
291 You may suppose that the stream provide Seek and GetSize functionality
292 (even in the case of the HTTP protocol which doesn't provide
293 this by default. wxHtml uses local cache to work around
294 this and to speed up the connection).
295 */
296 wxInputStream* GetStream() const;
297 };
298
299
300
301 /**
302 @class wxFileSystemHandler
303
304 Classes derived from wxFileSystemHandler are used to access virtual file systems.
305
306 Its public interface consists of two methods: wxFileSystemHandler::CanOpen
307 and wxFileSystemHandler::OpenFile.
308
309 It provides additional protected methods to simplify the process
310 of opening the file: GetProtocol(), GetLeftLocation(), GetRightLocation(),
311 GetAnchor(), GetMimeTypeFromExt().
312
313 Please have a look at overview (see wxFileSystem) if you don't know how locations
314 are constructed.
315
316 Also consult the @ref overview_fs_wxhtmlfs "list of available handlers".
317
318 Note that the handlers are shared by all instances of wxFileSystem.
319
320 @remarks
321 wxHTML library provides handlers for local files and HTTP or FTP protocol.
322
323 @note
324 The location parameter passed to OpenFile() or CanOpen() methods is always an
325 absolute path. You don't need to check the FS's current path.
326
327 @beginWxPerlOnly
328 In wxPerl, you need to derive your file system handler class
329 from Wx::PlFileSystemHandler.
330 @endWxPerlOnly
331
332 @library{wxbase}
333 @category{vfs}
334
335 @see wxFileSystem, wxFSFile, @ref overview_fs
336 */
337 class wxFileSystemHandler : public wxObject
338 {
339 public:
340 /**
341 Constructor.
342 */
343 wxFileSystemHandler();
344
345 /**
346 Returns @true if the handler is able to open this file. This function doesn't
347 check whether the file exists or not, it only checks if it knows the protocol.
348 Example:
349
350 @code
351 bool MyHand::CanOpen(const wxString& location)
352 {
353 return (GetProtocol(location) == "http");
354 }
355 @endcode
356
357 Must be overridden in derived handlers.
358 */
359 virtual bool CanOpen(const wxString& location) = 0;
360
361 /**
362 Works like ::wxFindFirstFile().
363
364 Returns the name of the first filename (within filesystem's current path)
365 that matches @e wildcard. @a flags may be one of wxFILE (only files),
366 wxDIR (only directories) or 0 (both).
367
368 This method is only called if CanOpen() returns @true.
369 */
370 virtual wxString FindFirst(const wxString& wildcard,
371 int flags = 0);
372
373 /**
374 Returns next filename that matches parameters passed to wxFileSystem::FindFirst.
375
376 This method is only called if CanOpen() returns @true and FindFirst()
377 returned a non-empty string.
378 */
379 virtual wxString FindNext();
380
381 /**
382 Returns the anchor if present in the location.
383 See wxFSFile::GetAnchor for details.
384
385 Example:
386 @code
387 GetAnchor("index.htm#chapter2") == "chapter2"
388 @endcode
389
390 @note the anchor is NOT part of the left location.
391 */
392 static wxString GetAnchor(const wxString& location);
393
394 /**
395 Returns the left location string extracted from @e location.
396
397 Example:
398 @code
399 GetLeftLocation("file:myzipfile.zip#zip:index.htm") == "file:myzipfile.zip"
400 @endcode
401 */
402 static wxString GetLeftLocation(const wxString& location);
403
404 /**
405 Returns the MIME type based on @b extension of @a location.
406 (While wxFSFile::GetMimeType() returns real MIME type - either
407 extension-based or queried from HTTP.)
408
409 Example:
410 @code
411 GetMimeTypeFromExt("index.htm") == "text/html"
412 @endcode
413 */
414 static wxString GetMimeTypeFromExt(const wxString& location);
415
416 /**
417 Returns the protocol string extracted from @a location.
418
419 Example:
420 @code
421 GetProtocol("file:myzipfile.zip#zip:index.htm") == "zip"
422 @endcode
423 */
424 static wxString GetProtocol(const wxString& location);
425
426 /**
427 Returns the right location string extracted from @a location.
428
429 Example:
430 @code
431 GetRightLocation("file:myzipfile.zip#zip:index.htm") == "index.htm"
432 @endcode
433 */
434 static wxString GetRightLocation(const wxString& location);
435
436 /**
437 Opens the file and returns wxFSFile pointer or @NULL if failed.
438 Must be overridden in derived handlers.
439
440 @param fs
441 Parent FS (the FS from that OpenFile was called).
442 See the ZIP handler for details of how to use it.
443 @param location
444 The absolute location of file.
445 */
446 virtual wxFSFile* OpenFile(wxFileSystem& fs, const wxString& location) = 0;
447 };
448