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1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: filesys.h
3 // Purpose: interface of wxFileSystem, wxFileSystemHandler, wxFSFile
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
5 // RCS-ID: $Id$
6 // Licence: wxWindows license
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
9
10 /**
11 Open Bit Flags
12 */
13 enum wxFileSystemOpenFlags
14 {
15 wxFS_READ = 1, /**< Open for reading */
16 wxFS_SEEKABLE = 4 /**< Returned stream will be seekable */
17 };
18
19
20 /**
21 @class wxFileSystem
22 @wxheader{filesys.h}
23
24 This class provides an interface for opening files on different file systems.
25 It can handle absolute and/or local filenames.
26
27 It uses a system of handlers (see wxFileSystemHandler) to provide access to
28 user-defined virtual file systems.
29
30 @library{wxbase}
31 @category{vfs}
32
33 @see wxFileSystemHandler, wxFSFile, @ref overview_fs
34 */
35 class wxFileSystem : public wxObject
36 {
37 public:
38 /**
39 Constructor.
40 */
41 wxFileSystem();
42
43 /**
44 This static function adds new handler into the list of handlers
45 (see wxFileSystemHandler) which provide access to virtual FS.
46
47 Note that if two handlers for the same protocol are added, the last
48 added one takes precedence.
49
50 @note You can call:
51 @code
52 wxFileSystem::AddHandler(new My_FS_Handler);
53 @endcode
54 This is because (a) AddHandler is a static method, and (b) the
55 handlers are deleted in wxFileSystem's destructor so that you
56 don't have to care about it.
57 */
58 static void AddHandler(wxFileSystemHandler handler);
59
60 /**
61 Sets the current location. @a location parameter passed to OpenFile() is
62 relative to this path.
63
64 @remarks Unless @a is_dir is @true the @a location parameter is not the
65 directory name but the name of the file in this directory.
66
67 All these commands change the path to "dir/subdir/":
68
69 @code
70 ChangePathTo("dir/subdir/xh.htm");
71 ChangePathTo("dir/subdir", true);
72 ChangePathTo("dir/subdir/", true);
73 @endcode
74
75 Example:
76 @code
77 f = fs->OpenFile("hello.htm"); // opens file 'hello.htm'
78 fs->ChangePathTo("subdir/folder", true);
79 f = fs->OpenFile("hello.htm"); // opens file 'subdir/folder/hello.htm' !!
80 @endcode
81
82 @param location
83 the new location. Its meaning depends on the value of is_dir
84 @param is_dir
85 if @true location is new directory.
86 If @false (the default) location is file in the new directory.
87 */
88 void ChangePathTo(const wxString& location, bool is_dir = false);
89
90 /**
91 Converts a wxFileName into an URL.
92
93 @see URLToFileName(), wxFileName
94 */
95 static wxString FileNameToURL(const wxFileName& filename);
96
97 /**
98 Looks for the file with the given name @a file in a colon or semi-colon
99 (depending on the current platform) separated list of directories in @a path.
100
101 If the file is found in any directory, returns @true and the full path
102 of the file in @a str, otherwise returns @false and doesn't modify @a str.
103
104 @param str
105 Receives the full path of the file, must not be @NULL
106 @param path
107 wxPATH_SEP-separated list of directories
108 @param file
109 the name of the file to look for
110 */
111 bool FindFileInPath(wxString str, const wxString& path,
112 const wxString& file);
113
114 /**
115 Works like ::wxFindFirstFile().
116
117 Returns the name of the first filename (within filesystem's current path)
118 that matches @a wildcard.
119
120 @param wildcard
121 The wildcard that the filename must match
122 @param flags
123 One of wxFILE (only files), wxDIR (only directories) or 0 (both).
124 */
125 wxString FindFirst(const wxString& wildcard, int flags = 0);
126
127 /**
128 Returns the next filename that matches the parameters passed to FindFirst().
129 */
130 wxString FindNext();
131
132 /**
133 Returns the actual path (set by wxFileSystem::ChangePathTo).
134 */
135 wxString GetPath();
136
137 /**
138 This static function returns @true if there is a registered handler which can
139 open the given location.
140 */
141 static bool HasHandlerForPath(const wxString& location);
142
143 /**
144 Opens the file and returns a pointer to a wxFSFile object or @NULL if failed.
145
146 It first tries to open the file in relative scope (based on value passed to
147 ChangePathTo() method) and then as an absolute path.
148
149 Note that the user is responsible for deleting the returned wxFSFile.
150 @a flags can be one or more of the ::wxFileSystemOpenFlags values
151 combined together.
