Documentation fixes, patch 1179223 by Andreas Mohr
[wxWidgets.git] / include / wx / xrc / xmlres.h
1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: xmlres.h
3 // Purpose: XML resources
4 // Author: Vaclav Slavik
5 // Created: 2000/03/05
6 // RCS-ID: $Id$
7 // Copyright: (c) 2000 Vaclav Slavik
8 // Licence: wxWindows licence
9 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
10
11 #ifndef _WX_XMLRES_H_
12 #define _WX_XMLRES_H_
13
14 #if defined(__GNUG__) && !defined(NO_GCC_PRAGMA)
15 #pragma interface "xmlres.h"
16 #endif
17
18 #include "wx/defs.h"
19
20 #if wxUSE_XRC
21
22 #include "wx/string.h"
23 #include "wx/dynarray.h"
24 #include "wx/datetime.h"
25 #include "wx/list.h"
26 #include "wx/gdicmn.h"
27 #include "wx/filesys.h"
28 #include "wx/bitmap.h"
29 #include "wx/icon.h"
30 #include "wx/artprov.h"
31
32 #include "wx/xml/xml.h"
33
34 class WXDLLEXPORT wxMenu;
35 class WXDLLEXPORT wxMenuBar;
36 class WXDLLEXPORT wxDialog;
37 class WXDLLEXPORT wxPanel;
38 class WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow;
39 class WXDLLEXPORT wxFrame;
40 class WXDLLEXPORT wxToolBar;
41
42 class WXDLLIMPEXP_XRC wxXmlResourceHandler;
43 class WXDLLIMPEXP_XRC wxXmlSubclassFactory;
44 class WXDLLIMPEXP_XRC wxXmlSubclassFactoriesList;
45 class wxXmlResourceModule;
46
47
48 // These macros indicate current version of XML resources (this information is
49 // encoded in root node of XRC file as "version" property).
50 //
51 // Rules for increasing version number:
52 // - change it only if you made incompatible change to the format. Addition
53 // of new attribute to control handler is _not_ incompatible change, because
54 // older versions of the library may ignore it.
55 // - if you change version number, follow these steps:
56 // - set major, minor and release numbers to respective version numbers of
57 // the wxWidgets library (see wx/version.h)
58 // - reset revision to 0 unless the first three are same as before,
59 // in which case you should increase revision by one
60 #define WX_XMLRES_CURRENT_VERSION_MAJOR 2
61 #define WX_XMLRES_CURRENT_VERSION_MINOR 5
62 #define WX_XMLRES_CURRENT_VERSION_RELEASE 3
63 #define WX_XMLRES_CURRENT_VERSION_REVISION 0
64 #define WX_XMLRES_CURRENT_VERSION_STRING _T("2.5.3.0")
65
66 #define WX_XMLRES_CURRENT_VERSION \
67 (WX_XMLRES_CURRENT_VERSION_MAJOR * 256*256*256 + \
68 WX_XMLRES_CURRENT_VERSION_MINOR * 256*256 + \
69 WX_XMLRES_CURRENT_VERSION_RELEASE * 256 + \
70 WX_XMLRES_CURRENT_VERSION_REVISION)
71
72 class WXDLLIMPEXP_XRC wxXmlResourceDataRecord
73 {
74 public:
75 wxXmlResourceDataRecord() : Doc(NULL), Time(wxDateTime::Now()) {}
76 ~wxXmlResourceDataRecord() {delete Doc;}
77
78 wxString File;
79 wxXmlDocument *Doc;
80 wxDateTime Time;
81 };
82
83
84 WX_DECLARE_USER_EXPORTED_OBJARRAY(wxXmlResourceDataRecord,
85 wxXmlResourceDataRecords,
86 WXDLLIMPEXP_XRC);
87
88 enum wxXmlResourceFlags
89 {
90 wxXRC_USE_LOCALE = 1,
91 wxXRC_NO_SUBCLASSING = 2,
92 wxXRC_NO_RELOADING = 4
93 };
94
95 // This class holds XML resources from one or more .xml files
96 // (or derived forms, either binary or zipped -- see manual for
97 // details).
