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"
33 #include "base/strings/string_piece.h"
38 class DictionaryValue
;
39 class FundamentalValue
;
44 typedef std::vector
<Value
*> ValueVector
;
45 typedef std::map
<std::string
, Value
*> ValueMap
;
47 // The Value class is the base class for Values. A Value can be instantiated
48 // via the Create*Value() factory methods, or by directly creating instances of
51 // See the file-level comment above for more information.
52 class BASE_EXPORT Value
{
63 // Note: Do not add more types. See the file-level comment above for why.
68 static scoped_ptr
<Value
> CreateNullValue();
70 // Returns the type of the value stored by the current Value object.
71 // Each type will be implemented by only one subclass of Value, so it's
72 // safe to use the Type to determine whether you can cast from
73 // Value* to (Implementing Class)*. Also, a Value object never changes
74 // its type after construction.
75 Type
GetType() const { return type_
; }
77 // Returns true if the current object represents a given type.
78 bool IsType(Type type
) const { return type
== type_
; }
80 // These methods allow the convenient retrieval of the contents of the Value.
81 // If the current object can be converted into the given type, the value is
82 // returned through the |out_value| parameter and true is returned;
83 // otherwise, false is returned and |out_value| is unchanged.
84 virtual bool GetAsBoolean(bool* out_value
) const;
85 virtual bool GetAsInteger(int* out_value
) const;
86 virtual bool GetAsDouble(double* out_value
) const;
87 virtual bool GetAsString(std::string
* out_value
) const;
88 virtual bool GetAsString(string16
* out_value
) const;
89 virtual bool GetAsString(const StringValue
** out_value
) const;
90 virtual bool GetAsBinary(const BinaryValue
** out_value
) const;
91 virtual bool GetAsList(ListValue
** out_value
);
92 virtual bool GetAsList(const ListValue
** out_value
) const;
93 virtual bool GetAsDictionary(DictionaryValue
** out_value
);
94 virtual bool GetAsDictionary(const DictionaryValue
** out_value
) const;
95 // Note: Do not add more types. See the file-level comment above for why.
97 // This creates a deep copy of the entire Value tree, and returns a pointer
98 // to the copy. The caller gets ownership of the copy, of course.
100 // Subclasses return their own type directly in their overrides;
101 // this works because C++ supports covariant return types.
102 virtual Value
* DeepCopy() const;
103 // Preferred version of DeepCopy. TODO(estade): remove the above.
104 scoped_ptr
<Value
> CreateDeepCopy() const;
106 // Compares if two Value objects have equal contents.
107 virtual bool Equals(const Value
* other
) const;
109 // Compares if two Value objects have equal contents. Can handle NULLs.
110 // NULLs are considered equal but different from Value::CreateNullValue().
111 static bool Equals(const Value
* a
, const Value
* b
);
114 // These aren't safe for end-users, but they are useful for subclasses.
115 explicit Value(Type type
);
116 Value(const Value
& that
);
117 Value
& operator=(const Value
& that
);
123 // FundamentalValue represents the simple fundamental types of values.
124 class BASE_EXPORT FundamentalValue
: public Value
{
126 explicit FundamentalValue(bool in_value
);
127 explicit FundamentalValue(int in_value
);
128 explicit FundamentalValue(double in_value
);
129 ~FundamentalValue() override
;
131 // Overridden from Value:
132 bool GetAsBoolean(bool* out_value
) const override
;
133 bool GetAsInteger(int* out_value
) const override
;
134 // Values of both type TYPE_INTEGER and TYPE_DOUBLE can be obtained as
136 bool GetAsDouble(double* out_value
) const override
;
137 FundamentalValue
* DeepCopy() const override
;
138 bool Equals(const Value
* other
) const override
;
144 double double_value_
;
148 class BASE_EXPORT StringValue
: public Value
{
150 // Initializes a StringValue with a UTF-8 narrow character string.
151 explicit StringValue(const std::string
& in_value
);
153 // Initializes a StringValue with a string16.
154 explicit StringValue(const string16
& in_value
);
156 ~StringValue() override
;
158 // Returns |value_| as a pointer or reference.
