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 licence
12 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
14 #ifndef _WX_CONFBASE_H_
15 #define _WX_CONFBASE_H_
18 #include "wx/string.h"
19 #include "wx/object.h"
20 #include "wx/base64.h"
22 class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_BASE wxArrayString
;
24 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
26 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
28 /// shall we be case sensitive in parsing variable names?
29 #ifndef wxCONFIG_CASE_SENSITIVE
30 #define wxCONFIG_CASE_SENSITIVE 0
33 /// separates group and entry names (probably shouldn't be changed)
34 #ifndef wxCONFIG_PATH_SEPARATOR
35 #define wxCONFIG_PATH_SEPARATOR _T('/')
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('!')
46 #include "wx/string.h"
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
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,
61 wxCONFIG_USE_NO_ESCAPE_CHARACTERS
= 8,
62 wxCONFIG_USE_SUBDIR
= 16
65 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
66 // abstract base class wxConfigBase which defines the interface for derived
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.
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 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
77 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxConfigBase
: public wxObject
81 // the type of an entry
87 Type_Integer
, // use Read(long *)
88 Type_Float
// use Read(double *)
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
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; }
106 // ctor & virtual dtor
107 // ctor (can be used as default ctor too)
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,
112 wxConfigBase(const wxString
& appName
= wxEmptyString
,
113 const wxString
& vendorName
= wxEmptyString
,
114 const wxString
& localFilename
= wxEmptyString
,
115 const wxString
& globalFilename
= wxEmptyString
,
118 // empty but ensures that dtor of all derived classes is virtual
119 virtual ~wxConfigBase();
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;
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;
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
139 virtual size_t GetNumberOfEntries(bool bRecursive
= false) const = 0;
140 virtual size_t GetNumberOfGroups(bool bRecursive
= false) const = 0;
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
); }
151 // get the entry type
152 virtual EntryType
GetEntryType(const wxString
& name
) const
154 // by default all entries are strings
155 return HasEntry(name
) ? Type_String
: Type_Unknown
;
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.)
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;
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;
170 bool Read(const wxString
& key
, int *pi
) const;
171 bool Read(const wxString
& key
, int *pi
, int defVal
) const;
174 bool Read(const wxString
& key
, double* val
) const;
175 bool Read(const wxString
& key
, double* val
, double defVal
) const;
178 bool Read(const wxString
& key
, bool* val
) const;
179 bool Read(const wxString
& key
, bool* val
, bool defVal
) const;
181 // read a binary data block
182 bool Read(const wxString
& key
, wxMemoryBuffer
* data
) const
183 { return DoReadBinary(key
, data
); }
184 // no default version since it does not make sense for binary data
186 // convenience functions returning directly the value (we don't have them for
187 // int/double/bool as there would be ambiguities with the long one then)
188 wxString
Read(const wxString
& key
,
189 const wxString
& defVal
= wxEmptyString
) const
190 { wxString s
; (void)Read(key
, &s
, defVal
); return s
; }
192 long Read(const wxString
& key
, long defVal
) const
193 { long l
; (void)Read(key
, &l
, defVal
); return l
; }
195 // write the value (return true on success)
196 bool Write(const wxString
& key
, const wxString
& value
)
197 { return DoWriteString(key
, value
); }
199 bool Write(const wxString
& key
, long value
)
200 { return DoWriteLong(key
, value
); }
202 bool Write(const wxString
& key
, int value
)
203 { return DoWriteInt(key
, value
); }
205 bool Write(const wxString
& key
, double value
)
206 { return DoWriteDouble(key
, value
); }
208 bool Write(const wxString
& key
, bool value
)
209 { return DoWriteBool(key
, value
); }
211 bool Write(const wxString
& key
, const wxMemoryBuffer
& buf
)
212 { return DoWriteBinary(key
, buf
); }
214 // we have to provide a separate version for C strings as otherwise they
215 // would be converted to bool and not to wxString as expected!
216 bool Write(const wxString
& key
, const char *value
)
217 { return Write(key
, wxString(value
)); }
219 bool Write(const wxString
& key
, const wchar_t *value
)
220 { return Write(key
, wxString(value
)); }
223 // permanently writes all changes
224 virtual bool Flush(bool bCurrentOnly
= false) = 0;
226 // renaming, all functions return false on failure (probably because the new
227 // name is already taken by an existing entry)
229 virtual bool RenameEntry(const wxString
& oldName
,
230 const wxString
& newName
) = 0;
232 virtual bool RenameGroup(const wxString
& oldName
,
233 const wxString
& newName
) = 0;
235 // delete entries/groups
236 // deletes the specified entry and the group it belongs to if
237 // it was the last key in it and the second parameter is true
238 virtual bool DeleteEntry(const wxString
& key
,
239 bool bDeleteGroupIfEmpty
= true) = 0;
240 // delete the group (with all subgroups)
241 virtual bool DeleteGroup(const wxString
& key
) = 0;
242 // delete the whole underlying object (disk file, registry key, ...)
243 // primarily for use by uninstallation routine.
