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1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: xrc/xmlres.h
3 // Purpose: interface of wxXmlResource
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
5 // RCS-ID: $Id$
6 // Licence: wxWindows license
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
9 /**
10 Flags which can be used with wxXmlResource::wxXmlResource.
11 */
12 enum wxXmlResourceFlags
13 {
14 /** Translatable strings will be translated via _(). */
15 wxXRC_USE_LOCALE = 1,
16
17 /** Subclass property of object nodes will be ignored (useful for previews in XRC editors). */
18 wxXRC_NO_SUBCLASSING = 2,
19
20 /** Prevent the XRC files from being reloaded from disk in case they have been modified there
21 since being last loaded (may slightly speed up loading them). */
22 wxXRC_NO_RELOADING = 4
23 };
24
25
26 /**
27 @class wxXmlResource
28
29 This is the main class for interacting with the XML-based resource system.
30
31 The class holds XML resources from one or more .xml files, binary files or zip
32 archive files.
33
34 @see @ref overview_xrc, @ref overview_xrcformat
35
36 @library{wxxrc}
37 @category{xrc}
38 */
39 class wxXmlResource : public wxObject
40 {
41 public:
42 /**
43 Constructor.
44
45 @param filemask
46 The XRC file, archive file, or wildcard specification that will be
47 used to load all resource files inside a zip archive.
48 @param flags
49 One or more value of the ::wxXmlResourceFlags enumeration.
50 @param domain
51 The name of the gettext catalog to search for translatable strings.
52 By default all loaded catalogs will be searched.
53 This provides a way to allow the strings to only come from a specific catalog.
54 */
55 wxXmlResource(const wxString& filemask,
56 int flags = wxXRC_USE_LOCALE,
57 const wxString& domain = wxEmptyString);
58
59 /**
60 Constructor.
61
62 @param flags
63 One or more value of the ::wxXmlResourceFlags enumeration.
64 @param domain
65 The name of the gettext catalog to search for translatable strings.
66 By default all loaded catalogs will be searched.
67 This provides a way to allow the strings to only come from a specific catalog.
68 */
69 wxXmlResource(int flags = wxXRC_USE_LOCALE,
70 const wxString& domain = wxEmptyString);
71
72 /**
73 Destructor.
74 */
75 virtual ~wxXmlResource();
76
77 /**
78 Initializes only a specific handler (or custom handler).
79 Convention says that the handler name is equal to the control's name plus
80 'XmlHandler', for example wxTextCtrlXmlHandler, wxHtmlWindowXmlHandler.
81
82 The XML resource compiler (wxxrc) can create include file that contains
83 initialization code for all controls used within the resource.
84 Note that this handler must be allocated on the heap, since it will be
85 deleted by ClearHandlers() later.
86 */
87 void AddHandler(wxXmlResourceHandler* handler);
88
89 /**
90 Attaches an unknown control to the given panel/window/dialog.
91 Unknown controls are used in conjunction with \<object class="unknown"\>.
92 */
93 bool AttachUnknownControl(const wxString& name,
94 wxWindow* control,
95 wxWindow* parent = NULL);
96
97 /**
98 Removes all handlers and deletes them (this means that any handlers
99 added using AddHandler() must be allocated on the heap).
100 */
101 void ClearHandlers();
102
103 /**
104 Compares the XRC version to the argument.
105
106 Returns -1 if the XRC version is less than the argument,
107 +1 if greater, and 0 if they are equal.
108 */
109 int CompareVersion(int major, int minor, int release, int revision) const;
110
111 /**
112 Returns a string ID corresponding to the given numeric ID.
113
114 The string returned is such that calling GetXRCID() with it as
115 parameter yields @a numId. If there is no string identifier
116 corresponding to the given numeric one, an empty string is returned.
117
118 Notice that, unlike GetXRCID(), this function is slow as it checks all
119 of the identifiers used in XRC.
120
121 @since 2.9.0
122 */
123 static wxString FindXRCIDById(int numId);
124
125 /**
126 Gets the global resources object or creates one if none exists.
127 */
128 static wxXmlResource* Get();
129
130 /**
131 Returns the domain (message catalog) that will be used to load
132 translatable strings in the XRC.
133 */
134 const wxString& GetDomain() const;
135
136 /**
137 Returns flags, which may be a bitlist of ::wxXmlResourceFlags
138 enumeration values.
139 */
140 int GetFlags() const;
141
142 /**
143 Returns version information (a.b.c.d = d + 256*c + 2562*b + 2563*a).
144 */
145 long GetVersion() const;
146
147 /**
148 Returns a numeric ID that is equivalent to the string ID used in an XML resource.
149
150 If an unknown @a str_id is requested (i.e. other than wxID_XXX or integer),
151 a new record is created which associates the given string with a number.
152
153 If @a value_if_not_found is @c wxID_NONE, the number is obtained via
154 wxNewId(). Otherwise @a value_if_not_found is used.
