1 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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
7 // Created: 07.04.98 (adapted from appconf.h)
9 // Copyright: (c) 1997 Karsten Ballüder Ballueder@usa.net
10 // Vadim Zeitlin <zeitlin@dptmaths.ens-cachan.fr>
11 // Licence: wxWindows license
12 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
14 #ifndef _WX_CONFBASE_H_
15 #define _WX_CONFBASE_H_
18 #pragma interface "confbase.h"
25 #include "wx/string.h"
27 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
29 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
31 /// shall we be case sensitive in parsing variable names?
32 #ifndef wxCONFIG_CASE_SENSITIVE
33 #define wxCONFIG_CASE_SENSITIVE FALSE
36 /// separates group and entry names (probably shouldn't be changed)
37 #ifndef wxCONFIG_PATH_SEPARATOR
38 #define wxCONFIG_PATH_SEPARATOR '/'
41 /// introduces immutable entries
42 // (i.e. the ones which can't be changed from the local config file)
43 #ifndef wxCONFIG_IMMUTABLE_PREFIX
44 #define wxCONFIG_IMMUTABLE_PREFIX '!'
47 /// should we use registry instead of configuration files under Win32?
48 // (i.e. whether wxConfigBase::Create() will create a wxFileConfig (if it's
49 // FALSE) or wxRegConfig (if it's true and we're under Win32) or wxIniConfig
51 #ifndef wxCONFIG_WIN32_NATIVE
52 #define wxCONFIG_WIN32_NATIVE TRUE
55 // Style flags for constructor style parameter
58 wxCONFIG_USE_LOCAL_FILE
= 1,
59 wxCONFIG_USE_GLOBAL_FILE
= 2,
60 wxCONFIG_USE_RELATIVE_PATH
= 4
63 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
64 // various helper global functions
65 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
68 Replace environment variables ($SOMETHING) with their values. The format is
69 $VARNAME or ${VARNAME} where VARNAME contains alphanumeric characters and
70 '_' only. '$' must be escaped ('\$') in order to be taken literally.
72 extern wxString
wxExpandEnvVars(const wxString
&sz
);
75 Split path into parts removing '..' in progress
77 extern void wxSplitPath(wxArrayString
& aParts
, const wxChar
*sz
);
79 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
80 // abstract base class wxConfigBase which defines the interface for derived
83 // wxConfig organizes the items in a tree-like structure (modeled after the
84 // Unix/Dos filesystem). There are groups (directories) and keys (files).
85 // There is always one current group given by the current path.
87 // Keys are pairs "key_name = value" where value may be of string or integer
88 // (long) type (TODO doubles and other types such as wxDate coming soon).
89 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
90 class WXDLLEXPORT wxConfigBase
94 // the type of an entry
100 Type_Integer
, // use Read(long *)
101 Type_Float
// use Read(double *)
105 // sets the config object, returns the previous pointer
106 static wxConfigBase
*Set(wxConfigBase
*pConfig
);
107 // get the config object, creates it on demand unless DontCreateOnDemand
109 static wxConfigBase
*Get() { if ( !ms_pConfig
) Create(); return ms_pConfig
; }
110 // create a new config object: this function will create the "best"
111 // implementation of wxConfig available for the current platform, see
112 // comments near definition wxCONFIG_WIN32_NATIVE for details. It returns
113 // the created object and also sets it as ms_pConfig.
114 static wxConfigBase
*Create();
115 // should Get() try to create a new log object if the current one is NULL?
116 static void DontCreateOnDemand() { ms_bAutoCreate
= FALSE
; }
118 // ctor & virtual dtor
119 // ctor (can be used as default ctor too)
121 // Not all args will always be used by derived classes, but including
122 // them all in each class ensures compatibility. If appName is empty,
124 wxConfigBase(const wxString
& appName
= wxEmptyString
,
125 const wxString
& vendorName
= wxEmptyString
,
126 const wxString
& localFilename
= wxEmptyString
,
127 const wxString
& globalFilename
= wxEmptyString
,
130 // empty but ensures that dtor of all derived classes is virtual
131 virtual ~wxConfigBase() { }
134 // set current path: if the first character is '/', it's the absolute path,
135 // otherwise it's a relative path. '..' is supported. If the strPath
136 // doesn't exist it is created.
137 virtual void SetPath(const wxString
& strPath
) = 0;
138 // retrieve the current path (always as absolute path)
139 virtual const wxString
& GetPath() const = 0;
141 // enumeration: all functions here return false when there are no more items.
142 // you must pass the same lIndex to GetNext and GetFirst (don't modify it)
143 // enumerate subgroups
144 virtual bool GetFirstGroup(wxString
& str
, long& lIndex
) const = 0;
145 virtual bool GetNextGroup (wxString
& str
, long& lIndex
) const = 0;
147 virtual bool GetFirstEntry(wxString
& str
, long& lIndex
) const = 0;
148 virtual bool GetNextEntry (wxString
& str
, long& lIndex
) const = 0;
149 // get number of entries/subgroups in the current group, with or without
151 virtual size_t GetNumberOfEntries(bool bRecursive
= FALSE
) const = 0;
152 virtual size_t GetNumberOfGroups(bool bRecursive
= FALSE
) const = 0;
154 // tests of existence
155 // returns TRUE if the group by this name exists
156 virtual bool HasGroup(const wxString
& strName
) const = 0;
157 // same as above, but for an entry
158 virtual bool HasEntry(const wxString
& strName
) const = 0;
159 // returns TRUE if either a group or an entry with a given name exist
160 bool Exists(const wxString
& strName
) const
161 { return HasGroup(strName
) || HasEntry(strName
); }
163 // get the entry type
164 virtual EntryType
GetEntryType(const wxString
& name
) const
166 // by default all entries are strings
167 return HasEntry(name
) ? Type_String
: Type_Unknown
;
170 // key access: returns TRUE if value was really read, FALSE if default used
171 // (and if the key is not found the default value is returned.)
