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1 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: confbase.h
3 // Purpose: declaration of the base class of all config implementations
4 // (see also: fileconf.h and msw/regconf.h and iniconf.h)
5 // Author: Karsten Ballueder & Vadim Zeitlin
6 // Modified by:
7 // Created: 07.04.98 (adapted from appconf.h)
8 // RCS-ID: $Id$
9 // Copyright: (c) 1997 Karsten Ballueder Ballueder@usa.net
10 // Vadim Zeitlin <zeitlin@dptmaths.ens-cachan.fr>
11 // Licence: wxWindows licence
12 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
13
14 #ifndef _WX_CONFBASE_H_
15 #define _WX_CONFBASE_H_
16
17 #include "wx/defs.h"
18 #include "wx/string.h"
19 #include "wx/object.h"
20 #include "wx/base64.h"
21
22 class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_BASE wxArrayString;
23
24 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
25 // constants
26 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
27
28 /// shall we be case sensitive in parsing variable names?
29 #ifndef wxCONFIG_CASE_SENSITIVE
30 #define wxCONFIG_CASE_SENSITIVE 0
31 #endif
32
33 /// separates group and entry names (probably shouldn't be changed)
34 #ifndef wxCONFIG_PATH_SEPARATOR
35 #define wxCONFIG_PATH_SEPARATOR wxT('/')
36 #endif
37
38 /// introduces immutable entries
39 // (i.e. the ones which can't be changed from the local config file)
40 #ifndef wxCONFIG_IMMUTABLE_PREFIX
41 #define wxCONFIG_IMMUTABLE_PREFIX wxT('!')
42 #endif
43
44 #if wxUSE_CONFIG
45
46 /// should we use registry instead of configuration files under Windows?
47 // (i.e. whether wxConfigBase::Create() will create a wxFileConfig (if it's
48 // false) or wxRegConfig (if it's true and we're under Win32))
49 #ifndef wxUSE_CONFIG_NATIVE
50 #define wxUSE_CONFIG_NATIVE 1
51 #endif
52
53 // not all compilers can deal with template Read/Write() methods, define this
54 // symbol if the template functions are available
55 #if (!defined(__VISUALC__) || __VISUALC__ > 1200) && \
56 !defined( __VMS ) && \
57 !(defined(__HP_aCC) && defined(__hppa)) && \
58 !defined (__DMC__)
59 #define wxHAS_CONFIG_TEMPLATE_RW
60 #endif
61
62 // Style flags for constructor style parameter
63 enum
64 {
65 wxCONFIG_USE_LOCAL_FILE = 1,
66 wxCONFIG_USE_GLOBAL_FILE = 2,
67 wxCONFIG_USE_RELATIVE_PATH = 4,
68 wxCONFIG_USE_NO_ESCAPE_CHARACTERS = 8,
69 wxCONFIG_USE_SUBDIR = 16
70 };
71
72 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
73 // abstract base class wxConfigBase which defines the interface for derived
74 // classes
75 //
76 // wxConfig organizes the items in a tree-like structure (modeled after the
77 // Unix/Dos filesystem). There are groups (directories) and keys (files).
78 // There is always one current group given by the current path.
79 //
80 // Keys are pairs "key_name = value" where value may be of string or integer
81 // (long) type (TODO doubles and other types such as wxDate coming soon).
82 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
83
84 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxConfigBase : public wxObject
85 {
86 public:
87 // constants
88 // the type of an entry
89 enum EntryType
90 {
91 Type_Unknown,
92 Type_String,
93 Type_Boolean,
94 Type_Integer, // use Read(long *)
95 Type_Float // use Read(double *)
96 };
97
98 // static functions
99 // sets the config object, returns the previous pointer
100 static wxConfigBase *Set(wxConfigBase *pConfig);
101 // get the config object, creates it on demand unless DontCreateOnDemand
102 // was called
103 static wxConfigBase *Get(bool createOnDemand = true)
104 { if ( createOnDemand && (!ms_pConfig) ) Create(); return ms_pConfig; }
105 // create a new config object: this function will create the "best"
106 // implementation of wxConfig available for the current platform, see
107 // comments near definition wxUSE_CONFIG_NATIVE for details. It returns
108 // the created object and also sets it as ms_pConfig.
109 static wxConfigBase *Create();
110 // should Get() try to create a new log object if the current one is NULL?