159 std::string
* GetString();
160 const std::string
& GetString() const;
162 // Overridden from Value:
163 bool GetAsString(std::string
* out_value
) const override
;
164 bool GetAsString(string16
* out_value
) const override
;
165 bool GetAsString(const StringValue
** out_value
) const override
;
166 StringValue
* DeepCopy() const override
;
167 bool Equals(const Value
* other
) const override
;
173 class BASE_EXPORT BinaryValue
: public Value
{
175 // Creates a BinaryValue with a null buffer and size of 0.
178 // Creates a BinaryValue, taking ownership of the bytes pointed to by
180 BinaryValue(scoped_ptr
<char[]> buffer
, size_t size
);
182 ~BinaryValue() override
;
184 // For situations where you want to keep ownership of your buffer, this
185 // factory method creates a new BinaryValue by copying the contents of the
186 // buffer that's passed in.
187 static BinaryValue
* CreateWithCopiedBuffer(const char* buffer
, size_t size
);
189 size_t GetSize() const { return size_
; }
192 char* GetBuffer() { return buffer_
.get(); }
193 const char* GetBuffer() const { return buffer_
.get(); }
195 // Overridden from Value:
196 bool GetAsBinary(const BinaryValue
** out_value
) const override
;
197 BinaryValue
* DeepCopy() const override
;
198 bool Equals(const Value
* other
) const override
;
201 scoped_ptr
<char[]> buffer_
;
204 DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(BinaryValue
);
207 // DictionaryValue provides a key-value dictionary with (optional) "path"
208 // parsing for recursive access; see the comment at the top of the file. Keys
209 // are |std::string|s and should be UTF-8 encoded.
210 class BASE_EXPORT DictionaryValue
: public Value
{
212 // Returns |value| if it is a dictionary, nullptr otherwise.
213 static scoped_ptr
<DictionaryValue
> From(scoped_ptr
<Value
> value
);
216 ~DictionaryValue() override
;
218 // Overridden from Value:
219 bool GetAsDictionary(DictionaryValue
** out_value
) override
;
220 bool GetAsDictionary(const DictionaryValue
** out_value
) const override
;
222 // Returns true if the current dictionary has a value for the given key.
223 bool HasKey(const std::string
& key
) const;
225 // Returns the number of Values in this dictionary.
226 size_t size() const { return dictionary_
.size(); }
228 // Returns whether the dictionary is empty.
229 bool empty() const { return dictionary_
.empty(); }
231 // Clears any current contents of this dictionary.
234 // Sets the Value associated with the given path starting from this object.
235 // A path has the form "<key>" or "<key>.<key>.[...]", where "." indexes
236 // into the next DictionaryValue down. Obviously, "." can't be used
237 // within a key, but there are no other restrictions on keys.
238 // If the key at any step of the way doesn't exist, or exists but isn't
239 // a DictionaryValue, a new DictionaryValue will be created and attached
240 // to the path in that location. |in_value| must be non-null.
241 void Set(const std::string
& path
, scoped_ptr
<Value
> in_value
);
242 // Deprecated version of the above. TODO(estade): remove.
243 void Set(const std::string
& path
, Value
* in_value
);
245 // Convenience forms of Set(). These methods will replace any existing
246 // value at that path, even if it has a different type.
247 void SetBoolean(const std::string
& path
, bool in_value
);
248 void SetInteger(const std::string
& path
, int in_value
);
249 void SetDouble(const std::string
& path
, double in_value
);
250 void SetString(const std::string
& path
, const std::string
& in_value
);
251 void SetString(const std::string
& path
, const string16
& in_value
);
253 // Like Set(), but without special treatment of '.'. This allows e.g. URLs to
255 void SetWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& key
,
256 scoped_ptr
<Value
> in_value
);
257 // Deprecated version of the above. TODO(estade): remove.
258 void SetWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& key
, Value
* in_value
);
260 // Convenience forms of SetWithoutPathExpansion().
