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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 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 #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 _T('/')
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 _T('!')
42 #endif
43
44 #if wxUSE_CONFIG
45
46 #include "wx/string.h"
47
48 /// should we use registry instead of configuration files under Windows?
49 // (i.e. whether wxConfigBase::Create() will create a wxFileConfig (if it's
50 // false) or wxRegConfig (if it's true and we're under Win32))
51 #ifndef wxUSE_CONFIG_NATIVE
52 #define wxUSE_CONFIG_NATIVE 1
53 #endif
54
55 // Style flags for constructor style parameter
56 enum
57 {
58 wxCONFIG_USE_LOCAL_FILE = 1,
59 wxCONFIG_USE_GLOBAL_FILE = 2,
60 wxCONFIG_USE_RELATIVE_PATH = 4,
61 wxCONFIG_USE_NO_ESCAPE_CHARACTERS = 8,
62 wxCONFIG_USE_SUBDIR = 16
63 };
64
65 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
66 // abstract base class wxConfigBase which defines the interface for derived
67 // classes
68 //
69 // wxConfig organizes the items in a tree-like structure (modeled after the
70 // Unix/Dos filesystem). There are groups (directories) and keys (files).
71 // There is always one current group given by the current path.
72 //
73 // Keys are pairs "key_name = value" where value may be of string or integer
74 // (long) type (TODO doubles and other types such as wxDate coming soon).
75 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
76
77 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxConfigBase : public wxObject
78 {
79 public:
80 // constants
81 // the type of an entry
82 enum EntryType
83 {
84 Type_Unknown,
85 Type_String,
86 Type_Boolean,
87 Type_Integer, // use Read(long *)
88 Type_Float // use Read(double *)
89 };
90
91 // static functions
92 // sets the config object, returns the previous pointer
93 static wxConfigBase *Set(wxConfigBase *pConfig);
94 // get the config object, creates it on demand unless DontCreateOnDemand
95 // was called
96 static wxConfigBase *Get(bool createOnDemand = true)
97 { if ( createOnDemand && (!ms_pConfig) ) Create(); return ms_pConfig; }
98 // create a new config object: this function will create the "best"
99 // implementation of wxConfig available for the current platform, see
100 // comments near definition wxUSE_CONFIG_NATIVE for details. It returns
101 // the created object and also sets it as ms_pConfig.
102 static wxConfigBase *Create();
103 // should Get() try to create a new log object if the current one is NULL?
104 static void DontCreateOnDemand() { ms_bAutoCreate = false; }
105
106 // ctor & virtual dtor
107 // ctor (can be used as default ctor too)
108 //
109 // Not all args will always be used by derived classes, but including
110 // them all in each class ensures compatibility. If appName is empty,
111 // uses wxApp name
112 wxConfigBase(const wxString& appName = wxEmptyString,
113 const wxString& vendorName = wxEmptyString,
114 const wxString& localFilename = wxEmptyString,
115 const wxString& globalFilename = wxEmptyString,
116 long style = 0);
117
118 // empty but ensures that dtor of all derived classes is virtual
119 virtual ~wxConfigBase();
120
121 // path management
122 // set current path: if the first character is '/', it's the absolute path,
123 // otherwise it's a relative path. '..' is supported. If the strPath
124 // doesn't exist it is created.
125 virtual void SetPath(const wxString& strPath) = 0;
126 // retrieve the current path (always as absolute path)
127 virtual const wxString& GetPath() const = 0;
128
129 // enumeration: all functions here return false when there are no more items.
130 // you must pass the same lIndex to GetNext and GetFirst (don't modify it)
131 // enumerate subgroups
132 virtual bool GetFirstGroup(wxString& str, long& lIndex) const = 0;
133 virtual bool GetNextGroup (wxString& str, long& lIndex) const = 0;
134 // enumerate entries
135 virtual bool GetFirstEntry(wxString& str, long& lIndex) const = 0;
136 virtual bool GetNextEntry (wxString& str, long& lIndex) const = 0;
137 // get number of entries/subgroups in the current group, with or without
138 // it's subgroups
139 virtual size_t GetNumberOfEntries(bool bRecursive = false) const = 0;
140 virtual size_t GetNumberOfGroups(bool bRecursive = false) const = 0;
141
142 // tests of existence
143 // returns true if the group by this name exists
144 virtual bool HasGroup(const wxString& strName) const = 0;
145 // same as above, but for an entry
146 virtual bool HasEntry(const wxString& strName) const = 0;
147 // returns true if either a group or an entry with a given name exist
148 bool Exists(const wxString& strName) const
149 { return HasGroup(strName) || HasEntry(strName); }
150
151 // get the entry type
152 virtual EntryType GetEntryType(const wxString& name) const
153 {
154 // by default all entries are strings
155 return HasEntry(name) ? Type_String : Type_Unknown;
156 }
157
158 // key access: returns true if value was really read, false if default used
159 // (and if the key is not found the default value is returned.)
