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1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: uri.h
3 // Purpose: interface of wxURI
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
5 // RCS-ID: $Id$
6 // Licence: wxWindows licence
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
9 /**
10 Host type of URI returned from wxURI::GetHostType().
11 */
12 enum wxURIHostType
13 {
14 wxURI_REGNAME, ///< Host is a normal register name (@c "www.mysite.com").
15 wxURI_IPV4ADDRESS, ///< Host is a version 4 ip address (@c "192.168.1.100").
16 wxURI_IPV6ADDRESS, ///< Host is a version 6 ip address (@c "[aa:aa:aa:aa::aa:aa]:5050").
17 wxURI_IPVFUTURE ///< Host is a future ip address, wxURI is unsure what kind.
18 };
19
20 /**
21 @class wxURI
22
23 wxURI is used to extract information from a URI (Uniform Resource Identifier).
24
25 For information about URIs, see RFC 3986 (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3986.txt).
26
27 In short, a URL is a URI. In other words, URL is a subset of a URI - all
28 acceptable URLs are also acceptable URIs.
29
30 wxURI automatically escapes invalid characters in a string, so there is no
31 chance of wxURI "failing" on construction/creation.
32
33 wxURI supports copy construction and standard assignment operators. wxURI
34 can also be inherited from to provide furthur functionality.
35
36 To obtain individual components you can use one of the GetXXX() methods.
37 However, you should check HasXXX() before calling a get method, which
38 determines whether or not the component referred to by the method is
39 defined according to RFC 2396. Consider an undefined component equivalent
40 to a @NULL C string.
41
42 Example:
43 @code
44 // protocol will hold the http protocol (i.e. "http")
45 wxString protocol;
46 wxURI myuri("http://mysite.com");
47 if( myuri.HasScheme() )
48 protocol = myuri.GetScheme();
49 @endcode
50
51 @note On URIs with a "file" scheme wxURI does not parse the userinfo,
52 server, or port portion. This is to keep compatability with
53 wxFileSystem, the old wxURL, and older url specifications.
54
55 @library{wxbase}
56 @category{net}
57
58 @see wxURL
59 */
60 class wxURI : public wxObject
61 {
62 public:
63 /**
64 Creates an empty URI.
65 */
66 wxURI();
67
68 /**
69 Constructor for quick creation.
70
71 @param uri
72 URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) to initialize with.
73 */
74 wxURI(const wxString& uri);
75
76 /**
77 Copies this URI from another URI.
78
79 @param uri
80 URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) to initialize with.
81 */
82 wxURI(const wxURI& uri);
83
84 /**
85 Builds the URI from its individual components and adds proper
86 separators.
87
88 If the URI is not a reference or is not resolved, the URI that is
89 returned is the same one passed to the constructor or Create().
90 */
91 wxString BuildURI() const;
92
93 /**
94 Builds the URI from its individual components, adds proper separators,
95 and returns escape sequences to normal characters.
96
97 @note It is preferred to call this over Unescape(BuildURI()) since
98 BuildUnescapedURI() performs some optimizations over the plain
99 method.
100 */
101 wxString BuildUnescapedURI() const;
102
103 /**
104 Creates this URI from the @a uri string.
105
106 Returns @true if this instance was correctly initialized.
107
108 @param uri
109 String to initialize from.
110 */
111 bool Create(const wxString& uri);
112
113 /**
114 Obtains the fragment of this URI.
115
116 The fragment of a URI is the last value of the URI, and is the value
117 after a "#" character after the path of the URI.
118
119 @c "http://mysite.com/mypath#<fragment>"
120 */
121 const wxString& GetFragment() const;
122
123 /**
124 Obtains the host type of this URI, which is one of wxURIHostType.
125 */
126 wxURIHostType GetHostType() const;
127
128 /**
129 Returns the password part of the userinfo component of this URI. Note
130 that this is explicitly depreciated by RFC 1396 and should generally be
131 avoided if possible.
132
133 @c "http://<user>:<password>@mysite.com/mypath"
134 */
135 wxString GetPassword() const;
136
137 /**
138 Returns the (normalized) path of the URI.
139
140 The path component of a URI comes directly after the scheme component
141 if followed by zero or one slashes ('/'), or after the server/port
142 component.
