include/wx/confbase.h

   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 Ballüder & Vadim Zeitlin
   6 // Modified by:
   7 // Created:     07.04.98 (adapted from appconf.h)
   8 // RCS-ID:      $Id$
   9 // Copyright:   (c) 1997 Karsten Ballüder   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
  20 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxArrayString;
  21
  22 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  23 // constants
  24 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  25
  26 /// shall we be case sensitive in parsing variable names?
  27 #ifndef wxCONFIG_CASE_SENSITIVE
  28   #define  wxCONFIG_CASE_SENSITIVE       0
  29 #endif
  30
  31 /// separates group and entry names (probably shouldn't be changed)
  32 #ifndef wxCONFIG_PATH_SEPARATOR
  33   #define   wxCONFIG_PATH_SEPARATOR     _T('/')
  34 #endif
  35
  36 /// introduces immutable entries
  37 // (i.e. the ones which can't be changed from the local config file)
  38 #ifndef wxCONFIG_IMMUTABLE_PREFIX
  39   #define   wxCONFIG_IMMUTABLE_PREFIX   _T('!')
  40 #endif
  41
  42 #if wxUSE_CONFIG
  43
  44 #include "wx/string.h"
  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 // Style flags for constructor style parameter
  54 enum
  55 {
  56     wxCONFIG_USE_LOCAL_FILE = 1,
  57     wxCONFIG_USE_GLOBAL_FILE = 2,
  58     wxCONFIG_USE_RELATIVE_PATH = 4,
  59     wxCONFIG_USE_NO_ESCAPE_CHARACTERS = 8,
  60     wxCONFIG_USE_SUBDIR = 16
  61 };
  62
  63 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  64 // abstract base class wxConfigBase which defines the interface for derived
  65 // classes
  66 //
  67 // wxConfig organizes the items in a tree-like structure (modeled after the
  68 // Unix/Dos filesystem). There are groups (directories) and keys (files).
  69 // There is always one current group given by the current path.
  70 //
  71 // Keys are pairs "key_name = value" where value may be of string or integer
  72 // (long) type (TODO doubles and other types such as wxDate coming soon).
  73 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  74
  75 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxConfigBase
  76 {
  77 public:
  78   // constants
  79     // the type of an entry
  80   enum EntryType
  81   {
  82     Type_Unknown,
  83     Type_String,
  84     Type_Boolean,
  85     Type_Integer,    // use Read(long *)
  86     Type_Float       // use Read(double *)
  87   };
  88
  89   // static functions
  90     // sets the config object, returns the previous pointer
  91   static wxConfigBase *Set(wxConfigBase *pConfig);
  92     // get the config object, creates it on demand unless DontCreateOnDemand
  93     // was called
  94   static wxConfigBase *Get(bool createOnDemand = true)
  95        { if ( createOnDemand && (!ms_pConfig) ) Create(); return ms_pConfig; }
  96     // create a new config object: this function will create the "best"
  97     // implementation of wxConfig available for the current platform, see
  98     // comments near definition wxUSE_CONFIG_NATIVE for details. It returns
  99     // the created object and also sets it as ms_pConfig.
 100   static wxConfigBase *Create();
 101     // should Get() try to create a new log object if the current one is NULL?
 102   static void DontCreateOnDemand() { ms_bAutoCreate = false; }
 103
 104   // ctor & virtual dtor
 105       // ctor (can be used as default ctor too)
 106       //
 107       // Not all args will always be used by derived classes, but including
 108       // them all in each class ensures compatibility. If appName is empty,
 109       // uses wxApp name
 110   wxConfigBase(const wxString& appName = wxEmptyString,
 111                const wxString& vendorName = wxEmptyString,
 112                const wxString& localFilename = wxEmptyString,
 113                const wxString& globalFilename = wxEmptyString,
 114                long style = 0);
 115
 116     // empty but ensures that dtor of all derived classes is virtual
 117   virtual ~wxConfigBase();
 118
 119   // path management
 120     // set current path: if the first character is '/', it's the absolute path,
 121     // otherwise it's a relative path. '..' is supported. If the strPath
 122     // doesn't exist it is created.
 123   virtual void SetPath(const wxString& strPath) = 0;
 124     // retrieve the current path (always as absolute path)
 125   virtual const wxString& GetPath() const = 0;
 126
 127   // enumeration: all functions here return false when there are no more items.
