wxWidgets/include/wx/config.h
1998-08-03 22:49:01 +00:00

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///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Name: config.h
// Purpose: declaration of the base class of all config implementations
// (see also: fileconf.h and msw/regconf.h)
// Author: Karsten Ballüder & Vadim Zeitlin
// Modified by:
// Created: 07.04.98 (adapted from appconf.h)
// RCS-ID: $Id$
// Copyright: (c) 1997 Karsten Ballüder Ballueder@usa.net
// Vadim Zeitlin <zeitlin@dptmaths.ens-cachan.fr>
// Licence: wxWindows license
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
#ifndef _wxCONFIG_H
#define _wxCONFIG_H
#ifdef __GNUG__
#pragma interface "config.h"
#endif
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// compile options
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// it won't compile without it anyhow
#ifndef USE_WXCONFIG
#error "Please define USE_WXCONFIG or remove config.cpp from your makefile"
#endif // USE_WXCONFIG
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// constants
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
/// shall we be case sensitive in parsing variable names?
#ifndef wxCONFIG_CASE_SENSITIVE
#define wxCONFIG_CASE_SENSITIVE FALSE
#endif
/// separates group and entry names (probably shouldn't be changed)
#ifndef wxCONFIG_PATH_SEPARATOR
#define wxCONFIG_PATH_SEPARATOR '/'
#endif
/// introduces immutable entries
// (i.e. the ones which can't be changed from the local config file)
#ifndef wxCONFIG_IMMUTABLE_PREFIX
#define wxCONFIG_IMMUTABLE_PREFIX '!'
#endif
/// should we use registry instead of configuration files under Win32?
// (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
#endif
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// 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);
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// abstract base class wxConfigBase which defines the interface for derived
// classes
//
// wxConfig organizes the items in a tree-like structure (modeled after the
// Unix/Dos filesystem). There are groups (directories) and keys (files).
// 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).
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
class wxConfigBase
{
public:
// 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; }
// 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
// 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; }
// empty but ensures that dtor of all derived classes is virtual
virtual ~wxConfigBase() { }
// path management
// set current path: if the first character is '/', it's the absolute path,
// otherwise it's a relative path. '..' is supported. If the strPath
// doesn't exist it is created.
virtual void SetPath(const wxString& strPath) = 0;
// retrieve the current path (always as absolute path)
virtual const wxString& GetPath() const = 0;
// enumeration: all functions here return false when there are no more items.
// you must pass the same lIndex to GetNext and GetFirst (don't modify it)
// enumerate subgroups
virtual bool GetFirstGroup(wxString& str, long& lIndex) const = 0;
virtual bool GetNextGroup (wxString& str, long& lIndex) const = 0;
// enumerate entries
virtual bool GetFirstEntry(wxString& str, long& lIndex) const = 0;
virtual bool GetNextEntry (wxString& str, long& lIndex) const = 0;
// get number of entries/subgroups in the current group, with or without
// it's subgroups
virtual uint GetNumberOfEntries(bool bRecursive = FALSE) const = 0;
virtual uint GetNumberOfGroups(bool bRecursive = FALSE) const = 0;
// tests of existence
// returns TRUE if the group by this name exists
virtual bool HasGroup(const wxString& strName) const = 0;
// same as above, but for an entry
virtual bool HasEntry(const wxString& strName) const = 0;
// returns TRUE if either a group or an entry with a given name exist
bool Exists(const wxString& strName) const
{ return HasGroup(strName) || HasEntry(strName); }
// 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(wxString *pStr, const char *szKey,
const char *szDefault = NULL) const = 0;
// another version using statis buffer - it means it will be overwritten
// after each call to this function!
virtual const char *Read(const char *szKey,
const char *szDefault = NULL) const;
// the same for longs
virtual long Read(const char *szKey, long lDefault) const
{ long l; Read(&l, szKey, lDefault); return l; }
// and another version: returns true if default value is returned
virtual bool Read(long *pl, const char *szKey, long lDefault = 0) const = 0;
// write the value (return true on success)
virtual bool Write(const char *szKey, const char *szValue) = 0;
virtual bool Write(const char *szKey, long lValue) = 0;
// permanently writes all changes
virtual bool Flush(bool bCurrentOnly = FALSE) = 0;
// delete entries/groups
// deletes the specified entry and the group it belongs to if
// it was the last key in it and the second parameter is true
virtual bool DeleteEntry(const char *szKey,
bool bDeleteGroupIfEmpty = TRUE) = 0;
// delete the group (with all subgroups)
virtual bool DeleteGroup(const char *szKey) = 0;
// delete the whole underlying object (disk file, registry key, ...)
// primarly for use by desinstallation routine.
virtual bool DeleteAll() = 0;
// options
// we can automatically expand environment variables in the config entries
// (this option is on by default, you can turn it on/off at any time)
bool IsExpandingEnvVars() const { return m_bExpandEnvVars; }
void SetExpandEnvVars(bool bDoIt = TRUE) { m_bExpandEnvVars = bDoIt; }
// does expansion only if needed
wxString ExpandEnvVars(const wxString& str) const
{
wxString tmp; // Required for BC++
if (IsExpandingEnvVars())
tmp = wxExpandEnvVars(str);
else
tmp = str;
return tmp;
}
protected:
static bool IsImmutable(const char *szKey)
{ return *szKey == wxCONFIG_IMMUTABLE_PREFIX; }
// a handy little class which changes current path to the path of given entry
// and restores it in dtor: so if you declare a local variable of this type,
// you work in the entry directory and the path is automatically restored
// when the function returns
class PathChanger
{
public:
// ctor/dtor do path changing/restorin
PathChanger(const wxConfigBase *pContainer, const wxString& strEntry);
~PathChanger();
// get the key name
const wxString& Name() const { return m_strName; }
private:
wxConfigBase *m_pContainer; // object we live in
wxString m_strName, // name of entry (i.e. name only)
m_strOldPath; // saved path
bool m_bChanged; // was the path changed?
};
private:
// are we doing automatic environment variable expansion?
bool m_bExpandEnvVars;
// static variables
static wxConfigBase *ms_pConfig;
static bool ms_bAutoCreate;
};
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// the native wxConfigBase implementation
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// under Windows we prefer to use the native implementation
#if defined(__WXMSW__) && wxCONFIG_WIN32_NATIVE
#ifdef __WIN32__
#define wxConfig wxRegConfig
#else //WIN16
#define wxConfig wxIniConfig
#endif
#else // either we're under Unix or wish to use files even under Windows
#define wxConfig wxFileConfig
#endif
#endif //_wxCONFIG_H