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 Ballueder & Vadim Zeitlin
   6 // Modified by:
   7 // Created:     07.04.98 (adapted from appconf.h)
   8 // RCS-ID:      $Id$
   9 // Copyright:   (c) 1997 Karsten Ballueder   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 /// should we use registry instead of configuration files under Windows?
  47 // (i.e. whether wxConfigBase::Create() will create a wxFileConfig (if it's
  48 //  false) or wxRegConfig (if it's true and we're under Win32))
  49 #ifndef   wxUSE_CONFIG_NATIVE
  50   #define wxUSE_CONFIG_NATIVE 1
  51 #endif
  52
  53 // not all compilers can deal with template Read/Write() methods, define this
  54 // symbol if the template functions are available
  55 #if (!defined(__VISUALC__) || __VISUALC__ > 1200) && \
  56     !defined( __VMS ) && \
  57     !(defined(__HP_aCC) && defined(__hppa)) && \
  58     !defined (__DMC__)
  59     #define wxHAS_CONFIG_TEMPLATE_RW
  60 #endif
  61
  62 // Style flags for constructor style parameter
  63 enum
  64 {
  65     wxCONFIG_USE_LOCAL_FILE = 1,
  66     wxCONFIG_USE_GLOBAL_FILE = 2,
  67     wxCONFIG_USE_RELATIVE_PATH = 4,
  68     wxCONFIG_USE_NO_ESCAPE_CHARACTERS = 8,
  69     wxCONFIG_USE_SUBDIR = 16
  70 };
  71
  72 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  73 // abstract base class wxConfigBase which defines the interface for derived
  74 // classes
  75 //
  76 // wxConfig organizes the items in a tree-like structure (modeled after the
  77 // Unix/Dos filesystem). There are groups (directories) and keys (files).
  78 // There is always one current group given by the current path.
  79 //
  80 // Keys are pairs "key_name = value" where value may be of string or integer
  81 // (long) type (TODO doubles and other types such as wxDate coming soon).
  82 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  83
  84 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxConfigBase : public wxObject
  85 {
  86 public:
  87   // constants
  88     // the type of an entry
  89   enum EntryType
  90   {
  91     Type_Unknown,
  92     Type_String,
  93     Type_Boolean,
  94     Type_Integer,    // use Read(long *)
  95     Type_Float       // use Read(double *)
  96   };
  97
  98   // static functions
  99     // sets the config object, returns the previous pointer
 100   static wxConfigBase *Set(wxConfigBase *pConfig);
 101     // get the config object, creates it on demand unless DontCreateOnDemand
 102     // was called
 103   static wxConfigBase *Get(bool createOnDemand = true)
 104        { if ( createOnDemand && (!ms_pConfig) ) Create(); return ms_pConfig; }
 105     // create a new config object: this function will create the "best"
 106     // implementation of wxConfig available for the current platform, see
 107     // comments near definition wxUSE_CONFIG_NATIVE for details. It returns
 108     // the created object and also sets it as ms_pConfig.
 109   static wxConfigBase *Create();
 110     // should Get() try to create a new log object if the current one is NULL?
 111   static void DontCreateOnDemand() { ms_bAutoCreate = false; }
 112
 113   // ctor & virtual dtor
 114       // ctor (can be used as default ctor too)
 115       //
 116       // Not all args will always be used by derived classes, but including
 117       // them all in each class ensures compatibility. If appName is empty,
 118       // uses wxApp name
 119   wxConfigBase(const wxString& appName = wxEmptyString,
 120                const wxString& vendorName = wxEmptyString,
 121                const wxString& localFilename = wxEmptyString,
 122                const wxString& globalFilename = wxEmptyString,
 123                long style = 0);
 124
 125     // empty but ensures that dtor of all derived classes is virtual
 126   virtual ~wxConfigBase();
 127
 128   // path management
 129     // set current path: if the first character is '/', it's the absolute path,
 130     // otherwise it's a relative path. '..' is supported. If the strPath
 131     // doesn't exist it is created.
 132   virtual void SetPath(const wxString& strPath) = 0;
 133     // retrieve the current path (always as absolute path)
 134   virtual const wxString& GetPath() const = 0;
 135
 136   // enumeration: all functions here return false when there are no more items.
