put wxURI under networking group, next to wxURL
[wxWidgets.git] / interface / wx / uri.h
1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: uri.h
3 // Purpose: interface of wxURI
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
5 // RCS-ID: $Id$
6 // Licence: wxWindows license
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
24 Identifier).
25
26 For information about URIs, see RFC 3986
27 <http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3986.txt>.
28
29 In short, a URL is a URI. In other words, URL is a subset of a URI - all
30 acceptable URLs are also acceptable URIs.
31
32 wxURI automatically escapes invalid characters in a string, so there is no
33 chance of wxURI "failing" on construction/creation.
34
35 wxURI supports copy construction and standard assignment operators. wxURI
36 can also be inherited from to provide furthur functionality.
37
38 To obtain individual components you can use one of the GetXXX() methods.
39 However, you should check HasXXX() before calling a get method, which
40 determines whether or not the component referred to by the method is
41 defined according to RFC 2396. Consider an undefined component equivalent
42 to a @NULL C string.
43
44 Example:
45
46 @code
47 //protocol will hold the http protocol (i.e. "http")
48 wxString protocol;
49 wxURI myuri("http://mysite.com");
50 if( myuri.HasScheme() )
51 protocol = myuri.GetScheme();
52 @endcode
53
54 @note On URIs with a "file" scheme wxURI does not parse the userinfo,
55 server, or port portion. This is to keep compatability with
56 wxFileSystem, the old wxURL, and older url specifications.
57
58 @library{wxbase}
59 @category{net}
60
61 @see wxURL
62 */
63 class wxURI : public wxObject
64 {
65 public:
66 /**
67 Creates an empty URI.
68 */
69 wxURI();
70
71 /**
72 Constructor for quick creation.
73
74 @param uri
75 URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) to initialize with.
76 */
77 wxURI(const wxString& uri);
78
79 /**
80 Copies this URI from another URI.
81
82 @param uri
83 URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) to initialize with.
84 */
85 wxURI(const wxURI& uri);
86
87 /**
88 Builds the URI from its individual components and adds proper
89 separators.
90
91 If the URI is not a reference or is not resolved, the URI that is
92 returned is the same one passed to the constructor or Create().
93 */
94 wxString BuildURI() const;
95
96 /**
97 Builds the URI from its individual components, adds proper separators,
98 and returns escape sequences to normal characters.
99
100 @note It is preferred to call this over Unescape(BuildURI()) since
101 BuildUnescapedURI() performs some optimizations over the plain
102 method.
103 */
104 wxString BuildUnescapedURI() const;
105
106 /**
107 Creates this URI from the @a uri string.
108
109 Returns @true if this instance was correctly initialized.
110
111 @param uri
112 String to initialize from.
113 */
114 bool Create(const wxString& uri);
115
116 /**
117 Obtains the fragment of this URI.
118
119 The fragment of a URI is the last value of the URI, and is the value
120 after a "#" character after the path of the URI.
121
122 @c "http://mysite.com/mypath#<fragment>"
123 */
124 const wxString& GetFragment() const;
125
126 /**
127 Obtains the host type of this URI, which is one of wxURIHostType.
128 */
129 wxURIHostType GetHostType() const;
130
131 /**
132 Returns the password part of the userinfo component of this URI. Note
133 that this is explicitly depreciated by RFC 1396 and should generally be
134 avoided if possible.
135
136 @c "http://<user>:<password>@mysite.com/mypath"
137 */
138 wxString GetPassword() const;
139
140 /**
141 Returns the (normalized) path of the URI.
142
143 The path component of a URI comes directly after the scheme component
144 if followed by zero or one slashes ('/'), or after the server/port
145 component.
146
147 Absolute paths include the leading '/' character.
148
149 @c "http://mysite.com<path>"
150 */
151 const wxString& GetPath() const;
152
153 /**
154 Returns a string representation of the URI's port.
155
156 The Port of a URI is a value after the server, and must come after a
157 colon (:).
