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1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: filesys.h
3 // Purpose: interface of wxFileSystem
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
5 // RCS-ID: $Id$
6 // Licence: wxWindows license
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
9 /**
10 @class wxFileSystem
11 @wxheader{filesys.h}
12
13 This class provides an interface for opening files on different
14 file systems. It can handle absolute and/or local filenames.
15 It uses a system of handlers() to
16 provide access to user-defined virtual file systems.
17
18 @library{wxbase}
19 @category{vfs}
20
21 @see wxFileSystemHandler, wxFSFile, Overview()
22 */
23 class wxFileSystem : public wxObject
24 {
25 public:
26 /**
27 Constructor.
28 */
29 wxFileSystem();
30
31 /**
32 This static function adds new handler into the list of
33 handlers() which provide access to virtual FS.
34 Note that if two handlers for the same protocol are added, the last one added
35 takes precedence.
36 */
37 static void AddHandler(wxFileSystemHandler handler);
38
39 /**
40 Sets the current location. @a location parameter passed to
41 OpenFile() is relative to this path.
42 @b Caution! Unless @a is_dir is @true the @a location parameter
43 is not the directory name but the name of the file in this directory. All these
44 commands change the path to "dir/subdir/":
45
46 @param location
47 the new location. Its meaning depends on the value of is_dir
48 @param is_dir
49 if @true location is new directory. If @false (default)
50 location is file in the new directory.
51 */
52 void ChangePathTo(const wxString& location, bool is_dir = false);
53
54 /**
55 Converts filename into URL.
56
57 @see URLToFileName(), wxFileName
58 */
59 static wxString FileNameToURL(wxFileName filename);
60
61 /**
62 Looks for the file with the given name @a file in a colon or semi-colon
63 (depending on the current platform) separated list of directories in
64 @e path. If the file is found in any directory, returns @true and the full
65 path of the file in @e str, otherwise returns @false and doesn't modify
66 @e str.
67
68 @param str
69 Receives the full path of the file, must not be @NULL
70 @param path
71 wxPATH_SEP-separated list of directories
72 @param file
73 the name of the file to look for
74 */
75 bool FindFileInPath(wxString str, const wxString& path,
76 const wxString& file);
77
78 /**
79 Works like wxFindFirstFile(). Returns name of the first
80 filename (within filesystem's current path) that matches @e wildcard. @a flags
81 may be one of
82 wxFILE (only files), wxDIR (only directories) or 0 (both).
83 */
84 wxString FindFirst(const wxString& wildcard, int flags = 0);
85
86 /**
87 Returns the next filename that matches parameters passed to FindFirst().
88 */
89 wxString FindNext();
90
91 /**
92 Returns actual path (set by wxFileSystem::ChangePathTo).
93 */
94 wxString GetPath();
95
96 /**
97 This static function returns @true if there is a registered handler which can
98 open the given
99 location.
100 */
101 static bool HasHandlerForPath(const wxString& location);
102
103 /**
104 Opens the file and returns a pointer to a wxFSFile object
105 or @NULL if failed. It first tries to open the file in relative scope
106 (based on value passed to ChangePathTo() method) and then as an
107 absolute path. Note that the user is responsible for deleting the returned
108 wxFSFile.
109 @a flags can be one or more of the following bit values ored together:
110
111 A stream opened with just the default @e wxFS_READ flag may
112 or may not be seekable depending on the underlying source.
113 Passing @e wxFS_READ | wxFS_SEEKABLE for @a flags will
114 back a stream that is not natively seekable with memory or a file
115 and return a stream that is always seekable.
116 */
117 wxFSFile* OpenFile(const wxString& location,
118 int flags = wxFS_READ);
119
120 /**
121 Converts URL into a well-formed filename. The URL must use the @c file
122 protocol.
123 */
124 static wxFileName URLToFileName(const wxString& url);
125 };
126
127
128
129 /**
130 @class wxFSFile
131 @wxheader{filesys.h}
132
133 This class represents a single file opened by wxFileSystem.
134 It provides more information than wxWindow's input stream
135 (stream, filename, mime type, anchor).
136
137 @b Note: Any pointer returned by a method of wxFSFile is valid
138 only as long as the wxFSFile object exists. For example a call to GetStream()
139 doesn't @e create the stream but only returns the pointer to it. In
140 other words after 10 calls to GetStream() you will have obtained ten identical
141 pointers.
142
143 @library{wxbase}
144 @category{vfs}
145
146 @see wxFileSystemHandler, wxFileSystem, Overview()
147 */
148 class wxFSFile : public wxObject
149 {
150 public:
151 /**
152 Constructor. You probably won't use it. See Notes for details.
153
154 @param stream
155 The input stream that will be used to access data
156 @param location
157 The full location (aka filename) of the file
158 @param mimetype
159 MIME type of this file. It may be left empty, in which
160 case the type will be determined from file's extension (location must
161 not be empty in this case).
162 @param anchor
163 Anchor. See GetAnchor() for details.
164 */
165 wxFSFile(wxInputStream stream, const wxString& loc,
166 const wxString& mimetype,
167 const wxString& anchor, wxDateTime modif);
168
169 /**
170 Detaches the stream from the wxFSFile object. That is, the
171 stream obtained with @c GetStream() will continue its existance
172 after the wxFSFile object is deleted. You will have to delete
173 the stream yourself.