155 Macro @c XRCID(name) is provided for convenient use in event tables.
156 */
157 static int GetXRCID(const wxString& str_id, int value_if_not_found = wxID_NONE);
158
159 /**
160 Initializes handlers for all supported controls/windows.
161
162 This will make the executable quite big because it forces linking against
163 most of the wxWidgets library.
164 */
165 void InitAllHandlers();
166
167 /**
168 Loads resources from XML files that match given filemask.
169 This method understands VFS (see filesys.h).
170 */
171 bool Load(const wxString& filemask);
172
173 /**
174 Loads a bitmap resource from a file.
175 */
176 wxBitmap LoadBitmap(const wxString& name);
177
178 /**
179 Loads a dialog. @a parent points to parent window (if any).
180 */
181 wxDialog* LoadDialog(wxWindow* parent, const wxString& name);
182
183 /**
184 Loads a dialog. @a parent points to parent window (if any).
185
186 This form is used to finish creation of an already existing instance (the main
187 reason for this is that you may want to use derived class with a new event table).
188 Example:
189
190 @code
191 MyDialog dlg;
192 wxTheXmlResource->LoadDialog(&dlg, mainFrame, "my_dialog");
193 dlg.ShowModal();
194 @endcode
195 */
196 bool LoadDialog(wxDialog* dlg, wxWindow* parent, const wxString& name);
197
198 /**
199 Loads a frame.
200 */
201 bool LoadFrame(wxFrame* frame, wxWindow* parent,
202 const wxString& name);
203
204 /**
205 Loads an icon resource from a file.
206 */
207 wxIcon LoadIcon(const wxString& name);
208
209 /**
210 Loads menu from resource. Returns @NULL on failure.
211 */
212 wxMenu* LoadMenu(const wxString& name);
213
214 //@{
215 /**
216 Loads a menubar from resource. Returns @NULL on failure.
217 */
218 wxMenuBar* LoadMenuBar(wxWindow* parent, const wxString& name);
219 wxMenuBar* LoadMenuBar(const wxString& name);
220 //@}
221
222 //@{
223 /**
224 Load an object from the resource specifying both the resource name and the
225 class name.
226
227 The first overload lets you load nonstandard container windows and returns
228 @NULL on failure. The second one lets you finish the creation of an existing
229 instance and returns @false on failure.
230 */
231 wxObject* LoadObject(wxWindow* parent, const wxString& name,
232 const wxString& classname);
233 bool LoadObject(wxObject* instance, wxWindow* parent,
234 const wxString& name,
235 const wxString& classname);
236 //@}
237
238 /**
239 Loads a panel. @a panel points to parent window (if any).
240 */
241 wxPanel* LoadPanel(wxWindow* parent, const wxString& name);
242
243 /**
244 Loads a panel. @a panel points to parent window (if any).
245 This form is used to finish creation of an already existing instance.
246 */
247 bool LoadPanel(wxPanel* panel, wxWindow* parent, const wxString& name);
248
249 /**
250 Loads a toolbar.
251 */
252 wxToolBar* LoadToolBar(wxWindow* parent, const wxString& name);
253
254 /**
255 Sets the global resources object and returns a pointer to the previous one
256 (may be @NULL).
257 */
258 static wxXmlResource* Set(wxXmlResource* res);
259
260 /**
261 Sets the domain (message catalog) that will be used to load
262 translatable strings in the XRC.
263 */
264 void SetDomain(const wxString& domain);
265
266 /**
267 Sets flags (bitlist of ::wxXmlResourceFlags enumeration values).
268 */
269 void SetFlags(int flags);
270
271 /**
272 This function unloads a resource previously loaded by Load().
273
274 Returns @true if the resource was successfully unloaded and @false if it
275 hasn't been found in the list of loaded resources.
276 */
277 bool Unload(const wxString& filename);
278 };
279
280
281
282 /**
283 @class wxXmlResourceHandler
284
285 wxXmlResourceHandler is an abstract base class for resource handlers
286 capable of creating a control from an XML node.
287
288 See @ref overview_xrc for details.
289
290 @library{wxxrc}
291 @category{xrc}
292 */
293 class wxXmlResourceHandler : public wxObject
294 {
295 public:
296 /**
297 Default constructor.
298 */
299 wxXmlResourceHandler();
300
301 /**
302 Destructor.
303 */
304 virtual ~wxXmlResourceHandler();
305
306 /**
307 Creates an object (menu, dialog, control, ...) from an XML node.
308 Should check for validity. @a parent is a higher-level object
309 (usually window, dialog or panel) that is often necessary to
310 create the resource.
311
312 If @b instance is non-@NULL it should not create a new instance via
313 'new' but should rather use this one, and call its Create method.
314 */
315 wxObject* CreateResource(wxXmlNode* node, wxObject* parent,
316 wxObject* instance);
317
318 /**
319 Called from CreateResource after variables were filled.
320 */
321 virtual wxObject* DoCreateResource() = 0;
322
323 /**
324 Returns @true if it understands this node and can create
325 a resource from it, @false otherwise.