98 class WXDLLIMPEXP_XRC wxXmlResource : public wxObject
99 {
100 public:
101 // Constructor.
102 // Flags: wxXRC_USE_LOCALE
103 // translatable strings will be translated via _()
104 // wxXRC_NO_SUBCLASSING
105 // subclass property of object nodes will be ignored
106 // (useful for previews in XRC editors)
107 wxXmlResource(int flags = wxXRC_USE_LOCALE);
108
109 // Constructor.
110 // Flags: wxXRC_USE_LOCALE
111 // translatable strings will be translated via _()
112 // wxXRC_NO_SUBCLASSING
113 // subclass property of object nodes will be ignored
114 // (useful for previews in XRC editors)
115 wxXmlResource(const wxString& filemask, int flags = wxXRC_USE_LOCALE);
116
117 // Destructor.
118 ~wxXmlResource();
119
120 // Loads resources from XML files that match given filemask.
121 // This method understands VFS (see filesys.h).
122 bool Load(const wxString& filemask);
123
124 // Initialize handlers for all supported controls/windows. This will
125 // make the executable quite big because it forces linking against
126 // most of the wxWidgets library.
127 void InitAllHandlers();
128
129 // Initialize only a specific handler (or custom handler). Convention says
130 // that handler name is equal to the control's name plus 'XmlHandler', for
131 // example wxTextCtrlXmlHandler, wxHtmlWindowXmlHandler. The XML resource
132 // compiler (xmlres) can create include file that contains initialization
133 // code for all controls used within the resource.
134 void AddHandler(wxXmlResourceHandler *handler);
135
136 // Add a new handler at the begining of the handler list
137 void InsertHandler(wxXmlResourceHandler *handler);
138
139 // Removes all handlers
140 void ClearHandlers();
141
142 // Registers subclasses factory for use in XRC. This function is not meant
143 // for public use, please see the comment above wxXmlSubclassFactory
144 // definition.
145 static void AddSubclassFactory(wxXmlSubclassFactory *factory);
146
147 // Loads menu from resource. Returns NULL on failure.
148 wxMenu *LoadMenu(const wxString& name);
149
150 // Loads menubar from resource. Returns NULL on failure.
151 wxMenuBar *LoadMenuBar(wxWindow *parent, const wxString& name);
152
153 // Loads menubar from resource. Returns NULL on failure.
154 wxMenuBar *LoadMenuBar(const wxString& name) { return LoadMenuBar(NULL, name); }
155
156 #if wxUSE_TOOLBAR
157 // Loads a toolbar.
158 wxToolBar *LoadToolBar(wxWindow *parent, const wxString& name);
159 #endif
160
161 // Loads a dialog. dlg points to parent window (if any).
162 wxDialog *LoadDialog(wxWindow *parent, const wxString& name);
163
164 // Loads a dialog. dlg points to parent window (if any). This form
165 // is used to finish creation of already existing instance (main reason
166 // for this is that you may want to use derived class with new event table)
167 // Example (typical usage):
168 // MyDialog dlg;
169 // wxTheXmlResource->LoadDialog(&dlg, mainFrame, "my_dialog");
170 // dlg->ShowModal();
171 bool LoadDialog(wxDialog *dlg, wxWindow *parent, const wxString& name);
172
173 // Loads a panel. panel points to parent window (if any).
174 wxPanel *LoadPanel(wxWindow *parent, const wxString& name);
175
176 // Loads a panel. panel points to parent window (if any). This form
177 // is used to finish creation of already existing instance.
178 bool LoadPanel(wxPanel *panel, wxWindow *parent, const wxString& name);
179
180 // Loads a frame.
181 wxFrame *LoadFrame(wxWindow* parent, const wxString& name);
182 bool LoadFrame(wxFrame* frame, wxWindow *parent, const wxString& name);
183
184 // Load an object from the resource specifying both the resource name and
185 // the classname. This lets you load nonstandard container windows.
186 wxObject *LoadObject(wxWindow *parent, const wxString& name,
187 const wxString& classname);
188
189 // Load an object from the resource specifying both the resource name and
190 // the classname. This form lets you finish the creation of an existing
191 // instance.
