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1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: stream.h
3 // Purpose: interface of wxStreamBase and its derived classes
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
5 // RCS-ID: $Id$
6 // Licence: wxWindows licence
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
9
10 /**
11 These enumeration values are returned by various functions in the context
12 of wxStream classes.
13 */
14 enum wxStreamError
15 {
16 wxSTREAM_NO_ERROR = 0, //!< No error occurred.
17 wxSTREAM_EOF, //!< EOF reached in Read() or similar.
18 wxSTREAM_WRITE_ERROR, //!< generic write error on the last write call.
19 wxSTREAM_READ_ERROR //!< generic read error on the last read call.
20 };
21
22 /**
23 @class wxStreamBase
24
25 This class is the base class of most stream related classes in wxWidgets.
26 It must not be used directly.
27
28 @library{wxbase}
29 @category{streams}
30
31 @see wxStreamBuffer
32 */
33 class wxStreamBase
34 {
35 public:
36 /**
37 Creates a dummy stream object. It doesn't do anything.
38 */
39 wxStreamBase();
40
41 /**
42 Destructor.
43 */
44 virtual ~wxStreamBase();
45
46 /**
47 This function returns the last error.
48 */
49 wxStreamError GetLastError() const;
50
51 /**
52 Returns the length of the stream in bytes. If the length cannot be
53 determined (this is always the case for socket streams for example),
54 returns ::wxInvalidOffset.
55
56 @since 2.5.4
57 */
58 virtual wxFileOffset GetLength() const;
59
60 /**
61 This function returns the size of the stream.
62 For example, for a file it is the size of the file.
63
64 @warning
65 There are streams which do not have size by definition, such as socket
66 streams. In that cases, GetSize() returns 0 so you should always test its
67 return value.
68 */
69 virtual size_t GetSize() const;
70
71 /**
72 Returns @true if no error occurred on the stream.
73
74 @see GetLastError()
75 */
76 virtual bool IsOk() const;
77
78 /**
79 Returns @true if the stream supports seeking to arbitrary offsets.
80 */
81 virtual bool IsSeekable() const;
82
83 /**
84 Resets the stream state.
85
86 By default, resets the stream to good state, i.e. clears any errors.
87 Since wxWidgets 2.9.3 can be also used to explicitly set the state to
88 the specified error (the @a error argument didn't exist in the previous
89 versions).
90
91 @see GetLastError()
92 */
93 void Reset(wxStreamError error = wxSTREAM_NO_ERROR);
94
95 /**
96 Returns the opposite of IsOk().
97 You can use this function to test the validity of the stream as if
98 it was a pointer:
99
100 @code
101 bool DoSomething(wxInputStream& stream)
102 {
103 wxInt32 data;
104 if (!stream.Read(&data, 4))
105 return false;
106 ...
107 }
108 @endcode
109 */
110 bool operator!() const;
111
112 protected:
113
114 /**
115 Internal function.
116 It is called when the stream needs to change the current position.
117
118 @param pos
119 Offset to seek to.
120 @param mode
121 One of the ::wxSeekMode enumeration values.
122
123 @return The new stream position or ::wxInvalidOffset on error.
124 */
125 virtual wxFileOffset OnSysSeek(wxFileOffset pos, wxSeekMode mode);
126
127 /**
128 Internal function.
129 It is called when the stream needs to know the real position.
130
131 @return The current stream position.
132 */
133 virtual wxFileOffset OnSysTell() const;
134 };
135
136 /**
137 @class wxStreamBuffer
138
139 wxStreamBuffer is a cache manager for wxStreamBase: it manages a stream buffer
140 linked to a stream.
141
142 Each stream always has one autoinitialized stream buffer, but you may
143 attach more of them to the same stream.
144
145 @library{wxbase}
146 @category{streams}
147
148 @see wxStreamBase, @ref overview_stream
149 */
150 class wxStreamBuffer
151 {
152 public:
153 /** BufMode flags */
154 enum BufMode
155 {
156 read,
157 write,
158 read_write
159 };
160
161 /**
162 Constructor, creates a new stream buffer using @a stream as a parent stream
163 and mode as the IO mode.
164
165 @param stream
166 The parent stream.
167 @param mode
168 Can be: wxStreamBuffer::read, wxStreamBuffer::write, wxStreamBuffer::read_write.
169
170 One stream can have many stream buffers but only one is used internally
171 to pass IO call (e.g. wxInputStream::Read() -> wxStreamBuffer::Read()),
172 but you can call directly wxStreamBuffer::Read without any problems.
