///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Name: confbase.h
// Purpose: declaration of the base class of all config implementations
-// (see also: fileconf.h and msw/regconf.h)
+// (see also: fileconf.h and msw/regconf.h and iniconf.h)
// Author: Karsten Ballüder & Vadim Zeitlin
// Modified by:
// Created: 07.04.98 (adapted from appconf.h)
#define wxCONFIG_IMMUTABLE_PREFIX '!'
#endif
-/// should we use registry instead of configuration files under Win32?
+/// should we use registry instead of configuration files under Windows?
// (i.e. whether wxConfigBase::Create() will create a wxFileConfig (if it's
// FALSE) or wxRegConfig (if it's true and we're under Win32) or wxIniConfig
// (under Win16))
-#ifndef wxCONFIG_WIN32_NATIVE
- #define wxCONFIG_WIN32_NATIVE TRUE
+#ifndef wxUSE_CONFIG_NATIVE
+ #define wxUSE_CONFIG_NATIVE 1
#endif
// Style flags for constructor style parameter
-#define wxCONFIG_USE_LOCAL_FILE 1
-#define wxCONFIG_USE_GLOBAL_FILE 2
-
-// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// various helper global functions
-// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-/*
- Replace environment variables ($SOMETHING) with their values. The format is
- $VARNAME or ${VARNAME} where VARNAME contains alphanumeric characters and
- '_' only. '$' must be escaped ('\$') in order to be taken literally.
- */
-extern wxString wxExpandEnvVars(const wxString &sz);
-
-/*
- Split path into parts removing '..' in progress
- */
-extern void wxSplitPath(wxArrayString& aParts, const char *sz);
+enum
+{
+ wxCONFIG_USE_LOCAL_FILE = 1,
+ wxCONFIG_USE_GLOBAL_FILE = 2,
+ wxCONFIG_USE_RELATIVE_PATH = 4
+};
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// abstract base class wxConfigBase which defines the interface for derived
// There is always one current group given by the current path.
//
// Keys are pairs "key_name = value" where value may be of string or integer
-// (long) type (@@@ doubles and other types such as wxDate coming soon).
+// (long) type (TODO doubles and other types such as wxDate coming soon).
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
class WXDLLEXPORT wxConfigBase
{
public:
+ // constants
+ // the type of an entry
+ enum EntryType
+ {
+ Type_Unknown,
+ Type_String,
+ Type_Boolean,
+ Type_Integer, // use Read(long *)
+ Type_Float // use Read(double *)
+ };
+
// static functions
// sets the config object, returns the previous pointer
static wxConfigBase *Set(wxConfigBase *pConfig);
// get the config object, creates it on demand unless DontCreateOnDemand
// was called
- static wxConfigBase *Get() { if ( !ms_pConfig ) Create(); return ms_pConfig; }
+ static wxConfigBase *Get(bool createOnDemand = TRUE)
+ { if ( createOnDemand && (!ms_pConfig) ) Create(); return ms_pConfig; }
// create a new config object: this function will create the "best"
// implementation of wxConfig available for the current platform, see
- // comments near definition wxCONFIG_WIN32_NATIVE for details. It returns
+ // comments near definition wxUSE_CONFIG_NATIVE for details. It returns
// the created object and also sets it as ms_pConfig.
static wxConfigBase *Create();
// should Get() try to create a new log object if the current one is NULL?
static void DontCreateOnDemand() { ms_bAutoCreate = FALSE; }
// ctor & virtual dtor
- // environment variable expansion is on by default
-// wxConfigBase() { m_bExpandEnvVars = TRUE; m_bRecordDefaults = FALSE; }
-
- // ctor
-
- // Not all args will always be used by derived classes, but
- // including them all in each class ensures compatibility.