111 static void DontCreateOnDemand() { ms_bAutoCreate = false; }
112
113 // ctor & virtual dtor
114 // ctor (can be used as default ctor too)
115 //
116 // Not all args will always be used by derived classes, but including
117 // them all in each class ensures compatibility. If appName is empty,
118 // uses wxApp name
119 wxConfigBase(const wxString& appName = wxEmptyString,
120 const wxString& vendorName = wxEmptyString,
121 const wxString& localFilename = wxEmptyString,
122 const wxString& globalFilename = wxEmptyString,
123 long style = 0);
124
125 // empty but ensures that dtor of all derived classes is virtual
126 virtual ~wxConfigBase();
127
128 // path management
129 // set current path: if the first character is '/', it's the absolute path,
130 // otherwise it's a relative path. '..' is supported. If the strPath
131 // doesn't exist it is created.
132 virtual void SetPath(const wxString& strPath) = 0;
133 // retrieve the current path (always as absolute path)
134 virtual const wxString& GetPath() const = 0;
135
136 // enumeration: all functions here return false when there are no more items.
137 // you must pass the same lIndex to GetNext and GetFirst (don't modify it)
138 // enumerate subgroups
139 virtual bool GetFirstGroup(wxString& str, long& lIndex) const = 0;
140 virtual bool GetNextGroup (wxString& str, long& lIndex) const = 0;
141 // enumerate entries
142 virtual bool GetFirstEntry(wxString& str, long& lIndex) const = 0;
143 virtual bool GetNextEntry (wxString& str, long& lIndex) const = 0;
144 // get number of entries/subgroups in the current group, with or without
145 // it's subgroups
146 virtual size_t GetNumberOfEntries(bool bRecursive = false) const = 0;
147 virtual size_t GetNumberOfGroups(bool bRecursive = false) const = 0;
148
149 // tests of existence
150 // returns true if the group by this name exists
151 virtual bool HasGroup(const wxString& strName) const = 0;
152 // same as above, but for an entry
153 virtual bool HasEntry(const wxString& strName) const = 0;
154 // returns true if either a group or an entry with a given name exist
155 bool Exists(const wxString& strName) const
156 { return HasGroup(strName) || HasEntry(strName); }
157
158 // get the entry type
159 virtual EntryType GetEntryType(const wxString& name) const
160 {
161 // by default all entries are strings
162 return HasEntry(name) ? Type_String : Type_Unknown;
163 }
164
165 // key access: returns true if value was really read, false if default used
166 // (and if the key is not found the default value is returned.)
167
168 // read a string from the key
169 bool Read(const wxString& key, wxString *pStr) const;
170 bool Read(const wxString& key, wxString *pStr, const wxString& defVal) const;
171
172 // read a number (long)
173 bool Read(const wxString& key, long *pl) const;
174 bool Read(const wxString& key, long *pl, long defVal) const;
175
176 // read an int (wrapper around `long' version)
177 bool Read(const wxString& key, int *pi) const;
178 bool Read(const wxString& key, int *pi, int defVal) const;
179
180 // read a double
181 bool Read(const wxString& key, double* val) const;
182 bool Read(const wxString& key, double* val, double defVal) const;
183
184 // read a float
185 bool Read(const wxString& key, float* val) const;
186 bool Read(const wxString& key, float* val, float defVal) const;
187
188 // read a bool
189 bool Read(const wxString& key, bool* val) const;
190 bool Read(const wxString& key, bool* val, bool defVal) const;
191
192 #if wxUSE_BASE64
193 // read a binary data block
194 bool Read(const wxString& key, wxMemoryBuffer* data) const
195 { return DoReadBinary(key, data); }
196 // no default version since it does not make sense for binary data
197 #endif // wxUSE_BASE64
198
199 #ifdef wxHAS_CONFIG_TEMPLATE_RW
200 // read other types, for which wxFromString is defined
201 template <typename T>
202 bool Read(const wxString& key, T* value) const
203 {
204 wxString s;
205 if ( !Read(key, &s) )
206 return false;
207 return wxFromString(s, value);
208 }
209
210 template <typename T>
211 bool Read(const wxString& key, T* value, const T& defVal) const
212 {
213 const bool found = Read(key, value);
214 if ( !found )
215 {
216 if (IsRecordingDefaults())
217 ((wxConfigBase *)this)->Write(key, defVal);
218 *value = defVal;
219 }
220 return found;
221 }
222 #endif // wxHAS_CONFIG_TEMPLATE_RW
223
224 // convenience functions returning directly the value
225 wxString Read(const wxString& key,
