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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 licence
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 The initial current path of this object will be empty
41 (i.e. GetPath() == wxEmptyString) which means that e.g. OpenFile()
42 or FindFirst() functions will use current working directory as
43 current path (see also wxGetCwd).
44 */
45 wxFileSystem();
46
47 /**
48 This static function adds new handler into the list of handlers
49 (see wxFileSystemHandler) which provide access to virtual FS.
50
51 Note that if two handlers for the same protocol are added, the last
52 added one takes precedence.
53
54 @note You can call:
55 @code
56 wxFileSystem::AddHandler(new My_FS_Handler);
57 @endcode
58 This is because (a) AddHandler is a static method, and (b) the
59 handlers are deleted in wxFileSystem's destructor so that you
60 don't have to care about it.
61 */
62 static void AddHandler(wxFileSystemHandler* handler);
63
64 /**
65 Remove a filesystem handler from the list of handlers.
66 */
67 static wxFileSystemHandler* RemoveHandler(wxFileSystemHandler *handler);
68
69 /**
70 Sets the current location. @a location parameter passed to OpenFile() is
71 relative to this path.
72
73 @remarks Unless @a is_dir is @true the @a location parameter is not the
74 directory name but the name of the file in this directory.
75
76 All these commands change the path to "dir/subdir/":
77
78 @code
79 ChangePathTo("dir/subdir/xh.htm");
80 ChangePathTo("dir/subdir", true);
81 ChangePathTo("dir/subdir/", true);
82 @endcode
83
84 Example:
85 @code
86 f = fs->OpenFile("hello.htm"); // opens file 'hello.htm'
87 fs->ChangePathTo("subdir/folder", true);
88 f = fs->OpenFile("hello.htm"); // opens file 'subdir/folder/hello.htm' !!
89 @endcode
90
91 @param location
92 the new location. Its meaning depends on the value of is_dir
93 @param is_dir
94 if @true location is new directory.
95 If @false (the default) location is file in the new directory.
96 */
97 void ChangePathTo(const wxString& location, bool is_dir = false);
98
99 /**
100 Converts a wxFileName into an URL.
101
102 @see URLToFileName(), wxFileName
103 */
104 static wxString FileNameToURL(const wxFileName& filename);
105
106 /**
107 Looks for the file with the given name @a file in a colon or semi-colon
108 (depending on the current platform) separated list of directories in @a path.
109
110 If the file is found in any directory, returns @true and the full path
111 of the file in @a str, otherwise returns @false and doesn't modify @a str.
112
113 @param pStr
114 Receives the full path of the file, must not be @NULL
115 @param path
116 wxPATH_SEP-separated list of directories
117 @param file
118 the name of the file to look for
119 */
120 bool FindFileInPath(wxString* pStr, const wxString& path,
121 const wxString& file);
122
123 /**
124 Works like ::wxFindFirstFile().
125
126 Returns the name of the first filename (within filesystem's current path)
127 that matches @a wildcard.
128
129 @param wildcard
130 The wildcard that the filename must match
131 @param flags
132 One of wxFILE (only files), wxDIR (only directories) or 0 (both).
133 */
134 wxString FindFirst(const wxString& wildcard, int flags = 0);
135
136 /**
137 Returns the next filename that matches the parameters passed to FindFirst().
138 */
139 wxString FindNext();
140
141 /**
142 Returns the actual path (set by wxFileSystem::ChangePathTo).
143 */
144 wxString GetPath() const;
145
146 /**
147 This static function returns @true if there is a registered handler which can
148 open the given location.
149 */
150 static bool HasHandlerForPath(const wxString& location);
151
152 /**
153 Opens the file and returns a pointer to a wxFSFile object or @NULL if failed.
154
155 It first tries to open the file in relative scope (based on value passed to
156 ChangePathTo() method) and then as an absolute path.
157
158 Note that the user is responsible for deleting the returned wxFSFile.
159 @a flags can be one or more of the ::wxFileSystemOpenFlags values
160 combined together.
161
162 A stream opened with just the default @e wxFS_READ flag may
163 or may not be seekable depending on the underlying source.
164
165 Passing @e "wxFS_READ | wxFS_SEEKABLE" for @a flags will back
166 a stream that is not natively seekable with memory or a file
167 and return a stream that is always seekable.
168
169 @note
170 The @a location argument is, despite this method's name @em not
171 a filename. It is a "location", aka wxFileSystem URL (see
172 @ref overview_fs).
173 */
174 wxFSFile* OpenFile(const wxString& location,
175 int flags = wxFS_READ);
176
177 /**
178 Converts URL into a well-formed filename.
179 The URL must use the @c file protocol.
180 */
181 static wxFileName URLToFileName(const wxString& url);
182 };
183
184
185
186 /**
187 @class wxFSFile
188
189 This class represents a single file opened by wxFileSystem.
190 It provides more informations than wxWidgets' input streams
191 (stream, filename, mime type, anchor).