173 Note that all errors and messages linked to the stream are stored in the
174 stream, not the stream buffers:
175
176 @code
177 streambuffer.Read(...);
178 streambuffer2.Read(...);
179 // This call erases previous error messages set by 'streambuffer'
180 // assuming that both instances are stream buffers for the same stream
181 @endcode
182
183 @see SetBufferIO()
184 */
185 wxStreamBuffer(wxStreamBase& stream, BufMode mode);
186
187 /**
188 Constructor for an input buffer of the specified size.
189
190 Using it is equivalent to using the constructor above with read mode
191 and calling SetBufferIO() but is more convenient.
192
193 @since 2.9.0
194
195 @param bufsize
196 The size of buffer in bytes.
197 @param stream
198 The associated input stream, the buffer will be used in read mode.
199 */
200 wxStreamBuffer(size_t bufsize, wxInputStream& stream);
201
202 /**
203 Constructor for an output buffer of the specified size.
204
205 Using it is equivalent to using the constructor above with write mode
206 and calling SetBufferIO() but is more convenient.
207
208 @since 2.9.0
209
210 @param bufsize
211 The size of buffer in bytes.
212 @param stream
213 The associated output stream, the buffer will be used in write mode.
214 */
215 wxStreamBuffer(size_t bufsize, wxOutputStream& stream);
216
217 /**
218 Constructor; creates a new empty stream buffer which won't flush any data
219 to a stream. mode specifies the type of the buffer (read, write, read_write).
220
221 This stream buffer has the advantage to be stream independent and to work
222 only on memory buffers but it is still compatible with the rest of the
223 wxStream classes. You can write, read to this special stream and it will
224 grow (if it is allowed by the user) its internal buffer.
225 Briefly, it has all functionality of a "normal" stream.
226
227 @warning
228 The "read_write" mode doesn't currently work for standalone stream buffers.
229
230 @see SetBufferIO()
231 */
232 wxStreamBuffer(BufMode mode);
233
234 /**
235 Copy constructor.
236
237 This method initializes the stream buffer with the data of the specified
238 stream buffer. The new stream buffer has the same attributes, size, position
239 and they share the same buffer. This will cause problems if the stream to
240 which the stream buffer belong is destroyed and the newly cloned stream
241 buffer continues to be used, trying to call functions in the (destroyed)
242 stream. It is advised to use this feature only in very local area of the
243 program.
244 */
245 wxStreamBuffer(const wxStreamBuffer& buffer);
246
247 /**
248 Destructor.
249 It finalizes all IO calls and frees all internal buffers if necessary.
250 */
251 ~wxStreamBuffer();
252
253 /**
254 Fill the IO buffer.
255 */
256 bool FillBuffer();
257
258 /**
259 Toggles the fixed flag. Usually this flag is toggled at the same time as
260 @e flushable. This flag allows (when it has the @false value) or forbids
261 (when it has the @true value) the stream buffer to resize dynamically the
262 IO buffer.
263
264 @see SetBufferIO()
265 */
266 void Fixed(bool fixed);
267
268 /**
269 Flushes the IO buffer.
270 */
271 bool FlushBuffer();
272
273 /**
274 Toggles the flushable flag.
275 If @a flushable is disabled, no data are sent to the parent stream.
276 */
277 void Flushable(bool flushable);
278
279 /**
280 Returns a pointer on the end of the stream buffer.
281 */
282 void* GetBufferEnd() const;
283
284 /**
285 Returns a pointer on the current position of the stream buffer.
286 */
287 void* GetBufferPos() const;
288
289 /**
290 Returns the size of the buffer.
291 */
292 size_t GetBufferSize() const;
293
294 /**
295 Returns a pointer on the start of the stream buffer.
296 */
297 void* GetBufferStart() const;
298
299 /**
300 Gets a single char from the stream buffer. It acts like the Read() call.
301
302 @warning
303 You aren't directly notified if an error occurred during the IO call.
304
305 @see Read()
306 */
307 virtual char GetChar();
308
309 /**
310 Returns the amount of available data in the buffer.
311 */
312 size_t GetDataLeft();
313
314 /**
315 Returns the current position (counted in bytes) in the stream buffer.
316 */
317 size_t GetIntPosition() const;
318
319 /**
320 Returns the amount of bytes read during the last IO call to the parent stream.
321 */
322 size_t GetLastAccess() const;
323
324 /**
325 Puts a single char to the stream buffer.
326
327 @warning
328 You aren't directly notified if an error occurred during the IO call.
329
330 @see Read()
331 */
332 virtual void PutChar(char c);
333
334 /**
335 Reads a block of the specified size and stores the data in buffer.
336 This function tries to read from the buffer first and if more data has
337 been requested, reads more data from the associated stream and updates
338 the buffer accordingly until all requested data is read.