192 bool LoadObject(wxObject *instance, wxWindow *parent, const wxString& name,
193 const wxString& classname);
194
195 // Loads a bitmap resource from a file.
196 wxBitmap LoadBitmap(const wxString& name);
197
198 // Loads an icon resource from a file.
199 wxIcon LoadIcon(const wxString& name);
200
201 // Attaches an unknown control to the given panel/window/dialog.
202 // Unknown controls are used in conjunction with <object class="unknown">.
203 bool AttachUnknownControl(const wxString& name, wxWindow *control,
204 wxWindow *parent = NULL);
205
206 // Returns a numeric ID that is equivalent to the string id used in an XML
207 // resource. To be used in event tables.
208 // Macro XRCID is provided for convenience
209 static int GetXRCID(const wxChar *str_id);
210
211 // Returns version information (a.b.c.d = d+ 256*c + 256^2*b + 256^3*a).
212 long GetVersion() const { return m_version; }
213
214 // Compares resources version to argument. Returns -1 if resources version
215 // is less than the argument, +1 if greater and 0 if they equal.
216 int CompareVersion(int major, int minor, int release, int revision) const
217 { return GetVersion() -
218 (major*256*256*256 + minor*256*256 + release*256 + revision); }
219
220 //// Singleton accessors.
221
222 // Gets the global resources object or creates one if none exists.
223 static wxXmlResource *Get();
224
225 // Sets the global resources object and returns a pointer to the previous one (may be NULL).
226 static wxXmlResource *Set(wxXmlResource *res);
227
228 // Returns flags, which may be a bitlist of wxXRC_USE_LOCALE and wxXRC_NO_SUBCLASSING.
229 int GetFlags() const { return m_flags; }
230 // Set flags after construction.
231 void SetFlags(int flags) { m_flags = flags; }
232
233 protected:
234 // Scans the resources list for unloaded files and loads them. Also reloads
235 // files that have been modified since last loading.
236 bool UpdateResources();
237
238 // Finds a resource (calls UpdateResources) and returns a node containing it.
239 wxXmlNode *FindResource(const wxString& name, const wxString& classname, bool recursive = false);
240
241 // Helper function: finds a resource (calls UpdateResources) and returns a node containing it.
242 wxXmlNode *DoFindResource(wxXmlNode *parent, const wxString& name, const wxString& classname, bool recursive);
243
244 // Creates a resource from information in the given node
245 // (Uses only 'handlerToUse' if != NULL)
246 wxObject *CreateResFromNode(wxXmlNode *node, wxObject *parent,
247 wxObject *instance = NULL,
248 wxXmlResourceHandler *handlerToUse = NULL);
249
250 private:
251 long m_version;
252
253 int m_flags;
254 wxList m_handlers;
255 wxXmlResourceDataRecords m_data;
256 #if wxUSE_FILESYSTEM
257 wxFileSystem m_curFileSystem;
258 wxFileSystem& GetCurFileSystem() { return m_curFileSystem; }
259 #endif
260
261 friend class wxXmlResourceHandler;
262 friend class wxXmlResourceModule;
263
264 static wxXmlSubclassFactoriesList *ms_subclassFactories;
265
266 // singleton instance:
267 static wxXmlResource *ms_instance;
268 };
269
270
271 // This macro translates string identifier (as used in XML resource,
272 // e.g. <menuitem id="my_menu">...</menuitem>) to integer id that is needed by
273 // wxWidgets event tables.
274 // Example:
275 // BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE(MyFrame, wxFrame)
276 // EVT_MENU(XRCID("quit"), MyFrame::OnQuit)
277 // EVT_MENU(XRCID("about"), MyFrame::OnAbout)
278 // EVT_MENU(XRCID("new"), MyFrame::OnNew)
279 // EVT_MENU(XRCID("open"), MyFrame::OnOpen)
280 // END_EVENT_TABLE()
281
282 #define XRCID(str_id) \
283 wxXmlResource::GetXRCID(wxT(str_id))
284
285
286 // This macro returns pointer to particular control in dialog
287 // created using XML resources. You can use it to set/get values from
288 // controls.
