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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 #include "wx/string.h"
47
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
53 #endif
54
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 ) && \
59 !defined (__DMC__)
60 #define wxHAS_CONFIG_TEMPLATE_RW
61 #endif
62
63 // Style flags for constructor style parameter
64 enum
65 {
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
71 };
72
73 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
74 // abstract base class wxConfigBase which defines the interface for derived
75 // classes
76 //
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.
80 //
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 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
84
85 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxConfigBase : public wxObject
86 {
87 public:
88 // constants
89 // the type of an entry
90 enum EntryType
91 {
92 Type_Unknown,
93 Type_String,
94 Type_Boolean,
95 Type_Integer, // use Read(long *)
96 Type_Float // use Read(double *)
97 };
98
99 // static functions
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
103 // was called
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; }
113
114 // ctor & virtual dtor
115 // ctor (can be used as default ctor too)
116 //
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,
119 // uses wxApp name
120 wxConfigBase(const wxString& appName = wxEmptyString,
121 const wxString& vendorName = wxEmptyString,
122 const wxString& localFilename = wxEmptyString,
123 const wxString& globalFilename = wxEmptyString,
124 long style = 0);
125
126 // empty but ensures that dtor of all derived classes is virtual
127 virtual ~wxConfigBase();
128
129 // path management
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;
136
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;
142 // enumerate entries
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
146 // it's subgroups
147 virtual size_t GetNumberOfEntries(bool bRecursive = false) const = 0;
148 virtual size_t GetNumberOfGroups(bool bRecursive = false) const = 0;
149
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); }
158
159 // get the entry type
160 virtual EntryType GetEntryType(const wxString& name) const
161 {
162 // by default all entries are strings
163 return HasEntry(name) ? Type_String : Type_Unknown;
164 }
165
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.)
168
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;
172
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;
176
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;
180
181 // read a double
182 bool Read(const wxString& key, double* val) const;
183 bool Read(const wxString& key, double* val, double defVal) const;
184
185 // read a bool
186 bool Read(const wxString& key, bool* val) const;
187 bool Read(const wxString& key, bool* val, bool defVal) const;
188
189 #if wxUSE_BASE64
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
195
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
200 {
201 wxString s;
202 if ( !Read(key, &s) )
203 return false;
204 return wxFromString(s, value);
205 }
206
207 template <typename T>
208 bool Read(const wxString& key, T* value, const T& defVal) const
209 {
210 const bool found = Read(key, value);
211 if ( !found )
212 {
213 if (IsRecordingDefaults())
214 ((wxConfigBase *)this)->Write(key, defVal);
215 *value = defVal;
216 }
217 return found;
218 }
219 #endif // wxHAS_CONFIG_TEMPLATE_RW
220
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; }
225
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)); }
230 #if wxUSE_WCHAR_T
231 wxString Read(const wxString& key, const wchar_t* defVal) const
232 { return Read(key, wxString(defVal)); }
233 #endif
234
235 long ReadLong(const wxString& key, long defVal) const
236 { long l; (void)Read(key, &l, defVal); return l; }
237
238 double ReadDouble(const wxString& key, double defVal) const
239 { double d; (void)Read(key, &d, defVal); return d; }
240
241 bool ReadBool(const wxString& key, bool defVal) const
242 { bool b; (void)Read(key, &b, defVal); return b; }
243
244 template <typename T>
245 T ReadObject(const wxString& key, T const& defVal) const
246 { T t; (void)Read(key, &t, defVal); return t; }
247
248 // for compatibility with wx 2.8
249 long Read(const wxString& key, long defVal) const
250 { return ReadLong(key, defVal); }
251
252
253 // write the value (return true on success)
254 bool Write(const wxString& key, const wxString& value)
255 { return DoWriteString(key, value); }
256
257 bool Write(const wxString& key, long value)
258 { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
259
260 bool Write(const wxString& key, double value)
261 { return DoWriteDouble(key, value); }
262
263 bool Write(const wxString& key, bool value)
264 { return DoWriteBool(key, value); }
265
266 #if wxUSE_BASE64
267 bool Write(const wxString& key, const wxMemoryBuffer& buf)
268 { return DoWriteBinary(key, buf); }
269 #endif // wxUSE_BASE64
270
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)); }
277 #if wxUSE_WCHAR_T
278 bool Write(const wxString& key, const wchar_t *value)
279 { return Write(key, wxString(value)); }
280 #endif
281
282
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
285 // version below
286 bool Write(const wxString& key, char value)
287 { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
288
289 bool Write(const wxString& key, unsigned char value)
290 { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
291
292 bool Write(const wxString& key, short value)
293 { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
294
295 bool Write(const wxString& key, unsigned short value)
296 { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
297
298 bool Write(const wxString& key, unsigned int value)
299 { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
300
301 bool Write(const wxString& key, int value)
302 { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
303
304 bool Write(const wxString& key, unsigned long value)
305 { return DoWriteLong(key, value); }
306
307 bool Write(const wxString& key, float value)
308 { return DoWriteDouble(key, value); }
309
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)); }
316 #endif
317
318 // permanently writes all changes
319 virtual bool Flush(bool bCurrentOnly = false) = 0;
320
321 // renaming, all functions return false on failure (probably because the new
322 // name is already taken by an existing entry)
323 // rename an entry
324 virtual bool RenameEntry(const wxString& oldName,
325 const wxString& newName) = 0;
326 // rename a group
327 virtual bool RenameGroup(const wxString& oldName,
328 const wxString& newName) = 0;
329
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;
340
341 // options
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;
351
352 // misc accessors
353 wxString GetAppName() const { return m_appName; }
354 wxString GetVendorName() const { return m_vendorName; }
355
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; }
359
360 void SetStyle(long style) { m_style = style; }
361 long GetStyle() const { return m_style; }
362
363 protected:
364 static bool IsImmutable(const wxString& key)
365 { return !key.IsEmpty() && key[0] == wxCONFIG_IMMUTABLE_PREFIX; }
366
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);
373
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;
379 #if wxUSE_BASE64
380 virtual bool DoReadBinary(const wxString& key, wxMemoryBuffer* buf) const = 0;
381 #endif // wxUSE_BASE64
382
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);
387 #if wxUSE_BASE64
388 virtual bool DoWriteBinary(const wxString& key, const wxMemoryBuffer& buf) = 0;
389 #endif // wxUSE_BASE64
390
391 private:
392 // are we doing automatic environment variable expansion?
393 bool m_bExpandEnvVars;
394 // do we record default values?
395 bool m_bRecordDefaults;
396
397 // static variables
398 static wxConfigBase *ms_pConfig;
399 static bool ms_bAutoCreate;
400
401 // Application name and organisation name
402 wxString m_appName;
403 wxString m_vendorName;
404
405 // Style flag
406 long m_style;
407
408 DECLARE_ABSTRACT_CLASS(wxConfigBase)
409 };
410
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
417 {
418 public:
419 // ctor/dtor do path changing/restoring of the path
420 wxConfigPathChanger(const wxConfigBase *pContainer, const wxString& strEntry);
421 ~wxConfigPathChanger();
422
423 // get the key name
424 const wxString& Name() const { return m_strName; }
425
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
429 //
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();
433
434 private:
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?
439
440 DECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxConfigPathChanger)
441 };
442
443
444 #endif // wxUSE_CONFIG
445
446 /*
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.
450 */
451
452 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxExpandEnvVars(const wxString &sz);
453
454 /*
455 Split path into parts removing '..' in progress
456 */
457 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxSplitPath(wxArrayString& aParts, const wxString& path);
458
459 #endif // _WX_CONFBASE_H_
460