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 provides a way to access the application's current preferences.
7 // Chromium settings and storage represent user-selected preferences and
8 // information and MUST not be extracted, overwritten or modified except
9 // through Chromium defined APIs.
11 #ifndef BASE_PREFS_PREF_SERVICE_H_
12 #define BASE_PREFS_PREF_SERVICE_H_
17 #include "base/callback.h"
18 #include "base/compiler_specific.h"
19 #include "base/containers/hash_tables.h"
20 #include "base/memory/ref_counted.h"
21 #include "base/memory/scoped_ptr.h"
22 #include "base/observer_list.h"
23 #include "base/prefs/base_prefs_export.h"
24 #include "base/prefs/persistent_pref_store.h"
25 #include "base/threading/non_thread_safe.h"
26 #include "base/values.h"
29 class PrefNotifierImpl
;
41 class ScopedUserPrefUpdateBase
;
44 // Base class for PrefServices. You can use the base class to read and
45 // interact with preferences, but not to register new preferences; for
46 // that see e.g. PrefRegistrySimple.
48 // Settings and storage accessed through this class represent
49 // user-selected preferences and information and MUST not be
50 // extracted, overwritten or modified except through the defined APIs.
51 class BASE_PREFS_EXPORT PrefService
: public base::NonThreadSafe
{
53 enum PrefInitializationStatus
{
54 INITIALIZATION_STATUS_WAITING
,
55 INITIALIZATION_STATUS_SUCCESS
,
56 INITIALIZATION_STATUS_CREATED_NEW_PREF_STORE
,
57 INITIALIZATION_STATUS_ERROR
60 // A helper class to store all the information associated with a preference.
61 class BASE_PREFS_EXPORT Preference
{
63 // The type of the preference is determined by the type with which it is
64 // registered. This type needs to be a boolean, integer, double, string,
65 // dictionary (a branch), or list. You shouldn't need to construct this on
66 // your own; use the PrefService::Register*Pref methods instead.
67 Preference(const PrefService
* service
,
68 const std::string
& name
,
69 base::Value::Type type
);
72 // Returns the name of the Preference (i.e., the key, e.g.,
73 // browser.window_placement).
74 const std::string
name() const;
76 // Returns the registered type of the preference.
77 base::Value::Type
GetType() const;
79 // Returns the value of the Preference, falling back to the registered
80 // default value if no other has been set.
81 const base::Value
* GetValue() const;
83 // Returns the value recommended by the admin, if any.
84 const base::Value
* GetRecommendedValue() const;
86 // Returns true if the Preference is managed, i.e. set by an admin policy.
87 // Since managed prefs have the highest priority, this also indicates
88 // whether the pref is actually being controlled by the policy setting.
89 bool IsManaged() const;
91 // Returns true if the Preference is controlled by the custodian of the
92 // supervised user. Since a supervised user is not expected to have an admin
93 // policy, this is the controlling pref if set.
94 bool IsManagedByCustodian() const;
96 // Returns true if the Preference is recommended, i.e. set by an admin
97 // policy but the user is allowed to change it.
98 bool IsRecommended() const;
100 // Returns true if the Preference has a value set by an extension, even if
101 // that value is being overridden by a higher-priority source.
102 bool HasExtensionSetting() const;
104 // Returns true if the Preference has a user setting, even if that value is
105 // being overridden by a higher-priority source.
106 bool HasUserSetting() const;
108 // Returns true if the Preference value is currently being controlled by an
109 // extension, and not by any higher-priority source.
110 bool IsExtensionControlled() const;
112 // Returns true if the Preference value is currently being controlled by a
113 // user setting, and not by any higher-priority source.
114 bool IsUserControlled() const;
116 // Returns true if the Preference is currently using its default value,
117 // and has not been set by any higher-priority source (even with the same
119 bool IsDefaultValue() const;
121 // Returns true if the user can change the Preference value, which is the
122 // case if no higher-priority source than the user store controls the
124 bool IsUserModifiable() const;
126 // Returns true if an extension can change the Preference value, which is
127 // the case if no higher-priority source than the extension store controls
129 bool IsExtensionModifiable() const;
132 friend class PrefService
;
134 PrefValueStore
* pref_value_store() const {
135 return pref_service_
->pref_value_store_
.get();
138 const std::string name_
;
140 const base::Value::Type type_
;
142 // Reference to the PrefService in which this pref was created.
143 const PrefService
* pref_service_
;
146 // You may wish to use PrefServiceFactory or one of its subclasses
147 // for simplified construction.
149 PrefNotifierImpl
* pref_notifier
,
150 PrefValueStore
* pref_value_store
,
151 PersistentPrefStore
* user_prefs
,
152 PrefRegistry
* pref_registry
,
153 base::Callback
<void(PersistentPrefStore::PrefReadError
)>
156 virtual ~PrefService();
158 // Lands pending writes to disk. This should only be used if we need to save
159 // immediately (basically, during shutdown).
