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tdelibs/kab/qconfigDB.h

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#ifndef QCONFIGDB_H
#define QCONFIGDB_H
/* the Configuration Database library, Version II
the TDE addressbook
$ Author: Mirko Boehm $
$ Copyright: (C) 1996-2001, Mirko Boehm $
$ Contact: mirko@kde.org
http://www.kde.org $
$ License: GPL with the following explicit clarification:
This code may be linked against any version of the Qt toolkit
from Troll Tech, Norway. $
$Id$
*/
namespace std { }
using namespace std;
#include <list>
#include <map>
#include <tqwidget.h>
#include <tqcstring.h>
#include <tqstrlist.h>
class TQTimer;
class TQDate;
class TQString;
class TQDateTime;
extern "C" {
#include <unistd.h>
}
class TQTextStream;
/**
* This is some STL interna, a function object for use with STL
* container classes. Its only element function is the function
* operator that returns a comparison value of the both objects
* it is called with.
*/
struct QCStringLess
: public binary_function<const TQCString&, const TQCString&, bool>
{
/**
* The function operator, inline.
*/
bool operator()(const TQCString& x, const TQCString& y) const
{
return x < (const char*)y; // make one Qt operator fit exactly
}
};
typedef map<TQCString, TQCString, QCStringLess> StringStringMap;
/**
* The class KeyValueMap is used for managing key-value-pairs
* WITHOUT any hierarchical structure. Objects of it can be
* used as they are or in conjunction with the configuration
* database class.
* While the first version used the string class, this second
* uses the TQCString class.
* The class uses pairs of methods for each datatype, they are
* called ::get and ::insert. Every overloaded version of this
* methods get the key of the settings and a reference to the
* value to set or to store it in. A boolean result reports if
* there where errors or if the key already existed. Keys must
* of course be unique. Please note that the map does NOT store type
* information for the keys. You may retrieve a boolean value for a string,
* it will work if the string is either "true" or "false".
* See the different get- and insert-methods for details.
*
* Capabilities of the class are:
* <OL>
* <LI> storing of any key-value-pair that is storable in
* string values (no binary objects currently), </LI>
* <LI> key-value-pairs are saved in human-readable text files
* when saving to disk, </LI>
* <LI> the values may contain newline and tabulator characters
* which will still be there after saving and rereading, </LI>
* <LI> supports the following datatypes: <OL>
* <LI> strings (of course), </LI>
* <LI> integers, </LI>
* <LI> floating point values and </LI>
* <LI> boolean states </LI> </OL> </LI>
* <LI> supports storing and retrieving of lists of values of the
* following datatypes: <OL>
* <LI> strings, </LI>
* <LI> integers and </LI>
* <LI> floating point values </LI> </OL>
* (boolean lists supported in future when requested) </LI>
* <LI> easy syntax of files, in general it is supposed to be a
* kind of guarantee (you know that free software never
* guarantees anything, don't you?) that every value that
* has been stored by one of the member functions of the
* class like <BR>
* <TT> insert(const TQCString& key, [value&]); </TT> <BR>
* can also be retrieved using <BR>
* <TT> get(const TQCString& key, [value&]);</TT> <BR>
* without being modified. <BR>
* (Please report anything that does not do so!) </LI> </OL>
* The class is used to implement the #QConfigDB class.
*/
class KeyValueMap
{
// ############################################################################
protected:
/**
* A map storing the key-value-pairs.
*/
StringStringMap* data;
/**
* Transform a complex string into a normal string object.
* The values are not stored as they are, they are coded into
* complex string where control and non-printable characters get a readable
* representation.
* When retrieving, this strings are translated back by this method.
* \a orig contains the string read from the file, \a index the position from
* where to start the translation (need not be the beginning of the string),
* \a result contains the transformed string, \a noOfChars the number of
* characters used to parse the string.
* Returns true if there where no errors while parsing.
* @see makeComplexString
*/
bool parseComplexString(const TQCString& orig, int index,
TQCString& result, int& noOfChars) const;
/**
* Codes a normal string into a complex string.
* @see parseComplexString
*/
TQCString makeComplexString(const TQCString& orig);
/**
* Inserts a complex string into the map.
* The string must be coded already, no tests are performed.
* \a if force is false, an existing value will not be overridden.
*/
bool insertRaw(const TQCString& key, const TQCString& value, bool force=false);
/**
* Retrieves the undecoded value (a complex string) of the given key.
*/
bool getRaw(const TQCString& key, TQCString& value) const;
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
public:
/**
* The default constructor.