339
340 @return It returns the size of the data read. If the returned size is
341 different of the specified size, an error has occurred and
342 should be tested using GetLastError().
343 */
344 virtual size_t Read(void* buffer, size_t size);
345
346 /**
347 Copies data to @a buffer.
348 The function returns when @a buffer is full or when there isn't
349 any more data in the current buffer.
350
351 @see Write()
352 */
353 size_t Read(wxStreamBuffer* buffer);
354
355 /**
356 Resets to the initial state variables concerning the buffer.
357 */
358 void ResetBuffer();
359
360 /**
361 Changes the current position.
362 Parameter @a mode may be one of the following:
363
364 - @b wxFromStart: The position is counted from the start of the stream.
365 - @b wxFromCurrent: The position is counted from the current position of the stream.
366 - @b wxFromEnd: The position is counted from the end of the stream.
367
368 @return Upon successful completion, it returns the new offset as
369 measured in bytes from the beginning of the stream.
370 Otherwise, it returns ::wxInvalidOffset.
371 */
372 virtual wxFileOffset Seek(wxFileOffset pos, wxSeekMode mode);
373
374 /**
375 Specifies which pointers to use for stream buffering.
376 You need to pass a pointer on the start of the buffer end and another
377 on the end. The object will use this buffer to cache stream data.
378 It may be used also as a source/destination buffer when you create an
379 empty stream buffer (See wxStreamBuffer::wxStreamBuffer).
380
381 @remarks
382 When you use this function, you will have to destroy the IO buffers
383 yourself after the stream buffer is destroyed or don't use it anymore.
384 In the case you use it with an empty buffer, the stream buffer will not
385 resize it when it is full.
386
387 @see wxStreamBuffer(), Fixed(), Flushable()
388 */
389 void SetBufferIO(void* start, void* end, bool takeOwnership = false);
390
391 /**
392 Destroys or invalidates the previous IO buffer and allocates a new one of the
393 specified size.
394
395 @warning
396 All previous pointers aren't valid anymore.
397
398 @remarks
399 The created IO buffer is growable by the object.
400
401 @see Fixed(), Flushable()
402 */
403 void SetBufferIO(size_t bufsize);
404
405 /**
406 Sets the current position (in bytes) in the stream buffer.
407
408 @warning
409 Since it is a very low-level function, there is no check on the position:
410 specifying an invalid position can induce unexpected results.
411 */
412 void SetIntPosition(size_t pos);
413
414 /**
415 Returns the parent stream of the stream buffer.
416 @deprecated use GetStream() instead
417 */
418 wxStreamBase* Stream();
419
420 /**
421 Gets the current position in the stream. This position is calculated from
422 the @e real position in the stream and from the internal buffer position: so
423 it gives you the position in the @e real stream counted from the start of
424 the stream.
425
426 @return Returns the current position in the stream if possible,
427 ::wxInvalidOffset in the other case.
428 */
429 virtual wxFileOffset Tell() const;
430
431 /**
432 Truncates the buffer to the current position.
433
434 @note Truncate() cannot be used to enlarge the buffer. This is
435 usually not needed since the buffer expands automatically.
436 */
437 void Truncate();
438
439 /**
440 Writes a block of the specified size using data of buffer.
441 The data are cached in a buffer before being sent in one block to the stream.
442 */
443 virtual size_t Write(const void* buffer, size_t size);
444
445 /**
446 See Read().
447 */
448 size_t Write(wxStreamBuffer* buffer);
449 };
450
451
452
453 /**
454 @class wxOutputStream
455
456 wxOutputStream is an abstract base class which may not be used directly.
457 It is the base class of all streams which provide a Write() function,
458 i.e. which can be used to output data (e.g. to a file, to a socket, etc).
459
460 If you want to create your own output stream, you'll need to derive from this
461 class and implement the protected OnSysWrite() function only.
