wxFileConfig Class Reference

#include <wx/fileconf.h>

Inheritance diagram for wxFileConfig:

Detailed Description

wxFileConfig implements wxConfigBase interface for storing and retrieving configuration information using plain text files.

The files have a simple format reminiscent of Windows INI files with lines of the form "key = value" defining the keys and lines of special form "[group]" indicating the start of each group.

This class is used by default for wxConfig on Unix platforms but may also be used explicitly if you want to use files and not the registry even under Windows.

Library:  wxBase

Category:  Application and System configuration

See Also

wxFileConfig::Save

Public Member Functions
	wxFileConfig (const wxString &appName=wxEmptyString, const wxString &vendorName=wxEmptyString, const wxString &localFilename=wxEmptyString, const wxString &globalFilename=wxEmptyString, long style=wxCONFIG_USE_LOCAL_FILE|wxCONFIG_USE_GLOBAL_FILE, const wxMBConv &conv=wxConvAuto())
	Constructor allowing to choose the file names to use.
	wxFileConfig (wxInputStream &is, const wxMBConv &conv=wxConvAuto())
	Read the config data from the specified stream instead of the associated file, as usual.
virtual bool	Save (wxOutputStream &os, const wxMBConv &conv=wxConvAuto())
	Saves all config data to the given stream, returns true if data was saved successfully or false on error.
void	SetUmask (int mode)
	Allows to set the mode to be used for the config file creation.
virtual void	SetPath (const wxString &strPath)
	Set current path: if the first character is '/', it is the absolute path, otherwise it is a relative path.
virtual const wxString &	GetPath () const
	Retrieve the current path (always as absolute path).
virtual bool	GetFirstGroup (wxString &str, long &lIndex) const
	Gets the first group.
virtual bool	GetNextGroup (wxString &str, long &lIndex) const
	Gets the next group.
virtual bool	GetFirstEntry (wxString &str, long &lIndex) const
	Gets the first entry.
virtual bool	GetNextEntry (wxString &str, long &lIndex) const
	Gets the next entry.
virtual size_t	GetNumberOfEntries (bool bRecursive=false) const
	Get number of entries in the current group.
virtual size_t	GetNumberOfGroups (bool bRecursive=false) const
	Get number of entries/subgroups in the current group, with or without its subgroups.
virtual bool	HasGroup (const wxString &strName) const
virtual bool	HasEntry (const wxString &strName) const
virtual bool	Flush (bool bCurrentOnly=false)
	Permanently writes all changes (otherwise, they're only written from object's destructor).
virtual bool	RenameEntry (const wxString &oldName, const wxString &newName)
	Renames an entry in the current group.
virtual bool	RenameGroup (const wxString &oldName, const wxString &newName)
	Renames a subgroup of the current group.
virtual bool	DeleteEntry (const wxString &key, bool bGroupIfEmptyAlso=true)
	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	DeleteGroup (const wxString &szKey)
	Delete the group (with all subgroups).
virtual bool	DeleteAll ()
	Delete the whole underlying object (disk file, registry key, ...).
Public Member Functions inherited from wxConfigBase
	wxConfigBase (const wxString &appName=wxEmptyString, const wxString &vendorName=wxEmptyString, const wxString &localFilename=wxEmptyString, const wxString &globalFilename=wxEmptyString, long style=0, const wxMBConv &conv=wxConvAuto())
	This is the default and only constructor of the wxConfigBase class, and derived classes.
virtual	~wxConfigBase ()
	Empty but ensures that dtor of all derived classes is virtual.
bool	Exists (const wxString &strName) const
virtual wxConfigBase::EntryType	GetEntryType (const wxString &name) const
	Returns the type of the given entry or Unknown if the entry doesn't exist.
wxString	GetAppName () const
	Returns the application name.
wxString	GetVendorName () const
	Returns the vendor name.
bool	Read (const wxString &key, wxString *str) const
	Read a string from the key, returning true if the value was read.
bool	Read (const wxString &key, wxString *str, const wxString &defaultVal) const
	Read a string from the key.
const wxString	Read (const wxString &key, const wxString &defaultVal) const
	Another version of Read(), returning the string value directly.
bool	Read (const wxString &key, long *l) const
	Reads a long value, returning true if the value was found.
bool	Read (const wxString &key, long *l, long defaultVal) const