143
144 Absolute paths include the leading '/' character.
145
146 @c "http://mysite.com<path>"
147 */
148 const wxString& GetPath() const;
149
150 /**
151 Returns a string representation of the URI's port.
152
153 The Port of a URI is a value after the server, and must come after a
154 colon (:).
155
156 @c "http://mysite.com:<port>"
157
158 @note You can easily get the numeric value of the port by using
159 wxAtoi() or wxString::Format().
160 */
161 const wxString& GetPort() const;
162
163 /**
164 Returns the Query component of the URI.
165
166 The query component is what is commonly passed to a cgi application,
167 and must come after the path component, and after a '?' character.
168
169 @c "http://mysite.com/mypath?<query>"
170 */
171 const wxString& GetQuery() const;
172
173 /**
174 Returns the Scheme component of the URI.
175
176 The first part of the URI.
177
178 @c "<scheme>://mysite.com"
179 */
180 const wxString& GetScheme() const;
181
182 /**
183 Returns the Server component of the URI.
184
185 The server of the URI can be a server name or a type of IP address. See
186 GetHostType() for the possible values for the host type of the server
187 component.
188
189 @c "http://<server>/mypath"
190 */
191 const wxString& GetServer() const;
192
193 /**
194 Returns the username part of the userinfo component of this URI. Note
195 that this is explicitly depreciated by RFC 1396 and should generally be
196 avoided if possible.
197
198 @c "http://<user>:<password>@mysite.com/mypath"
199 */
200 wxString GetUser() const;
201
202 /**
203 Returns the UserInfo component of the URI.
204
205 The component of a URI before the server component that is postfixed by
206 a '@' character.
207
208 @c "http://<userinfo>@mysite.com/mypath"
209 */
210 const wxString& GetUserInfo() const;
211
212 /**
213 Returns @true if the Fragment component of the URI exists.
214 */
215 bool HasFragment() const;
216
217 /**
218 Returns @true if the Path component of the URI exists.
219 */
220 bool HasPath() const;
221
222 /**
223 Returns @true if the Port component of the URI exists.
224 */
225 bool HasPort() const;
226
227 /**
228 Returns @true if the Query component of the URI exists.
229 */
230 bool HasQuery() const;
231
232 /**
233 Returns @true if the Scheme component of the URI exists.
234 */
235 bool HasScheme() const;
236
237 /**
238 Returns @true if the Server component of the URI exists.
239 */
240 bool HasServer() const;
241
242 /**
243 Returns @true if the User component of the URI exists.
244 */
245 bool HasUser() const;
246
247 /**
248 Returns @true if a valid [absolute] URI, otherwise this URI is a URI
249 reference and not a full URI, and this function returns @false.
250 */
251 bool IsReference() const;
252
253 /**
254 Inherits this URI from a base URI - components that do not exist in
255 this URI are copied from the base, and if this URI's path is not an
256 absolute path (prefixed by a '/'), then this URI's path is merged with
257 the base's path.
258
259 For instance, resolving "../mydir" from "http://mysite.com/john/doe"
260 results in the scheme (http) and server ("mysite.com") being copied
261 into this URI, since they do not exist. In addition, since the path of
262 this URI is not absolute (does not begin with '/'), the path of the
263 base's is merged with this URI's path, resulting in the URI
264 "http://mysite.com/john/mydir".
265
266 @param base
267 Base URI to inherit from. Must be a full URI and not a reference.
268 @param flags
269 Currently either wxURI_STRICT or 0, in non-strict mode some
270 compatibility layers are enabled to allow loopholes from RFCs prior
271 to 2396.
272 */
273 void Resolve(const wxURI& base, int flags = wxURI_STRICT);
274
275 /**
276 Translates all escape sequences (normal characters and returns the result.
277
278 If you want to unescape an entire wxURI, use BuildUnescapedURI()
279 instead, as it performs some optimizations over this method.
280
281 @param uri
282 String with escaped characters to convert.
283 */
284 static wxString Unescape(const wxString& uri);
285
286 /**
287 Compares this URI to another URI, and returns @true if this URI equals
288 @a uricomp, otherwise it returns @false.
289
290 @param uricomp
291 URI to compare to.
292 */
293 bool operator==(const wxURI& uricomp) const;
294 };
295