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[wxWidgets.git] / interface / wx / uri.h
1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: uri.h
3 // Purpose: interface of wxURI
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
5 // Licence: wxWindows licence
6 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
7
8 /**
9 Host type of URI returned from wxURI::GetHostType().
10 */
11 enum wxURIHostType
12 {
13 wxURI_REGNAME, ///< Host is a normal register name (@c "www.mysite.com").
14 wxURI_IPV4ADDRESS, ///< Host is a version 4 ip address (@c "192.168.1.100").
15 wxURI_IPV6ADDRESS, ///< Host is a version 6 ip address (@c "[aa:aa:aa:aa::aa:aa]:5050").
16 wxURI_IPVFUTURE ///< Host is a future ip address, wxURI is unsure what kind.
17 };
18
19 /**
20 @class wxURI
21
22 wxURI is used to extract information from a URI (Uniform Resource Identifier).
23
24 For information about URIs, see RFC 3986 (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3986.txt).
25
26 In short, a URL is a URI. In other words, URL is a subset of a URI - all
27 acceptable URLs are also acceptable URIs.
28
29 wxURI automatically escapes invalid characters in a string, so there is no
30 chance of wxURI "failing" on construction/creation.
31
32 wxURI supports copy construction and standard assignment operators. wxURI
33 can also be inherited from to provide further functionality.
34
35 To obtain individual components you can use one of the GetXXX() methods.
36 However, you should check HasXXX() before calling a get method, which
37 determines whether or not the component referred to by the method is
38 defined according to RFC 2396. Consider an undefined component equivalent
39 to a @NULL C string.
40
41 Example:
42 @code
43 // protocol will hold the http protocol (i.e. "http")
44 wxString protocol;
45 wxURI myuri("http://mysite.com");
46 if( myuri.HasScheme() )
47 protocol = myuri.GetScheme();
48 @endcode
49
50 @note On URIs with a "file" scheme wxURI does not parse the userinfo,
51 server, or port portion. This is to keep compatibility with
52 wxFileSystem, the old wxURL, and older url specifications.
53
54 @library{wxbase}
55 @category{net}
56
57 @see wxURL
58 */
59 class wxURI : public wxObject
60 {
61 public:
62 /**
63 Creates an empty URI.
64 */
65 wxURI();
66
67 /**
68 Constructor for quick creation.
69
70 @param uri
71 URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) to initialize with.
72 */
73 wxURI(const wxString& uri);
74
75 /**
76 Copies this URI from another URI.
77
78 @param uri
79 URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) to initialize with.
80 */
81 wxURI(const wxURI& uri);
82
83 /**
84 Builds the URI from its individual components and adds proper
85 separators.
86
87 If the URI is not a reference or is not resolved, the URI that is
88 returned is the same one passed to the constructor or Create().
89 */
90 wxString BuildURI() const;
91
92 /**
93 Builds the URI from its individual components, adds proper separators,
94 and returns escape sequences to normal characters.
95
96 @note It is preferred to call this over Unescape(BuildURI()) since
97 BuildUnescapedURI() performs some optimizations over the plain
98 method.
99 */
100 wxString BuildUnescapedURI() const;
101
102 /**
103 Creates this URI from the @a uri string.
104
105 Returns @true if this instance was correctly initialized.
106
107 @param uri
108 String to initialize from.
109 */
110 bool Create(const wxString& uri);
111
112 /**
113 Obtains the fragment of this URI.
114
115 The fragment of a URI is the last value of the URI, and is the value
116 after a "#" character after the path of the URI.
117
118 @c "http://mysite.com/mypath#<fragment>"
119 */
120 const wxString& GetFragment() const;
121
122 /**
123 Obtains the host type of this URI, which is one of wxURIHostType.
124 */
125 wxURIHostType GetHostType() const;
126
127 /**
128 Returns the password part of the userinfo component of this URI. Note
129 that this is explicitly depreciated by RFC 1396 and should generally be
130 avoided if possible.
131
132 @c "http://<user>:<password>@mysite.com/mypath"
133 */
134 wxString GetPassword() const;
135
136 /**
137 Returns the (normalized) path of the URI.
138
139 The path component of a URI comes directly after the scheme component
140 if followed by zero or one slashes ('/'), or after the server/port
141 component.
