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.
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_
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"
36 class DictionaryValue
;
37 class FundamentalValue
;
42 typedef std::vector
<Value
*> ValueVector
;
43 typedef std::map
<std::string
, Value
*> ValueMap
;
45 // The Value class is the base class for Values. A Value can be instantiated
46 // via the Create*Value() factory methods, or by directly creating instances of
49 // See the file-level comment above for more information.
50 class BASE_EXPORT Value
{
61 // Note: Do not add more types. See the file-level comment above for why.
66 static Value
* CreateNullValue();
68 // Returns the type of the value stored by the current Value object.
69 // Each type will be implemented by only one subclass of Value, so it's
70 // safe to use the Type to determine whether you can cast from
71 // Value* to (Implementing Class)*. Also, a Value object never changes
72 // its type after construction.
73 Type
GetType() const { return type_
; }
75 // Returns true if the current object represents a given type.
76 bool IsType(Type type
) const { return type
== type_
; }
78 // These methods allow the convenient retrieval of the contents of the Value.
79 // If the current object can be converted into the given type, the value is
80 // returned through the |out_value| parameter and true is returned;
81 // otherwise, false is returned and |out_value| is unchanged.
82 virtual bool GetAsBoolean(bool* out_value
) const;
83 virtual bool GetAsInteger(int* out_value
) const;
84 virtual bool GetAsDouble(double* out_value
) const;
85 virtual bool GetAsString(std::string
* out_value
) const;
86 virtual bool GetAsString(string16
* out_value
) const;
87 virtual bool GetAsString(const StringValue
** out_value
) const;
88 virtual bool GetAsList(ListValue
** out_value
);
89 virtual bool GetAsList(const ListValue
** out_value
) const;
90 virtual bool GetAsDictionary(DictionaryValue
** out_value
);
91 virtual bool GetAsDictionary(const DictionaryValue
** out_value
) const;
92 // Note: Do not add more types. See the file-level comment above for why.
94 // This creates a deep copy of the entire Value tree, and returns a pointer
95 // to the copy. The caller gets ownership of the copy, of course.
97 // Subclasses return their own type directly in their overrides;
98 // this works because C++ supports covariant return types.
99 virtual Value
* DeepCopy() const;
101 // Compares if two Value objects have equal contents.
102 virtual bool Equals(const Value
* other
) const;
104 // Compares if two Value objects have equal contents. Can handle NULLs.
105 // NULLs are considered equal but different from Value::CreateNullValue().
106 static bool Equals(const Value
* a
, const Value
* b
);
109 // These aren't safe for end-users, but they are useful for subclasses.
110 explicit Value(Type type
);
111 Value(const Value
& that
);
112 Value
& operator=(const Value
& that
);
118 // FundamentalValue represents the simple fundamental types of values.
119 class BASE_EXPORT FundamentalValue
: public Value
{
121 explicit FundamentalValue(bool in_value
);
122 explicit FundamentalValue(int in_value
);
123 explicit FundamentalValue(double in_value
);
124 virtual ~FundamentalValue();
126 // Overridden from Value:
127 virtual bool GetAsBoolean(bool* out_value
) const OVERRIDE
;
128 virtual bool GetAsInteger(int* out_value
) const OVERRIDE
;
129 // Values of both type TYPE_INTEGER and TYPE_DOUBLE can be obtained as
131 virtual bool GetAsDouble(double* out_value
) const OVERRIDE
;
132 virtual FundamentalValue
* DeepCopy() const OVERRIDE
;
133 virtual bool Equals(const Value
* other
) const OVERRIDE
;
139 double double_value_
;
143 class BASE_EXPORT StringValue
: public Value
{
145 // Initializes a StringValue with a UTF-8 narrow character string.
146 explicit StringValue(const std::string
& in_value
);
148 // Initializes a StringValue with a string16.
149 explicit StringValue(const string16
& in_value
);
151 virtual ~StringValue();
153 // Returns |value_| as a pointer or reference.