	Reads a long value, returning true if the value was found.
bool	Read (const wxString &key, double *d) const
	Reads a double value, returning true if the value was found.
bool	Read (const wxString &key, double *d, double defaultVal) const
	Reads a double value, returning true if the value was found.
bool	Read (const wxString &key, float *f) const
	Reads a float value, returning true if the value was found.
bool	Read (const wxString &key, float *f, float defaultVal) const
	Reads a float value, returning true if the value was found.
bool	Read (const wxString &key, bool *b) const
	Reads a boolean value, returning true if the value was found.
bool	Read (const wxString &key, bool *d, bool defaultVal) const
	Reads a boolean value, returning true if the value was found.
bool	Read (const wxString &key, wxMemoryBuffer *buf) const
	Reads a binary block, returning true if the value was found.
bool	Read (const wxString &key, T *value) const
	Reads a value of type T, for which function wxFromString() is defined, returning true if the value was found.
bool	Read (const wxString &key, T *value, const T &defaultVal) const
	Reads a value of type T, for which function wxFromString() is defined, returning true if the value was found.
bool	ReadBool (const wxString &key, bool defaultVal) const
	Reads a bool value from the key and returns it.
double	ReadDouble (const wxString &key, double defaultVal) const
	Reads a double value from the key and returns it.
long	ReadLong (const wxString &key, long defaultVal) const
	Reads a long value from the key and returns it.
T	ReadObject (const wxString &key, T const &defaultVal) const
	Reads a value of type T (for which the function wxFromString() must be defined) from the key and returns it.
bool	Write (const wxString &key, const wxString &value)
	Writes the wxString value to the config file and returns true on success.
bool	Write (const wxString &key, long value)
	Writes the long value to the config file and returns true on success.
bool	Write (const wxString &key, double value)
	Writes the double value to the config file and returns true on success.
bool	Write (const wxString &key, bool value)
	Writes the bool value to the config file and returns true on success.
bool	Write (const wxString &key, const wxMemoryBuffer &buf)
	Writes the wxMemoryBuffer value to the config file and returns true on success.
bool	Write (const wxString &key, T const &buf)
	Writes the specified value to the config file and returns true on success.
bool	IsExpandingEnvVars () const
	Returns true if we are expanding environment variables in key values.
bool	IsRecordingDefaults () const
	Returns true if we are writing defaults back to the config file.
void	SetExpandEnvVars (bool bDoIt=true)
	Determine whether we wish to expand environment variables in key values.
void	SetRecordDefaults (bool bDoIt=true)
	Sets whether defaults are recorded to the config file whenever an attempt to read the value which is not present in it is done.
Public Member Functions inherited from wxObject
	wxObject ()
	Default ctor; initializes to NULL the internal reference data.
	wxObject (const wxObject &other)
	Copy ctor.
virtual	~wxObject ()
	Destructor.
virtual wxClassInfo *	GetClassInfo () const
	This virtual function is redefined for every class that requires run-time type information, when using the wxDECLARE_CLASS macro (or similar).
wxObjectRefData *	GetRefData () const
	Returns the wxObject::m_refData pointer, i.e. the data referenced by this object.
bool	IsKindOf (const wxClassInfo *info) const
	Determines whether this class is a subclass of (or the same class as) the given class.
bool	IsSameAs (const wxObject &obj) const
	Returns true if this object has the same data pointer as obj.
void	Ref (const wxObject &clone)
	Makes this object refer to the data in clone.
void	SetRefData (wxObjectRefData *data)
	Sets the wxObject::m_refData pointer.
void	UnRef ()
	Decrements the reference count in the associated data, and if it is zero, deletes the data.
void	UnShare ()
	This is the same of AllocExclusive() but this method is public.
void	operator delete (void *buf)
	The delete operator is defined for debugging versions of the library only, when the identifier WXDEBUG is defined.
void *	operator new (size_t size, const wxString &filename=NULL, int lineNum=0)
	The new operator is defined for debugging versions of the library only, when the identifier WXDEBUG is defined.

