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25 #ifndef TEXTFILE_H
26 #define TEXTFILE_H
28 #include <wx/ffile.h>
29 #include <wx/string.h>
30 #include <wx/strconv.h>
33 class CPath;
35 /** Criteria used when reading an entire file to an array of strings. */
36 enum EReadTextFile
38 /** Do not filter anything */
39 txtReadAll = 0,
40 /** Do not return empty lines. Can be combined with txtStripWhiteSpace */
41 txtIgnoreEmptyLines = 1,
42 /** Do not return lines starting with a '#' */
43 txtIgnoreComments = 2,
44 /** Strip whitespace from the beginning/end of lines. */
45 txtStripWhitespace = 4,
47 /** Default parameters for file reading. */
48 txtReadDefault = txtIgnoreEmptyLines | txtIgnoreComments | txtStripWhitespace
52 /**
53 * Text file class.
55 * This class is a wrapper around wxFFile, letting an text file be read
56 * or written line-by-line. The class provides transparent and automatic
57 * EOL-style handling.
59 * Note that it is not possible to seek in a CTextFile, only sequential
60 * reading or writing is possible. Also note that the maximum length of a
61 * line is fixed (see CTextFile::GetNextLine), however this shouldn't be
62 * a problem, given the uses of this class.
64 class CTextFile
66 public:
67 // Open modes. Note that these are mutually exclusive!
68 enum EOpenMode {
69 //! Opens the file for reading, if it exists.
70 read,
71 //! Opens the file for writing, overwriting old contents.
72 write
75 /* Constructor. */
76 CTextFile();
77 /** Destructor. Closes the file if still open. */
78 ~CTextFile();
80 /** Opens the specified file, returning true on success. */
81 //\{
82 bool Open(const wxString& path, EOpenMode mode);
83 bool Open(const CPath& path, EOpenMode mode);
84 //\}
86 /** Returns true if the file is opened. */
87 bool IsOpened() const;
88 /** Returns true if GetNextLine has reached the end of the file. */
89 bool Eof() const;
90 /** Closes the file, returning true on success. */
91 bool Close();
94 /**
95 * Returns the next line of a readable file.
97 * @param conv The converter used to convert from multibyte to widechar.
99 * Note that GetNextLine will return an empty string if the file has reached
100 * EOF, or if the file is closed, or not readable. However, empty lines in
101 * the file will also be returned unless otherwise specified, so this cannot be used to test for EOF.
102 * Instead, use the function Eof().
104 wxString GetNextLine(EReadTextFile flags = txtReadAll, const wxMBConv& conv = wxConvLibc, bool* result = NULL);
107 * Writes the line to a writable file, returning true on success.
109 * @param conv The converter used to convert from widechar to multibyte.
111 bool WriteLine(const wxString& line, const wxMBConv& conv = wxConvLibc);
114 /** Reads and returns the contents of a text-file, using the specifed criteria and converter. */
115 wxArrayString ReadLines(EReadTextFile flags = txtReadDefault, const wxMBConv& conv = wxConvLibc);
117 /** Writes the lines to the file, using the given converter, returning true if no errors occured. */
118 bool WriteLines(const wxArrayString& lines, const wxMBConv& conv = wxConvLibc);
120 private:
121 //! The actual file object.
122 wxFFile m_file;
123 //! The mode in with which the file was opened.
124 EOpenMode m_mode;
127 #endif /* TEXTFILE_H */