462
463 @library{wxbase}
464 @category{streams}
465 */
466 class wxOutputStream : public wxStreamBase
467 {
468 public:
469 /**
470 Creates a dummy wxOutputStream object.
471 */
472 wxOutputStream();
473
474 /**
475 Destructor.
476 */
477 virtual ~wxOutputStream();
478
479 /**
480 Closes the stream, returning @false if an error occurs.
481 The stream is closed implicitly in the destructor if Close() is not
482 called explicitly.
483
484 If this stream wraps another stream or some other resource such
485 as a file, then the underlying resource is closed too if it is owned
486 by this stream, or left open otherwise.
487 */
488 virtual bool Close();
489
490 /**
491 Returns the number of bytes written during the last Write().
492 It may return 0 even if there is no error on the stream if it is
493 only temporarily impossible to write to it.
494 */
495 virtual size_t LastWrite() const;
496
497 /**
498 Puts the specified character in the output queue and increments the
499 stream position.
500 */
501 void PutC(char c);
502
503 /**
504 Changes the stream current position.
505
506 @param pos
507 Offset to seek to.
508 @param mode
509 One of wxFromStart, wxFromEnd, wxFromCurrent.
510
511 @return The new stream position or ::wxInvalidOffset on error.
512 */
513 virtual wxFileOffset SeekO(wxFileOffset pos, wxSeekMode mode = wxFromStart);
514
515 /**
516 Returns the current stream position.
517 */
518 virtual wxFileOffset TellO() const;
519
520 /**
521 Writes up to the specified amount of bytes using the data of buffer.
522 Note that not all data can always be written so you must check the number
523 of bytes really written to the stream using LastWrite() when this function
524 returns.
525
526 In some cases (for example a write end of a pipe which is currently full)
527 it is even possible that there is no errors and zero bytes have been written.
528 This function returns a reference on the current object, so the user can
529 test any states of the stream right away.
530 */
531 virtual wxOutputStream& Write(const void* buffer, size_t size);
532
533 /**
534 Reads data from the specified input stream and stores them
535 in the current stream. The data is read until an error is raised
536 by one of the two streams.
537 */
538 wxOutputStream& Write(wxInputStream& stream_in);
539
540 /**
541 Writes exactly the specified number of bytes from the buffer.
542
543 Returns @true if exactly @a size bytes were written. Otherwise, returns
544 @false and LastWrite() should be used to retrieve the exact amount of
545 the data written if necessary.
546
547 This method uses repeated calls to Write() (which may return writing
548 only part of the data) if necessary.
549
550 @since 2.9.5
551 */
552 bool WriteAll(const void* buffer, size_t size);
553
554 protected:
555 /**
556 Internal function. It is called when the stream wants to write data of the
557 specified size @a bufsize into the given @a buffer.
558
559 It should return the size that was actually wrote (which maybe zero if
560 @a bufsize is zero or if an error occurred; in this last case the internal
561 variable @c m_lasterror should be appropriately set).
562 */
563 size_t OnSysWrite(const void* buffer, size_t bufsize);
564 };
565
566
567 /**
568 @class wxInputStream
569
570 wxInputStream is an abstract base class which may not be used directly.
571 It is the base class of all streams which provide a Read() function,
572 i.e. which can be used to read data from a source (e.g. a file, a socket, etc).
573
574 If you want to create your own input stream, you'll need to derive from this
575 class and implement the protected OnSysRead() function only.
576
577 @library{wxbase}
578 @category{streams}
579 */
580 class wxInputStream : public wxStreamBase
581 {
582 public:
583 /**
584 Creates a dummy input stream.
585 */
586 wxInputStream();
587
588 /**
589 Destructor.
590 */
591 virtual ~wxInputStream();
592
593 /**
594 Returns @true if some data is available in the stream right now, so that
595 calling Read() wouldn't block.
596 */
597 virtual bool CanRead() const;
598
599 /**
600 Returns @true after an attempt has been made to read past the end of the
601 stream.
602 */
603 virtual bool Eof() const;
604
605 /**
606 Returns the first character in the input queue and removes it,
607 blocking until it appears if necessary.