142
143 Absolute paths include the leading '/' character.
144
145 @c "http://mysite.com<path>"
146 */
147 const wxString& GetPath() const;
148
149 /**
150 Returns a string representation of the URI's port.
151
152 The Port of a URI is a value after the server, and must come after a
153 colon (:).
154
155 @c "http://mysite.com:<port>"
156
157 @note You can easily get the numeric value of the port by using
158 wxAtoi() or wxString::Format().
159 */
160 const wxString& GetPort() const;
161
162 /**
163 Returns the Query component of the URI.
164
165 The query component is what is commonly passed to a cgi application,
166 and must come after the path component, and after a '?' character.
167
168 @c "http://mysite.com/mypath?<query>"
169 */
170 const wxString& GetQuery() const;
171
172 /**
173 Returns the Scheme component of the URI.
174
175 The first part of the URI.
176
177 @c "<scheme>://mysite.com"
178 */
179 const wxString& GetScheme() const;
180
181 /**
182 Returns the Server component of the URI.
183
184 The server of the URI can be a server name or a type of IP address. See
185 GetHostType() for the possible values for the host type of the server
186 component.
187
188 @c "http://<server>/mypath"
189 */
190 const wxString& GetServer() const;
191
192 /**
193 Returns the username part of the userinfo component of this URI. Note
194 that this is explicitly depreciated by RFC 1396 and should generally be
195 avoided if possible.
196
197 @c "http://<user>:<password>@mysite.com/mypath"
198 */
199 wxString GetUser() const;
200
201 /**
202 Returns the UserInfo component of the URI.
203
204 The component of a URI before the server component that is postfixed by
205 a '@' character.
206
207 @c "http://<userinfo>@mysite.com/mypath"
208 */
209 const wxString& GetUserInfo() const;
210
211 /**
212 Returns @true if the Fragment component of the URI exists.
213 */
214 bool HasFragment() const;
215
216 /**
217 Returns @true if the Path component of the URI exists.
218 */
219 bool HasPath() const;
220
221 /**
222 Returns @true if the Port component of the URI exists.
223 */
224 bool HasPort() const;
225
226 /**
227 Returns @true if the Query component of the URI exists.
228 */
229 bool HasQuery() const;
230
231 /**
232 Returns @true if the Scheme component of the URI exists.
233 */
234 bool HasScheme() const;
235
236 /**
237 Returns @true if the Server component of the URI exists.
238 */
239 bool HasServer() const;
240
241 /**
242 Returns @true if the User component of the URI exists.
243 */
244 bool HasUserInfo() const;
245
246 /**
247 Returns @true if a valid [absolute] URI, otherwise this URI is a URI
248 reference and not a full URI, and this function returns @false.
249 */
250 bool IsReference() const;
251
252 /**
253 Inherits this URI from a base URI - components that do not exist in
254 this URI are copied from the base, and if this URI's path is not an
255 absolute path (prefixed by a '/'), then this URI's path is merged with
256 the base's path.
257
258 For instance, resolving "../mydir" from "http://mysite.com/john/doe"
259 results in the scheme (http) and server ("mysite.com") being copied
260 into this URI, since they do not exist. In addition, since the path of
261 this URI is not absolute (does not begin with '/'), the path of the
262 base's is merged with this URI's path, resulting in the URI
263 "http://mysite.com/john/mydir".
264
265 @param base
266 Base URI to inherit from. Must be a full URI and not a reference.
267 @param flags
268 Currently either wxURI_STRICT or 0, in non-strict mode some
269 compatibility layers are enabled to allow loopholes from RFCs prior
270 to 2396.
271 */
272 void Resolve(const wxURI& base, int flags = wxURI_STRICT);
273
274 /**
275 Translates all escape sequences (normal characters and returns the result.
276
277 If you want to unescape an entire wxURI, use BuildUnescapedURI()
278 instead, as it performs some optimizations over this method.
279
280 @param uri
281 String with escaped characters to convert.
282 */
283 static wxString Unescape(const wxString& uri);
284
285 /**
286 Compares this URI to another URI, and returns @true if this URI equals
287 @a uricomp, otherwise it returns @false.
288
289 @param uricomp
290 URI to compare to.
291 */
292 bool operator==(const wxURI& uricomp) const;
293 };
294