 137   // you must pass the same lIndex to GetNext and GetFirst (don't modify it)
 138     // enumerate subgroups
 139   virtual bool GetFirstGroup(wxString& str, long& lIndex) const = 0;
 140   virtual bool GetNextGroup (wxString& str, long& lIndex) const = 0;
 141     // enumerate entries
 142   virtual bool GetFirstEntry(wxString& str, long& lIndex) const = 0;
 143   virtual bool GetNextEntry (wxString& str, long& lIndex) const = 0;
 144     // get number of entries/subgroups in the current group, with or without
 145     // it's subgroups
 146   virtual size_t GetNumberOfEntries(bool bRecursive = false) const = 0;
 147   virtual size_t GetNumberOfGroups(bool bRecursive = false) const = 0;
 148
 149   // tests of existence
 150     // returns true if the group by this name exists
 151   virtual bool HasGroup(const wxString& strName) const = 0;
 152     // same as above, but for an entry
 153   virtual bool HasEntry(const wxString& strName) const = 0;
 154     // returns true if either a group or an entry with a given name exist
 155   bool Exists(const wxString& strName) const
 156     { return HasGroup(strName) || HasEntry(strName); }
 157
 158     // get the entry type
 159   virtual EntryType GetEntryType(const wxString& name) const
 160   {
 161     // by default all entries are strings
 162     return HasEntry(name) ? Type_String : Type_Unknown;
 163   }
 164
 165   // key access: returns true if value was really read, false if default used
 166   // (and if the key is not found the default value is returned.)
 167
 168     // read a string from the key
 169   bool Read(const wxString& key, wxString *pStr) const;
 170   bool Read(const wxString& key, wxString *pStr, const wxString& defVal) const;
 171
 172     // read a number (long)
 173   bool Read(const wxString& key, long *pl) const;
 174   bool Read(const wxString& key, long *pl, long defVal) const;
 175
 176     // read an int (wrapper around `long' version)
 177   bool Read(const wxString& key, int *pi) const;
 178   bool Read(const wxString& key, int *pi, int defVal) const;
 179
 180     // read a double
 181   bool Read(const wxString& key, double* val) const;
 182   bool Read(const wxString& key, double* val, double defVal) const;
 183
 184     // read a bool
 185   bool Read(const wxString& key, bool* val) const;
 186   bool Read(const wxString& key, bool* val, bool defVal) const;
 187
 188 #if wxUSE_BASE64
 189     // read a binary data block
 190   bool Read(const wxString& key, wxMemoryBuffer* data) const
 191     { return DoReadBinary(key, data); }
 192    // no default version since it does not make sense for binary data
 193 #endif // wxUSE_BASE64
 194
 195 #ifdef wxHAS_CONFIG_TEMPLATE_RW
 196   // read other types, for which wxFromString is defined
 197   template <typename T>
 198   bool Read(const wxString& key, T* value) const
 199   {
 200       wxString s;
 201       if ( !Read(key, &s) )
 202           return false;
 203       return wxFromString(s, value);
 204   }
 205
 206   template <typename T>
 207   bool Read(const wxString& key, T* value, const T& defVal) const
 208   {
 209       const bool found = Read(key, value);
 210       if ( !found )
 211       {
 212           if (IsRecordingDefaults())
 213               ((wxConfigBase *)this)->Write(key, defVal);
 214           *value = defVal;
 215       }
 216       return found;
 217   }
 218 #endif // wxHAS_CONFIG_TEMPLATE_RW
 219
 220   // convenience functions returning directly the value
 221   wxString Read(const wxString& key,
 222                 const wxString& defVal = wxEmptyString) const
 223     { wxString s; (void)Read(key, &s, defVal); return s; }
 224
 225   // we have to provide a separate version for C strings as otherwise the
 226   // template Read() would be used
 227   wxString Read(const wxString& key, const char* defVal) const
 228     { return Read(key, wxString(defVal)); }
 229 #if wxUSE_WCHAR_T
 230   wxString Read(const wxString& key, const wchar_t* defVal) const
 231     { return Read(key, wxString(defVal)); }
 232 #endif
 233
 234   long ReadLong(const wxString& key, long defVal) const
 235     { long l; (void)Read(key, &l, defVal); return l; }
 236
 237   double ReadDouble(const wxString& key, double defVal) const
 238     { double d; (void)Read(key, &d, defVal); return d; }
 239
 240   bool ReadBool(const wxString& key, bool defVal) const
 241     { bool b; (void)Read(key, &b, defVal); return b; }
 242
 243   template <typename T>
 244   T ReadObject(const wxString& key, T const& defVal) const
 245     { T t; (void)Read(key, &t, defVal); return t; }
 246
 247   // for compatibility with wx 2.8
 248   long Read(const wxString& key, long defVal) const
 249     { return ReadLong(key, defVal); }
 250
 251
 252   // write the value (return true on success)
 253   bool Write(const wxString& key, const wxString& value)
 254     { return DoWriteString(key, value); }
 255
 256   bool Write(const wxString& key, long value)
 257     { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
 258
 259   bool Write(const wxString& key, double value)
 260     { return DoWriteDouble(key, value); }
 261
 262   bool Write(const wxString& key, bool value)
 263     { return DoWriteBool(key, value); }
 264
 265 #if wxUSE_BASE64
 266   bool Write(const wxString& key, const wxMemoryBuffer& buf)
 267     { return DoWriteBinary(key, buf); }
 268 #endif // wxUSE_BASE64
 269
 270   // we have to provide a separate version for C strings as otherwise they
 271   // would be converted to bool and not to wxString as expected!