152
153 A stream opened with just the default @e wxFS_READ flag may
154 or may not be seekable depending on the underlying source.
155
156 Passing @e "wxFS_READ | wxFS_SEEKABLE" for @a flags will back
157 a stream that is not natively seekable with memory or a file
158 and return a stream that is always seekable.
159 */
160 wxFSFile* OpenFile(const wxString& location,
161 int flags = wxFS_READ);
162
163 /**
164 Converts URL into a well-formed filename.
165 The URL must use the @c file protocol.
166 */
167 static wxFileName URLToFileName(const wxString& url);
168 };
169
170
171
172 /**
173 @class wxFSFile
174 @wxheader{filesys.h}
175
176 This class represents a single file opened by wxFileSystem.
177 It provides more information than wxWindow's input stream
178 (stream, filename, mime type, anchor).
179
180 @note Any pointer returned by a method of wxFSFile is valid only as long as
181 the wxFSFile object exists. For example a call to GetStream()
182 doesn't @e create the stream but only returns the pointer to it.
183 In other words after 10 calls to GetStream() you will have obtained
184 ten identical pointers.
185
186 @library{wxbase}
187 @category{vfs}
188
189 @see wxFileSystemHandler, wxFileSystem, @ref overview_fs
190 */
191 class wxFSFile : public wxObject
192 {
193 public:
194 /**
195 Constructor. You probably won't use it. See the Note for details.
196
197 It is seldom used by the application programmer but you will need it if
198 you are writing your own virtual FS. For example you may need something
199 similar to wxMemoryInputStream, but because wxMemoryInputStream doesn't
200 free the memory when destroyed and thus passing a memory stream pointer
201 into wxFSFile constructor would lead to memory leaks, you can write your
202 own class derived from wxFSFile:
203
204 @code
205 class wxMyFSFile : public wxFSFile
206 {
207 private:
208 void *m_Mem;
209 public:
210 wxMyFSFile(.....)
211 ~wxMyFSFile() {free(m_Mem);}
212 // of course dtor is virtual ;-)
213 };
214 @endcode
215
216 If you are not sure of the meaning of these params, see the description
217 of the GetXXXX() functions.
218
219 @param stream
220 The input stream that will be used to access data
221 @param location
222 The full location (aka filename) of the file
223 @param mimetype
224 MIME type of this file. It may be left empty, in which
225 case the type will be determined from file's extension (location must
226 not be empty in this case).
227 @param anchor
228 Anchor. See GetAnchor() for details.
229 */
230 wxFSFile(wxInputStream stream, const wxString& loc,
231 const wxString& mimetype,
232 const wxString& anchor, wxDateTime modif);
233
234 /**
235 Detaches the stream from the wxFSFile object. That is, the
236 stream obtained with GetStream() will continue its existance
237 after the wxFSFile object is deleted.
238
239 You will have to delete the stream yourself.
240 */
241 void DetachStream();
242
243 /**
244 Returns anchor (if present). The term of @b anchor can be easily
245 explained using few examples:
246
247 @verbatim
248 index.htm#anchor // 'anchor' is anchor
249 index/wx001.htm // NO anchor here!
250 archive/main.zip#zip:index.htm#global // 'global'
251 archive/main.zip#zip:index.htm // NO anchor here!
252 @endverbatim
253
254 Usually an anchor is presented only if the MIME type is 'text/html'.
255 But it may have some meaning with other files; for example myanim.avi#200
256 may refer to position in animation or reality.wrl#MyView may refer
257 to a predefined view in VRML.
258 */
259 const wxString& GetAnchor() const;
260
261 /**
262 Returns full location of the file, including path and protocol.
263
264 Examples:
265 @verbatim
266 http://www.wxwidgets.org
267 http://www.ms.mff.cuni.cz/~vsla8348/wxhtml/archive.zip#zip:info.txt
268 file:/home/vasek/index.htm
269 relative-file.htm
270 @endverbatim
271 */
272 const wxString& GetLocation() const;
273
274 /**
275 Returns the MIME type of the content of this file.
276
277 It is either extension-based (see wxMimeTypesManager) or extracted from
278 HTTP protocol Content-Type header.
279 */
280 const wxString& GetMimeType() const;
281
282 /**
283 Returns time when this file was modified.
284 */
285 wxDateTime GetModificationTime() const;
286
287 /**
288 Returns pointer to the stream.
289
290 You can use the returned stream to directly access data.
291 You may suppose that the stream provide Seek and GetSize functionality
292 (even in the case of the HTTP protocol which doesn't provide
293 this by default. wxHtml uses local cache to work around
294 this and to speed up the connection).