172 // read a string from the key
173 virtual bool Read(const wxString
& key
, wxString
*pStr
) const = 0;
174 virtual bool Read(const wxString
& key
, wxString
*pStr
, const wxString
& defVal
) const;
176 virtual wxString
Read(const wxString
& key
, const wxString
& defVal
= wxEmptyString
) const;
178 virtual bool Read(const wxString
& key
, long *pl
) const = 0;
179 virtual bool Read(const wxString
& key
, long *pl
, long defVal
) const;
181 virtual long Read(const wxString
& strKey
, long defVal
) const
182 { long l
; Read(strKey
, &l
, defVal
); return l
; }
184 // Convenience functions that are built on other forms
187 virtual bool Read(const wxString
& key
, int *pi
) const;
188 virtual bool Read(const wxString
& key
, int *pi
, int defVal
) const;
191 virtual bool Read(const wxString
& key
, double* val
) const;
192 virtual bool Read(const wxString
& key
, double* val
, double defVal
) const;
195 virtual bool Read(const wxString
& key
, bool* val
) const;
196 virtual bool Read(const wxString
& key
, bool* val
, bool defVal
) const;
198 // write the value (return true on success)
199 virtual bool Write(const wxString
& key
, const wxString
& value
) = 0;
200 virtual bool Write(const wxString
& key
, long value
) = 0;
202 // Convenience functions
203 virtual bool Write(const wxString
& key
, double value
);
204 virtual bool Write(const wxString
& key
, bool value
);
206 // permanently writes all changes
207 virtual bool Flush(bool bCurrentOnly
= FALSE
) = 0;
209 // renaming, all functions return FALSE on failure (probably because the new
210 // name is already taken by an existing entry)
212 virtual bool RenameEntry(const wxString
& oldName
,
213 const wxString
& newName
) = 0;
215 virtual bool RenameGroup(const wxString
& oldName
,
216 const wxString
& newName
) = 0;
218 // delete entries/groups
219 // deletes the specified entry and the group it belongs to if
220 // it was the last key in it and the second parameter is true
221 virtual bool DeleteEntry(const wxString
& key
,
222 bool bDeleteGroupIfEmpty
= TRUE
) = 0;
223 // delete the group (with all subgroups)
224 virtual bool DeleteGroup(const wxString
& key
) = 0;
225 // delete the whole underlying object (disk file, registry key, ...)
226 // primarly for use by desinstallation routine.
227 virtual bool DeleteAll() = 0;
230 // we can automatically expand environment variables in the config entries
231 // (this option is on by default, you can turn it on/off at any time)
232 bool IsExpandingEnvVars() const { return m_bExpandEnvVars
; }
233 void SetExpandEnvVars(bool bDoIt
= TRUE
) { m_bExpandEnvVars
= bDoIt
; }
234 // recording of default values
235 void SetRecordDefaults(bool bDoIt
= TRUE
) { m_bRecordDefaults
= bDoIt
; }
236 bool IsRecordingDefaults() const { return m_bRecordDefaults
; }
237 // does expansion only if needed
238 wxString
ExpandEnvVars(const wxString
& str
) const;
241 wxString
GetAppName() const { return m_appName
; }
242 wxString
GetVendorName() const { return m_vendorName
; }
244 void SetStyle(long style
) { m_style
= style
; }
245 long GetStyle() const { return m_style
; }
248 static bool IsImmutable(const wxString
& key
)
250 { return !key
.IsEmpty() && key
[0u] == wxCONFIG_IMMUTABLE_PREFIX
; }
252 { return !key
.IsEmpty() && key
[0ul] == wxCONFIG_IMMUTABLE_PREFIX
; }
256 // are we doing automatic environment variable expansion?
257 bool m_bExpandEnvVars
;
258 // do we record default values?
259 bool m_bRecordDefaults
;
262 static wxConfigBase
*ms_pConfig
;
263 static bool ms_bAutoCreate
;
265 // Application name and organisation name
267 wxString m_vendorName
;
273 // a handy little class which changes current path to the path of given entry
274 // and restores it in dtor: so if you declare a local variable of this type,
275 // you work in the entry directory and the path is automatically restored
276 // when the function returns
277 // Taken out of wxConfig since not all compilers can cope with nested classes.
278 class wxConfigPathChanger
281 // ctor/dtor do path changing/restorin
282 wxConfigPathChanger(const wxConfigBase
*pContainer
, const wxString
& strEntry
);
283 ~wxConfigPathChanger();
286 const wxString
& Name() const { return m_strName
; }
289 wxConfigBase
*m_pContainer
; // object we live in
290 wxString m_strName
, // name of entry (i.e. name only)
291 m_strOldPath
; // saved path
292 bool m_bChanged
; // was the path changed?
296 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
297 // the native wxConfigBase implementation
298 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
300 // under Windows we prefer to use the native implementation
301 #if defined(__WXMSW__) && wxCONFIG_WIN32_NATIVE
303 #define wxConfig wxRegConfig
304 #define sm_classwxConfig sm_classwxRegConfig
306 #define wxConfig wxIniConfig
307 #define sm_classwxConfig sm_classwxIniConfig
309 #else // either we're under Unix or wish to use files even under Windows
310 #define wxConfig wxFileConfig
311 #define sm_classwxConfig sm_classwxFileConfig