 272   bool Write(const wxString& key, const char *value)
 273     { return Write(key, wxString(value)); }
 274   bool Write(const wxString& key, const unsigned char *value)
 275     { return Write(key, wxString(value)); }
 276 #if wxUSE_WCHAR_T
 277   bool Write(const wxString& key, const wchar_t *value)
 278     { return Write(key, wxString(value)); }
 279 #endif
 280
 281
 282   // we also have to provide specializations for other types which we want to
 283   // handle using the specialized DoWriteXXX() instead of the generic template
 284   // version below
 285   bool Write(const wxString& key, char value)
 286     { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
 287
 288   bool Write(const wxString& key, unsigned char value)
 289     { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
 290
 291   bool Write(const wxString& key, short value)
 292     { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
 293
 294   bool Write(const wxString& key, unsigned short value)
 295     { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
 296
 297   bool Write(const wxString& key, unsigned int value)
 298     { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
 299
 300   bool Write(const wxString& key, int value)
 301     { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
 302
 303   bool Write(const wxString& key, unsigned long value)
 304     { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
 305
 306   bool Write(const wxString& key, float value)
 307     { return DoWriteDouble(key, value); }
 308
 309   // Causes ambiguities in VC++ 6 and OpenVMS (at least)
 310 #if ( (!defined(__VISUALC__) || __VISUALC__ > 1200) && !defined( __VMS ) && !defined (__DMC__))
 311   // for other types, use wxToString()
 312   template <typename T>
 313   bool Write(const wxString& key, T const& value)
 314     { return Write(key, wxToString(value)); }
 315 #endif
 316
 317   // permanently writes all changes
 318   virtual bool Flush(bool bCurrentOnly = false) = 0;
 319
 320   // renaming, all functions return false on failure (probably because the new
 321   // name is already taken by an existing entry)
 322     // rename an entry
 323   virtual bool RenameEntry(const wxString& oldName,
 324                            const wxString& newName) = 0;
 325     // rename a group
 326   virtual bool RenameGroup(const wxString& oldName,
 327                            const wxString& newName) = 0;
 328
 329   // delete entries/groups
 330     // deletes the specified entry and the group it belongs to if
 331     // it was the last key in it and the second parameter is true
 332   virtual bool DeleteEntry(const wxString& key,
 333                            bool bDeleteGroupIfEmpty = true) = 0;
 334     // delete the group (with all subgroups)
 335   virtual bool DeleteGroup(const wxString& key) = 0;
 336     // delete the whole underlying object (disk file, registry key, ...)
 337     // primarily for use by uninstallation routine.
