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1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: dir.h
3 // Purpose: interface of wxDir and wxDirTraverser
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
5 // RCS-ID: $Id$
6 // Licence: wxWindows license
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
9 /**
10 Possible return values of wxDirTraverser callback functions.
11 */
12 enum wxDirTraverseResult
13 {
14 wxDIR_IGNORE = -1, ///< Ignore this directory but continue with others.
15 wxDIR_STOP, ///< Stop traversing.
16 wxDIR_CONTINUE ///< Continue into this directory.
17 };
18
19 /**
20 @class wxDirTraverser
21
22 wxDirTraverser is an abstract interface which must be implemented by
23 objects passed to wxDir::Traverse() function.
24
25 Example of use (this works almost like wxDir::GetAllFiles()):
26
27 @code
28 class wxDirTraverserSimple : public wxDirTraverser
29 {
30 public:
31 wxDirTraverserSimple(wxArrayString& files) : m_files(files) { }
32
33 virtual wxDirTraverseResult OnFile(const wxString& filename)
34 {
35 m_files.Add(filename);
36 return wxDIR_CONTINUE;
37 }
38
39 virtual wxDirTraverseResult OnDir(const wxString& WXUNUSED(dirname))
40 {
41 return wxDIR_CONTINUE;
42 }
43
44 private:
45 wxArrayString& m_files;
46 };
47
48 // get the names of all files in the array
49 wxArrayString files;
50 wxDirTraverserSimple traverser(files);
51
52 wxDir dir(dirname);
53 dir.Traverse(traverser);
54 @endcode
55
56 @library{wxbase}
57 @category{file}
58 */
59 class wxDirTraverser
60 {
61 public:
62 /**
63 This function is called for each directory. It may return ::wxDIR_STOP
64 to abort traversing completely, ::wxDIR_IGNORE to skip this directory
65 but continue with others or ::wxDIR_CONTINUE to enumerate all files and
66 subdirectories in this directory.
67
68 This is a pure virtual function and must be implemented in the derived
69 class.
70 */
71 virtual wxDirTraverseResult OnDir(const wxString& dirname) = 0;
72
73 /**
74 This function is called for each file. It may return ::wxDIR_STOP to
75 abort traversing (for example, if the file being searched is found) or
76 ::wxDIR_CONTINUE to proceed.
77
78 This is a pure virtual function and must be implemented in the derived
79 class.
80 */
81 virtual wxDirTraverseResult OnFile(const wxString& filename) = 0;
82
83 /**
84 This function is called for each directory which we failed to open for
85 enumerating. It may return ::wxDIR_STOP to abort traversing completely,
86 ::wxDIR_IGNORE to skip this directory but continue with others or
87 ::wxDIR_CONTINUE to retry opening this directory once again.
88
89 The base class version always returns ::wxDIR_IGNORE.
90 */
91 virtual wxDirTraverseResult OnOpenError(const wxString& openerrorname);
92 };
93
94
95
96 /**
97 These flags define what kind of filenames are included in the list of files
98 enumerated by wxDir::GetFirst() and wxDir::GetNext().
99 */
100 enum wxDirFlags
101 {
102 wxDIR_FILES = 0x0001, ///< Includes files.
103 wxDIR_DIRS = 0x0002, ///< Includes directories.
104 wxDIR_HIDDEN = 0x0004, ///< Includes hidden files.
105 wxDIR_DOTDOT = 0x0008, ///< Includes "." and "..".
106
107 wxDIR_DEFAULT = wxDIR_FILES | wxDIR_DIRS | wxDIR_HIDDEN
108 };
109
110 /**
111 @class wxDir
112
113 wxDir is a portable equivalent of Unix open/read/closedir functions which
114 allow enumerating of the files in a directory. wxDir allows to enumerate
115 files as well as directories.
116
117 wxDir also provides a flexible way to enumerate files recursively using
118 Traverse() or a simpler GetAllFiles() function.
119
120 Example of use:
121
122 @code
123 wxDir dir(wxGetCwd());
124
125 if ( !dir.IsOpened() )
126 {
127 // deal with the error here - wxDir would already log an error message
128 // explaining the exact reason of the failure
129 return;
130 }
131
132 puts("Enumerating object files in current directory:");
133
134 wxString filename;
135
136 bool cont = dir.GetFirst(&filename, filespec, flags);
137 while ( cont )
138 {
139 printf("%s\n", filename.c_str());
140
141 cont = dir.GetNext(&filename);
142 }
143 @endcode
144
145 @library{wxbase}
146 @category{file}
147 */
148 class wxDir
149 {
150 public:
151 /**
152 Default constructor, use Open() afterwards.
153 */
154 wxDir();
155 /**
156 Opens the directory for enumeration, use IsOpened() to test for errors.
157 */
158 wxDir(const wxString& dir);
159
160 /**
161 Destructor cleans up the associated resources. It is not virtual and so
162 this class is not meant to be used polymorphically.