 128   // you must pass the same lIndex to GetNext and GetFirst (don't modify it)
 129     // enumerate subgroups
 130   virtual bool GetFirstGroup(wxString& str, long& lIndex) const = 0;
 131   virtual bool GetNextGroup (wxString& str, long& lIndex) const = 0;
 132     // enumerate entries
 133   virtual bool GetFirstEntry(wxString& str, long& lIndex) const = 0;
 134   virtual bool GetNextEntry (wxString& str, long& lIndex) const = 0;
 135     // get number of entries/subgroups in the current group, with or without
 136     // it's subgroups
 137   virtual size_t GetNumberOfEntries(bool bRecursive = false) const = 0;
 138   virtual size_t GetNumberOfGroups(bool bRecursive = false) const = 0;
 139
 140   // tests of existence
 141     // returns true if the group by this name exists
 142   virtual bool HasGroup(const wxString& strName) const = 0;
 143     // same as above, but for an entry
 144   virtual bool HasEntry(const wxString& strName) const = 0;
 145     // returns true if either a group or an entry with a given name exist
 146   bool Exists(const wxString& strName) const
 147     { return HasGroup(strName) || HasEntry(strName); }
 148
 149     // get the entry type
 150   virtual EntryType GetEntryType(const wxString& name) const
 151   {
 152     // by default all entries are strings
 153     return HasEntry(name) ? Type_String : Type_Unknown;
 154   }
 155
 156   // key access: returns true if value was really read, false if default used
 157   // (and if the key is not found the default value is returned.)
 158
 159     // read a string from the key
 160   bool Read(const wxString& key, wxString *pStr) const;
 161   bool Read(const wxString& key, wxString *pStr, const wxString& defVal) const;
 162
 163     // read a number (long)
 164   bool Read(const wxString& key, long *pl) const;
 165   bool Read(const wxString& key, long *pl, long defVal) const;
 166
 167     // read an int
 168   bool Read(const wxString& key, int *pi) const;
 169   bool Read(const wxString& key, int *pi, int defVal) const;
 170
 171     // read a double
 172   bool Read(const wxString& key, double* val) const;
 173   bool Read(const wxString& key, double* val, double defVal) const;
 174
 175     // read a bool
 176   bool Read(const wxString& key, bool* val) const;
 177   bool Read(const wxString& key, bool* val, bool defVal) const;
 178
 179   // convenience functions returning directly the value (we don't have them for
 180   // int/double/bool as there would be ambiguities with the long one then)
 181   wxString Read(const wxString& key,
 182                 const wxString& defVal = wxEmptyString) const
 183     { wxString s; (void)Read(key, &s, defVal); return s; }
 184
 185   long Read(const wxString& key, long defVal) const
 186     { long l; (void)Read(key, &l, defVal); return l; }
 187
 188     // write the value (return true on success)
 189   bool Write(const wxString& key, const wxString& value)
 190     { return DoWriteString(key, value); }
 191
 192   bool Write(const wxString& key, long value)
 193     { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
 194
 195   bool Write(const wxString& key, int value)
 196     { return DoWriteInt(key, value); }
 197
 198   bool Write(const wxString& key, double value)
 199     { return DoWriteDouble(key, value); }
 200
 201   bool Write(const wxString& key, bool value)
 202     { return DoWriteBool(key, value); }
 203
 204   // we have to provide a separate version for C strings as otherwise they
 205   // would be converted to bool and not to wxString as expected!
 206   bool Write(const wxString& key, const wxChar *value)
 207     { return Write(key, wxString(value)); }
 208
 209   // permanently writes all changes
 210   virtual bool Flush(bool bCurrentOnly = false) = 0;
 211
 212   // renaming, all functions return false on failure (probably because the new
 213   // name is already taken by an existing entry)
 214     // rename an entry
 215   virtual bool RenameEntry(const wxString& oldName,
 216                            const wxString& newName) = 0;
 217     // rename a group
 218   virtual bool RenameGroup(const wxString& oldName,
 219                            const wxString& newName) = 0;
 220
 221   // delete entries/groups
 222     // deletes the specified entry and the group it belongs to if
 223     // it was the last key in it and the second parameter is true
 224   virtual bool DeleteEntry(const wxString& key,
 225                            bool bDeleteGroupIfEmpty = true) = 0;
 226     // delete the group (with all subgroups)
 227   virtual bool DeleteGroup(const wxString& key) = 0;
 228     // delete the whole underlying object (disk file, registry key, ...)
 229     // primarily for use by uninstallation routine.