326
327 @note
328 You must not call any wxXmlResourceHandler methods except IsOfClass()
329 from this method! The instance is not yet initialized with node data
330 at the time CanHandle() is called and it is only safe to operate on
331 node directly or to call IsOfClass().
332 */
333 virtual bool CanHandle(wxXmlNode* node) = 0;
334
335 /**
336 Sets the parent resource.
337 */
338 void SetParentResource(wxXmlResource* res);
339
340
341 protected:
342
343 /**
344 Add a style flag (e.g. @c wxMB_DOCKABLE) to the list of flags
345 understood by this handler.
346 */
347 void AddStyle(const wxString& name, int value);
348
349 /**
350 Add styles common to all wxWindow-derived classes.
351 */
352 void AddWindowStyles();
353
354 /**
355 Creates children.
356 */
357 void CreateChildren(wxObject* parent, bool this_hnd_only = false);
358
359 /**
360 Helper function.
361 */
362 void CreateChildrenPrivately(wxObject* parent,
363 wxXmlNode* rootnode = NULL);
364
365 /**
366 Creates a resource from a node.
367 */
368 wxObject* CreateResFromNode(wxXmlNode* node, wxObject* parent,
369 wxObject* instance = NULL);
370
371 /**
372 Creates an animation (see wxAnimation) from the filename specified in @a param.
373 */
374 wxAnimation GetAnimation(const wxString& param = wxT("animation"));
375
376 /**
377 Gets a bitmap.
378 */
379 wxBitmap GetBitmap(const wxString& param = "bitmap",
380 const wxArtClient& defaultArtClient = wxART_OTHER,
381 wxSize size = wxDefaultSize);
382
383 /**
384 Gets a bool flag (1, t, yes, on, true are @true, everything else is @false).
385 */
386 bool GetBool(const wxString& param, bool defaultv = false);
387
388 /**
389 Gets colour in HTML syntax (\#RRGGBB).
390 */
391 wxColour GetColour(const wxString& param,
392 const wxColour& defaultColour = wxNullColour);
393
394 /**
395 Returns the current file system.
396 */
397 wxFileSystem& GetCurFileSystem();
398
399 /**
400 Gets a dimension (may be in dialog units).
401 */
402 wxCoord GetDimension(const wxString& param, wxCoord defaultv = 0,
403 wxWindow* windowToUse = 0);
404
405 /**
406 Gets a font.
407 */
408 wxFont GetFont(const wxString& param = "font");
409
410 /**
411 Returns the XRCID.
412 */
413 int GetID();
414
415 /**
416 Returns an icon.
417 */
418 wxIcon GetIcon(const wxString& param = "icon",
419 const wxArtClient& defaultArtClient = wxART_OTHER,
420 wxSize size = wxDefaultSize);
421
422 /**
423 Gets the integer value from the parameter.
424 */
425 long GetLong(const wxString& param, long defaultv = 0);
426
427 /**
428 Returns the resource name.
429 */
430 wxString GetName();
431
432 /**
433 Gets node content from wxXML_ENTITY_NODE.
434 */
435 wxString GetNodeContent(wxXmlNode* node);
436
437 /**
438 Finds the node or returns @NULL.
439 */
440 wxXmlNode* GetParamNode(const wxString& param);
441
442 /**
443 Finds the parameter value or returns the empty string.
444 */
445 wxString GetParamValue(const wxString& param);
446
447 /**
448 Gets the position (may be in dialog units).
449 */
450 wxPoint GetPosition(const wxString& param = wxT("pos"));
451
452 /**
453 Gets the size (may be in dialog units).
454 */
455 wxSize GetSize(const wxString& param = "size", wxWindow* windowToUse = 0);
456
457 /**
458 Gets style flags from text in form "flag | flag2| flag3 |..."
459 Only understands flags added with AddStyle().
460 */
461 int GetStyle(const wxString& param = wxT("style"), int defaults = 0);
462
463 /**
464 Gets text from param and does some conversions:
465 - replaces \\n, \\r, \\t by respective characters (according to C syntax)
466 - replaces @c $ by @c and @c $$ by @c $ (needed for @c _File to @c File
467 translation because of XML syntax)
468 - calls wxGetTranslations (unless disabled in wxXmlResource)
469 */
470 wxString GetText(const wxString& param, bool translate = true);
471
472 /**
473 Check to see if a parameter exists.
474 */
475 bool HasParam(const wxString& param);
476
477 /**
478 Convenience function.
479 Returns @true if the node has a property class equal to classname,
480 e.g. object class="wxDialog".
481 */
482 bool IsOfClass(wxXmlNode* node, const wxString& classname);
483
484 /**
485 Sets common window options.
486 */
487 void SetupWindow(wxWindow* wnd);
488 };
489