Make DictionaryValue::DeepCopyWithoutEmptyChildren return a scoped_ptr
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1 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3 // found in the LICENSE file.
5 // This file specifies a recursive data storage class called Value intended for
6 // storing settings and other persistable data.
7 //
8 // A Value represents something that can be stored in JSON or passed to/from
9 // JavaScript. As such, it is NOT a generalized variant type, since only the
10 // types supported by JavaScript/JSON are supported.
12 // IN PARTICULAR this means that there is no support for int64 or unsigned
13 // numbers. Writing JSON with such types would violate the spec. If you need
14 // something like this, either use a double or make a string value containing
15 // the number you want.
17 #ifndef BASE_VALUES_H_
18 #define BASE_VALUES_H_
20 #include <stddef.h>
22 #include <iosfwd>
23 #include <map>
24 #include <string>
25 #include <utility>
26 #include <vector>
28 #include "base/base_export.h"
29 #include "base/basictypes.h"
30 #include "base/compiler_specific.h"
31 #include "base/memory/scoped_ptr.h"
32 #include "base/strings/string16.h"
34 namespace base {
36 class BinaryValue;
37 class DictionaryValue;
38 class FundamentalValue;
39 class ListValue;
40 class StringValue;
41 class Value;
43 typedef std::vector<Value*> ValueVector;
44 typedef std::map<std::string, Value*> ValueMap;
46 // The Value class is the base class for Values. A Value can be instantiated
47 // via the Create*Value() factory methods, or by directly creating instances of
48 // the subclasses.
50 // See the file-level comment above for more information.
51 class BASE_EXPORT Value {
52 public:
53 enum Type {
54 TYPE_NULL = 0,
55 TYPE_BOOLEAN,
56 TYPE_INTEGER,
57 TYPE_DOUBLE,
58 TYPE_STRING,
59 TYPE_BINARY,
60 TYPE_DICTIONARY,
61 TYPE_LIST
62 // Note: Do not add more types. See the file-level comment above for why.
65 virtual ~Value();
67 static scoped_ptr<Value> CreateNullValue();
69 // Returns the type of the value stored by the current Value object.
70 // Each type will be implemented by only one subclass of Value, so it's
71 // safe to use the Type to determine whether you can cast from
72 // Value* to (Implementing Class)*. Also, a Value object never changes
73 // its type after construction.
74 Type GetType() const { return type_; }
76 // Returns true if the current object represents a given type.
77 bool IsType(Type type) const { return type == type_; }
79 // These methods allow the convenient retrieval of the contents of the Value.
80 // If the current object can be converted into the given type, the value is
81 // returned through the |out_value| parameter and true is returned;
82 // otherwise, false is returned and |out_value| is unchanged.
83 virtual bool GetAsBoolean(bool* out_value) const;
84 virtual bool GetAsInteger(int* out_value) const;
85 virtual bool GetAsDouble(double* out_value) const;
86 virtual bool GetAsString(std::string* out_value) const;
87 virtual bool GetAsString(string16* out_value) const;
88 virtual bool GetAsString(const StringValue** out_value) const;
89 virtual bool GetAsBinary(const BinaryValue** out_value) const;
90 virtual bool GetAsList(ListValue** out_value);
91 virtual bool GetAsList(const ListValue** out_value) const;
92 virtual bool GetAsDictionary(DictionaryValue** out_value);
93 virtual bool GetAsDictionary(const DictionaryValue** out_value) const;
94 // Note: Do not add more types. See the file-level comment above for why.
96 // This creates a deep copy of the entire Value tree, and returns a pointer
97 // to the copy. The caller gets ownership of the copy, of course.
99 // Subclasses return their own type directly in their overrides;
100 // this works because C++ supports covariant return types.
101 virtual Value* DeepCopy() const;
102 // Preferred version of DeepCopy. TODO(estade): remove the above.
103 scoped_ptr<Value> CreateDeepCopy() const;
105 // Compares if two Value objects have equal contents.
106 virtual bool Equals(const Value* other) const;
108 // Compares if two Value objects have equal contents. Can handle NULLs.
109 // NULLs are considered equal but different from Value::CreateNullValue().
110 static bool Equals(const Value* a, const Value* b);
112 protected:
113 // These aren't safe for end-users, but they are useful for subclasses.