 230   virtual bool DeleteAll() = 0;
 231
 232   // options
 233     // we can automatically expand environment variables in the config entries
 234     // (this option is on by default, you can turn it on/off at any time)
 235   bool IsExpandingEnvVars() const { return m_bExpandEnvVars; }
 236   void SetExpandEnvVars(bool bDoIt = true) { m_bExpandEnvVars = bDoIt; }
 237     // recording of default values
 238   void SetRecordDefaults(bool bDoIt = true) { m_bRecordDefaults = bDoIt; }
 239   bool IsRecordingDefaults() const { return m_bRecordDefaults; }
 240   // does expansion only if needed
 241   wxString ExpandEnvVars(const wxString& str) const;
 242
 243     // misc accessors
 244   wxString GetAppName() const { return m_appName; }
 245   wxString GetVendorName() const { return m_vendorName; }
 246
 247   // Used wxIniConfig to set members in constructor
 248   void SetAppName(const wxString& appName) { m_appName = appName; }
 249   void SetVendorName(const wxString& vendorName) { m_vendorName = vendorName; }
 250
 251   void SetStyle(long style) { m_style = style; }
 252   long GetStyle() const { return m_style; }
 253
 254 protected:
 255   static bool IsImmutable(const wxString& key)
 256     { return !key.IsEmpty() && key[0] == wxCONFIG_IMMUTABLE_PREFIX; }
 257
 258   // return the path without trailing separator, if any: this should be called
 259   // to sanitize paths referring to the group names before passing them to
 260   // wxConfigPathChanger as "/foo/bar/" should be the same as "/foo/bar" and it
 261   // isn't interpreted in the same way by it (and this can't be changed there
 262   // as it's not the same for the entries names)
 263   static wxString RemoveTrailingSeparator(const wxString& key);
 264
 265   // do read/write the values of different types
 266   virtual bool DoReadString(const wxString& key, wxString *pStr) const = 0;
 267   virtual bool DoReadLong(const wxString& key, long *pl) const = 0;
 268   virtual bool DoReadInt(const wxString& key, int *pi) const;
 269   virtual bool DoReadDouble(const wxString& key, double* val) const;
 270   virtual bool DoReadBool(const wxString& key, bool* val) const;
 271
 272   virtual bool DoWriteString(const wxString& key, const wxString& value) = 0;
 273   virtual bool DoWriteLong(const wxString& key, long value) = 0;
 274   virtual bool DoWriteInt(const wxString& key, int value);
 275   virtual bool DoWriteDouble(const wxString& key, double value);
 276   virtual bool DoWriteBool(const wxString& key, bool value);
 277
 278 private:
 279   // are we doing automatic environment variable expansion?
 280   bool m_bExpandEnvVars;
 281   // do we record default values?
 282   bool m_bRecordDefaults;
 283
 284   // static variables
 285   static wxConfigBase *ms_pConfig;
 286   static bool          ms_bAutoCreate;
 287
 288   // Application name and organisation name
 289   wxString          m_appName;
 290   wxString          m_vendorName;
 291
 292   // Style flag
 293   long              m_style;
 294 };
 295
 296 // a handy little class which changes current path to the path of given entry
 297 // and restores it in dtor: so if you declare a local variable of this type,
 298 // you work in the entry directory and the path is automatically restored
 299 // when the function returns
 300 // Taken out of wxConfig since not all compilers can cope with nested classes.
 301 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxConfigPathChanger
 302 {
 303 public:
 304   // ctor/dtor do path changing/restoring of the path
 305   wxConfigPathChanger(const wxConfigBase *pContainer, const wxString& strEntry);
 306  ~wxConfigPathChanger();
 307
 308   // get the key name
 309   const wxString& Name() const { return m_strName; }
 310
 311   // this method must be called if the original path (i.e. the current path at
 312   // the moment of creation of this object) could have been deleted to prevent
 313   // us from restoring the not existing (any more) path
 314   //
 315   // if the original path doesn't exist any more, the path will be restored to
 316   // the deepest still existing component of the old path
 317   void UpdateIfDeleted();
 318
 319 private:
 320   wxConfigBase *m_pContainer;   // object we live in
 321   wxString      m_strName,      // name of entry (i.e. name only)
 322                 m_strOldPath;   // saved path
 323   bool          m_bChanged;     // was the path changed?
 324
 325   DECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxConfigPathChanger)
 326 };
 327
 328
 329 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 330 // the native wxConfigBase implementation
 331 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 332
 333 // under Windows we prefer to use the native implementation
 334 // wxIniConfig isn't native anywhere after droping win16 in wxWidgets 2.6
 335 #if defined(__WXMSW__) && wxUSE_CONFIG_NATIVE
 336     #define wxConfig  wxRegConfig
 337 #else // either we're under Unix or wish to use files even under Windows
 338   #define wxConfig  wxFileConfig
 339 #endif
 340
 341 #endif // wxUSE_CONFIG
 342
 343 /*
 344   Replace environment variables ($SOMETHING) with their values. The format is
 345   $VARNAME or ${VARNAME} where VARNAME contains alphanumeric characters and
 346   '_' only. '$' must be escaped ('\$') in order to be taken literally.
 347 */
 348
 349 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxExpandEnvVars(const wxString &sz);
 350
 351 /*
 352   Split path into parts removing '..' in progress
 353  */
 354 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxSplitPath(wxArrayString& aParts, const wxChar *sz);
 355
 356
 357 #endif
 358   // _WX_CONFIG_H_
 359