174 */
175 void DetachStream();
176
177 /**
178 Returns anchor (if present). The term of @b anchor can be easily
179 explained using few examples:
180
181 Usually an anchor is presented only if the MIME type is 'text/html'.
182 But it may have some meaning with other files;
183 for example myanim.avi#200 may refer to position in animation
184 or reality.wrl#MyView may refer to a predefined view in VRML.
185 */
186 const wxString GetAnchor() const;
187
188 /**
189 Returns full location of the file, including path and protocol.
190 Examples :
191 */
192 const wxString GetLocation() const;
193
194 /**
195 Returns the MIME type of the content of this file. It is either
196 extension-based (see wxMimeTypesManager) or extracted from
197 HTTP protocol Content-Type header.
198 */
199 const wxString GetMimeType() const;
200
201 /**
202 Returns time when this file was modified.
203 */
204 wxDateTime GetModificationTime() const;
205
206 /**
207 Returns pointer to the stream. You can use the returned
208 stream to directly access data. You may suppose
209 that the stream provide Seek and GetSize functionality
210 (even in the case of the HTTP protocol which doesn't provide
211 this by default. wxHtml uses local cache to work around
212 this and to speed up the connection).
213 */
214 wxInputStream* GetStream() const;
215 };
216
217
218
219 /**
220 @class wxFileSystemHandler
221 @wxheader{filesys.h}
222
223 Classes derived from wxFileSystemHandler are used
224 to access virtual file systems. Its public interface consists
225 of two methods: wxFileSystemHandler::CanOpen
226 and wxFileSystemHandler::OpenFile.
227 It provides additional protected methods to simplify the process
228 of opening the file: GetProtocol, GetLeftLocation, GetRightLocation,
229 GetAnchor, GetMimeTypeFromExt.
230
231 Please have a look at overview() if you don't know how locations
232 are constructed.
233
234 Also consult @ref overview_fs "list of available handlers".
235
236 @b wxPerl note: In wxPerl, you need to derive your file system handler class
237 from Wx::PlFileSystemHandler.
238
239 @library{wxbase}
240 @category{vfs}
241
242 @see wxFileSystem, wxFSFile, Overview()
243 */
244 class wxFileSystemHandler : public wxObject
245 {
246 public:
247 /**
248 Constructor.
249 */
250 wxFileSystemHandler();
251
252 /**
253 Returns @true if the handler is able to open this file. This function doesn't
254 check whether the file exists or not, it only checks if it knows the protocol.
255 Example:
256
257 Must be overridden in derived handlers.
258 */
259 virtual bool CanOpen(const wxString& location);
260
261 /**
262 Works like wxFindFirstFile(). Returns name of the first
263 filename (within filesystem's current path) that matches @e wildcard. @a flags
264 may be one of
265 wxFILE (only files), wxDIR (only directories) or 0 (both).
266 This method is only called if CanOpen() returns @true.
267 */
268 virtual wxString FindFirst(const wxString& wildcard,
269 int flags = 0);
270
271 /**
272 Returns next filename that matches parameters passed to wxFileSystem::FindFirst.
273 This method is only called if CanOpen() returns @true and FindFirst
274 returned a non-empty string.
275 */
276 virtual wxString FindNext();
277
278 /**
279 Returns the anchor if present in the location.
280 See @ref wxFSFile::getanchor wxFSFile for details.
281 Example: GetAnchor("index.htm#chapter2") == "chapter2"
282 @b Note: the anchor is NOT part of the left location.
283 */
284 wxString GetAnchor(const wxString& location) const;
285
286 /**
287 Returns the left location string extracted from @e location.
288 Example: GetLeftLocation("file:myzipfile.zip#zip:index.htm") ==
289 "file:myzipfile.zip"
290 */
291 wxString GetLeftLocation(const wxString& location) const;
292
293 /**
294 Returns the MIME type based on @b extension of @e location. (While
295 wxFSFile::GetMimeType
296 returns real MIME type - either extension-based or queried from HTTP.)
297 Example : GetMimeTypeFromExt("index.htm") == "text/html"
298 */
299 wxString GetMimeTypeFromExt(const wxString& location);
300
301 /**
302 Returns the protocol string extracted from @e location.
303 Example: GetProtocol("file:myzipfile.zip#zip:index.htm") == "zip"
304 */
305 wxString GetProtocol(const wxString& location) const;
306
307 /**
308 Returns the right location string extracted from @e location.
309 Example : GetRightLocation("file:myzipfile.zip#zip:index.htm") == "index.htm"
310 */
311 wxString GetRightLocation(const wxString& location) const;
312
313 /**
314 Opens the file and returns wxFSFile pointer or @NULL if failed.
315 Must be overridden in derived handlers.
316
317 @param fs
318 Parent FS (the FS from that OpenFile was called). See ZIP handler
319 for details of how to use it.
320 @param location
321 The absolute location of file.
322 */
323 virtual wxFSFile* OpenFile(wxFileSystem& fs,
324 const wxString& location);
325 };
326