160 void CommitPendingWrite();
162 // Returns true if the preference for the given preference name is available
164 bool IsManagedPreference(const std::string
& pref_name
) const;
166 // Returns true if the preference for the given preference name is available
167 // and is controlled by the parent/guardian of the child Account.
168 bool IsPreferenceManagedByCustodian(const std::string
& pref_name
) const;
170 // Returns |true| if a preference with the given name is available and its
171 // value can be changed by the user.
172 bool IsUserModifiablePreference(const std::string
& pref_name
) const;
174 // Look up a preference. Returns NULL if the preference is not
176 const PrefService::Preference
* FindPreference(const std::string
& path
) const;
178 // If the path is valid and the value at the end of the path matches the type
179 // specified, it will return the specified value. Otherwise, the default
180 // value (set when the pref was registered) will be returned.
181 bool GetBoolean(const std::string
& path
) const;
182 int GetInteger(const std::string
& path
) const;
183 double GetDouble(const std::string
& path
) const;
184 std::string
GetString(const std::string
& path
) const;
185 base::FilePath
GetFilePath(const std::string
& path
) const;
187 // Returns the branch if it exists, or the registered default value otherwise.
188 // Note that |path| must point to a registered preference. In that case, these
189 // functions will never return NULL.
190 const base::DictionaryValue
* GetDictionary(const std::string
& path
) const;
191 const base::ListValue
* GetList(const std::string
& path
) const;
193 // Removes a user pref and restores the pref to its default value.
194 void ClearPref(const std::string
& path
);
196 // If the path is valid (i.e., registered), update the pref value in the user
198 // To set the value of dictionary or list values in the pref tree use
199 // Set(), but to modify the value of a dictionary or list use either
200 // ListPrefUpdate or DictionaryPrefUpdate from scoped_user_pref_update.h.
201 void Set(const std::string
& path
, const base::Value
& value
);
202 void SetBoolean(const std::string
& path
, bool value
);
203 void SetInteger(const std::string
& path
, int value
);
204 void SetDouble(const std::string
& path
, double value
);
205 void SetString(const std::string
& path
, const std::string
& value
);
206 void SetFilePath(const std::string
& path
, const base::FilePath
& value
);
208 // Int64 helper methods that actually store the given value as a string.
209 // Note that if obtaining the named value via GetDictionary or GetList, the
210 // Value type will be TYPE_STRING.
211 void SetInt64(const std::string
& path
, int64 value
);
212 int64
GetInt64(const std::string
& path
) const;
214 // As above, but for unsigned values.
215 void SetUint64(const std::string
& path
, uint64 value
);
216 uint64
GetUint64(const std::string
& path
) const;
218 // Returns the value of the given preference, from the user pref store. If
219 // the preference is not set in the user pref store, returns NULL.
220 const base::Value
* GetUserPrefValue(const std::string
& path
) const;
222 // Changes the default value for a preference. Takes ownership of |value|.
224 // Will cause a pref change notification to be fired if this causes
225 // the effective value to change.
226 void SetDefaultPrefValue(const std::string
& path
, base::Value
* value
);
228 // Returns the default value of the given preference. |path| must point to a
229 // registered preference. In that case, will never return NULL.
230 const base::Value
* GetDefaultPrefValue(const std::string
& path
) const;
232 // Returns true if a value has been set for the specified path.
233 // NOTE: this is NOT the same as FindPreference. In particular
234 // FindPreference returns whether RegisterXXX has been invoked, where as
235 // this checks if a value exists for the path.
236 bool HasPrefPath(const std::string
& path
) const;
238 // Returns a dictionary with effective preference values.
239 scoped_ptr
<base::DictionaryValue
> GetPreferenceValues() const;
241 // Returns a dictionary with effective preference values, omitting prefs that
242 // are at their default values.
243 scoped_ptr
<base::DictionaryValue
> GetPreferenceValuesOmitDefaults() const;
245 // Returns a dictionary with effective preference values. Contrary to
246 // GetPreferenceValues(), the paths of registered preferences are not split on
247 // '.' characters. If a registered preference stores a dictionary, however,
248 // the hierarchical structure inside the preference will be preserved.
249 // For example, if "foo.bar" is a registered preference, the result could look
251 // {"foo.bar": {"a": {"b": true}}}.
252 scoped_ptr
<base::DictionaryValue
> GetPreferenceValuesWithoutPathExpansion()
255 bool ReadOnly() const;
257 PrefInitializationStatus
GetInitializationStatus() const;
259 // Tell our PrefValueStore to update itself to |command_line_store|.
260 // Takes ownership of the store.
261 virtual void UpdateCommandLinePrefStore(PrefStore
* command_line_store
);
263 // We run the callback once, when initialization completes. The bool
264 // parameter will be set to true for successful initialization,
265 // false for unsuccessful.