261 void SetBooleanWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& path
, bool in_value
);
262 void SetIntegerWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& path
, int in_value
);
263 void SetDoubleWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& path
, double in_value
);
264 void SetStringWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& path
,
265 const std::string
& in_value
);
266 void SetStringWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& path
,
267 const string16
& in_value
);
269 // Gets the Value associated with the given path starting from this object.
270 // A path has the form "<key>" or "<key>.<key>.[...]", where "." indexes
271 // into the next DictionaryValue down. If the path can be resolved
272 // successfully, the value for the last key in the path will be returned
273 // through the |out_value| parameter, and the function will return true.
274 // Otherwise, it will return false and |out_value| will be untouched.
275 // Note that the dictionary always owns the value that's returned.
276 // |out_value| is optional and will only be set if non-NULL.
277 bool Get(StringPiece path
, const Value
** out_value
) const;
278 bool Get(StringPiece path
, Value
** out_value
);
280 // These are convenience forms of Get(). The value will be retrieved
281 // and the return value will be true if the path is valid and the value at
282 // the end of the path can be returned in the form specified.
283 // |out_value| is optional and will only be set if non-NULL.
284 bool GetBoolean(const std::string
& path
, bool* out_value
) const;
285 bool GetInteger(const std::string
& path
, int* out_value
) const;
286 // Values of both type TYPE_INTEGER and TYPE_DOUBLE can be obtained as
288 bool GetDouble(const std::string
& path
, double* out_value
) const;
289 bool GetString(const std::string
& path
, std::string
* out_value
) const;
290 bool GetString(const std::string
& path
, string16
* out_value
) const;
291 bool GetStringASCII(const std::string
& path
, std::string
* out_value
) const;
292 bool GetBinary(const std::string
& path
, const BinaryValue
** out_value
) const;
293 bool GetBinary(const std::string
& path
, BinaryValue
** out_value
);
294 bool GetDictionary(StringPiece path
,
295 const DictionaryValue
** out_value
) const;
296 bool GetDictionary(StringPiece path
, DictionaryValue
** out_value
);
297 bool GetList(const std::string
& path
, const ListValue
** out_value
) const;
298 bool GetList(const std::string
& path
, ListValue
** out_value
);
300 // Like Get(), but without special treatment of '.'. This allows e.g. URLs to
302 bool GetWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& key
,
303 const Value
** out_value
) const;
304 bool GetWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& key
, Value
** out_value
);
305 bool GetBooleanWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& key
,
306 bool* out_value
) const;
307 bool GetIntegerWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& key
,
308 int* out_value
) const;
309 bool GetDoubleWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& key
,
310 double* out_value
) const;
311 bool GetStringWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& key
,
312 std::string
* out_value
) const;
313 bool GetStringWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& key
,
314 string16
* out_value
) const;
315 bool GetDictionaryWithoutPathExpansion(
316 const std::string
& key
,
317 const DictionaryValue
** out_value
) const;
318 bool GetDictionaryWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& key
,
319 DictionaryValue
** out_value
);
320 bool GetListWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& key
,
321 const ListValue
** out_value
) const;
322 bool GetListWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& key
,
323 ListValue
** out_value
);
325 // Removes the Value with the specified path from this dictionary (or one
326 // of its child dictionaries, if the path is more than just a local key).
327 // If |out_value| is non-NULL, the removed Value will be passed out via
328 // |out_value|. If |out_value| is NULL, the removed value will be deleted.
329 // This method returns true if |path| is a valid path; otherwise it will
330 // return false and the DictionaryValue object will be unchanged.
331 virtual bool Remove(const std::string
& path
, scoped_ptr
<Value
>* out_value
);
333 // Like Remove(), but without special treatment of '.'. This allows e.g. URLs
334 // to be used as paths.
335 virtual bool RemoveWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& key
,
336 scoped_ptr
<Value
>* out_value
);
338 // Removes a path, clearing out all dictionaries on |path| that remain empty
339 // after removing the value at |path|.
340 virtual bool RemovePath(const std::string
& path
,
341 scoped_ptr
<Value
>* out_value
);
343 // Makes a copy of |this| but doesn't include empty dictionaries and lists in
344 // the copy. This never returns NULL, even if |this| itself is empty.