160
161 // read a string from the key
162 bool Read(const wxString& key, wxString *pStr) const;
163 bool Read(const wxString& key, wxString *pStr, const wxString& defVal) const;
164
165 // read a number (long)
166 bool Read(const wxString& key, long *pl) const;
167 bool Read(const wxString& key, long *pl, long defVal) const;
168
169 // read an int
170 bool Read(const wxString& key, int *pi) const;
171 bool Read(const wxString& key, int *pi, int defVal) const;
172
173 // read a double
174 bool Read(const wxString& key, double* val) const;
175 bool Read(const wxString& key, double* val, double defVal) const;
176
177 // read a bool
178 bool Read(const wxString& key, bool* val) const;
179 bool Read(const wxString& key, bool* val, bool defVal) const;
180
181 #if wxUSE_BASE64
182 // read a binary data block
183 bool Read(const wxString& key, wxMemoryBuffer* data) const
184 { return DoReadBinary(key, data); }
185 // no default version since it does not make sense for binary data
186 #endif // wxUSE_BASE64
187
188 // convenience functions returning directly the value (we don't have them for
189 // int/double/bool as there would be ambiguities with the long one then)
190 wxString Read(const wxString& key,
191 const wxString& defVal = wxEmptyString) const
192 { wxString s; (void)Read(key, &s, defVal); return s; }
193
194 long Read(const wxString& key, long defVal) const
195 { long l; (void)Read(key, &l, defVal); return l; }
196
197 // write the value (return true on success)
198 bool Write(const wxString& key, const wxString& value)
199 { return DoWriteString(key, value); }
200
201 bool Write(const wxString& key, long value)
202 { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
203
204 bool Write(const wxString& key, int value)
205 { return DoWriteInt(key, value); }
206
207 bool Write(const wxString& key, double value)
208 { return DoWriteDouble(key, value); }
209
210 bool Write(const wxString& key, bool value)
211 { return DoWriteBool(key, value); }
212
213 #if wxUSE_BASE64
214 bool Write(const wxString& key, const wxMemoryBuffer& buf)
215 { return DoWriteBinary(key, buf); }
216 #endif // wxUSE_BASE64
217
218 // we have to provide a separate version for C strings as otherwise they
219 // would be converted to bool and not to wxString as expected!
220 bool Write(const wxString& key, const char *value)
221 { return Write(key, wxString(value)); }
222 #if wxUSE_WCHAR_T
223 bool Write(const wxString& key, const wchar_t *value)
224 { return Write(key, wxString(value)); }
225 #endif
226
227 // permanently writes all changes
228 virtual bool Flush(bool bCurrentOnly = false) = 0;
229
230 // renaming, all functions return false on failure (probably because the new
231 // name is already taken by an existing entry)
232 // rename an entry
233 virtual bool RenameEntry(const wxString& oldName,
234 const wxString& newName) = 0;
235 // rename a group
236 virtual bool RenameGroup(const wxString& oldName,
237 const wxString& newName) = 0;
238
239 // delete entries/groups
240 // deletes the specified entry and the group it belongs to if
241 // it was the last key in it and the second parameter is true
242 virtual bool DeleteEntry(const wxString& key,
243 bool bDeleteGroupIfEmpty = true) = 0;
244 // delete the group (with all subgroups)
245 virtual bool DeleteGroup(const wxString& key) = 0;
246 // delete the whole underlying object (disk file, registry key, ...)
247 // primarily for use by uninstallation routine.
