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