289 // Example:
290 // wxDialog dlg;
291 // wxXmlResource::Get()->LoadDialog(&dlg, mainFrame, "my_dialog");
292 // XRCCTRL(dlg, "my_textctrl", wxTextCtrl)->SetValue(wxT("default value"));
293
294 #define XRCCTRL(window, id, type) \
295 (wxStaticCast((window).FindWindow(XRCID(id)), type))
296
297 // wxXmlResourceHandler is an abstract base class for resource handlers
298 // capable of creating a control from an XML node.
299
300 class WXDLLIMPEXP_XRC wxXmlResourceHandler : public wxObject
301 {
302 DECLARE_ABSTRACT_CLASS(wxXmlResourceHandler)
303 public:
304 // Constructor.
305 wxXmlResourceHandler();
306
307 // Destructor.
308 virtual ~wxXmlResourceHandler() {}
309
310 // Creates an object (menu, dialog, control, ...) from an XML node.
311 // Should check for validity.
312 // parent is a higher-level object (usually window, dialog or panel)
313 // that is often neccessary to create the resource.
314 // If instance is non-NULL it should not create a new instance via 'new' but
315 // should rather use this one, and call its Create method.
316 wxObject *CreateResource(wxXmlNode *node, wxObject *parent,
317 wxObject *instance);
318
319 // This one is called from CreateResource after variables
320 // were filled.
321 virtual wxObject *DoCreateResource() = 0;
322
323 // Returns true if it understands this node and can create
324 // a resource from it, false otherwise.
325 virtual bool CanHandle(wxXmlNode *node) = 0;
326
327 // Sets the parent resource.
328 void SetParentResource(wxXmlResource *res) { m_resource = res; }
329
330 protected:
331 wxXmlResource *m_resource;
332 wxArrayString m_styleNames;
333 wxArrayInt m_styleValues;
334
335 // Variables (filled by CreateResource)
336 wxXmlNode *m_node;
337 wxString m_class;
338 wxObject *m_parent, *m_instance;
339 wxWindow *m_parentAsWindow;
340
341 // --- Handy methods:
342
343 // Returns true if the node has a property class equal to classname,
344 // e.g. <object class="wxDialog">.
345 bool IsOfClass(wxXmlNode *node, const wxString& classname)
346 { return node->GetPropVal(wxT("class"), wxEmptyString) == classname; }
347
348 // Gets node content from wxXML_ENTITY_NODE
349 // The problem is, <tag>content<tag> is represented as
350 // wxXML_ENTITY_NODE name="tag", content=""
351 // |-- wxXML_TEXT_NODE or
352 // wxXML_CDATA_SECTION_NODE name="" content="content"
353 wxString GetNodeContent(wxXmlNode *node);
354
355 // Check to see if a parameter exists.
356 bool HasParam(const wxString& param);
357
358 // Finds the node or returns NULL.
359 wxXmlNode *GetParamNode(const wxString& param);
360
361 // Finds the parameter value or returns the empty string.
362 wxString GetParamValue(const wxString& param);
363
364 // Add a style flag (e.g. wxMB_DOCKABLE) to the list of flags
365 // understood by this handler.
366 void AddStyle(const wxString& name, int value);
367
368 // Add styles common to all wxWindow-derived classes.
369 void AddWindowStyles();
370
371 // Gets style flags from text in form "flag | flag2| flag3 |..."
372 // Only understands flags added with AddStyle
373 int GetStyle(const wxString& param = wxT("style"), int defaults = 0);
374
375 // Gets text from param and does some conversions:
376 // - replaces \n, \r, \t by respective chars (according to C syntax)
377 // - replaces _ by & and __ by _ (needed for _File => &File because of XML)
378 // - calls wxGetTranslations (unless disabled in wxXmlResource)
379 wxString GetText(const wxString& param, bool translate = true);
380
381 // Returns the XRCID.
382 int GetID();
383
384 // Returns the resource name.