 338   virtual bool DeleteAll() = 0;
 339
 340   // options
 341     // we can automatically expand environment variables in the config entries
 342     // (this option is on by default, you can turn it on/off at any time)
 343   bool IsExpandingEnvVars() const { return m_bExpandEnvVars; }
 344   void SetExpandEnvVars(bool bDoIt = true) { m_bExpandEnvVars = bDoIt; }
 345     // recording of default values
 346   void SetRecordDefaults(bool bDoIt = true) { m_bRecordDefaults = bDoIt; }
 347   bool IsRecordingDefaults() const { return m_bRecordDefaults; }
 348   // does expansion only if needed
 349   wxString ExpandEnvVars(const wxString& str) const;
 350
 351     // misc accessors
 352   wxString GetAppName() const { return m_appName; }
 353   wxString GetVendorName() const { return m_vendorName; }
 354
 355   // Used wxIniConfig to set members in constructor
 356   void SetAppName(const wxString& appName) { m_appName = appName; }
 357   void SetVendorName(const wxString& vendorName) { m_vendorName = vendorName; }
 358
 359   void SetStyle(long style) { m_style = style; }
 360   long GetStyle() const { return m_style; }
 361
 362 protected:
 363   static bool IsImmutable(const wxString& key)
 364     { return !key.IsEmpty() && key[0] == wxCONFIG_IMMUTABLE_PREFIX; }
 365
 366   // return the path without trailing separator, if any: this should be called
 367   // to sanitize paths referring to the group names before passing them to
 368   // wxConfigPathChanger as "/foo/bar/" should be the same as "/foo/bar" and it
 369   // isn't interpreted in the same way by it (and this can't be changed there
 370   // as it's not the same for the entries names)
 371   static wxString RemoveTrailingSeparator(const wxString& key);
 372
 373   // do read/write the values of different types
 374   virtual bool DoReadString(const wxString& key, wxString *pStr) const = 0;
 375   virtual bool DoReadLong(const wxString& key, long *pl) const = 0;
 376   virtual bool DoReadDouble(const wxString& key, double* val) const;
 377   virtual bool DoReadBool(const wxString& key, bool* val) const;
 378 #if wxUSE_BASE64
 379   virtual bool DoReadBinary(const wxString& key, wxMemoryBuffer* buf) const = 0;
 380 #endif // wxUSE_BASE64
 381
 382   virtual bool DoWriteString(const wxString& key, const wxString& value) = 0;
 383   virtual bool DoWriteLong(const wxString& key, long value) = 0;
 384   virtual bool DoWriteDouble(const wxString& key, double value);
 385   virtual bool DoWriteBool(const wxString& key, bool value);
 386 #if wxUSE_BASE64
 387   virtual bool DoWriteBinary(const wxString& key, const wxMemoryBuffer& buf) = 0;
 388 #endif // wxUSE_BASE64
 389
 390 private:
 391   // are we doing automatic environment variable expansion?
 392   bool m_bExpandEnvVars;
 393   // do we record default values?
 394   bool m_bRecordDefaults;
 395
 396   // static variables
 397   static wxConfigBase *ms_pConfig;
 398   static bool          ms_bAutoCreate;
 399
 400   // Application name and organisation name
 401   wxString          m_appName;
 402   wxString          m_vendorName;
 403
 404   // Style flag
 405   long              m_style;
 406
 407   DECLARE_ABSTRACT_CLASS(wxConfigBase)
 408 };
 409
 410 // a handy little class which changes current path to the path of given entry
 411 // and restores it in dtor: so if you declare a local variable of this type,
 412 // you work in the entry directory and the path is automatically restored
 413 // when the function returns
 414 // Taken out of wxConfig since not all compilers can cope with nested classes.
 415 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxConfigPathChanger
 416 {
 417 public:
 418   // ctor/dtor do path changing/restoring of the path
 419   wxConfigPathChanger(const wxConfigBase *pContainer, const wxString& strEntry);
 420  ~wxConfigPathChanger();
 421
 422   // get the key name
 423   const wxString& Name() const { return m_strName; }
 424
 425   // this method must be called if the original path (i.e. the current path at
 426   // the moment of creation of this object) could have been deleted to prevent
 427   // us from restoring the not existing (any more) path
 428   //
 429   // if the original path doesn't exist any more, the path will be restored to
 430   // the deepest still existing component of the old path
 431   void UpdateIfDeleted();
 432
 433 private:
 434   wxConfigBase *m_pContainer;   // object we live in
 435   wxString      m_strName,      // name of entry (i.e. name only)
 436                 m_strOldPath;   // saved path
 437   bool          m_bChanged;     // was the path changed?
 438
 439   wxDECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxConfigPathChanger);
 440 };
 441
 442
 443 #endif // wxUSE_CONFIG
 444
 445 /*
 446   Replace environment variables ($SOMETHING) with their values. The format is
 447   $VARNAME or ${VARNAME} where VARNAME contains alphanumeric characters and
 448   '_' only. '$' must be escaped ('\$') in order to be taken literally.
 449 */
 450
 451 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxExpandEnvVars(const wxString &sz);
 452
 453 /*
 454   Split path into parts removing '..' in progress
 455  */
 456 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxSplitPath(wxArrayString& aParts, const wxString& path);
 457
 458 #endif // _WX_CONFBASE_H_
 459