114 explicit Value(Type type);
115 Value(const Value& that);
116 Value& operator=(const Value& that);
118 private:
119 Type type_;
122 // FundamentalValue represents the simple fundamental types of values.
123 class BASE_EXPORT FundamentalValue : public Value {
124 public:
125 explicit FundamentalValue(bool in_value);
126 explicit FundamentalValue(int in_value);
127 explicit FundamentalValue(double in_value);
128 ~FundamentalValue() override;
130 // Overridden from Value:
131 bool GetAsBoolean(bool* out_value) const override;
132 bool GetAsInteger(int* out_value) const override;
133 // Values of both type TYPE_INTEGER and TYPE_DOUBLE can be obtained as
134 // doubles.
135 bool GetAsDouble(double* out_value) const override;
136 FundamentalValue* DeepCopy() const override;
137 bool Equals(const Value* other) const override;
139 private:
140 union {
141 bool boolean_value_;
142 int integer_value_;
143 double double_value_;
147 class BASE_EXPORT StringValue : public Value {
148 public:
149 // Initializes a StringValue with a UTF-8 narrow character string.
150 explicit StringValue(const std::string& in_value);
152 // Initializes a StringValue with a string16.
153 explicit StringValue(const string16& in_value);
155 ~StringValue() override;
157 // Returns |value_| as a pointer or reference.
158 std::string* GetString();
159 const std::string& GetString() const;
161 // Overridden from Value:
162 bool GetAsString(std::string* out_value) const override;
163 bool GetAsString(string16* out_value) const override;
164 bool GetAsString(const StringValue** out_value) const override;
165 StringValue* DeepCopy() const override;
166 bool Equals(const Value* other) const override;
168 private:
169 std::string value_;
172 class BASE_EXPORT BinaryValue: public Value {
173 public:
174 // Creates a BinaryValue with a null buffer and size of 0.
175 BinaryValue();
177 // Creates a BinaryValue, taking ownership of the bytes pointed to by
178 // |buffer|.
179 BinaryValue(scoped_ptr<char[]> buffer, size_t size);
181 ~BinaryValue() override;
183 // For situations where you want to keep ownership of your buffer, this
184 // factory method creates a new BinaryValue by copying the contents of the
185 // buffer that's passed in.
186 static BinaryValue* CreateWithCopiedBuffer(const char* buffer, size_t size);
188 size_t GetSize() const { return size_; }
190 // May return NULL.
191 char* GetBuffer() { return buffer_.get(); }
192 const char* GetBuffer() const { return buffer_.get(); }
194 // Overridden from Value:
195 bool GetAsBinary(const BinaryValue** out_value) const override;
196 BinaryValue* DeepCopy() const override;
197 bool Equals(const Value* other) const override;
199 private:
200 scoped_ptr<char[]> buffer_;
201 size_t size_;
203 DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(BinaryValue);
206 // DictionaryValue provides a key-value dictionary with (optional) "path"
207 // parsing for recursive access; see the comment at the top of the file. Keys
208 // are |std::string|s and should be UTF-8 encoded.
209 class BASE_EXPORT DictionaryValue : public Value {
210 public:
211 DictionaryValue();
212 ~DictionaryValue() override;
214 // Overridden from Value:
215 bool GetAsDictionary(DictionaryValue** out_value) override;
216 bool GetAsDictionary(const DictionaryValue** out_value) const override;
218 // Returns true if the current dictionary has a value for the given key.
219 bool HasKey(const std::string& key) const;
221 // Returns the number of Values in this dictionary.
222 size_t size() const { return dictionary_.size(); }
224 // Returns whether the dictionary is empty.
225 bool empty() const { return dictionary_.empty(); }
227 // Clears any current contents of this dictionary.
228 void Clear();
230 // Sets the Value associated with the given path starting from this object.
231 // A path has the form "<key>" or "<key>.<key>.[...]", where "." indexes
232 // into the next DictionaryValue down. Obviously, "." can't be used
233 // within a key, but there are no other restrictions on keys.
234 // If the key at any step of the way doesn't exist, or exists but isn't
235 // a DictionaryValue, a new DictionaryValue will be created and attached
236 // to the path in that location. |in_value| must be non-null.
237 void Set(const std::string& path, scoped_ptr<Value> in_value);
238 // Deprecated version of the above. TODO(estade): remove.
239 void Set(const std::string& path, Value* in_value);
241 // Convenience forms of Set(). These methods will replace any existing
242 // value at that path, even if it has a different type.