385 wxString GetName();
386
387 // Gets a bool flag (1, t, yes, on, true are true, everything else is false).
388 bool GetBool(const wxString& param, bool defaultv = false);
389
390 // Gets an integer value from the parameter.
391 long GetLong(const wxString& param, long defaultv = 0);
392
393 // Gets a float value from the parameter.
394 float GetFloat(const wxString& param, float defaultv = 0);
395
396 // Gets colour in HTML syntax (#RRGGBB).
397 wxColour GetColour(const wxString& param);
398
399 // Gets the size (may be in dialog units).
400 wxSize GetSize(const wxString& param = wxT("size"),
401 wxWindow *windowToUse = NULL);
402
403 // Gets the position (may be in dialog units).
404 wxPoint GetPosition(const wxString& param = wxT("pos"));
405
406 // Gets a dimension (may be in dialog units).
407 wxCoord GetDimension(const wxString& param, wxCoord defaultv = 0,
408 wxWindow *windowToUse = NULL);
409
410 // Gets a bitmap.
411 wxBitmap GetBitmap(const wxString& param = wxT("bitmap"),
412 const wxArtClient& defaultArtClient = wxART_OTHER,
413 wxSize size = wxDefaultSize);
414
415 // Gets an icon.
416 wxIcon GetIcon(const wxString& param = wxT("icon"),
417 const wxArtClient& defaultArtClient = wxART_OTHER,
418 wxSize size = wxDefaultSize);
419
420 // Gets a font.
421 wxFont GetFont(const wxString& param = wxT("font"));
422
423 // Sets common window options.
424 void SetupWindow(wxWindow *wnd);
425
426 // Creates children.
427 void CreateChildren(wxObject *parent, bool this_hnd_only = false);
428
429 // Helper function.
430 void CreateChildrenPrivately(wxObject *parent, wxXmlNode *rootnode = NULL);
431
432 // Creates a resource from a node.
433 wxObject *CreateResFromNode(wxXmlNode *node,
434 wxObject *parent, wxObject *instance = NULL)
435 { return m_resource->CreateResFromNode(node, parent, instance); }
436
437 // helper
438 #if wxUSE_FILESYSTEM
439 wxFileSystem& GetCurFileSystem() { return m_resource->GetCurFileSystem(); }
440 #endif
441 };
442
443
444 // Programmer-friendly macros for writing XRC handlers:
445
446 #define XRC_ADD_STYLE(style) AddStyle(wxT(#style), style)
447
448 #define XRC_MAKE_INSTANCE(variable, classname) \
449 classname *variable = NULL; \
450 if (m_instance) \
451 variable = wxStaticCast(m_instance, classname); \
452 if (!variable) \
453 variable = new classname;
454
455
456 // FIXME -- remove this $%^#$%#$@# as soon as Ron checks his changes in!!
457 WXDLLIMPEXP_XRC void wxXmlInitResourceModule();
458
459
460 // This class is used to create instances of XRC "object" nodes with "subclass"
461 // property. It is _not_ supposed to be used by XRC users, you should instead
462 // register your subclasses via wxWidgets' RTTI mechanism. This class is useful
463 // only for language bindings developer who need a way to implement subclassing
464 // in wxWidgets ports that don't support wxRTTI (e.g. wxPython).
465 class WXDLLIMPEXP_XRC wxXmlSubclassFactory
466 {
467 public:
468 // Try to create instance of given class and return it, return NULL on
469 // failure:
470 virtual wxObject *Create(const wxString& className) = 0;
471 virtual ~wxXmlSubclassFactory() {}
472 };
473
474
475 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------
476 Backward compatibility macros. Do *NOT* use, they may disappear in future
477 versions of the XRC library!
478 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
479 #if WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4
480 #define ADD_STYLE XRC_ADD_STYLE
481 #define wxTheXmlResource wxXmlResource::Get()
482 #define XMLID XRCID
483 #define XMLCTRL XRCCTRL
484 #define GetXMLID GetXRCID
485 #endif
486
487 #endif // wxUSE_XRC
488
489 #endif // _WX_XMLRES_H_