608
609 On success returns a value between 0 - 255; on end of file returns @c wxEOF.
610 */
611 int GetC();
612
613 /**
614 Returns the last number of bytes read.
615 */
616 virtual size_t LastRead() const;
617
618 /**
619 Returns the first character in the input queue without removing it.
620 */
621 virtual char Peek();
622
623 /**
624 Reads the specified amount of bytes and stores the data in buffer.
625 To check if the call was successful you must use LastRead() to check
626 if this call did actually read @a size bytes (if it didn't, GetLastError()
627 should return a meaningful value).
628
629 @warning
630 The buffer absolutely needs to have at least the specified size.
631
632 @return This function returns a reference on the current object, so the
633 user can test any states of the stream right away.
634 */
635 virtual wxInputStream& Read(void* buffer, size_t size);
636
637 /**
638 Reads data from the input queue and stores it in the specified output stream.
639 The data is read until an error is raised by one of the two streams.
640
641 @return This function returns a reference on the current object, so the
642 user can test any states of the stream right away.
643 */
644 wxInputStream& Read(wxOutputStream& stream_out);
645
646 /**
647 Reads exactly the specified number of bytes into the buffer.
648
649 Returns @true only if the entire amount of data was read, otherwise
650 @false is returned and the number of bytes really read can be retrieved
651 using LastRead(), as with Read().
652
653 This method uses repeated calls to Read() (which may return after
654 reading less than the requested number of bytes) if necessary.
655
656 @warning
657 The buffer absolutely needs to have at least the specified size.
658
659 @since 2.9.5
660 */
661 bool ReadAll(void* buffer, size_t size);
662
663 /**
664 Changes the stream current position.
665
666 This operation in general is possible only for seekable streams
667 (see wxStreamBase::IsSeekable()); non-seekable streams support only
668 seeking positive amounts in mode @c wxFromCurrent (this is implemented
669 by reading data and simply discarding it).
670
671 @param pos
672 Offset to seek to.
673 @param mode
674 One of wxFromStart, wxFromEnd, wxFromCurrent.
675
676 @return The new stream position or ::wxInvalidOffset on error.
677 */
678 virtual wxFileOffset SeekI(wxFileOffset pos, wxSeekMode mode = wxFromStart);
679
680 /**
681 Returns the current stream position or ::wxInvalidOffset if it's not
682 available (e.g. socket streams do not have a size nor a current stream
683 position).
684 */
685 virtual wxFileOffset TellI() const;
686
687 /**
688 This function is only useful in read mode.
689 It is the manager of the "Write-Back" buffer. This buffer acts like a
690 temporary buffer where data which has to be read during the next read IO
691 call are put. This is useful when you get a big block of data which you
692 didn't want to read: you can replace them at the top of the input queue
693 by this way.
694
695 Be very careful about this call in connection with calling SeekI() on
696 the same stream. Any call to SeekI() will invalidate any previous call
697 to this method (otherwise you could SeekI() to one position, "unread" a
698 few bytes there, SeekI() to another position and data would be either
699 lost or corrupted).
700
701 @return Returns the amount of bytes saved in the Write-Back buffer.
702 */
703 size_t Ungetch(const void* buffer, size_t size);
704
705 /**
706 This function acts like the previous one except that it takes only one
707 character: it is sometimes shorter to use than the generic function.
708 */
709 bool Ungetch(char c);
710
711 protected:
712
713 /**
714 Internal function. It is called when the stream wants to read data of the
715 specified size @a bufsize and wants it to be placed inside @a buffer.
716
717 It should return the size that was actually read or zero if EOF has been
718 reached or an error occurred (in this last case the internal @c m_lasterror
719 variable should be set accordingly as well).
720 */
721 size_t OnSysRead(void* buffer, size_t bufsize) = 0;
722 };
723
724
725
726
727 /**
728 @class wxCountingOutputStream
729
730 wxCountingOutputStream is a specialized output stream which does not write any
731 data anywhere, instead it counts how many bytes would get written if this were a
732 normal stream. This can sometimes be useful or required if some data gets
733 serialized to a stream or compressed by using stream compression and thus the
734 final size of the stream cannot be known other than pretending to write the stream.
735 One case where the resulting size would have to be known is if the data has
736 to be written to a piece of memory and the memory has to be allocated before
737 writing to it (which is probably always the case when writing to a memory stream).