243 void SetBoolean(const std::string& path, bool in_value);
244 void SetInteger(const std::string& path, int in_value);
245 void SetDouble(const std::string& path, double in_value);
246 void SetString(const std::string& path, const std::string& in_value);
247 void SetString(const std::string& path, const string16& in_value);
249 // Like Set(), but without special treatment of '.'. This allows e.g. URLs to
250 // be used as paths.
251 void SetWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& key,
252 scoped_ptr<Value> in_value);
253 // Deprecated version of the above. TODO(estade): remove.
254 void SetWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& key, Value* in_value);
256 // Convenience forms of SetWithoutPathExpansion().
257 void SetBooleanWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& path, bool in_value);
258 void SetIntegerWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& path, int in_value);
259 void SetDoubleWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& path, double in_value);
260 void SetStringWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& path,
261 const std::string& in_value);
262 void SetStringWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& path,
263 const string16& in_value);
265 // Gets the Value associated with the given path starting from this object.
266 // A path has the form "<key>" or "<key>.<key>.[...]", where "." indexes
267 // into the next DictionaryValue down. If the path can be resolved
268 // successfully, the value for the last key in the path will be returned
269 // through the |out_value| parameter, and the function will return true.
270 // Otherwise, it will return false and |out_value| will be untouched.
271 // Note that the dictionary always owns the value that's returned.
272 // |out_value| is optional and will only be set if non-NULL.
273 bool Get(const std::string& path, const Value** out_value) const;
274 bool Get(const std::string& path, Value** out_value);
276 // These are convenience forms of Get(). The value will be retrieved
277 // and the return value will be true if the path is valid and the value at
278 // the end of the path can be returned in the form specified.
279 // |out_value| is optional and will only be set if non-NULL.
280 bool GetBoolean(const std::string& path, bool* out_value) const;
281 bool GetInteger(const std::string& path, int* out_value) const;
282 // Values of both type TYPE_INTEGER and TYPE_DOUBLE can be obtained as
283 // doubles.
284 bool GetDouble(const std::string& path, double* out_value) const;
285 bool GetString(const std::string& path, std::string* out_value) const;
286 bool GetString(const std::string& path, string16* out_value) const;
287 bool GetStringASCII(const std::string& path, std::string* out_value) const;
288 bool GetBinary(const std::string& path, const BinaryValue** out_value) const;
289 bool GetBinary(const std::string& path, BinaryValue** out_value);
290 bool GetDictionary(const std::string& path,
291 const DictionaryValue** out_value) const;
292 bool GetDictionary(const std::string& path, DictionaryValue** out_value);
293 bool GetList(const std::string& path, const ListValue** out_value) const;
294 bool GetList(const std::string& path, ListValue** out_value);
296 // Like Get(), but without special treatment of '.'. This allows e.g. URLs to
297 // be used as paths.
298 bool GetWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& key,
299 const Value** out_value) const;
300 bool GetWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& key, Value** out_value);
301 bool GetBooleanWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& key,
302 bool* out_value) const;
303 bool GetIntegerWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& key,
304 int* out_value) const;
305 bool GetDoubleWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& key,
306 double* out_value) const;
307 bool GetStringWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& key,
308 std::string* out_value) const;
309 bool GetStringWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& key,
310 string16* out_value) const;
311 bool GetDictionaryWithoutPathExpansion(
312 const std::string& key,
313 const DictionaryValue** out_value) const;
314 bool GetDictionaryWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& key,
315 DictionaryValue** out_value);
316 bool GetListWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& key,
317 const ListValue** out_value) const;
318 bool GetListWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& key,
319 ListValue** out_value);
321 // Removes the Value with the specified path from this dictionary (or one
322 // of its child dictionaries, if the path is more than just a local key).
323 // If |out_value| is non-NULL, the removed Value will be passed out via
324 // |out_value|. If |out_value| is NULL, the removed value will be deleted.
325 // This method returns true if |path| is a valid path; otherwise it will
326 // return false and the DictionaryValue object will be unchanged.
327 virtual bool Remove(const std::string& path, scoped_ptr<Value>* out_value);
329 // Like Remove(), but without special treatment of '.'. This allows e.g. URLs
330 // to be used as paths.
331 virtual bool RemoveWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& key,
332 scoped_ptr<Value>* out_value);
334 // Removes a path, clearing out all dictionaries on |path| that remain empty
335 // after removing the value at |path|.