295 */
296 wxInputStream* GetStream() const;
297 };
298
299
300
301 /**
302 @class wxFileSystemHandler
303 @wxheader{filesys.h}
304
305 Classes derived from wxFileSystemHandler are used to access virtual file systems.
306
307 Its public interface consists of two methods: wxFileSystemHandler::CanOpen
308 and wxFileSystemHandler::OpenFile.
309
310 It provides additional protected methods to simplify the process
311 of opening the file: GetProtocol(), GetLeftLocation(), GetRightLocation(),
312 GetAnchor(), GetMimeTypeFromExt().
313
314 Please have a look at overview (see wxFileSystem) if you don't know how locations
315 are constructed.
316
317 Also consult the @ref overview_fs_wxhtmlfs "list of available handlers".
318
319 Note that the handlers are shared by all instances of wxFileSystem.
320
321 @remarks
322 wxHTML library provides handlers for local files and HTTP or FTP protocol.
323
324 @note
325 The location parameter passed to OpenFile() or CanOpen() methods is always an
326 absolute path. You don't need to check the FS's current path.
327
328 @beginWxPerlOnly
329 In wxPerl, you need to derive your file system handler class
330 from Wx::PlFileSystemHandler.
331 @endWxPerlOnly
332
333 @library{wxbase}
334 @category{vfs}
335
336 @see wxFileSystem, wxFSFile, @ref overview_fs
337 */
338 class wxFileSystemHandler : public wxObject
339 {
340 public:
341 /**
342 Constructor.
343 */
344 wxFileSystemHandler();
345
346 /**
347 Returns @true if the handler is able to open this file. This function doesn't
348 check whether the file exists or not, it only checks if it knows the protocol.
349 Example:
350
351 @code
352 bool MyHand::CanOpen(const wxString& location)
353 {
354 return (GetProtocol(location) == "http");
355 }
356 @endcode
357
358 Must be overridden in derived handlers.
359 */
360 virtual bool CanOpen(const wxString& location);
361
362 /**
363 Works like ::wxFindFirstFile().
364
365 Returns the name of the first filename (within filesystem's current path)
366 that matches @e wildcard. @a flags may be one of wxFILE (only files),
367 wxDIR (only directories) or 0 (both).
368
369 This method is only called if CanOpen() returns @true.
370 */
371 virtual wxString FindFirst(const wxString& wildcard,
372 int flags = 0);
373
374 /**
375 Returns next filename that matches parameters passed to wxFileSystem::FindFirst.
376
377 This method is only called if CanOpen() returns @true and FindFirst()
378 returned a non-empty string.
379 */
380 virtual wxString FindNext();
381
382 /**
383 Returns the anchor if present in the location.
384 See wxFSFile::GetAnchor for details.
385
386 Example:
387 @code
388 GetAnchor("index.htm#chapter2") == "chapter2"
389 @endcode
390
391 @note the anchor is NOT part of the left location.
392 */
393 wxString GetAnchor(const wxString& location) const;
394
395 /**
396 Returns the left location string extracted from @e location.
397
398 Example:
399 @code
400 GetLeftLocation("file:myzipfile.zip#zip:index.htm") == "file:myzipfile.zip"
401 @endcode
402 */
403 wxString GetLeftLocation(const wxString& location) const;
404
405 /**
406 Returns the MIME type based on @b extension of @a location.
407 (While wxFSFile::GetMimeType() returns real MIME type - either
408 extension-based or queried from HTTP.)
409
410 Example:
411 @code
412 GetMimeTypeFromExt("index.htm") == "text/html"
413 @endcode
414 */
415 wxString GetMimeTypeFromExt(const wxString& location);
416
417 /**
418 Returns the protocol string extracted from @a location.
419
420 Example:
421 @code
422 GetProtocol("file:myzipfile.zip#zip:index.htm") == "zip"
423 @endcode
424 */
425 wxString GetProtocol(const wxString& location) const;
426
427 /**
428 Returns the right location string extracted from @a location.
429
430 Example:
431 @code
432 GetRightLocation("file:myzipfile.zip#zip:index.htm") == "index.htm"
433 @endcode
434 */
435 wxString GetRightLocation(const wxString& location) const;
436
437 /**
438 Opens the file and returns wxFSFile pointer or @NULL if failed.
439 Must be overridden in derived handlers.
440
441 @param fs
442 Parent FS (the FS from that OpenFile was called).
443 See the ZIP handler for details of how to use it.
444 @param location
445 The absolute location of file.
446 */
447 virtual wxFSFile* OpenFile(wxFileSystem& fs,
448 const wxString& location);
449 };
450