738
739 @library{wxbase}
740 @category{streams}
741 */
742 class wxCountingOutputStream : public wxOutputStream
743 {
744 public:
745 /**
746 Creates a wxCountingOutputStream object.
747 */
748 wxCountingOutputStream();
749
750 /**
751 Destructor.
752 */
753 virtual ~wxCountingOutputStream();
754
755 /**
756 Returns the current length of the stream.
757
758 This is the amount of data written to the stream so far, in bytes.
759 */
760 virtual wxFileOffset GetLength() const;
761 };
762
763
764 /**
765 @class wxBufferedInputStream
766
767 This stream acts as a cache. It caches the bytes read from the specified
768 input stream (see wxFilterInputStream).
769 It uses wxStreamBuffer and sets the default in-buffer size to 1024 bytes.
770 This class may not be used without some other stream to read the data
771 from (such as a file stream or a memory stream).
772
773 @library{wxbase}
774 @category{streams}
775
776 @see wxStreamBuffer, wxInputStream, wxBufferedOutputStream
777 */
778 class wxBufferedInputStream : public wxFilterInputStream
779 {
780 public:
781 /**
782 Constructor using the provided buffer or default.
783
784 @param stream
785 The associated low-level stream.
786 @param buffer
787 The buffer to use if non-@NULL. Notice that the ownership of this
788 buffer is taken by the stream, i.e. it will delete it. If this
789 parameter is @NULL a default 1KB buffer is used.
790 */
791 wxBufferedInputStream(wxInputStream& stream,
792 wxStreamBuffer *buffer = NULL);
793
794 /**
795 Constructor allowing to specify the size of the buffer.
796
797 This is just a more convenient alternative to creating a wxStreamBuffer
798 of the given size and using the other overloaded constructor of this
799 class.
800
801 @param stream
802 The associated low-level stream.
803 @param bufsize
804 The size of the buffer, in bytes.
805
806 @since 2.9.0
807 */
808 wxBufferedInputStream(wxInputStream& stream, size_t bufsize);
809
810 /**
811 Destructor.
812 */
813 virtual ~wxBufferedInputStream();
814 };
815
816
817
818
819 /**
820 Enumeration values used by wxFilterClassFactory.
821 */
822 enum wxStreamProtocolType
823 {
824 wxSTREAM_PROTOCOL, //!< wxFileSystem protocol (should be only one).
825 wxSTREAM_MIMETYPE, //!< MIME types the stream handles.
826 wxSTREAM_ENCODING, //!< The HTTP Content-Encodings the stream handles.
827 wxSTREAM_FILEEXT //!< File extensions the stream handles.
828 };
829
830 /**
831 @class wxFilterClassFactory
832
833 Allows the creation of filter streams to handle compression formats such
834 as gzip and bzip2.
835
836 For example, given a filename you can search for a factory that will
837 handle it and create a stream to decompress it:
838
839 @code
840 factory = wxFilterClassFactory::Find(filename, wxSTREAM_FILEEXT);
841 if (factory)
842 stream = factory->NewStream(new wxFFileInputStream(filename));
843 @endcode
844
845 wxFilterClassFactory::Find can also search for a factory by MIME type,
846 HTTP encoding or by wxFileSystem protocol.
847 The available factories can be enumerated using wxFilterClassFactory::GetFirst()
848 and wxFilterClassFactory::GetNext().
849
850 @library{wxbase}
851 @category{streams}
852
853 @see wxFilterInputStream, wxFilterOutputStream, wxArchiveClassFactory,
854 @ref overview_archive
855 */
856 class wxFilterClassFactory : public wxObject
857 {
858 public:
859 /**
860 Returns @true if this factory can handle the given protocol, MIME type, HTTP
861 encoding or file extension.
862
863 When using @c wxSTREAM_FILEEXT for the second parameter, the first parameter
864 can be a complete filename rather than just an extension.
865 */
866 bool CanHandle(const wxString& protocol,
867 wxStreamProtocolType type = wxSTREAM_PROTOCOL) const;
868
869 /**
870 A static member that finds a factory that can handle a given protocol, MIME
871 type, HTTP encoding or file extension. Returns a pointer to the class
872 factory if found, or @NULL otherwise.
873 It does not give away ownership of the factory.
874
875 When using @c wxSTREAM_FILEEXT for the second parameter, the first parameter
876 can be a complete filename rather than just an extension.