336 virtual bool RemovePath(const std::string& path,
337 scoped_ptr<Value>* out_value);
339 // Makes a copy of |this| but doesn't include empty dictionaries and lists in
340 // the copy. This never returns NULL, even if |this| itself is empty.
341 scoped_ptr<DictionaryValue> DeepCopyWithoutEmptyChildren() const;
343 // Merge |dictionary| into this dictionary. This is done recursively, i.e. any
344 // sub-dictionaries will be merged as well. In case of key collisions, the
345 // passed in dictionary takes precedence and data already present will be
346 // replaced. Values within |dictionary| are deep-copied, so |dictionary| may
347 // be freed any time after this call.
348 void MergeDictionary(const DictionaryValue* dictionary);
350 // Swaps contents with the |other| dictionary.
351 virtual void Swap(DictionaryValue* other);
353 // This class provides an iterator over both keys and values in the
354 // dictionary. It can't be used to modify the dictionary.
355 class BASE_EXPORT Iterator {
356 public:
357 explicit Iterator(const DictionaryValue& target);
358 ~Iterator();
360 bool IsAtEnd() const { return it_ == target_.dictionary_.end(); }
361 void Advance() { ++it_; }
363 const std::string& key() const { return it_->first; }
364 const Value& value() const { return *it_->second; }
366 private:
367 const DictionaryValue& target_;
368 ValueMap::const_iterator it_;
371 // Overridden from Value:
372 DictionaryValue* DeepCopy() const override;
373 // Preferred version of DeepCopy. TODO(estade): remove the above.
374 scoped_ptr<DictionaryValue> CreateDeepCopy() const;
375 bool Equals(const Value* other) const override;
377 private:
378 ValueMap dictionary_;
380 DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(DictionaryValue);
383 // This type of Value represents a list of other Value values.
384 class BASE_EXPORT ListValue : public Value {
385 public:
386 typedef ValueVector::iterator iterator;
387 typedef ValueVector::const_iterator const_iterator;
389 ListValue();
390 ~ListValue() override;
392 // Clears the contents of this ListValue
393 void Clear();
395 // Returns the number of Values in this list.
396 size_t GetSize() const { return list_.size(); }
398 // Returns whether the list is empty.
399 bool empty() const { return list_.empty(); }
401 // Sets the list item at the given index to be the Value specified by
402 // the value given. If the index beyond the current end of the list, null
403 // Values will be used to pad out the list.
404 // Returns true if successful, or false if the index was negative or
405 // the value is a null pointer.
406 bool Set(size_t index, Value* in_value);
407 // Preferred version of the above. TODO(estade): remove the above.
408 bool Set(size_t index, scoped_ptr<Value> in_value);
410 // Gets the Value at the given index. Modifies |out_value| (and returns true)
411 // only if the index falls within the current list range.
412 // Note that the list always owns the Value passed out via |out_value|.
413 // |out_value| is optional and will only be set if non-NULL.
414 bool Get(size_t index, const Value** out_value) const;
415 bool Get(size_t index, Value** out_value);
417 // Convenience forms of Get(). Modifies |out_value| (and returns true)
418 // only if the index is valid and the Value at that index can be returned
419 // in the specified form.
420 // |out_value| is optional and will only be set if non-NULL.
421 bool GetBoolean(size_t index, bool* out_value) const;
422 bool GetInteger(size_t index, int* out_value) const;
423 // Values of both type TYPE_INTEGER and TYPE_DOUBLE can be obtained as
424 // doubles.
425 bool GetDouble(size_t index, double* out_value) const;
426 bool GetString(size_t index, std::string* out_value) const;
427 bool GetString(size_t index, string16* out_value) const;
428 bool GetBinary(size_t index, const BinaryValue** out_value) const;
429 bool GetBinary(size_t index, BinaryValue** out_value);
430 bool GetDictionary(size_t index, const DictionaryValue** out_value) const;
431 bool GetDictionary(size_t index, DictionaryValue** out_value);
432 bool GetList(size_t index, const ListValue** out_value) const;
433 bool GetList(size_t index, ListValue** out_value);
435 // Removes the Value with the specified index from this list.