226 const wxString& defVal = wxEmptyString) const
227 { wxString s; (void)Read(key, &s, defVal); return s; }
228
229 // we have to provide a separate version for C strings as otherwise the
230 // template Read() would be used
231 wxString Read(const wxString& key, const char* defVal) const
232 { return Read(key, wxString(defVal)); }
233 wxString Read(const wxString& key, const wchar_t* defVal) const
234 { return Read(key, wxString(defVal)); }
235
236 long ReadLong(const wxString& key, long defVal) const
237 { long l; (void)Read(key, &l, defVal); return l; }
238
239 double ReadDouble(const wxString& key, double defVal) const
240 { double d; (void)Read(key, &d, defVal); return d; }
241
242 bool ReadBool(const wxString& key, bool defVal) const
243 { bool b; (void)Read(key, &b, defVal); return b; }
244
245 template <typename T>
246 T ReadObject(const wxString& key, T const& defVal) const
247 { T t; (void)Read(key, &t, defVal); return t; }
248
249 // for compatibility with wx 2.8
250 long Read(const wxString& key, long defVal) const
251 { return ReadLong(key, defVal); }
252
253
254 // write the value (return true on success)
255 bool Write(const wxString& key, const wxString& value)
256 { return DoWriteString(key, value); }
257
258 bool Write(const wxString& key, long value)
259 { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
260
261 bool Write(const wxString& key, double value)
262 { return DoWriteDouble(key, value); }
263
264 bool Write(const wxString& key, bool value)
265 { return DoWriteBool(key, value); }
266
267 #if wxUSE_BASE64
268 bool Write(const wxString& key, const wxMemoryBuffer& buf)
269 { return DoWriteBinary(key, buf); }
270 #endif // wxUSE_BASE64
271
272 // we have to provide a separate version for C strings as otherwise they
273 // would be converted to bool and not to wxString as expected!
274 bool Write(const wxString& key, const char *value)
275 { return Write(key, wxString(value)); }
276 bool Write(const wxString& key, const unsigned char *value)
277 { return Write(key, wxString(value)); }
278 bool Write(const wxString& key, const wchar_t *value)
279 { return Write(key, wxString(value)); }
280
281
282 // we also have to provide specializations for other types which we want to
283 // handle using the specialized DoWriteXXX() instead of the generic template
284 // version below
285 bool Write(const wxString& key, char value)
286 { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
287
288 bool Write(const wxString& key, unsigned char value)
289 { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
290
291 bool Write(const wxString& key, short value)
292 { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
293
294 bool Write(const wxString& key, unsigned short value)
295 { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
296
297 bool Write(const wxString& key, unsigned int value)
298 { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
299
300 bool Write(const wxString& key, int value)
301 { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
302
303 bool Write(const wxString& key, unsigned long value)
304 { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
305
306 bool Write(const wxString& key, float value)
307 { return DoWriteDouble(key, value); }
308
309 // Causes ambiguities in VC++ 6 and OpenVMS (at least)
310 #if ( (!defined(__VISUALC__) || __VISUALC__ > 1200) && !defined( __VMS ) && !defined (__DMC__))
311 // for other types, use wxToString()
312 template <typename T>
313 bool Write(const wxString& key, T const& value)
314 { return Write(key, wxToString(value)); }
315 #endif
316
317 // permanently writes all changes
318 virtual bool Flush(bool bCurrentOnly = false) = 0;
319
320 // renaming, all functions return false on failure (probably because the new
321 // name is already taken by an existing entry)
322 // rename an entry
323 virtual bool RenameEntry(const wxString& oldName,
324 const wxString& newName) = 0;
325 // rename a group
326 virtual bool RenameGroup(const wxString& oldName,
327 const wxString& newName) = 0;
328
329 // delete entries/groups
330 // deletes the specified entry and the group it belongs to if
331 // it was the last key in it and the second parameter is true
332 virtual bool DeleteEntry(const wxString& key,
333 bool bDeleteGroupIfEmpty = true) = 0;
334 // delete the group (with all subgroups)
335 virtual bool DeleteGroup(const wxString& key) = 0;
336 // delete the whole underlying object (disk file, registry key, ...)
337 // primarily for use by uninstallation routine.