266 void AddPrefInitObserver(base::Callback
<void(bool)> callback
);
268 // Returns the PrefRegistry object for this service. You should not
269 // use this; the intent is for no registrations to take place after
270 // PrefService has been constructed.
272 // Instead of using this method, the recommended approach is to
273 // register all preferences for a class Xyz up front in a static
274 // Xyz::RegisterPrefs function, which gets invoked early in the
275 // application's start-up, before a PrefService is created.
277 // As an example, prefs registration in Chrome is triggered by the
278 // functions chrome::RegisterPrefs (for global preferences) and
279 // chrome::RegisterProfilePrefs (for user-specific preferences)
280 // implemented in chrome/browser/prefs/browser_prefs.cc.
281 PrefRegistry
* DeprecatedGetPrefRegistry();
284 // The PrefNotifier handles registering and notifying preference observers.
285 // It is created and owned by this PrefService. Subclasses may access it for
287 scoped_ptr
<PrefNotifierImpl
> pref_notifier_
;
289 // The PrefValueStore provides prioritized preference values. It is owned by
290 // this PrefService. Subclasses may access it for unit testing.
291 scoped_ptr
<PrefValueStore
> pref_value_store_
;
293 scoped_refptr
<PrefRegistry
> pref_registry_
;
295 // Pref Stores and profile that we passed to the PrefValueStore.
296 scoped_refptr
<PersistentPrefStore
> user_pref_store_
;
298 // Callback to call when a read error occurs.
299 base::Callback
<void(PersistentPrefStore::PrefReadError
)> read_error_callback_
;
302 // Hash map expected to be fastest here since it minimises expensive
303 // string comparisons. Order is unimportant, and deletions are rare.
304 // Confirmed on Android where this speeded Chrome startup by roughly 50ms
305 // vs. std::map, and by roughly 180ms vs. std::set of Preference pointers.
306 typedef base::hash_map
<std::string
, Preference
> PreferenceMap
;
308 // Give access to ReportUserPrefChanged() and GetMutableUserPref().
309 friend class subtle::ScopedUserPrefUpdateBase
;
311 // Registration of pref change observers must be done using the
312 // PrefChangeRegistrar, which is declared as a friend here to grant it
313 // access to the otherwise protected members Add/RemovePrefObserver.
314 // PrefMember registers for preferences changes notification directly to
315 // avoid the storage overhead of the registrar, so its base class must be
316 // declared as a friend, too.
317 friend class PrefChangeRegistrar
;
318 friend class subtle::PrefMemberBase
;
320 // These are protected so they can only be accessed by the friend
321 // classes listed above.
323 // If the pref at the given path changes, we call the observer's
324 // OnPreferenceChanged method. Note that observers should not call
325 // these methods directly but rather use a PrefChangeRegistrar to
326 // make sure the observer gets cleaned up properly.
328 // Virtual for testing.
329 virtual void AddPrefObserver(const std::string
& path
, PrefObserver
* obs
);
330 virtual void RemovePrefObserver(const std::string
& path
, PrefObserver
* obs
);
332 // Sends notification of a changed preference. This needs to be called by
333 // a ScopedUserPrefUpdate if a DictionaryValue or ListValue is changed.
334 void ReportUserPrefChanged(const std::string
& key
);
336 // Sets the value for this pref path in the user pref store and informs the
337 // PrefNotifier of the change.
338 void SetUserPrefValue(const std::string
& path
, base::Value
* new_value
);
340 // Load preferences from storage, attempting to diagnose and handle errors.
341 // This should only be called from the constructor.
342 void InitFromStorage(bool async
);
344 // Used to set the value of dictionary or list values in the user pref store.
345 // This will create a dictionary or list if one does not exist in the user
346 // pref store. This method returns NULL only if you're requesting an
347 // unregistered pref or a non-dict/non-list pref.
348 // |type| may only be Values::TYPE_DICTIONARY or Values::TYPE_LIST and
349 // |path| must point to a registered preference of type |type|.
350 // Ownership of the returned value remains at the user pref store.
351 base::Value
* GetMutableUserPref(const std::string
& path
,
352 base::Value::Type type
);
354 // GetPreferenceValue is the equivalent of FindPreference(path)->GetValue(),
355 // it has been added for performance. If is faster because it does
356 // not need to find or create a Preference object to get the
357 // value (GetValue() calls back though the preference service to
358 // actually get the value.).
359 const base::Value
* GetPreferenceValue(const std::string
& path
) const;
361 // Local cache of registered Preference objects. The pref_registry_
362 // is authoritative with respect to what the types and default values
363 // of registered preferences are.
364 mutable PreferenceMap prefs_map_
;
366 DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(PrefService
);
369 #endif // BASE_PREFS_PREF_SERVICE_H_