*/
KeyValueMap();
/**
* The copy constructor.
*/
KeyValueMap(const KeyValueMap&);
/**
* The virtual destructor.
*/
virtual ~KeyValueMap();
/**
* The begin iterator. Use it to iterate over the keys in the map.
*/
StringStringMap::iterator begin();
/**
* The end iterator.
*/
StringStringMap::iterator end();
/**
* Debugging aid: returns true if object is OK.
*/
bool invariant();
/**
* Returns the number of key-value-pairs in the map.
*/
unsigned int size() const;
/**
* Delete all entries.
*/
void clear();
/**
* Fills the map with the files contents.
* If the parameter \a force is true, it overrides keys that are
* already declared in the database and are declared again in the file.
* If \a relax is true, the value of a string may be empty.
*/
bool fill(const TQString&, bool force=false, bool relax=false);
/**
* Saves the database to a file.
* Only overrides existing files if force is true.
*/
bool save(const TQString&, bool force=false);
/**
* Saves contents to an already open text stream.
* \a count spaces are inserted before each line. This method is
* called when save hierarchical databases.
* @see ::QConfigDB
*/
bool save(TQTextStream& file, int count);
/**
* Get the value for the key as a string.
* \a key is the key to search for, \a value is a reference to the object
* the value for the key is assigned to.
*/
bool get(const TQCString& key, TQCString& value) const;
/**
* Insert a string value for the given key.
* If force is true, an existing value for this key will be overridden.
* The method returns false if the key exists and \a force is false.
*/
bool insert(const TQCString& key, const TQCString& value, bool force=false);
/**
* Insert a character pointer for the given key.
* pgcc treats character pointers as boolean objects, not as strings.
* If force is true, an existing value for this key will be overridden.
* The method returns false if the key exists and \a force is false.
*/
inline bool insert(const TQCString& key, const char* value, bool force=false);
/**
* Insert a line like "key_a="Hallo!" into the map as a key-value-pair.
* If force is true existing keys will be overridden.
* If relax is true the value may be empty an empty string.
* If encode is false, the string will not be coded (do not use!).
*/
bool insertLine(TQCString, bool force=false, bool relax=false, bool encode=true);
// ---------------
/**
* Get the value for the key as a long integer.
* \a key is the key to search for, \a value is a reference to the object
* the value for the key is assigned to.
*/
bool get(const TQCString&, long&) const;
/**
* Insert a long integer value for the given key.
* If force is true, an existing value for this key will be overridden.
* The method returns false if the key exists and \a force is false.
*/
bool insert(const TQCString&, const long&, bool force=false);
// ---------------
/**
* For insertion of UNICODE strings, a special method pair is created. The
* data will be translated to utf8 and inserted in the map as a TQCString.
* This will probably be not fast, but this methods are not suited to save
* large amounts of data. For saving anything else than UNICODE strings,
* no such conversion is needed.
* \a key is the key to search for, \a value is a reference to the object
* the value for the key is assigned to.
*/
bool get(const TQCString&, TQString&) const;
/**
* Insert a UNICODE string value for the given key.
* If force is true, an existing value for this key will be overridden.
* The method returns false if the key exists and \a force is false.
*/
bool insert(const TQCString&, const TQString&, bool force=false);
// ---------------
/**
* Get the value for the key as a double.
* \a key is the key to search for, \a value is a reference to the object
* the value for the key is assigned to.
*/
bool get(const TQCString&, double&) const;
/**
* Insert a double value for the given key.
* If force is true, an existing value for this key will be overridden.
* The method returns false if the key exists and \a force is false.
*/
bool insert(const TQCString&, const double&, bool force=false);
// ---------------
/**
* Get the value for the key as a boolean value.
* \a key is the key to search for, \a value is a reference to the object
* the value for the key is assigned to.
*/
bool get(const TQCString&, bool&) const;
/**
* Insert a boolean value for the given key.
* If force is true, an existing value for this key will be overridden.
* The method returns false if the key exists and \a force is false.
*/
bool insert(const TQCString&, const bool&, bool force=false);
// ---------------
/**
* Get the value for the key as a list of strings.
* \a key is the key to search for, \a value is a reference to the object
* the value for the key is assigned to.
*/
bool get(const TQCString&, list<TQCString>&) const;
/**
* Insert a list of strings for the given key.
* If force is true, an existing value for this key will be overridden.
* The method returns false if the key exists and \a force is false.
*/
bool insert(const TQCString&, const list<TQCString>&, bool force=false);
// --------------
/**
* Get the value for the key as a TQStrList.