244 virtual bool DeleteAll() = 0;
247 // we can automatically expand environment variables in the config entries
248 // (this option is on by default, you can turn it on/off at any time)
249 bool IsExpandingEnvVars() const { return m_bExpandEnvVars
; }
250 void SetExpandEnvVars(bool bDoIt
= true) { m_bExpandEnvVars
= bDoIt
; }
251 // recording of default values
252 void SetRecordDefaults(bool bDoIt
= true) { m_bRecordDefaults
= bDoIt
; }
253 bool IsRecordingDefaults() const { return m_bRecordDefaults
; }
254 // does expansion only if needed
255 wxString
ExpandEnvVars(const wxString
& str
) const;
258 wxString
GetAppName() const { return m_appName
; }
259 wxString
GetVendorName() const { return m_vendorName
; }
261 // Used wxIniConfig to set members in constructor
262 void SetAppName(const wxString
& appName
) { m_appName
= appName
; }
263 void SetVendorName(const wxString
& vendorName
) { m_vendorName
= vendorName
; }
265 void SetStyle(long style
) { m_style
= style
; }
266 long GetStyle() const { return m_style
; }
269 static bool IsImmutable(const wxString
& key
)
270 { return !key
.IsEmpty() && key
[0] == wxCONFIG_IMMUTABLE_PREFIX
; }
272 // return the path without trailing separator, if any: this should be called
273 // to sanitize paths referring to the group names before passing them to
274 // wxConfigPathChanger as "/foo/bar/" should be the same as "/foo/bar" and it
275 // isn't interpreted in the same way by it (and this can't be changed there
276 // as it's not the same for the entries names)
277 static wxString
RemoveTrailingSeparator(const wxString
& key
);
279 // do read/write the values of different types
280 virtual bool DoReadString(const wxString
& key
, wxString
*pStr
) const = 0;
281 virtual bool DoReadLong(const wxString
& key
, long *pl
) const = 0;
282 virtual bool DoReadInt(const wxString
& key
, int *pi
) const;
283 virtual bool DoReadDouble(const wxString
& key
, double* val
) const;
284 virtual bool DoReadBool(const wxString
& key
, bool* val
) const;
285 virtual bool DoReadBinary(const wxString
& key
, wxMemoryBuffer
* buf
) const = 0;
287 virtual bool DoWriteString(const wxString
& key
, const wxString
& value
) = 0;
288 virtual bool DoWriteLong(const wxString
& key
, long value
) = 0;
289 virtual bool DoWriteInt(const wxString
& key
, int value
);
290 virtual bool DoWriteDouble(const wxString
& key
, double value
);
291 virtual bool DoWriteBool(const wxString
& key
, bool value
);
292 virtual bool DoWriteBinary(const wxString
& key
, const wxMemoryBuffer
& buf
) = 0;
295 // are we doing automatic environment variable expansion?
296 bool m_bExpandEnvVars
;
297 // do we record default values?
298 bool m_bRecordDefaults
;
301 static wxConfigBase
*ms_pConfig
;
302 static bool ms_bAutoCreate
;
304 // Application name and organisation name
306 wxString m_vendorName
;
311 DECLARE_ABSTRACT_CLASS(wxConfigBase
)
314 // a handy little class which changes current path to the path of given entry
315 // and restores it in dtor: so if you declare a local variable of this type,
316 // you work in the entry directory and the path is automatically restored
317 // when the function returns
318 // Taken out of wxConfig since not all compilers can cope with nested classes.
319 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxConfigPathChanger
322 // ctor/dtor do path changing/restoring of the path
323 wxConfigPathChanger(const wxConfigBase
*pContainer
, const wxString
& strEntry
);
324 ~wxConfigPathChanger();
327 const wxString
& Name() const { return m_strName
; }
329 // this method must be called if the original path (i.e. the current path at
330 // the moment of creation of this object) could have been deleted to prevent
331 // us from restoring the not existing (any more) path
333 // if the original path doesn't exist any more, the path will be restored to
334 // the deepest still existing component of the old path
335 void UpdateIfDeleted();
338 wxConfigBase
*m_pContainer
; // object we live in
339 wxString m_strName
, // name of entry (i.e. name only)
340 m_strOldPath
; // saved path
341 bool m_bChanged
; // was the path changed?
343 DECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxConfigPathChanger
)
347 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
348 // the native wxConfigBase implementation
349 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
351 // under Windows we prefer to use the native implementation
352 // wxIniConfig isn't native anywhere after droping win16 in wxWidgets 2.6
353 #if defined(__WXMSW__) && wxUSE_CONFIG_NATIVE
354 #define wxConfig wxRegConfig
355 #else // either we're under Unix or wish to use files even under Windows
356 #define wxConfig wxFileConfig
359 #endif // wxUSE_CONFIG
362 Replace environment variables ($SOMETHING) with their values. The format is
363 $VARNAME or ${VARNAME} where VARNAME contains alphanumeric characters and
364 '_' only. '$' must be escaped ('\$') in order to be taken literally.
367 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString
wxExpandEnvVars(const wxString
&sz
);
370 Split path into parts removing '..' in progress
372 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE
void wxSplitPath(wxArrayString
& aParts
, const wxString
& path
);
374 #endif // _WX_CONFBASE_H_