154 std::string
* GetString();
155 const std::string
& GetString() const;
157 // Overridden from Value:
158 virtual bool GetAsString(std::string
* out_value
) const OVERRIDE
;
159 virtual bool GetAsString(string16
* out_value
) const OVERRIDE
;
160 virtual bool GetAsString(const StringValue
** out_value
) const OVERRIDE
;
161 virtual StringValue
* DeepCopy() const OVERRIDE
;
162 virtual bool Equals(const Value
* other
) const OVERRIDE
;
168 class BASE_EXPORT BinaryValue
: public Value
{
170 // Creates a BinaryValue with a null buffer and size of 0.
173 // Creates a BinaryValue, taking ownership of the bytes pointed to by
175 BinaryValue(scoped_ptr
<char[]> buffer
, size_t size
);
177 virtual ~BinaryValue();
179 // For situations where you want to keep ownership of your buffer, this
180 // factory method creates a new BinaryValue by copying the contents of the
181 // buffer that's passed in.
182 static BinaryValue
* CreateWithCopiedBuffer(const char* buffer
, size_t size
);
184 size_t GetSize() const { return size_
; }
187 char* GetBuffer() { return buffer_
.get(); }
188 const char* GetBuffer() const { return buffer_
.get(); }
190 // Overridden from Value:
191 virtual BinaryValue
* DeepCopy() const OVERRIDE
;
192 virtual bool Equals(const Value
* other
) const OVERRIDE
;
195 scoped_ptr
<char[]> buffer_
;
198 DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(BinaryValue
);
201 // DictionaryValue provides a key-value dictionary with (optional) "path"
202 // parsing for recursive access; see the comment at the top of the file. Keys
203 // are |std::string|s and should be UTF-8 encoded.
204 class BASE_EXPORT DictionaryValue
: public Value
{
207 virtual ~DictionaryValue();
209 // Overridden from Value:
210 virtual bool GetAsDictionary(DictionaryValue
** out_value
) OVERRIDE
;
211 virtual bool GetAsDictionary(
212 const DictionaryValue
** out_value
) const OVERRIDE
;
214 // Returns true if the current dictionary has a value for the given key.
215 bool HasKey(const std::string
& key
) const;
217 // Returns the number of Values in this dictionary.
218 size_t size() const { return dictionary_
.size(); }
220 // Returns whether the dictionary is empty.
221 bool empty() const { return dictionary_
.empty(); }
223 // Clears any current contents of this dictionary.
226 // Sets the Value associated with the given path starting from this object.
227 // A path has the form "<key>" or "<key>.<key>.[...]", where "." indexes
228 // into the next DictionaryValue down. Obviously, "." can't be used
229 // within a key, but there are no other restrictions on keys.
230 // If the key at any step of the way doesn't exist, or exists but isn't
231 // a DictionaryValue, a new DictionaryValue will be created and attached
232 // to the path in that location.
233 // Note that the dictionary takes ownership of the value referenced by
234 // |in_value|, and therefore |in_value| must be non-NULL.
235 void Set(const std::string
& path
, Value
* in_value
);
237 // Convenience forms of Set(). These methods will replace any existing
238 // value at that path, even if it has a different type.
239 void SetBoolean(const std::string
& path
, bool in_value
);
240 void SetInteger(const std::string
& path
, int in_value
);
241 void SetDouble(const std::string
& path
, double in_value
);
242 void SetString(const std::string
& path
, const std::string
& in_value
);
243 void SetString(const std::string
& path
, const string16
& in_value
);
245 // Like Set(), but without special treatment of '.'. This allows e.g. URLs to
247 void SetWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& key
, Value
* in_value
);
249 // Convenience forms of SetWithoutPathExpansion().
250 void SetBooleanWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& path
, bool in_value
);
251 void SetIntegerWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& path
, int in_value
);
252 void SetDoubleWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& path
, double in_value
);
253 void SetStringWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& path
,
254 const std::string
& in_value
);
255 void SetStringWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& path
,
256 const string16
& in_value
);
258 // Gets the Value associated with the given path starting from this object.