* \a key is the key to search for, \a value is a reference to the object
* the value for the key is assigned to.
*/
bool get(const TQCString&, TQStrList&) const;
/**
* Insert a TQStrList for the given key.
* If force is true, an existing value for this key will be overridden.
* The method returns false if the key exists and \a force is false.
*/
bool insert(const TQCString&, const TQStrList&, bool force=false);
// --------------
/**
* Get the value for the key as a TQStringList. Beware of the difference -
* a TQStringList is a list of TQString objects, while TQStrList handles
* char* like objects.
* \a key is the key to search for, \a value is a reference to the object
* the value for the key is assigned to.
*/
bool get(const TQCString&, TQStringList&) const;
/**
* Insert a TQStringList for the given key.
* If force is true, an existing value for this key will be overridden.
* The method returns false if the key exists and \a force is false.
*/
bool insert(const TQCString&, const TQStringList&, bool force=false);
// --------------
/**
* Get the value for the key as a list of long integers.
* \a key is the key to search for, \a value is a reference to the object
* the value for the key is assigned to.
*/
bool get(const TQCString&, list<long>&) const;
/**
* Insert a list of long integers for the given key.
* If force is true, an existing value for this key will be overridden.
* The method returns false if the key exists and \a force is false.
*/
bool insert(const TQCString&, const list<long>&, bool force=false);
// --------------
/**
* Get the value for the key as a list of integers.
* \a key is the key to search for, \a value is a reference to the object
* the value for the key is assigned to.
*/
bool get(const TQCString&, list<int>&) const;
/**
* Insert a list of integers for the given key.
* If force is true, an existing value for this key will be overridden.
* The method returns false if the key exists and \a force is false.
*/
bool insert(const TQCString&, const list<int>&, bool force=false);
// -------------- some Qt high-level data types:
/**
* Get the value for the key as a TQDate.
* The value will be parsed to a integer list that must be a \e valid
* date (see TQDate documentation). \c false will be returned if the value
* is not valid or a null date. This situation might only happen in
* manually created files, since the insert-method for QDates rejects to
* insert inalid dates, it inserts null dates instead.
* @see get(const TQCString&, TQDate &)
*/
bool get(const TQCString&, TQDate &) const;
/**
* Insert a TQDate for the given key.
* If force is true, an existing value for this key will be overridden.
* The method returns false if the key exists and \a force is false.
* \e Attention: If you insert an invalid date a null date will be used.
* A null date will also be returned when retrieving this value.
* You will not be able to store an invalid date and retrieve it using
* ::get!
*/
bool insert(const TQCString&, const TQDate&, bool force=false);
// --------------
/**
* Get the value for the key as a list of doubles.
* \a key is the key to search for, \a value is a reference to the object
* the value for the key is assigned to.
*/
bool get(const TQCString&, list<double>&) const;
/**
* Insert a list of doubles for the given key.
* If force is true, an existing value for this key will be overridden.
* The method returns false if the key exists and \a force is false.
*/
bool insert(const TQCString&, const list<double>&, bool force=false);
// --------------
// end of corresponding get-insert-pairs
/**
* Returns true if there are no keys declared in this map.
*/
bool empty();
/**
* Erases all key-value-pairs in the map.
*/
bool erase(const TQCString& key);
// ############################################################################
};
/**
* A Section object manages one section of a configuration database.
* A configuration database consists of sections which in turn
* consist of other sections (recursive definition) and
* key-value-pairs. This file declares the Section class. An
* object of Section manages exactly one section during its
* lifetime.
*/
class Section
{
// ############################################################################
public:
/**
* The StringSectionMap type is defined to make the code more readable.
*/
typedef map<TQCString, Section*, QCStringLess> StringSectionMap;
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
protected:
/**
* A map containing the subsections of this section.
*/
StringSectionMap sections;
/**
* The key-value-pairs of this section.
*/
KeyValueMap keys;
/**
* The number of spaces a subsection is indented in text files.
*/
static const int indent_width;
/**
* Insert the spaces for indention the lines of this section when saving.
*/
void insertIndentSpace(TQTextStream& file, int level);
/**
* Check whether the string (one line of the file currently read) marks the
* beginning of a new subsection (usually [sectionname]).
*/
bool isBeginOfSection(TQCString);
/**
* Check whether the string (one line of the file currently read) marks the
* end of a new subsection (usually [END]).
*/
bool isEndOfSection(TQCString);
/**
* Extract the name of the section from the string.
* The string must contain the line that starts the section.