158
159 @c "http://mysite.com:<port>"
160
161 @note You can easily get the numeric value of the port by using
162 wxAtoi() or wxString::Format().
163 */
164 const wxString& GetPort() const;
165
166 /**
167 Returns the Query component of the URI.
168
169 The query component is what is commonly passed to a cgi application,
170 and must come after the path component, and after a '?' character.
171
172 @c "http://mysite.com/mypath?<query>"
173 */
174 const wxString& GetQuery() const;
175
176 /**
177 Returns the Scheme component of the URI.
178
179 The first part of the URI.
180
181 @c "<scheme>://mysite.com"
182 */
183 const wxString& GetScheme() const;
184
185 /**
186 Returns the Server component of the URI.
187
188 The server of the URI can be a server name or a type of IP address. See
189 GetHostType() for the possible values for the host type of the server
190 component.
191
192 @c "http://<server>/mypath"
193 */
194 const wxString& GetServer() const;
195
196 /**
197 Returns the username part of the userinfo component of this URI. Note
198 that this is explicitly depreciated by RFC 1396 and should generally be
199 avoided if possible.
200
201 @c "http://<user>:<password>@mysite.com/mypath"
202 */
203 wxString GetUser() const;
204
205 /**
206 Returns the UserInfo component of the URI.
207
208 The component of a URI before the server component that is postfixed by
209 a '@' character.
210
211 @c "http://<userinfo>@mysite.com/mypath"
212 */
213 const wxString& GetUserInfo() const;
214
215 /**
216 Returns @true if the Fragment component of the URI exists.
217 */
218 bool HasFragment() const;
219
220 /**
221 Returns @true if the Path component of the URI exists.
222 */
223 bool HasPath() const;
224
225 /**
226 Returns @true if the Port component of the URI exists.
227 */
228 bool HasPort() const;
229
230 /**
231 Returns @true if the Query component of the URI exists.
232 */
233 bool HasQuery() const;
234
235 /**
236 Returns @true if the Scheme component of the URI exists.
237 */
238 bool HasScheme() const;
239
240 /**
241 Returns @true if the Server component of the URI exists.
242 */
243 bool HasServer() const;
244
245 /**
246 Returns @true if the User component of the URI exists.
247 */
248 bool HasUser() const;
249
250 /**
251 Returns @true if a valid [absolute] URI, otherwise this URI is a URI
252 reference and not a full URI, and this function returns @false.
253 */
254 bool IsReference() const;
255
256 /**
257 Inherits this URI from a base URI - components that do not exist in
258 this URI are copied from the base, and if this URI's path is not an
259 absolute path (prefixed by a '/'), then this URI's path is merged with
260 the base's path.
261
262 For instance, resolving "../mydir" from "http://mysite.com/john/doe"
263 results in the scheme (http) and server ("mysite.com") being copied
264 into this URI, since they do not exist. In addition, since the path of
265 this URI is not absolute (does not begin with '/'), the path of the
266 base's is merged with this URI's path, resulting in the URI
267 "http://mysite.com/john/mydir".
268
269 @param base
270 Base URI to inherit from. Must be a full URI and not a reference.
271 @param flags
272 Currently either wxURI_STRICT or 0, in non-strict mode some
273 compatibility layers are enabled to allow loopholes from RFCs prior
274 to 2396.
275 */
276 void Resolve(const wxURI& base, int flags = wxURI_STRICT);
277
278 /**
279 Translates all escape sequences (normal characters and returns the
280 result.
281
282 If you want to unescape an entire wxURI, use BuildUnescapedURI()
283 instead, as it performs some optimizations over this method.
284
285 @param uri
286 String with escaped characters to convert.
287 */
288 static wxString Unescape(const wxString& uri);
289
290 /**
291 Compares this URI to another URI, and returns @true if this URI equals
292 @a uricomp, otherwise it returns @false.
293
294 @param uricomp
295 URI to compare to.
296 */
297 bool operator==(const wxURI& uricomp) const;
298 };
299