259 // A path has the form "<key>" or "<key>.<key>.[...]", where "." indexes
260 // into the next DictionaryValue down. If the path can be resolved
261 // successfully, the value for the last key in the path will be returned
262 // through the |out_value| parameter, and the function will return true.
263 // Otherwise, it will return false and |out_value| will be untouched.
264 // Note that the dictionary always owns the value that's returned.
265 // |out_value| is optional and will only be set if non-NULL.
266 bool Get(const std::string
& path
, const Value
** out_value
) const;
267 bool Get(const std::string
& path
, Value
** out_value
);
269 // These are convenience forms of Get(). The value will be retrieved
270 // and the return value will be true if the path is valid and the value at
271 // the end of the path can be returned in the form specified.
272 // |out_value| is optional and will only be set if non-NULL.
273 bool GetBoolean(const std::string
& path
, bool* out_value
) const;
274 bool GetInteger(const std::string
& path
, int* out_value
) const;
275 // Values of both type TYPE_INTEGER and TYPE_DOUBLE can be obtained as
277 bool GetDouble(const std::string
& path
, double* out_value
) const;
278 bool GetString(const std::string
& path
, std::string
* out_value
) const;
279 bool GetString(const std::string
& path
, string16
* out_value
) const;
280 bool GetStringASCII(const std::string
& path
, std::string
* out_value
) const;
281 bool GetBinary(const std::string
& path
, const BinaryValue
** out_value
) const;
282 bool GetBinary(const std::string
& path
, BinaryValue
** out_value
);
283 bool GetDictionary(const std::string
& path
,
284 const DictionaryValue
** out_value
) const;
285 bool GetDictionary(const std::string
& path
, DictionaryValue
** out_value
);
286 bool GetList(const std::string
& path
, const ListValue
** out_value
) const;
287 bool GetList(const std::string
& path
, ListValue
** out_value
);
289 // Like Get(), but without special treatment of '.'. This allows e.g. URLs to
291 bool GetWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& key
,
292 const Value
** out_value
) const;
293 bool GetWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& key
, Value
** out_value
);
294 bool GetBooleanWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& key
,
295 bool* out_value
) const;
296 bool GetIntegerWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& key
,
297 int* out_value
) const;
298 bool GetDoubleWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& key
,
299 double* out_value
) const;
300 bool GetStringWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& key
,
301 std::string
* out_value
) const;
302 bool GetStringWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& key
,
303 string16
* out_value
) const;
304 bool GetDictionaryWithoutPathExpansion(
305 const std::string
& key
,
306 const DictionaryValue
** out_value
) const;
307 bool GetDictionaryWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& key
,
308 DictionaryValue
** out_value
);
309 bool GetListWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& key
,
310 const ListValue
** out_value
) const;
311 bool GetListWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& key
,
312 ListValue
** out_value
);
314 // Removes the Value with the specified path from this dictionary (or one
315 // of its child dictionaries, if the path is more than just a local key).
316 // If |out_value| is non-NULL, the removed Value will be passed out via
317 // |out_value|. If |out_value| is NULL, the removed value will be deleted.
318 // This method returns true if |path| is a valid path; otherwise it will
319 // return false and the DictionaryValue object will be unchanged.
320 virtual bool Remove(const std::string
& path
, scoped_ptr
<Value
>* out_value
);
322 // Like Remove(), but without special treatment of '.'. This allows e.g. URLs
323 // to be used as paths.
324 virtual bool RemoveWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& key
,
325 scoped_ptr
<Value
>* out_value
);
327 // Removes a path, clearing out all dictionaries on |path| that remain empty
328 // after removing the value at |path|.
329 virtual bool RemovePath(const std::string
& path
,
330 scoped_ptr
<Value
>* out_value
);
332 // Makes a copy of |this| but doesn't include empty dictionaries and lists in
333 // the copy. This never returns NULL, even if |this| itself is empty.
