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[wxWidgets.git] / include / wx / confbase.h
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 license
12 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
13
14 #ifndef _WX_CONFBASE_H_
15 #define _WX_CONFBASE_H_
16
17 #ifdef __GNUG__
18 #pragma interface "confbase.h"
19 #endif
20
21 #include "wx/defs.h"
22
23 #if wxUSE_CONFIG
24
25 #include "wx/string.h"
26
27 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
28 // constants
29 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
30
31 /// shall we be case sensitive in parsing variable names?
32 #ifndef wxCONFIG_CASE_SENSITIVE
33 #define wxCONFIG_CASE_SENSITIVE FALSE
34 #endif
35
36 /// separates group and entry names (probably shouldn't be changed)
37 #ifndef wxCONFIG_PATH_SEPARATOR
38 #define wxCONFIG_PATH_SEPARATOR '/'
39 #endif
40
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 '!'
45 #endif
46
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
50 // (under Win16))
51 #ifndef wxCONFIG_WIN32_NATIVE
52 #define wxCONFIG_WIN32_NATIVE TRUE
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 };
62
63 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
64 // abstract base class wxConfigBase which defines the interface for derived
65 // classes
66 //
67 // wxConfig organizes the items in a tree-like structure (modeled after the
68 // Unix/Dos filesystem). There are groups (directories) and keys (files).
69 // There is always one current group given by the current path.
70 //
71 // Keys are pairs "key_name = value" where value may be of string or integer
72 // (long) type (TODO doubles and other types such as wxDate coming soon).
73 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
74 class WXDLLEXPORT wxConfigBase
75 {
76 public:
77 // constants
78 // the type of an entry
79 enum EntryType
80 {
81 Type_Unknown,
82 Type_String,
83 Type_Boolean,
84 Type_Integer, // use Read(long *)
85 Type_Float // use Read(double *)
86 };
87
88 // static functions
89 // sets the config object, returns the previous pointer
90 static wxConfigBase *Set(wxConfigBase *pConfig);
91 // get the config object, creates it on demand unless DontCreateOnDemand
92 // was called
93 static wxConfigBase *Get() { if ( !ms_pConfig ) Create(); return ms_pConfig; }
94 // create a new config object: this function will create the "best"
95 // implementation of wxConfig available for the current platform, see
96 // comments near definition wxCONFIG_WIN32_NATIVE for details. It returns
97 // the created object and also sets it as ms_pConfig.
98 static wxConfigBase *Create();
99 // should Get() try to create a new log object if the current one is NULL?
100 static void DontCreateOnDemand() { ms_bAutoCreate = FALSE; }
101
102 // ctor & virtual dtor
103 // ctor (can be used as default ctor too)
104 //
105 // Not all args will always be used by derived classes, but including
106 // them all in each class ensures compatibility. If appName is empty,
107 // uses wxApp name
108 wxConfigBase(const wxString& appName = wxEmptyString,
109 const wxString& vendorName = wxEmptyString,
110 const wxString& localFilename = wxEmptyString,
111 const wxString& globalFilename = wxEmptyString,
112 long style = 0);
113
114 // empty but ensures that dtor of all derived classes is virtual
115 virtual ~wxConfigBase() { }
116
117 // path management
118 // set current path: if the first character is '/', it's the absolute path,
119 // otherwise it's a relative path. '..' is supported. If the strPath
120 // doesn't exist it is created.
121 virtual void SetPath(const wxString& strPath) = 0;
122 // retrieve the current path (always as absolute path)
123 virtual const wxString& GetPath() const = 0;
124
125 // enumeration: all functions here return false when there are no more items.
126 // you must pass the same lIndex to GetNext and GetFirst (don't modify it)
127 // enumerate subgroups
128 virtual bool GetFirstGroup(wxString& str, long& lIndex) const = 0;
129 virtual bool GetNextGroup (wxString& str, long& lIndex) const = 0;
130 // enumerate entries
131 virtual bool GetFirstEntry(wxString& str, long& lIndex) const = 0;
132 virtual bool GetNextEntry (wxString& str, long& lIndex) const = 0;
133 // get number of entries/subgroups in the current group, with or without
134 // it's subgroups
135 virtual size_t GetNumberOfEntries(bool bRecursive = FALSE) const = 0;
136 virtual size_t GetNumberOfGroups(bool bRecursive = FALSE) const = 0;
137
138 // tests of existence
139 // returns TRUE if the group by this name exists
140 virtual bool HasGroup(const wxString& strName) const = 0;
141 // same as above, but for an entry
142 virtual bool HasEntry(const wxString& strName) const = 0;
143 // returns TRUE if either a group or an entry with a given name exist
144 bool Exists(const wxString& strName) const
145 { return HasGroup(strName) || HasEntry(strName); }
146
147 // get the entry type
148 virtual EntryType GetEntryType(const wxString& name) const
149 {
150 // by default all entries are strings
151 return HasEntry(name) ? Type_String : Type_Unknown;
152 }
153
154 // key access: returns TRUE if value was really read, FALSE if default used
155 // (and if the key is not found the default value is returned.)