- // If appName is empty, uses wxApp name
- wxConfigBase(const wxString& appName = "", const wxString& vendorName = "",
- const wxString& localFilename = "", const wxString& globalFilename = "",
+ // ctor (can be used as default ctor too)
+ //
+ // Not all args will always be used by derived classes, but including
+ // them all in each class ensures compatibility. If appName is empty,
+ // uses wxApp name
+ wxConfigBase(const wxString& appName = wxEmptyString,
+ const wxString& vendorName = wxEmptyString,
+ const wxString& localFilename = wxEmptyString,
+ const wxString& globalFilename = wxEmptyString,
long style = 0);
// empty but ensures that dtor of all derived classes is virtual
bool Exists(const wxString& strName) const
{ return HasGroup(strName) || HasEntry(strName); }
+ // get the entry type
+ virtual EntryType GetEntryType(const wxString& name) const
+ {
+ // by default all entries are strings
+ return HasEntry(name) ? Type_String : Type_Unknown;
+ }
+
// key access: returns TRUE if value was really read, FALSE if default used
// (and if the key is not found the default value is returned.)
// read a string from the key
virtual bool Read(const wxString& key, wxString *pStr) const = 0;
virtual bool Read(const wxString& key, wxString *pStr, const wxString& defVal) const;
- virtual wxString Read(const wxString& key, const wxString& defVal = "") const;
+ virtual wxString Read(const wxString& key, const wxString& defVal = wxEmptyString) const;
virtual bool Read(const wxString& key, long *pl) const = 0;
virtual bool Read(const wxString& key, long *pl, long defVal) const;
// Convenience functions
virtual bool Write(const wxString& key, double value);
virtual bool Write(const wxString& key, bool value);
+ virtual bool Write(const wxString& key, const wxChar *text ) ;
// permanently writes all changes
virtual bool Flush(bool bCurrentOnly = FALSE) = 0;
wxString ExpandEnvVars(const wxString& str) const;
// misc accessors
- inline wxString GetAppName() const { return m_appName; }
- inline wxString GetVendorName() const { return m_vendorName; }
+ wxString GetAppName() const { return m_appName; }
+ wxString GetVendorName() const { return m_vendorName; }
- inline void SetAppName(const wxString& appName) { m_appName = appName; }
- inline void SetVendorName(const wxString& vendorName) { m_vendorName = vendorName; }
-
- inline void SetStyle(long style) { m_style = style; }
- inline long GetStyle() const { return m_style; }
+ void SetStyle(long style) { m_style = style; }
+ long GetStyle() const { return m_style; }
protected:
static bool IsImmutable(const wxString& key)
- #ifndef __WXMAC__
- { return !key.IsEmpty() && key[0u] == wxCONFIG_IMMUTABLE_PREFIX; }
- #else
- { return !key.IsEmpty() && key[0ul] == wxCONFIG_IMMUTABLE_PREFIX; }
- #endif
+ { return !key.IsEmpty() && key[0] == wxCONFIG_IMMUTABLE_PREFIX; }
private:
// are we doing automatic environment variable expansion?
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// under Windows we prefer to use the native implementation
-#if defined(__WXMSW__) && wxCONFIG_WIN32_NATIVE
+#if defined(__WXMSW__) && wxUSE_CONFIG_NATIVE
#ifdef __WIN32__
#define wxConfig wxRegConfig
#define sm_classwxConfig sm_classwxRegConfig
#define sm_classwxConfig sm_classwxFileConfig
#endif
-#endif
-
- // wxUSE_CONFIG
+#endif // wxUSE_CONFIG
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// various helper global functions (defined even if !wxUSE_CONFIG)
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/*
+ Replace environment variables ($SOMETHING) with their values. The format is
+ $VARNAME or ${VARNAME} where VARNAME contains alphanumeric characters and
+ '_' only. '$' must be escaped ('\$') in order to be taken literally.
+ */
+extern wxString wxExpandEnvVars(const wxString &sz);
+
+/*
+ Split path into parts removing '..' in progress
+ */
+extern void wxSplitPath(wxArrayString& aParts, const wxChar *sz);
#endif
// _WX_CONFIG_H_