877 */
878 static const wxFilterClassFactory* Find(const wxString& protocol,
879 wxStreamProtocolType type = wxSTREAM_PROTOCOL);
880
881 //@{
882 /**
883 GetFirst and GetNext can be used to enumerate the available factories.
884 For example, to list them:
885
886 @code
887 wxString list;
888 const wxFilterClassFactory *factory = wxFilterClassFactory::GetFirst();
889
890 while (factory) {
891 list << factory->GetProtocol() << wxT("\n");
892 factory = factory->GetNext();
893 }
894 @endcode
895
896 GetFirst()/GetNext() return a pointer to a factory or @NULL if no more
897 are available. They do not give away ownership of the factory.
898 */
899 static const wxFilterClassFactory* GetFirst();
900 const wxFilterClassFactory* GetNext() const;
901 //@}
902
903 /**
904 Returns the wxFileSystem protocol supported by this factory.
905 Equivalent to @code wxString(*GetProtocols()) @endcode.
906 */
907 wxString GetProtocol() const;
908
909 /**
910 Returns the protocols, MIME types, HTTP encodings or file extensions
911 supported by this factory, as an array of null terminated strings.
912 It does not give away ownership of the array or strings.
913
914 For example, to list the file extensions a factory supports:
915
916 @code
917 wxString list;
918 const wxChar *const *p;
919
920 for (p = factory->GetProtocols(wxSTREAM_FILEEXT); *p; p++)
921 list << *p << wxT("\n");
922 @endcode
923 */
924 virtual const wxChar * const* GetProtocols(wxStreamProtocolType type = wxSTREAM_PROTOCOL) const = 0;
925
926 //@{
927 /**
928 Create a new input or output stream to decompress or compress a given stream.
929
930 If the parent stream is passed as a pointer then the new filter stream
931 takes ownership of it. If it is passed by reference then it does not.
932 */
933 virtual wxFilterInputStream* NewStream(wxInputStream& stream) const = 0;
934 virtual wxFilterOutputStream* NewStream(wxOutputStream& stream) const = 0;
935 virtual wxFilterInputStream* NewStream(wxInputStream* stream) const = 0;
936 virtual wxFilterOutputStream* NewStream(wxOutputStream* stream) const = 0;
937 //@}
938
939 /**
940 Remove the file extension of @a location if it is one of the file
941 extensions handled by this factory.
942 */
943 wxString PopExtension(const wxString& location) const;
944
945 /**
946 Adds this class factory to the list returned by GetFirst()/GetNext().
947
948 It is not necessary to do this to use the filter streams. It is usually
949 used when implementing streams, typically the implementation will
950 add a static instance of its factory class.
951
952 It can also be used to change the order of a factory already in the list,
953 bringing it to the front. This isn't a thread safe operation so can't be
954 done when other threads are running that will be using the list.
955
956 The list does not take ownership of the factory.
957 */
958 void PushFront();
959
960 /**
961 Removes this class factory from the list returned by GetFirst()/GetNext().
962 Removing from the list isn't a thread safe operation so can't be done
963 when other threads are running that will be using the list.
964
965 The list does not own the factories, so removing a factory does not delete it.
966 */
967 void Remove();
968 };
969
970
971
972 /**
973 @class wxFilterOutputStream
974
975 A filter stream has the capability of a normal stream but it can be placed
976 on top of another stream. So, for example, it can compress, encrypt the data
977 which are passed to it and write them to another stream.
978
979 @note
980 The use of this class is exactly the same as of wxOutputStream.
981 Only a constructor differs and it is documented below.
982
983 @library{wxbase}
984 @category{streams}
985
986 @see wxFilterClassFactory, wxFilterInputStream
987 */
988 class wxFilterOutputStream : public wxOutputStream
989 {
990 public:
991 //@{
992 /**
993 Initializes a "filter" stream.
994
995 If the parent stream is passed as a pointer then the new filter stream
996 takes ownership of it. If it is passed by reference then it does not.
997 */
998 wxFilterOutputStream(wxOutputStream& stream);
999 wxFilterOutputStream(wxOutputStream* stream);
1000 //@}
1001 };
1002
1003
1004
1005 /**
1006 @class wxFilterInputStream
1007
1008 A filter stream has the capability of a normal stream but it can be placed on
1009 top of another stream. So, for example, it can uncompress or decrypt the data which
1010 are read from another stream and pass it to the requester.