163 */
164 ~wxDir();
165
166 /**
167 Test for existence of a directory with the given name.
168 */
169 static bool Exists(const wxString& dir);
170
171 /**
172 The function returns the path of the first file matching the given
173 @a filespec or an empty string if there are no files matching it.
174
175 The @a flags parameter may or may not include ::wxDIR_FILES, the
176 function always behaves as if it were specified. By default, @a flags
177 includes ::wxDIR_DIRS and so the function recurses into the
178 subdirectories but if this flag is not specified, the function
179 restricts the search only to the directory @a dirname itself.
180 See ::wxDirFlags for the list of the possible flags.
181
182 @see Traverse()
183 */
184 static wxString FindFirst(const wxString& dirname,
185 const wxString& filespec,
186 int flags = wxDIR_DEFAULT);
187
188 /**
189 The function appends the names of all the files under directory
190 @a dirname to the array @a files (note that its old content is
191 preserved). Only files matching the @a filespec are taken, with empty
192 spec matching all the files.
193
194 The @a flags parameter should always include ::wxDIR_FILES or the array
195 would be unchanged and should include ::wxDIR_DIRS flag to recurse into
196 subdirectories (both flags are included in the value by default).
197 See ::wxDirFlags for the list of the possible flags.
198
199 @see Traverse()
200 */
201 static size_t GetAllFiles(const wxString& dirname, wxArrayString* files,
202 const wxString& filespec = wxEmptyString,
203 int flags = wxDIR_DEFAULT);
204
205 /**
206 Start enumerating all files matching @a filespec (or all files if it is
207 empty) and @e flags, return @true on success.
208 See ::wxDirFlags for the list of the possible flags.
209 */
210 bool GetFirst(wxString* filename,
211 const wxString& filespec = wxEmptyString,
212 int flags = wxDIR_DEFAULT) const;
213
214 /**
215 Returns the name of the directory itself. The returned string does not
216 have the trailing path separator (slash or backslash).
217 */
218 wxString GetName() const;
219
220 /**
221 Continue enumerating files which satisfy the criteria specified by the
222 last call to GetFirst().
223 */
224 bool GetNext(wxString* filename) const;
225
226 /**
227 Returns the size (in bytes) of all files recursively found in @c dir or
228 @c wxInvalidSize in case of error.
229
230 In case it happens that while traversing folders a file's size can not
231 be read, that file is added to the @a filesSkipped array, if not @NULL,
232 and then skipped. This usually happens with some special folders which
233 are locked by the operating system or by another process. Remember that
234 when the size of @a filesSkipped is not zero, then the returned value
235 is not 100% accurate and, if the skipped files were big, it could be
236 far from real size of the directory.
237
238 @see wxFileName::GetHumanReadableSize(), wxGetDiskSpace()
239 */
240 static wxULongLong GetTotalSize(const wxString& dir,
241 wxArrayString* filesSkipped = NULL);
242
243 /**
244 Returns @true if the directory contains any files matching the given
245 @a filespec. If @a filespec is empty, look for any files at all. In any
246 case, even hidden files are taken into account.
247 */
248 bool HasFiles(const wxString& filespec = wxEmptyString) const;
249
250 /**
251 Returns @true if the directory contains any subdirectories (if a non
252 empty @a filespec is given, only check for directories matching it).
253 The hidden subdirectories are taken into account as well.
254 */
255 bool HasSubDirs(const wxString& dirspec = wxEmptyString) const;
256
257 /**
258 Returns @true if the directory was successfully opened by a previous
259 call to Open().
260 */
261 bool IsOpened() const;
262
263 /**
264 Open the directory for enumerating, returns @true on success or @false
265 if an error occurred.
266 */
267 bool Open(const wxString& dir);
268
269 /**
270 Enumerate all files and directories under the given directory
271 recursively calling the element of the provided wxDirTraverser object
272 for each of them.
273
274 More precisely, the function will really recurse into subdirectories if
275 @a flags contains ::wxDIR_DIRS flag. It will ignore the files (but
276 still possibly recurse into subdirectories) if ::wxDIR_FILES flag is
277 given.
278 See ::wxDirFlags for the list of the possible flags.
279
280 For each found directory, @ref wxDirTraverser::OnDir() "sink.OnDir()"
281 is called and @ref wxDirTraverser::OnFile() "sink.OnFile()" is called
282 for every file. Depending on the return value, the enumeration may
283 continue or stop.
284
285 The function returns the total number of files found or @c "(size_t)-1"
286 on error.
287
288 @see GetAllFiles()
289 */
290 size_t Traverse(wxDirTraverser& sink,
291 const wxString& filespec = wxEmptyString,
292 int flags = wxDIR_DEFAULT) const;
293 };
294