334 DictionaryValue
* DeepCopyWithoutEmptyChildren() const;
336 // Merge |dictionary| into this dictionary. This is done recursively, i.e. any
337 // sub-dictionaries will be merged as well. In case of key collisions, the
338 // passed in dictionary takes precedence and data already present will be
339 // replaced. Values within |dictionary| are deep-copied, so |dictionary| may
340 // be freed any time after this call.
341 void MergeDictionary(const DictionaryValue
* dictionary
);
343 // Swaps contents with the |other| dictionary.
344 virtual void Swap(DictionaryValue
* other
);
346 // This class provides an iterator over both keys and values in the
347 // dictionary. It can't be used to modify the dictionary.
348 class BASE_EXPORT Iterator
{
350 explicit Iterator(const DictionaryValue
& target
);
353 bool IsAtEnd() const { return it_
== target_
.dictionary_
.end(); }
354 void Advance() { ++it_
; }
356 const std::string
& key() const { return it_
->first
; }
357 const Value
& value() const { return *it_
->second
; }
360 const DictionaryValue
& target_
;
361 ValueMap::const_iterator it_
;
364 // Overridden from Value:
365 virtual DictionaryValue
* DeepCopy() const OVERRIDE
;
366 virtual bool Equals(const Value
* other
) const OVERRIDE
;
369 ValueMap dictionary_
;
371 DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(DictionaryValue
);
374 // This type of Value represents a list of other Value values.
375 class BASE_EXPORT ListValue
: public Value
{
377 typedef ValueVector::iterator iterator
;
378 typedef ValueVector::const_iterator const_iterator
;
381 virtual ~ListValue();
383 // Clears the contents of this ListValue
386 // Returns the number of Values in this list.
387 size_t GetSize() const { return list_
.size(); }
389 // Returns whether the list is empty.
390 bool empty() const { return list_
.empty(); }
392 // Sets the list item at the given index to be the Value specified by
393 // the value given. If the index beyond the current end of the list, null
394 // Values will be used to pad out the list.
395 // Returns true if successful, or false if the index was negative or
396 // the value is a null pointer.
397 bool Set(size_t index
, Value
* in_value
);
399 // Gets the Value at the given index. Modifies |out_value| (and returns true)
400 // only if the index falls within the current list range.
401 // Note that the list always owns the Value passed out via |out_value|.
402 // |out_value| is optional and will only be set if non-NULL.
403 bool Get(size_t index
, const Value
** out_value
) const;
404 bool Get(size_t index
, Value
** out_value
);
406 // Convenience forms of Get(). Modifies |out_value| (and returns true)
407 // only if the index is valid and the Value at that index can be returned
408 // in the specified form.
409 // |out_value| is optional and will only be set if non-NULL.
410 bool GetBoolean(size_t index
, bool* out_value
) const;
411 bool GetInteger(size_t index
, int* out_value
) const;
412 // Values of both type TYPE_INTEGER and TYPE_DOUBLE can be obtained as
414 bool GetDouble(size_t index
, double* out_value
) const;
415 bool GetString(size_t index
, std::string
* out_value
) const;
416 bool GetString(size_t index
, string16
* out_value
) const;
417 bool GetBinary(size_t index
, const BinaryValue
** out_value
) const;
418 bool GetBinary(size_t index
, BinaryValue
** out_value
);
419 bool GetDictionary(size_t index
, const DictionaryValue
** out_value
) const;
420 bool GetDictionary(size_t index
, DictionaryValue
** out_value
);
421 bool GetList(size_t index
, const ListValue
** out_value
) const;
422 bool GetList(size_t index
, ListValue
** out_value
);
424 // Removes the Value with the specified index from this list.
425 // If |out_value| is non-NULL, the removed Value AND ITS OWNERSHIP will be
426 // passed out via |out_value|. If |out_value| is NULL, the removed value will
427 // be deleted. This method returns true if |index| is valid; otherwise
428 // it will return false and the ListValue object will be unchanged.