338 virtual bool DeleteAll() = 0;
339
340 // options
341 // we can automatically expand environment variables in the config entries
342 // (this option is on by default, you can turn it on/off at any time)
343 bool IsExpandingEnvVars() const { return m_bExpandEnvVars; }
344 void SetExpandEnvVars(bool bDoIt = true) { m_bExpandEnvVars = bDoIt; }
345 // recording of default values
346 void SetRecordDefaults(bool bDoIt = true) { m_bRecordDefaults = bDoIt; }
347 bool IsRecordingDefaults() const { return m_bRecordDefaults; }
348 // does expansion only if needed
349 wxString ExpandEnvVars(const wxString& str) const;
350
351 // misc accessors
352 wxString GetAppName() const { return m_appName; }
353 wxString GetVendorName() const { return m_vendorName; }
354
355 // Used wxIniConfig to set members in constructor
356 void SetAppName(const wxString& appName) { m_appName = appName; }
357 void SetVendorName(const wxString& vendorName) { m_vendorName = vendorName; }
358
359 void SetStyle(long style) { m_style = style; }
360 long GetStyle() const { return m_style; }
361
362 protected:
363 static bool IsImmutable(const wxString& key)
364 { return !key.IsEmpty() && key[0] == wxCONFIG_IMMUTABLE_PREFIX; }
365
366 // return the path without trailing separator, if any: this should be called
367 // to sanitize paths referring to the group names before passing them to
368 // wxConfigPathChanger as "/foo/bar/" should be the same as "/foo/bar" and it
369 // isn't interpreted in the same way by it (and this can't be changed there
370 // as it's not the same for the entries names)
371 static wxString RemoveTrailingSeparator(const wxString& key);
372
373 // do read/write the values of different types
374 virtual bool DoReadString(const wxString& key, wxString *pStr) const = 0;
375 virtual bool DoReadLong(const wxString& key, long *pl) const = 0;
376 virtual bool DoReadDouble(const wxString& key, double* val) const;
377 virtual bool DoReadBool(const wxString& key, bool* val) const;
378 #if wxUSE_BASE64
379 virtual bool DoReadBinary(const wxString& key, wxMemoryBuffer* buf) const = 0;
380 #endif // wxUSE_BASE64
381
382 virtual bool DoWriteString(const wxString& key, const wxString& value) = 0;
383 virtual bool DoWriteLong(const wxString& key, long value) = 0;
384 virtual bool DoWriteDouble(const wxString& key, double value);
385 virtual bool DoWriteBool(const wxString& key, bool value);
386 #if wxUSE_BASE64
387 virtual bool DoWriteBinary(const wxString& key, const wxMemoryBuffer& buf) = 0;
388 #endif // wxUSE_BASE64
389
390 private:
391 // are we doing automatic environment variable expansion?
392 bool m_bExpandEnvVars;
393 // do we record default values?
394 bool m_bRecordDefaults;
395
396 // static variables
397 static wxConfigBase *ms_pConfig;
398 static bool ms_bAutoCreate;
399
400 // Application name and organisation name
401 wxString m_appName;
402 wxString m_vendorName;
403
404 // Style flag
405 long m_style;
406
407 DECLARE_ABSTRACT_CLASS(wxConfigBase)
408 };
409
410 // a handy little class which changes current path to the path of given entry
411 // and restores it in dtor: so if you declare a local variable of this type,
412 // you work in the entry directory and the path is automatically restored
413 // when the function returns
414 // Taken out of wxConfig since not all compilers can cope with nested classes.
415 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxConfigPathChanger
416 {
417 public:
418 // ctor/dtor do path changing/restoring of the path
419 wxConfigPathChanger(const wxConfigBase *pContainer, const wxString& strEntry);
420 ~wxConfigPathChanger();
421
422 // get the key name
423 const wxString& Name() const { return m_strName; }
424
425 // this method must be called if the original path (i.e. the current path at
426 // the moment of creation of this object) could have been deleted to prevent
427 // us from restoring the not existing (any more) path
428 //
429 // if the original path doesn't exist any more, the path will be restored to
430 // the deepest still existing component of the old path
431 void UpdateIfDeleted();
432
433 private:
434 wxConfigBase *m_pContainer; // object we live in
435 wxString m_strName, // name of entry (i.e. name only)
436 m_strOldPath; // saved path
437 bool m_bChanged; // was the path changed?
438
439 wxDECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxConfigPathChanger);
440 };
441
442
443 #endif // wxUSE_CONFIG
444
445 /*
446 Replace environment variables ($SOMETHING) with their values. The format is
447 $VARNAME or ${VARNAME} where VARNAME contains alphanumeric characters and
448 '_' only. '$' must be escaped ('\$') in order to be taken literally.
449 */
450
451 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxExpandEnvVars(const wxString &sz);
452
453 /*
454 Split path into parts removing '..' in progress
455 */
456 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxSplitPath(wxArrayString& aParts, const wxString& path);
457
458 #endif // _WX_CONFBASE_H_
459