Static Public Member Functions
static wxFileName	GetGlobalFile (const wxString &basename)
	Return the full path to the file which would be used by wxFileConfig as global, system-wide, file if it were constructed with basename as "global filename" parameter in the constructor.
static wxFileName	GetLocalFile (const wxString &basename, int style=0)
	Return the full path to the file which would be used by wxFileConfig as local, user-specific, file if it were constructed with basename as "local filename" parameter in the constructor.
static wxString	GetGlobalFileName (const wxString &szFile)
static wxString	GetLocalFileName (const wxString &szFile, int style=0)
Static Public Member Functions inherited from wxConfigBase
static wxConfigBase *	Create ()
	Create a new config object and sets it as the current one.
static void	DontCreateOnDemand ()
	Calling this function will prevent Get() from automatically creating a new config object if the current one is NULL.
static wxConfigBase *	Get (bool CreateOnDemand=true)
	Get the current config object.
static wxConfigBase *	Set (wxConfigBase *pConfig)
	Sets the config object as the current one, returns the pointer to the previous current object (both the parameter and returned value may be NULL).

Additional Inherited Members
Public Types inherited from wxConfigBase
enum	EntryType {   Type_Unknown,   Type_String,   Type_Boolean,   Type_Integer,   Type_Float }
Protected Member Functions inherited from wxObject
void	AllocExclusive ()
	Ensure that this object's data is not shared with any other object.
virtual wxObjectRefData *	CreateRefData () const
	Creates a new instance of the wxObjectRefData-derived class specific to this object and returns it.
virtual wxObjectRefData *	CloneRefData (const wxObjectRefData *data) const
	Creates a new instance of the wxObjectRefData-derived class specific to this object and initializes it copying data.
Protected Attributes inherited from wxObject
wxObjectRefData *	m_refData
	Pointer to an object which is the object's reference-counted data.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

wxFileConfig::wxFileConfig	(	const wxString &	appName = wxEmptyString,
		const wxString &	vendorName = wxEmptyString,
		const wxString &	localFilename = wxEmptyString,
		const wxString &	globalFilename = wxEmptyString,
		long	style = wxCONFIG_USE_LOCAL_FILE|wxCONFIG_USE_GLOBAL_FILE,
		const wxMBConv &	conv = wxConvAuto()
	)

Constructor allowing to choose the file names to use.

If localFilename and/or globalFilename are explicitly specified, they are used as the names of the user and system-wide configuration files (the latter is only read by the program while the former is read from and written to). Otherwise the behaviour depends on style parameter. If it includes wxCONFIG_USE_LOCAL_FILE, then the local file name is constructed from the information in appName and vendorName arguments in a system-dependent way. If wxCONFIG_USE_GLOBAL_FILE is not specified at all (and globalFilename is empty) then the system-wide file is not used at all. Otherwise its name and path are also constructed in the way appropriate for the current platform from the application and vendor names.

wxFileConfig::wxFileConfig	(	wxInputStream &	is,
		const wxMBConv &	conv = wxConvAuto()
	)

Read the config data from the specified stream instead of the associated file, as usual.

See Also

Save()

Member Function Documentation

virtual bool wxFileConfig::DeleteAll ( )

virtual

Delete the whole underlying object (disk file, registry key, ...).

Primarily for use by uninstallation routine.

Implements wxConfigBase.

virtual bool wxFileConfig::DeleteEntry ( const wxString &  key, bool  bDeleteGroupIfEmpty = true  )

virtual

Deletes the specified entry and the group it belongs to if it was the last key in it and the second parameter is true.

Implements wxConfigBase.

virtual bool wxFileConfig::DeleteGroup ( const wxString &  key )

virtual

Delete the group (with all subgroups).

If the current path is under the group being deleted it is changed to its deepest still existing component. E.g. if the current path is "/A/B/C/D" and the group C is deleted, the path becomes "/A/B".

Implements wxConfigBase.

virtual bool wxFileConfig::Flush ( bool  bCurrentOnly = false )

virtual

Permanently writes all changes (otherwise, they're only written from object's destructor).

Implements wxConfigBase.

virtual bool wxFileConfig::GetFirstEntry ( wxString &  str, long &  index  ) const

virtual

Gets the first entry.

wxPerl Note: In wxPerl this method takes no parameters and returns a 3-element list (continue_flag, string, index_for_getnextentry).

Implements wxConfigBase.

virtual bool wxFileConfig::GetFirstGroup ( wxString &  str, long &  index  ) const

virtual

Gets the first group.

wxPerl Note: In wxPerl this method takes no parameters and returns a 3-element list (continue_flag, string, index_for_getnextentry).