429 virtual bool Remove(size_t index
, scoped_ptr
<Value
>* out_value
);
431 // Removes the first instance of |value| found in the list, if any, and
432 // deletes it. |index| is the location where |value| was found. Returns false
434 bool Remove(const Value
& value
, size_t* index
);
436 // Removes the element at |iter|. If |out_value| is NULL, the value will be
437 // deleted, otherwise ownership of the value is passed back to the caller.
438 // Returns an iterator pointing to the location of the element that
439 // followed the erased element.
440 iterator
Erase(iterator iter
, scoped_ptr
<Value
>* out_value
);
442 // Appends a Value to the end of the list.
443 void Append(Value
* in_value
);
445 // Convenience forms of Append.
446 void AppendBoolean(bool in_value
);
447 void AppendInteger(int in_value
);
448 void AppendDouble(double in_value
);
449 void AppendString(const std::string
& in_value
);
450 void AppendString(const string16
& in_value
);
451 void AppendStrings(const std::vector
<std::string
>& in_values
);
452 void AppendStrings(const std::vector
<string16
>& in_values
);
454 // Appends a Value if it's not already present. Takes ownership of the
455 // |in_value|. Returns true if successful, or false if the value was already
456 // present. If the value was already present the |in_value| is deleted.
457 bool AppendIfNotPresent(Value
* in_value
);
459 // Insert a Value at index.
460 // Returns true if successful, or false if the index was out of range.
461 bool Insert(size_t index
, Value
* in_value
);
463 // Searches for the first instance of |value| in the list using the Equals
464 // method of the Value type.
465 // Returns a const_iterator to the found item or to end() if none exists.
466 const_iterator
Find(const Value
& value
) const;
468 // Swaps contents with the |other| list.
469 virtual void Swap(ListValue
* other
);
472 iterator
begin() { return list_
.begin(); }
473 iterator
end() { return list_
.end(); }
475 const_iterator
begin() const { return list_
.begin(); }
476 const_iterator
end() const { return list_
.end(); }
478 // Overridden from Value:
479 virtual bool GetAsList(ListValue
** out_value
) OVERRIDE
;
480 virtual bool GetAsList(const ListValue
** out_value
) const OVERRIDE
;
481 virtual ListValue
* DeepCopy() const OVERRIDE
;
482 virtual bool Equals(const Value
* other
) const OVERRIDE
;
487 DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ListValue
);
490 // This interface is implemented by classes that know how to serialize and
491 // deserialize Value objects.
492 class BASE_EXPORT ValueSerializer
{
494 virtual ~ValueSerializer();
496 virtual bool Serialize(const Value
& root
) = 0;
498 // This method deserializes the subclass-specific format into a Value object.
499 // If the return value is non-NULL, the caller takes ownership of returned
500 // Value. If the return value is NULL, and if error_code is non-NULL,
501 // error_code will be set with the underlying error.
502 // If |error_message| is non-null, it will be filled in with a formatted
503 // error message including the location of the error if appropriate.
504 virtual Value
* Deserialize(int* error_code
, std::string
* error_str
) = 0;
507 // Stream operator so Values can be used in assertion statements. In order that
508 // gtest uses this operator to print readable output on test failures, we must
509 // override each specific type. Otherwise, the default template implementation
510 // is preferred over an upcast.
511 BASE_EXPORT
std::ostream
& operator<<(std::ostream
& out
, const Value
& value
);
513 BASE_EXPORT
inline std::ostream
& operator<<(std::ostream
& out
,
514 const FundamentalValue
& value
) {
515 return out
<< static_cast<const Value
&>(value
);
518 BASE_EXPORT
inline std::ostream
& operator<<(std::ostream
& out
,
519 const StringValue
& value
) {
520 return out
<< static_cast<const Value
&>(value
);
523 BASE_EXPORT
inline std::ostream
& operator<<(std::ostream
& out
,
524 const DictionaryValue
& value
) {
525 return out
<< static_cast<const Value
&>(value
);
528 BASE_EXPORT
inline std::ostream
& operator<<(std::ostream
& out
,
529 const ListValue
& value
) {
530 return out
<< static_cast<const Value
&>(value
);
535 #endif // BASE_VALUES_H_