1011
1012 @note
1013 The interface of this class is the same as that of wxInputStream.
1014 Only a constructor differs and it is documented below.
1015
1016 @library{wxbase}
1017 @category{streams}
1018
1019 @see wxFilterClassFactory, wxFilterOutputStream
1020 */
1021 class wxFilterInputStream : public wxInputStream
1022 {
1023 public:
1024 //@{
1025 /**
1026 Initializes a "filter" stream.
1027
1028 If the parent stream is passed as a pointer then the new filter stream
1029 takes ownership of it. If it is passed by reference then it does not.
1030 */
1031 wxFilterInputStream(wxInputStream& stream);
1032 wxFilterInputStream(wxInputStream* stream);
1033 //@}
1034 };
1035
1036
1037
1038 /**
1039 @class wxBufferedOutputStream
1040
1041 This stream acts as a cache. It caches the bytes to be written to the specified
1042 output stream (See wxFilterOutputStream). The data is only written when the
1043 cache is full, when the buffered stream is destroyed or when calling SeekO().
1044
1045 This class may not be used without some other stream to write the data
1046 to (such as a file stream or a memory stream).
1047
1048 @library{wxbase}
1049 @category{streams}
1050
1051 @see wxStreamBuffer, wxOutputStream
1052 */
1053 class wxBufferedOutputStream : public wxFilterOutputStream
1054 {
1055 public:
1056 /**
1057 Constructor using the provided buffer or default.
1058
1059 @param stream
1060 The associated low-level stream.
1061 @param buffer
1062 The buffer to use if non-@NULL. Notice that the ownership of this
1063 buffer is taken by the stream, i.e. it will delete it. If this
1064 parameter is @NULL a default 1KB buffer is used.
1065 */
1066 wxBufferedOutputStream(wxOutputStream& stream,
1067 wxStreamBuffer *buffer = NULL);
1068
1069 /**
1070 Constructor allowing to specify the size of the buffer.
1071
1072 This is just a more convenient alternative to creating a wxStreamBuffer
1073 of the given size and using the other overloaded constructor of this
1074 class.
1075
1076 @param stream
1077 The associated low-level stream.
1078 @param bufsize
1079 The size of the buffer, in bytes.
1080
1081 @since 2.9.0
1082 */
1083 wxBufferedOutputStream(wxOutputStream& stream, size_t bufsize);
1084
1085 /**
1086 Destructor. Calls Sync() and destroys the internal buffer.
1087 */
1088 virtual ~wxBufferedOutputStream();
1089
1090 /**
1091 Calls Sync() and changes the stream position.
1092 */
1093 virtual wxFileOffset SeekO(wxFileOffset pos, wxSeekMode mode = wxFromStart);
1094
1095 /**
1096 Flushes the buffer and calls Sync() on the parent stream.
1097 */
1098 virtual void Sync();
1099 };
1100
1101
1102 /**
1103 @class wxWrapperInputStream
1104
1105 A wrapper input stream is a kind of filter stream which forwards all the
1106 operations to its base stream. This is useful to build utility classes such
1107 as wxFSInputStream.
1108
1109 @note
1110 The interface of this class is the same as that of wxInputStream.
1111 Only a constructor differs and it is documented below.
1112
1113 @library{wxbase}
1114 @category{streams}
1115
1116 @see wxFSInputStream, wxFilterInputStream
1117 @since 2.9.4
1118 */
1119 class wxWrapperInputStream : public wxFilterInputStream
1120 {
1121 public:
1122 //@{
1123 /**
1124 Initializes a wrapper stream.
1125
1126 If the parent stream is passed as a pointer then the new wrapper stream
1127 takes ownership of it. If it is passed by reference then it does not.
1128 */
1129 wxWrapperInputStream(wxInputStream& stream);
1130 wxWrapperInputStream(wxInputStream* stream);
1131 //@}
1132
1133 protected:
1134 /**
1135 Default constructor, use InitParentStream() to finish initialization.
1136
1137 This constructor can be used by the derived classes from their own
1138 constructors when the parent stream can't be specified immediately.
1139 The derived class must call InitParentStream() later to do it.
1140 */
1141 wxWrapperInputStream();
1142
1143 //@{
1144 /**
1145 Set up the wrapped stream for an object initialized using the default
1146 constructor.
1147
1148 The ownership logic is the same as for the non-default constructor,
1149 i.e. this object takes ownership of the stream if it's passed by
1150 pointer but not if it's passed by reference.
1151 */
1152 void InitParentStream(wxInputStream& stream);
1153 void InitParentStream(wxInputStream* stream);
1154 //@}
1155 };