scummvm/common/fs.h

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#ifndef COMMON_FS_H
#define COMMON_FS_H

#include "common/array.h"
#include "common/ptr.h"
#include "common/str.h"

class AbstractFilesystemNode;

namespace Common {

class FilesystemNode;
class SeekableReadStream;
class WriteStream;

/**
 * List of multiple file system nodes. E.g. the contents of a given directory.
 * This is subclass instead of just a typedef so that we can use forward
 * declarations of it in other places.
 */
class FSList : public Common::Array<FilesystemNode> {};

/**
 * FilesystemNode provides an abstraction for file paths, allowing for portable
 * file system browsing. To this ends, multiple or single roots have to be supported
 * (compare Unix with a single root, Windows with multiple roots C:, D:, ...).
 *
 * To this end, we abstract away from paths; implementations can be based on
 * paths (and it's left to them whether / or \ or : is the path separator :-);
 * but it is also possible to use inodes or vrefs (MacOS 9) or anything else.
 */
class FilesystemNode {
private:
	Common::SharedPtr<AbstractFilesystemNode>	_realNode;
	FilesystemNode(AbstractFilesystemNode *realNode);

public:
	/**
	 * Flag to tell listDir() which kind of files to list.
	 */
	enum ListMode {
		kListFilesOnly = 1,
		kListDirectoriesOnly = 2,
		kListAll = 3
	};

	/**
	 * Create a new pathless FilesystemNode. Since there's no path associated
	 * with this node, path-related operations (i.e. exists(), isDirectory(),
	 * getPath()) will always return false or raise an assertion.
	 */
	FilesystemNode();

	/**
	 * Create a new FilesystemNode referring to the specified path. This is
	 * the counterpart to the path() method.
	 *
	 * If path is empty or equals ".", then a node representing the "current
	 * directory" will be created. If that is not possible (since e.g. the
	 * operating system doesn't support the concept), some other directory is
	 * used (usually the root directory).
	 */
	explicit FilesystemNode(const Common::String &path);

	virtual ~FilesystemNode() {}

	/**
	 * Compare the name of this node to the name of another. Directories
	 * go before normal files.
	 */
	bool operator<(const FilesystemNode& node) const;

	/**
	 * Indicates whether the object referred by this node exists in the filesystem or not.
	 *
	 * @return bool true if the node exists, false otherwise.
	 */
	virtual bool exists() const;

	/**
	 * Create a new node referring to a child node of the current node, which
	 * must be a directory node (otherwise an invalid node is returned).
	 * If a child matching the name exists, a normal node for it is returned.
	 * If no child with the name exists, a node for it is still returned,
	 * but exists() will return 'false' for it. This node can however be used
	 * to create a new file using the openForWriting() method.
	 *
	 * @todo If openForWriting() (or a hypothetical future mkdir() method) is used,
	 *       this should affect what exists/isDirectory/isReadable/isWritable return
	 *       for existing nodes. However, this is not the case for many existing
	 *       FSNode implementations. Either fix those, or document that FSNodes
	 *       can become 'stale'...
	 *
	 * @param name	the name of a child of this directory
	 * @return the node referring to the child with the given name
	 */
	FilesystemNode getChild(const Common::String &name) const;

	/**
	 * Return a list of all child nodes of this directory node. If called on a node
	 * that does not represent a directory, false is returned.
	 *
	 * @return true if successful, false otherwise (e.g. when the directory does not exist).
	 */
	virtual bool getChildren(FSList &fslist, ListMode mode = kListDirectoriesOnly, bool hidden = false) const;

	/**
	 * Return a human readable string for this node, usable for display (e.g.
	 * in the GUI code). Do *not* rely on it being usable for anything else,
	 * like constructing paths!
	 *
	 * @return the display name
	 */
	virtual Common::String getDisplayName() const;

	/**
	 * Return a string representation of the name of the file. This is can be
	 * used e.g. by detection code that relies on matching the name of a given
	 * file. But it is *not* suitable for use with fopen / File::open, nor
	 * should it be archived.
	 *
	 * @return the file name
	 */
	virtual Common::String getName() const;

	/**
	 * Return a string representation of the file which can be passed to fopen(),
	 * and is suitable for archiving (i.e. writing to the config file).
	 * This will usually be a 'path' (hence the name of the method), but can
	 * be anything that fulfills the above criterions.
	 *
	 * @note Do not assume that this string contains (back)slashes or any
	 *       other kind of 'path separators'.
	 *
	 * @return the 'path' represented by this filesystem node
	 */
	virtual Common::String getPath() const;

	/**
	 * Get the parent node of this node. If this node has no parent node,
	 * then it returns a duplicate of this node.
	 */
	FilesystemNode getParent() const;

	/**
	 * Indicates whether the node refers to a directory or not.
	 *
	 * @todo Currently we assume that a node that is not a directory
	 * automatically is a file (ignoring things like symlinks or pipes).
	 * That might actually be OK... but we could still add an isFile method.
	 * Or even replace isDirectory by a getType() method that can return values like
	 * kDirNodeType, kFileNodeType, kInvalidNodeType.
	 */
	virtual bool isDirectory() const;

	/**
	 * Indicates whether the object referred by this node can be read from or not.
	 *
	 * If the node refers to a directory, readability implies being able to read
	 * and list the directory entries.
	 *
	 * If the node refers to a file, readability implies being able to read the
	 * contents of the file.
	 *
	 * @return true if the object can be read, false otherwise.
	 */
	virtual bool isReadable() const;

	/**
	 * Indicates whether the object referred by this node can be written to or not.
	 *
	 * If the node refers to a directory, writability implies being able to modify
	 * the directory entry (i.e. rename the directory, remove it or write files inside of it).
	 *
	 * If the node refers to a file, writability implies being able to write data
	 * to the file.
	 *
	 * @return true if the object can be written to, false otherwise.
	 */
	virtual bool isWritable() const;

	/**
	 * Searches recursively for files matching the specified pattern inside this directory and
	 * all its subdirectories. It is safe to call this method for non-directories, in this case
	 * it will just return false.
	 *
	 * The files in each directory are scanned first. Other than that, a depth first search
	 * is performed.
	 *
	 * @param results List to put the matches in.
	 * @param pattern Pattern of the files to look for.
	 * @param hidden Whether to search hidden files or not.
	 * @param exhaustive Whether to continue searching after one match has been found.
	 * @param depth How many levels to search through (-1 = search all subdirs, 0 = only the current one)
	 *
	 * @return true if matches could be found, false otherwise.
	 */
	virtual bool lookupFile(FSList &results, const Common::String &pattern, bool hidden, bool exhaustive, int depth = -1) const;
	
	
	/**
	 * Creates a SeekableReadStream instance corresponding to the file
	 * referred by this node. This assumes that the node actually refers
	 * to a readable file. If this is not the case, 0 is returned.
	 *
	 * @return pointer to the stream object, 0 in case of a failure
	 */
	virtual Common::SeekableReadStream *openForReading() const;

	/**
	 * Creates a WriteStream instance corresponding to the file
	 * referred by this node. This assumes that the node actually refers
	 * to a readable file. If this is not the case, 0 is returned.
	 *
	 * @return pointer to the stream object, 0 in case of a failure
	 */
	virtual Common::WriteStream *openForWriting() const;
};

} // End of namespace Common

#endif //COMMON_FS_H