192
193 @note Any pointer returned by a method of wxFSFile is valid only as long as
194 the wxFSFile object exists. For example a call to GetStream()
195 doesn't @e create the stream but only returns the pointer to it.
196 In other words after 10 calls to GetStream() you will have obtained
197 ten identical pointers.
198
199 @library{wxbase}
200 @category{vfs,file}
201
202 @see wxFileSystemHandler, wxFileSystem, @ref overview_fs
203 */
204 class wxFSFile : public wxObject
205 {
206 public:
207 /**
208 Constructor. You probably won't use it. See the Note for details.
209
210 It is seldom used by the application programmer but you will need it if
211 you are writing your own virtual FS. For example you may need something
212 similar to wxMemoryInputStream, but because wxMemoryInputStream doesn't
213 free the memory when destroyed and thus passing a memory stream pointer
214 into wxFSFile constructor would lead to memory leaks, you can write your
215 own class derived from wxFSFile:
216
217 @code
218 class wxMyFSFile : public wxFSFile
219 {
220 private:
221 void *m_Mem;
222 public:
223 wxMyFSFile(.....)
224 ~wxMyFSFile() {free(m_Mem);}
225 // of course dtor is virtual ;-)
226 };
227 @endcode
228
229 If you are not sure of the meaning of these params, see the description
230 of the GetXXXX() functions.
231
232 @param stream
233 The input stream that will be used to access data
234 @param location
235 The full location (aka filename) of the file
236 @param mimetype
237 MIME type of this file. It may be left empty, in which
238 case the type will be determined from file's extension (location must
239 not be empty in this case).
240 @param anchor
241 Anchor. See GetAnchor() for details.
242 @param modif
243 Modification date and time for this file.
244 */
245 wxFSFile(wxInputStream* stream, const wxString& location,
246 const wxString& mimetype, const wxString& anchor,
247 wxDateTime modif);
248
249 /**
250 Detaches the stream from the wxFSFile object. That is, the
251 stream obtained with GetStream() will continue its existence
252 after the wxFSFile object is deleted.
253
254 You will have to delete the stream yourself.
255 */
256 wxInputStream* DetachStream();
257
258 /**
259 Returns anchor (if present). The term of @b anchor can be easily
260 explained using few examples:
261
262 @verbatim
263 index.htm#anchor // 'anchor' is anchor
264 index/wx001.htm // NO anchor here!
265 archive/main.zip#zip:index.htm#global // 'global'
266 archive/main.zip#zip:index.htm // NO anchor here!
267 @endverbatim
268
269 Usually an anchor is presented only if the MIME type is 'text/html'.
270 But it may have some meaning with other files; for example myanim.avi#200
271 may refer to position in animation or reality.wrl#MyView may refer
272 to a predefined view in VRML.
273 */
274 const wxString& GetAnchor() const;
275
276 /**
277 Returns full location of the file, including path and protocol.
278
279 Examples:
280 @verbatim
281 http://www.wxwidgets.org
282 http://www.ms.mff.cuni.cz/~vsla8348/wxhtml/archive.zip#zip:info.txt
283 file:/home/vasek/index.htm
284 relative-file.htm
285 @endverbatim
286 */
287 const wxString& GetLocation() const;
288
289 /**
290 Returns the MIME type of the content of this file.
291
292 It is either extension-based (see wxMimeTypesManager) or extracted from
293 HTTP protocol Content-Type header.
294 */
295 const wxString& GetMimeType() const;
296
297 /**
298 Returns time when this file was modified.
299 */
300 wxDateTime GetModificationTime() const;
301
302 /**
303 Returns pointer to the stream.
304
305 You can use the returned stream to directly access data.
306 You may suppose that the stream provide Seek and GetSize functionality
307 (even in the case of the HTTP protocol which doesn't provide
308 this by default. wxHtml uses local cache to work around
309 this and to speed up the connection).
310 */
311 wxInputStream* GetStream() const;
312 };
313
314
315
316 /**
317 @class wxFileSystemHandler
318
319 Classes derived from wxFileSystemHandler are used to access virtual file systems.
320
321 Its public interface consists of two methods: wxFileSystemHandler::CanOpen
322 and wxFileSystemHandler::OpenFile.
323
324 It provides additional protected methods to simplify the process
325 of opening the file: GetProtocol(), GetLeftLocation(), GetRightLocation(),
326 GetAnchor(), GetMimeTypeFromExt().
327
328 Please have a look at overview (see wxFileSystem) if you don't know how locations
329 are constructed.
330
331 Also consult the @ref overview_fs_wxhtmlfs "list of available handlers".
332
333 Note that the handlers are shared by all instances of wxFileSystem.
334
335 @remarks
336 wxHTML library provides handlers for local files and HTTP or FTP protocol.
