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1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: file.cpp
3 // Purpose: wxFile - encapsulates low-level "file descriptor"
4 // wxTempFile - safely replace the old file
5 // Author: Vadim Zeitlin
6 // Modified by:
7 // Created: 29/01/98
8 // RCS-ID: $Id$
9 // Copyright: (c) 1998 Vadim Zeitlin <zeitlin@dptmaths.ens-cachan.fr>
10 // Licence: wxWindows license
11 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
12
13 #ifndef __FILEH__
14 #define __FILEH__
15
16 #ifdef __GNUG__
17 #pragma interface "file.h"
18 #endif
19
20 #ifndef WX_PRECOMP
21 #include "wx/string.h"
22 #include "wx/filefn.h"
23 #endif
24
25 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
26 // constants
27 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
28
29 // we redefine these constants here because S_IREAD &c are _not_ standard
30 // however, we do assume that the values correspond to the Unix umask bits
31 #define wxS_IRUSR 00400
32 #define wxS_IWUSR 00200
33 #define wxS_IXUSR 00100
34
35 #define wxS_IRGRP 00040
36 #define wxS_IWGRP 00020
37 #define wxS_IXGRP 00010
38
39 #define wxS_IROTH 00004
40 #define wxS_IWOTH 00002
41 #define wxS_IXOTH 00001
42
43 // default mode for the new files: corresponds to umask 022
44 #define wxS_DEFAULT (wxS_IRUSR | wxS_IWUSR | wxS_IRGRP | wxS_IWGRP |\
45 wxS_IROTH | wxS_IWOTH)
46
47 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
48 // class wxFile: raw file IO
49 //
50 // NB: for space efficiency this class has no virtual functions, including
51 // dtor which is _not_ virtual, so it shouldn't be used as a base class.
52 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
53 class WXDLLEXPORT wxFile
54 {
55 public:
56 // more file constants
57 // -------------------
58 // opening mode
59 enum OpenMode { read, write, read_write, write_append };
60 // standard values for file descriptor
61 enum { fd_invalid = -1, fd_stdin, fd_stdout, fd_stderr };
62
63 // static functions
64 // ----------------
65 // check whether a regular file by this name exists
66 static bool Exists(const wxChar *name);
67 // check whetther we can access the given file in given mode
68 // (only read and write make sense here)
69 static bool Access(const wxChar *name, OpenMode mode);
70
71 // ctors
72 // -----
73 // def ctor
74 wxFile() { m_fd = fd_invalid; }
75 // open specified file (may fail, use IsOpened())
76 wxFile(const wxChar *szFileName, OpenMode mode = read);
77 // attach to (already opened) file
78 wxFile(int fd) { m_fd = fd; }
79
80 // open/close
81 // create a new file (with the default value of bOverwrite, it will fail if
82 // the file already exists, otherwise it will overwrite it and succeed)
83 bool Create(const wxChar *szFileName, bool bOverwrite = FALSE,
84 int access = wxS_DEFAULT);
85 bool Open(const wxChar *szFileName, OpenMode mode = read,
86 int access = wxS_DEFAULT);
87 bool Close(); // Close is a NOP if not opened
88
89 // assign an existing file descriptor and get it back from wxFile object
90 void Attach(int fd) { Close(); m_fd = fd; }
91 void Detach() { m_fd = fd_invalid; }
92 int fd() const { return m_fd; }
93
94 // read/write (unbuffered)
95 // returns number of bytes read or ofsInvalid on error
96 off_t Read(void *pBuf, off_t nCount);
97 // returns true on success
98 size_t Write(const void *pBuf, size_t nCount);
99 // returns true on success
100 bool Write(const wxString& s) { return Write(s.c_str(), s.Len()*sizeof(wxChar)) != 0; }
101 // flush data not yet written
102 bool Flush();
103
104 // file pointer operations (return ofsInvalid on failure)
105 // move ptr ofs bytes related to start/current off_t/end of file
106 off_t Seek(off_t ofs, wxSeekMode mode = wxFromStart);
107 // move ptr to ofs bytes before the end
108 off_t SeekEnd(off_t ofs = 0) { return Seek(ofs, wxFromEnd); }
109 // get current off_t
110 off_t Tell() const;
111 // get current file length
112 off_t Length() const;
113
114 // simple accessors
115 // is file opened?
116 bool IsOpened() const { return m_fd != fd_invalid; }
117 // is end of file reached?
118 bool Eof() const;
119 // is an error occured?
120 bool Error() const { return m_error; }
121
122 // dtor closes the file if opened
123 ~wxFile();
124
125 private:
126 // copy ctor and assignment operator are private because
127 // it doesn't make sense to copy files this way:
128 // attempt to do it will provoke a compile-time error.
129 wxFile(const wxFile&);
130 wxFile& operator=(const wxFile&);
131
132 int m_fd; // file descriptor or INVALID_FD if not opened
133 bool m_error; // error memory
134 };
135
136 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
137 // class wxTempFile: if you want to replace another file, create an instance
138 // of wxTempFile passing the name of the file to be replaced to the ctor. Then
139 // you can write to wxTempFile and call Commit() function to replace the old
140 // file (and close this one) or call Discard() to cancel the modification. If
141 // you call neither of them, dtor will call Discard().
142 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
143 class WXDLLEXPORT wxTempFile
144 {
145 public:
146 // ctors
147 // default
148 wxTempFile() { }
149 // associates the temp file with the file to be replaced and opens it
150 wxTempFile(const wxString& strName);
151
152 // open the temp file (strName is the name of file to be replaced)
153 bool Open(const wxString& strName);
154
155 // is the file opened?
156 bool IsOpened() const { return m_file.IsOpened(); }
157
158 // I/O (both functions return true on success, false on failure)
159 bool Write(const void *p, size_t n) { return m_file.Write(p, n) != 0; }
160 bool Write(const wxString& str) { return m_file.Write(str); }
161
162 // different ways to close the file
163 // validate changes and delete the old file of name m_strName
164 bool Commit();
165 // discard changes
166 void Discard();
167
168 // dtor calls Discard() if file is still opened
169 ~wxTempFile();
170
171 private:
172 // no copy ctor/assignment operator
173 wxTempFile(const wxTempFile&);
174 wxTempFile& operator=(const wxTempFile&);
175
176 wxString m_strName, // name of the file to replace in Commit()
177 m_strTemp; // temporary file name
178 wxFile m_file; // the temporary file
179 };
180
181 #endif
182 // _WX_FILEH__