* @see ::isBeginOfSection
*/
TQCString nameOfSection(const TQCString&);
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
public:
/**
* The default constructor.
*/
Section();
/**
* Constructor that fills the keys with the given map entries.
*/
Section(const KeyValueMap&);
// handling sections:
/**
* Add an empty new section.
*/
bool add(const TQCString&);
/**
* Add the section.
*/
bool add(const TQCString&, Section*);
/**
* Search for the section, returning an iterator to it.
*/
bool find(const TQCString&, StringSectionMap::iterator&);
/**
* Search for the section, returning a pointer to the section object.
*/
bool find(const TQCString&, Section*&);
/**
* Remove this subsection.
*/
bool remove(const TQCString&);
/**
* Return the key-value-pairs of this (!) section.
*/
KeyValueMap* getKeys();
/**
* Save this section to the given output stream.
* Level is the position in section tree depth (the hierarchy level).
* It is used for indenting.
*/
bool save(TQTextStream& stream, int level=0);
/**
* Read one section from the given input stream.
* The method does not expect the line that marks the begin of the
* section. If finish is false, the code does also not except the
* section to be ended with a line like [END].
*/
bool readSection(TQTextStream& file, bool finish=true);
/**
* Clears both subsections and keys.
*/
bool clear();
/**
* Returns whether this section is empty. A section is empty if it has no
* subsections and no key-value-pairs.
*/
bool empty();
// methods to allow iterating through the subsections
/**
* Return an iterator to the beginning of the subsections map.
*/
StringSectionMap::iterator sectionsBegin();
/**
* Return an iterator to the end of the subsections map.
*/
StringSectionMap::iterator sectionsEnd();
/**
* Return the number of subsections.
*/
unsigned int noOfSections();
// ############################################################################
};
/**
* The class QConfigDB is used to manage text-based data files
* with hierarchical structure. <BR>
* It is derived from ::TQWidget, so it may be derived to display
* its contents. The basic implementation here does not display
* anything to make it a lean class. <BR>
* Some notes about the philosophy of the configuration
* database library: <OL>
* <LI> The tasks in managing the structure are shared between the three
* involved classes ::KeyValueMap, ::Section and QConfigDB. </LI>
* <LI> \a QConfigDB
* is used for retrieving sections or key-value-maps from the data
* hierarchy using keys. This keys are either pathes in UNIX style like
* "section_A/section_B/section_C", where C is a subsection of B which
* is in turn a subsection of A, or (STL) lists of strings in equivalent
* style (the first element of the list is treated as the first part of
* the path, and so on). </LI>
* <LI> Section objects are used to manipulate the tree structure below one
* particular section. </LI>
* <LI> KeyValueMap objects are used to retrieve and modify the
* key-value-pairs of one section, but not for its subsections. </LI>
* </OL>
* Thus, to use the keys of a specific section in the database, you first
* retrieve it using the ::get methods, and then manipulate the
* ::KeyValueMap you got. You may also retrieve a pointer to the whole
* section, if you need access to its subsections, for example. Although
* this sounds complex, it is a really easy and comprehensive way to write
* code using tree-structured text files. <BR>
* See the code examples provided with the library for details.
*/
class QConfigDB : public TQWidget
{
// ############################################################################
Q_OBJECT
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
protected:
/**
* The toplevel section.
*/
Section top;
/**
* A timer pointer for watching the file.
*/
TQTimer *timer;
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
public:
/**
* The Qt standard constructor.
*/
QConfigDB(TQWidget* parent=0, const char* name=0);
/**
* The virtual destructor.
*/
virtual ~QConfigDB();
/**
* Get the key-value-map for the section referenced by \a key.
*/
bool get(const TQCString& key, KeyValueMap*& map);
/**
* Get the key-value-map for the section referenced by \a key as key list.
*/
bool get(const list<TQCString>& key, KeyValueMap*& map);
/**
* Get the address of the specified Section object by its path.
* Never delete the section returned to you.
*/
bool get(const TQCString& key, Section*&);
/**
* Get the address of the specified Section object by a path list.
* Never delete the section returned to you.
*/
bool get(const list<TQCString>& key, Section*&);
/**
* Get the keys of the toplevel section.
*/
KeyValueMap* get();
/**
* Create the section with this path.
* All elements of the path that do not exist are created.
*/
bool createSection(const TQCString& key);
/**
* Create the section with a path like the path list.
* All elements of the path that do not exist are created.
*/
bool createSection(const list<TQCString>& key);
/**
* Load the file.
* @see ::setFileName
*/
bool load();
/**
* Save the file.
* \a header will be the comment in the first line of the file.