Implements wxConfigBase.

static wxFileName wxFileConfig::GetGlobalFile ( const wxString &  basename )

static

Return the full path to the file which would be used by wxFileConfig as global, system-wide, file if it were constructed with basename as "global filename" parameter in the constructor.

Notice that this function cannot be used if basename is already a full path name.

static wxString wxFileConfig::GetGlobalFileName ( const wxString &  szFile )

static

static wxFileName wxFileConfig::GetLocalFile ( const wxString &  basename, int  style = 0  )

static

Return the full path to the file which would be used by wxFileConfig as local, user-specific, file if it were constructed with basename as "local filename" parameter in the constructor.

style has the same meaning as in wxConfig constructor and can contain any combination of styles but only wxCONFIG_USE_SUBDIR bit is examined by this function.

Notice that this function cannot be used if basename is already a full path name.

static wxString wxFileConfig::GetLocalFileName ( const wxString &  szFile, int  style = 0  )

static

virtual bool wxFileConfig::GetNextEntry ( wxString &  str, long &  index  ) const

virtual

Gets the next entry.

wxPerl Note: In wxPerl this method only takes the index parameter and returns a 3-element list (continue_flag, string, index_for_getnextentry).

Implements wxConfigBase.

virtual bool wxFileConfig::GetNextGroup ( wxString &  str, long &  index  ) const

virtual

Gets the next group.

wxPerl Note: In wxPerl this method only takes the index parameter and returns a 3-element list (continue_flag, string, index_for_getnextentry).

Implements wxConfigBase.

virtual size_t wxFileConfig::GetNumberOfEntries ( bool  bRecursive = false ) const

virtual

Get number of entries in the current group.

Implements wxConfigBase.

virtual size_t wxFileConfig::GetNumberOfGroups ( bool  bRecursive = false ) const

virtual

Get number of entries/subgroups in the current group, with or without its subgroups.

Implements wxConfigBase.

virtual const wxString& wxFileConfig::GetPath ( ) const

virtual

Retrieve the current path (always as absolute path).

Implements wxConfigBase.

virtual bool wxFileConfig::HasEntry ( const wxString &  strName ) const

virtual

Returns

true if the entry by this name exists.

Implements wxConfigBase.

virtual bool wxFileConfig::HasGroup ( const wxString &  strName ) const

virtual

Returns

true if the group by this name exists.

Implements wxConfigBase.

virtual bool wxFileConfig::RenameEntry ( const wxString &  oldName, const wxString &  newName  )

virtual

Renames an entry in the current group.

The entries names (both the old and the new one) shouldn't contain backslashes, i.e. only simple names and not arbitrary paths are accepted by this function.

Returns

false if oldName doesn't exist or if newName already exists.

Implements wxConfigBase.

virtual bool wxFileConfig::RenameGroup ( const wxString &  oldName, const wxString &  newName  )

virtual

Renames a subgroup of the current group.

The subgroup names (both the old and the new one) shouldn't contain backslashes, i.e. only simple names and not arbitrary paths are accepted by this function.

Returns

false if oldName doesn't exist or if newName already exists.

Implements wxConfigBase.

virtual bool wxFileConfig::Save ( wxOutputStream &  os, const wxMBConv &  conv = wxConvAuto()  )

virtual

Saves all config data to the given stream, returns true if data was saved successfully or false on error.

Note the interaction of this function with the internal "dirty flag": the data is saved unconditionally, i.e. even if the object is not dirty. However after saving it successfully, the dirty flag is reset so no changes will be written back to the file this object is associated with until you change its contents again.

See Also

wxConfigBase::Flush

virtual void wxFileConfig::SetPath ( const wxString &  strPath )

virtual

Set current path: if the first character is '/', it is the absolute path, otherwise it is a relative path.

'..' is supported. If strPath doesn't exist, it is created.

See Also

wxConfigPathChanger

Implements wxConfigBase.

void wxFileConfig::SetUmask

(

int

mode

)

Allows to set the mode to be used for the config file creation.

For example, to create a config file which is not readable by other users (useful if it stores some sensitive information, such as passwords), you could use SetUmask(0077).

This function doesn't do anything on non-Unix platforms.

See Also

wxCHANGE_UMASK()