337
338 @note
339 The location parameter passed to OpenFile() or CanOpen() methods is always an
340 absolute path. You don't need to check the FS's current path.
341
342 @beginWxPerlOnly
343 In wxPerl, you need to derive your file system handler class
344 from @c Wx::PlFileSystemHandler.
345 @endWxPerlOnly
346
347 @library{wxbase}
348 @category{vfs}
349
350 @see wxFileSystem, wxFSFile, @ref overview_fs
351 */
352 class wxFileSystemHandler : public wxObject
353 {
354 public:
355 /**
356 Constructor.
357 */
358 wxFileSystemHandler();
359
360 /**
361 Returns @true if the handler is able to open this file. This function doesn't
362 check whether the file exists or not, it only checks if it knows the protocol.
363 Example:
364
365 @code
366 bool MyHand::CanOpen(const wxString& location)
367 {
368 return (GetProtocol(location) == "http");
369 }
370 @endcode
371
372 Must be overridden in derived handlers.
373 */
374 virtual bool CanOpen(const wxString& location) = 0;
375
376 /**
377 Works like ::wxFindFirstFile().
378
379 Returns the name of the first filename (within filesystem's current path)
380 that matches @e wildcard. @a flags may be one of wxFILE (only files),
381 wxDIR (only directories) or 0 (both).
382
383 This method is only called if CanOpen() returns @true.
384 */
385 virtual wxString FindFirst(const wxString& wildcard,
386 int flags = 0);
387
388 /**
389 Returns next filename that matches parameters passed to wxFileSystem::FindFirst.
390
391 This method is only called if CanOpen() returns @true and FindFirst()
392 returned a non-empty string.
393 */
394 virtual wxString FindNext();
395
396 /**
397 Returns the MIME type based on @b extension of @a location.
398 (While wxFSFile::GetMimeType() returns real MIME type - either
399 extension-based or queried from HTTP.)
400
401 Example:
402 @code
403 GetMimeTypeFromExt("index.htm") == "text/html"
404 @endcode
405 */
406 static wxString GetMimeTypeFromExt(const wxString& location);
407
408 /**
409 Opens the file and returns wxFSFile pointer or @NULL if failed.
410 Must be overridden in derived handlers.
411
412 @param fs
413 Parent FS (the FS from that OpenFile was called).
414 See the ZIP handler for details of how to use it.
415 @param location
416 The absolute location of file.
417 */
418 virtual wxFSFile* OpenFile(wxFileSystem& fs, const wxString& location) = 0;
419
420 protected:
421
422 /**
423 Returns the anchor if present in the location.
424 See wxFSFile::GetAnchor for details.
425
426 Example:
427 @code
428 GetAnchor("index.htm#chapter2") == "chapter2"
429 @endcode
430
431 @note the anchor is NOT part of the left location.
432 */
433 static wxString GetAnchor(const wxString& location);
434
435 /**
436 Returns the left location string extracted from @e location.
437
438 Example:
439 @code
440 GetLeftLocation("file:myzipfile.zip#zip:index.htm") == "file:myzipfile.zip"
441 @endcode
442 */
443 static wxString GetLeftLocation(const wxString& location);
444
445 /**
446 Returns the protocol string extracted from @a location.
447
448 Example:
449 @code
450 GetProtocol("file:myzipfile.zip#zip:index.htm") == "zip"
451 @endcode
452 */
453 static wxString GetProtocol(const wxString& location);
454
455 /**
456 Returns the right location string extracted from @a location.
457
458 Example:
459 @code
460 GetRightLocation("file:myzipfile.zip#zip:index.htm") == "index.htm"
461 @endcode
462 */
463 static wxString GetRightLocation(const wxString& location);
464 };
465
466
467 /**
468 Input stream for virtual file stream files.
469
470 The stream reads data from wxFSFile obtained from wxFileSystem. It is
471 especially useful to allow using virtual files with other wxWidgets
472 functions and classes working with streams, e.g. for loading images or
473 animations from virtual files and not only physical ones.
474
475 @library{wxbase}
476 @category{streams}
477
478 @see wxWrapperInputStream, wxFSFile
479
480 @since 2.9.4
481 */
482 class wxFSInputStream : public wxWrapperInputStream
483 {
484 public:
485 /**
486 Create a stream associated with the data of the given virtual file
487 system file.
488
489 @param filename
490 The name of the input file passed to wxFileSystem::OpenFile().
491 @param flags
492 Combination of flags from wxFileSystemOpenFlags. ::wxFS_READ is
493 implied, i.e. it is always added to the flags value.
494
495 Use wxStreamBase::IsOk() to verify if the constructor succeeded.
496 */
497 wxFileInputStream(const wxString& filename, int flags = 0);
498
499 /**
500 Returns @true if the stream is initialized and ready.
501 */
502 bool IsOk() const;
503 };