156 // read a string from the key
157 virtual bool Read(const wxString& key, wxString *pStr) const = 0;
158 virtual bool Read(const wxString& key, wxString *pStr, const wxString& defVal) const;
159
160 virtual wxString Read(const wxString& key, const wxString& defVal = wxEmptyString) const;
161
162 virtual bool Read(const wxString& key, long *pl) const = 0;
163 virtual bool Read(const wxString& key, long *pl, long defVal) const;
164
165 virtual long Read(const wxString& strKey, long defVal) const
166 { long l; Read(strKey, &l, defVal); return l; }
167
168 // Convenience functions that are built on other forms
169
170 // int
171 virtual bool Read(const wxString& key, int *pi) const;
172 virtual bool Read(const wxString& key, int *pi, int defVal) const;
173
174 // double
175 virtual bool Read(const wxString& key, double* val) const;
176 virtual bool Read(const wxString& key, double* val, double defVal) const;
177
178 // bool
179 virtual bool Read(const wxString& key, bool* val) const;
180 virtual bool Read(const wxString& key, bool* val, bool defVal) const;
181
182 // write the value (return true on success)
183 virtual bool Write(const wxString& key, const wxString& value) = 0;
184 virtual bool Write(const wxString& key, long value) = 0;
185
186 // Convenience functions
187 virtual bool Write(const wxString& key, double value);
188 virtual bool Write(const wxString& key, bool value);
189
190 // permanently writes all changes
191 virtual bool Flush(bool bCurrentOnly = FALSE) = 0;
192
193 // renaming, all functions return FALSE on failure (probably because the new
194 // name is already taken by an existing entry)
195 // rename an entry
196 virtual bool RenameEntry(const wxString& oldName,
197 const wxString& newName) = 0;
198 // rename a group
199 virtual bool RenameGroup(const wxString& oldName,
200 const wxString& newName) = 0;
201
202 // delete entries/groups
203 // deletes the specified entry and the group it belongs to if
204 // it was the last key in it and the second parameter is true
205 virtual bool DeleteEntry(const wxString& key,
206 bool bDeleteGroupIfEmpty = TRUE) = 0;
207 // delete the group (with all subgroups)
208 virtual bool DeleteGroup(const wxString& key) = 0;
209 // delete the whole underlying object (disk file, registry key, ...)
210 // primarly for use by desinstallation routine.
211 virtual bool DeleteAll() = 0;
212
213 // options
214 // we can automatically expand environment variables in the config entries
215 // (this option is on by default, you can turn it on/off at any time)
216 bool IsExpandingEnvVars() const { return m_bExpandEnvVars; }
217 void SetExpandEnvVars(bool bDoIt = TRUE) { m_bExpandEnvVars = bDoIt; }
218 // recording of default values
219 void SetRecordDefaults(bool bDoIt = TRUE) { m_bRecordDefaults = bDoIt; }
220 bool IsRecordingDefaults() const { return m_bRecordDefaults; }
221 // does expansion only if needed
222 wxString ExpandEnvVars(const wxString& str) const;
223
224 // misc accessors
225 wxString GetAppName() const { return m_appName; }
226 wxString GetVendorName() const { return m_vendorName; }
227
228 void SetStyle(long style) { m_style = style; }
229 long GetStyle() const { return m_style; }
230
231 protected:
232 static bool IsImmutable(const wxString& key)
233 #if !defined(__WXMAC__) && !defined(__EMX__)
234 { return !key.IsEmpty() && key[0u] == wxCONFIG_IMMUTABLE_PREFIX; }
235 #else
236 { return !key.IsEmpty() && key[0ul] == wxCONFIG_IMMUTABLE_PREFIX; }
237 #endif
238
239 private:
240 // are we doing automatic environment variable expansion?
241 bool m_bExpandEnvVars;
242 // do we record default values?
243 bool m_bRecordDefaults;
244
245 // static variables
246 static wxConfigBase *ms_pConfig;
247 static bool ms_bAutoCreate;
248
249 // Application name and organisation name
250 wxString m_appName;
251 wxString m_vendorName;
252
253 // Style flag
254 long m_style;
255 };
256
257 // a handy little class which changes current path to the path of given entry
258 // and restores it in dtor: so if you declare a local variable of this type,
259 // you work in the entry directory and the path is automatically restored
260 // when the function returns
261 // Taken out of wxConfig since not all compilers can cope with nested classes.
262 class wxConfigPathChanger
263 {
264 public:
265 // ctor/dtor do path changing/restorin
266 wxConfigPathChanger(const wxConfigBase *pContainer, const wxString& strEntry);
267 ~wxConfigPathChanger();
268
269 // get the key name
270 const wxString& Name() const { return m_strName; }
271
272 private:
273 wxConfigBase *m_pContainer; // object we live in
274 wxString m_strName, // name of entry (i.e. name only)
275 m_strOldPath; // saved path
276 bool m_bChanged; // was the path changed?
277 };
278
279
280 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
281 // the native wxConfigBase implementation
282 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
283
284 // under Windows we prefer to use the native implementation
285 #if defined(__WXMSW__) && wxCONFIG_WIN32_NATIVE
286 #ifdef __WIN32__
287 #define wxConfig wxRegConfig
288 #define sm_classwxConfig sm_classwxRegConfig
289 #else //WIN16
290 #define wxConfig wxIniConfig
291 #define sm_classwxConfig sm_classwxIniConfig
292 #endif
293 #else // either we're under Unix or wish to use files even under Windows
294 #define wxConfig wxFileConfig
295 #define sm_classwxConfig sm_classwxFileConfig
296 #endif
297
298 #endif // wxUSE_CONFIG
299
300 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
301 // various helper global functions (defined even if !wxUSE_CONFIG)
302 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
303
304 /*
305 Replace environment variables ($SOMETHING) with their values. The format is
306 $VARNAME or ${VARNAME} where VARNAME contains alphanumeric characters and
307 '_' only. '$' must be escaped ('\$') in order to be taken literally.
308 */
309 extern wxString wxExpandEnvVars(const wxString &sz);
310
311 /*
312 Split path into parts removing '..' in progress
313 */
314 extern void wxSplitPath(wxArrayString& aParts, const wxChar *sz);
315
316 #endif
317 // _WX_CONFIG_H_
318