248 virtual bool DeleteAll() = 0;
249
250 // options
251 // we can automatically expand environment variables in the config entries
252 // (this option is on by default, you can turn it on/off at any time)
253 bool IsExpandingEnvVars() const { return m_bExpandEnvVars; }
254 void SetExpandEnvVars(bool bDoIt = true) { m_bExpandEnvVars = bDoIt; }
255 // recording of default values
256 void SetRecordDefaults(bool bDoIt = true) { m_bRecordDefaults = bDoIt; }
257 bool IsRecordingDefaults() const { return m_bRecordDefaults; }
258 // does expansion only if needed
259 wxString ExpandEnvVars(const wxString& str) const;
260
261 // misc accessors
262 wxString GetAppName() const { return m_appName; }
263 wxString GetVendorName() const { return m_vendorName; }
264
265 // Used wxIniConfig to set members in constructor
266 void SetAppName(const wxString& appName) { m_appName = appName; }
267 void SetVendorName(const wxString& vendorName) { m_vendorName = vendorName; }
268
269 void SetStyle(long style) { m_style = style; }
270 long GetStyle() const { return m_style; }
271
272 protected:
273 static bool IsImmutable(const wxString& key)
274 { return !key.IsEmpty() && key[0] == wxCONFIG_IMMUTABLE_PREFIX; }
275
276 // return the path without trailing separator, if any: this should be called
277 // to sanitize paths referring to the group names before passing them to
278 // wxConfigPathChanger as "/foo/bar/" should be the same as "/foo/bar" and it
279 // isn't interpreted in the same way by it (and this can't be changed there
280 // as it's not the same for the entries names)
281 static wxString RemoveTrailingSeparator(const wxString& key);
282
283 // do read/write the values of different types
284 virtual bool DoReadString(const wxString& key, wxString *pStr) const = 0;
285 virtual bool DoReadLong(const wxString& key, long *pl) const = 0;
286 virtual bool DoReadInt(const wxString& key, int *pi) const;
287 virtual bool DoReadDouble(const wxString& key, double* val) const;
288 virtual bool DoReadBool(const wxString& key, bool* val) const;
289 #if wxUSE_BASE64
290 virtual bool DoReadBinary(const wxString& key, wxMemoryBuffer* buf) const = 0;
291 #endif // wxUSE_BASE64
292
293 virtual bool DoWriteString(const wxString& key, const wxString& value) = 0;
294 virtual bool DoWriteLong(const wxString& key, long value) = 0;
295 virtual bool DoWriteInt(const wxString& key, int value);
296 virtual bool DoWriteDouble(const wxString& key, double value);
297 virtual bool DoWriteBool(const wxString& key, bool value);
298 #if wxUSE_BASE64
299 virtual bool DoWriteBinary(const wxString& key, const wxMemoryBuffer& buf) = 0;
300 #endif // wxUSE_BASE64
301
302 private:
303 // are we doing automatic environment variable expansion?
304 bool m_bExpandEnvVars;
305 // do we record default values?
306 bool m_bRecordDefaults;
307
308 // static variables
309 static wxConfigBase *ms_pConfig;
310 static bool ms_bAutoCreate;
311
312 // Application name and organisation name
313 wxString m_appName;
314 wxString m_vendorName;
315
316 // Style flag
317 long m_style;
318
319 DECLARE_ABSTRACT_CLASS(wxConfigBase)
320 };
321
322 // a handy little class which changes current path to the path of given entry
323 // and restores it in dtor: so if you declare a local variable of this type,
324 // you work in the entry directory and the path is automatically restored
325 // when the function returns
326 // Taken out of wxConfig since not all compilers can cope with nested classes.
327 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxConfigPathChanger
328 {
329 public:
330 // ctor/dtor do path changing/restoring of the path
331 wxConfigPathChanger(const wxConfigBase *pContainer, const wxString& strEntry);
332 ~wxConfigPathChanger();
333
334 // get the key name
335 const wxString& Name() const { return m_strName; }
336
337 // this method must be called if the original path (i.e. the current path at
338 // the moment of creation of this object) could have been deleted to prevent
339 // us from restoring the not existing (any more) path
340 //
341 // if the original path doesn't exist any more, the path will be restored to
342 // the deepest still existing component of the old path
343 void UpdateIfDeleted();
344
345 private:
346 wxConfigBase *m_pContainer; // object we live in
347 wxString m_strName, // name of entry (i.e. name only)
348 m_strOldPath; // saved path
349 bool m_bChanged; // was the path changed?
350
351 DECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxConfigPathChanger)
352 };
353
354
355 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
356 // the native wxConfigBase implementation
357 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
358
359 // under Windows we prefer to use the native implementation
360 // wxIniConfig isn't native anywhere after droping win16 in wxWidgets 2.6
361 #if defined(__WXMSW__) && wxUSE_CONFIG_NATIVE
362 #define wxConfig wxRegConfig
363 #else // either we're under Unix or wish to use files even under Windows
364 #define wxConfig wxFileConfig
365 #endif
366
367 #endif // wxUSE_CONFIG
368
369 /*
370 Replace environment variables ($SOMETHING) with their values. The format is
371 $VARNAME or ${VARNAME} where VARNAME contains alphanumeric characters and
372 '_' only. '$' must be escaped ('\$') in order to be taken literally.
373 */
374
375 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxExpandEnvVars(const wxString &sz);
376
377 /*
378 Split path into parts removing '..' in progress
379 */
380 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxSplitPath(wxArrayString& aParts, const wxString& path);
381
382 #endif // _WX_CONFBASE_H_
383