436 // If |out_value| is non-NULL, the removed Value AND ITS OWNERSHIP will be
437 // passed out via |out_value|. If |out_value| is NULL, the removed value will
438 // be deleted. This method returns true if |index| is valid; otherwise
439 // it will return false and the ListValue object will be unchanged.
440 virtual bool Remove(size_t index, scoped_ptr<Value>* out_value);
442 // Removes the first instance of |value| found in the list, if any, and
443 // deletes it. |index| is the location where |value| was found. Returns false
444 // if not found.
445 bool Remove(const Value& value, size_t* index);
447 // Removes the element at |iter|. If |out_value| is NULL, the value will be
448 // deleted, otherwise ownership of the value is passed back to the caller.
449 // Returns an iterator pointing to the location of the element that
450 // followed the erased element.
451 iterator Erase(iterator iter, scoped_ptr<Value>* out_value);
453 // Appends a Value to the end of the list.
454 void Append(scoped_ptr<Value> in_value);
455 // Deprecated version of the above. TODO(estade): remove.
456 void Append(Value* in_value);
458 // Convenience forms of Append.
459 void AppendBoolean(bool in_value);
460 void AppendInteger(int in_value);
461 void AppendDouble(double in_value);
462 void AppendString(const std::string& in_value);
463 void AppendString(const string16& in_value);
464 void AppendStrings(const std::vector<std::string>& in_values);
465 void AppendStrings(const std::vector<string16>& in_values);
467 // Appends a Value if it's not already present. Takes ownership of the
468 // |in_value|. Returns true if successful, or false if the value was already
469 // present. If the value was already present the |in_value| is deleted.
470 bool AppendIfNotPresent(Value* in_value);
472 // Insert a Value at index.
473 // Returns true if successful, or false if the index was out of range.
474 bool Insert(size_t index, Value* in_value);
476 // Searches for the first instance of |value| in the list using the Equals
477 // method of the Value type.
478 // Returns a const_iterator to the found item or to end() if none exists.
479 const_iterator Find(const Value& value) const;
481 // Swaps contents with the |other| list.
482 virtual void Swap(ListValue* other);
484 // Iteration.
485 iterator begin() { return list_.begin(); }
486 iterator end() { return list_.end(); }
488 const_iterator begin() const { return list_.begin(); }
489 const_iterator end() const { return list_.end(); }
491 // Overridden from Value:
492 bool GetAsList(ListValue** out_value) override;
493 bool GetAsList(const ListValue** out_value) const override;
494 ListValue* DeepCopy() const override;
495 bool Equals(const Value* other) const override;
497 // Preferred version of DeepCopy. TODO(estade): remove DeepCopy.
498 scoped_ptr<ListValue> CreateDeepCopy() const;
500 private:
501 ValueVector list_;
503 DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ListValue);
506 // This interface is implemented by classes that know how to serialize
507 // Value objects.
508 class BASE_EXPORT ValueSerializer {
509 public:
510 virtual ~ValueSerializer();
512 virtual bool Serialize(const Value& root) = 0;
515 // This interface is implemented by classes that know how to deserialize Value
516 // objects.
517 class BASE_EXPORT ValueDeserializer {
518 public:
519 virtual ~ValueDeserializer();
521 // This method deserializes the subclass-specific format into a Value object.
522 // If the return value is non-NULL, the caller takes ownership of returned
523 // Value. If the return value is NULL, and if error_code is non-NULL,
524 // error_code will be set with the underlying error.
525 // If |error_message| is non-null, it will be filled in with a formatted
526 // error message including the location of the error if appropriate.
527 virtual Value* Deserialize(int* error_code, std::string* error_str) = 0;
530 // Stream operator so Values can be used in assertion statements. In order that
531 // gtest uses this operator to print readable output on test failures, we must
532 // override each specific type. Otherwise, the default template implementation
533 // is preferred over an upcast.
534 BASE_EXPORT std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out, const Value& value);
536 BASE_EXPORT inline std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out,
537 const FundamentalValue& value) {
538 return out << static_cast<const Value&>(value);
541 BASE_EXPORT inline std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out,
542 const StringValue& value) {
543 return out << static_cast<const Value&>(value);
546 BASE_EXPORT inline std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out,
547 const DictionaryValue& value) {
548 return out << static_cast<const Value&>(value);
551 BASE_EXPORT inline std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out,
552 const ListValue& value) {
553 return out << static_cast<const Value&>(value);
556 } // namespace base
558 #endif // BASE_VALUES_H_