* If \a force is \c true, a file opened read-only will be switched
* to read and write mode and back after saving.
* @see ::setFileName
*/
bool save(const char* header=0, bool force=false);
/**
* Set the current file name to \a name.
* Every QConfigDB object requires a file name to be set using
* this method before the file operations work.
* setFileName performs checks if the current user may use the file
* in the requested way. If \a ro is true, she must have
* permissions to read the file, if it is false, permission must be
* given to read and write the file. If \a mustexist is true, the file
* must have existed before, if not, it might be created.
* If any check failes, false is returned and the objects state is not
* altered. Subsequent calls may be used to check if a file already
* exists.
*/
bool setFileName(const TQString& name, bool mustexist=true, bool ro=false);
/**
* Store the modification time of the file for later check of changes.
*/
bool storeFileAge();
/**
* Give the current filename.
*/
TQString fileName();
/**
* Returns if the current file name is set for read only access.
*/
bool isRO();
/**
* Clear the whole database.
*/
bool clear();
/**
* Return whether the db is empty (e.g. the toplevel section is).
*/
bool empty();
/**
* Return a string describing the version.
*/
static const char* version() { return "2.0 $Revision$"; }
/**
* Check wether the given file is locked.
* The method returns zero if not, a number > zero is the pid of the process
* locking the file, a number < zero reports an error and indicates
* that the file is locked.
*/
static int IsLocked(const TQString& fn);
/**
* Check an existing lock file for its validity.
* \a fn is the name of the DATA file that is locked.
* As lockfiles often remain when a program crashes, this function
* checks certain conditions that show that a lockfile is not in
* use anymore, these are:
* <20> there is no process with the pid in the lockfile,
* <20> the systems boot-time is after the creation of the lockfile.
* The problem is that, if there is a process with the pid we have,
* this does not need to be the process that created the lockfile
* the method returns only false if it is shure that no such process
* exists.
* Returns false if the lockfile exists and is definitely stale or there
* is none, returns true if the lockfile seems to be really valid.
*/
static bool CheckLockFile(const TQString& filename);
/**
* The static method CleanLockFiles removes all files in the list
* ::LockFiles when called.
* Thus this function should be installed as a handler for SIGINT,
* SIGQUIT, SIGKILL, SIGTERM and other program abortion signals or
* should be called by the respective handlers.
*/
static void CleanLockFiles(int);
/**
* Lock the current file.
* Locking is done by creating a file \<filename\> lock.
* QConfigDB-objects will reject opening a file for reading and
* writing if a lockfile for the filename exists.
*/
bool lock();
/**
* Unlock the file.
*/
bool unlock();
/**
* If \a watch is <TT> true </TT> the object watches its file for changes.
* A timer is started that checks the file age every second and emits
* #fileChanged if it has been overridden meanwhile.
*/
void watch(bool state);
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
protected:
/**
* Transform a given path into a list of strings.
* All internal path handling is done with lists.
*/
list<TQCString> stringToKeylist(const TQCString&);
/**
* The current filename.
*/
TQString filename;
/**
* The current file opening mode.
*/
bool readonly;
/**
* Whether this object locked the file or not.
*/
bool locked;
/**
* The modification time of the last file access.
* Used to recognize file changes, is a null date if the modification time is
* unknown, what usually means that the current file has not been created and
* does not exist by now.
* @see ::storeFileAge
*/
TQDateTime *mtime;
/**
* Lock the file.
*/
bool lock(const TQString& file);
/**
* Debugging aid, called from REQUIRE and ENSURE macros when the Nana library
* is used.
*/
bool invariant();
/**
* All created lockfiles are notified in this list.
* The list contains the names of the lockfiles, not of the files itselfes.
*/
static list<TQString> LockFiles;
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
public slots:
/**
* Check for file changes.
* This method returns true if the file has been changed on disk
* after the last reading or saving.
*/
bool checkFileChanged();
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
signals:
/**
* This signal will be send when the database is cleared or reloaded.
* The notification might be needed if pointers or iterators are stored
* outside the database object as they get invalid after reloading.
* The signal hands over its \a this pointer.
*/
virtual void changed(QConfigDB*);
/**
* This signal will notify changes of the database <EM> file </EM>. The file
* will be monitored on disk if #watch has been activated.
*/
virtual void fileChanged();
// ############################################################################
};
// ----- inline functions:
bool KeyValueMap::insert(const TQCString& key, const char* value, bool force)
{
return insert(key, (TQCString)value, force);
}
// -----
#endif // ! defined QCONFIGDB_H