345 scoped_ptr
<DictionaryValue
> DeepCopyWithoutEmptyChildren() const;
347 // Merge |dictionary| into this dictionary. This is done recursively, i.e. any
348 // sub-dictionaries will be merged as well. In case of key collisions, the
349 // passed in dictionary takes precedence and data already present will be
350 // replaced. Values within |dictionary| are deep-copied, so |dictionary| may
351 // be freed any time after this call.
352 void MergeDictionary(const DictionaryValue
* dictionary
);
354 // Swaps contents with the |other| dictionary.
355 virtual void Swap(DictionaryValue
* other
);
357 // This class provides an iterator over both keys and values in the
358 // dictionary. It can't be used to modify the dictionary.
359 class BASE_EXPORT Iterator
{
361 explicit Iterator(const DictionaryValue
& target
);
364 bool IsAtEnd() const { return it_
== target_
.dictionary_
.end(); }
365 void Advance() { ++it_
; }
367 const std::string
& key() const { return it_
->first
; }
368 const Value
& value() const { return *it_
->second
; }
371 const DictionaryValue
& target_
;
372 ValueMap::const_iterator it_
;
375 // Overridden from Value:
376 DictionaryValue
* DeepCopy() const override
;
377 // Preferred version of DeepCopy. TODO(estade): remove the above.
378 scoped_ptr
<DictionaryValue
> CreateDeepCopy() const;
379 bool Equals(const Value
* other
) const override
;
382 ValueMap dictionary_
;
384 DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(DictionaryValue
);
387 // This type of Value represents a list of other Value values.
388 class BASE_EXPORT ListValue
: public Value
{
390 typedef ValueVector::iterator iterator
;
391 typedef ValueVector::const_iterator const_iterator
;
393 // Returns |value| if it is a list, nullptr otherwise.
394 static scoped_ptr
<ListValue
> From(scoped_ptr
<Value
> value
);
397 ~ListValue() override
;
399 // Clears the contents of this ListValue
402 // Returns the number of Values in this list.
403 size_t GetSize() const { return list_
.size(); }
405 // Returns whether the list is empty.
406 bool empty() const { return list_
.empty(); }
408 // Sets the list item at the given index to be the Value specified by
409 // the value given. If the index beyond the current end of the list, null
410 // Values will be used to pad out the list.
411 // Returns true if successful, or false if the index was negative or
412 // the value is a null pointer.
413 bool Set(size_t index
, Value
* in_value
);
414 // Preferred version of the above. TODO(estade): remove the above.
415 bool Set(size_t index
, scoped_ptr
<Value
> in_value
);
417 // Gets the Value at the given index. Modifies |out_value| (and returns true)
418 // only if the index falls within the current list range.
419 // Note that the list always owns the Value passed out via |out_value|.
420 // |out_value| is optional and will only be set if non-NULL.
421 bool Get(size_t index
, const Value
** out_value
) const;
422 bool Get(size_t index
, Value
** out_value
);
424 // Convenience forms of Get(). Modifies |out_value| (and returns true)
425 // only if the index is valid and the Value at that index can be returned
426 // in the specified form.
427 // |out_value| is optional and will only be set if non-NULL.
428 bool GetBoolean(size_t index
, bool* out_value
) const;
429 bool GetInteger(size_t index
, int* out_value
) const;
430 // Values of both type TYPE_INTEGER and TYPE_DOUBLE can be obtained as
432 bool GetDouble(size_t index
, double* out_value
) const;
433 bool GetString(size_t index
, std::string
* out_value
) const;
434 bool GetString(size_t index
, string16
* out_value
) const;
435 bool GetBinary(size_t index
, const BinaryValue
** out_value
) const;
436 bool GetBinary(size_t index
, BinaryValue
** out_value
);
437 bool GetDictionary(size_t index
, const DictionaryValue
** out_value
) const;
438 bool GetDictionary(size_t index
, DictionaryValue
** out_value
);
439 bool GetList(size_t index
, const ListValue
** out_value
) const;
440 bool GetList(size_t index
, ListValue
** out_value
);
442 // Removes the Value with the specified index from this list.
443 // If |out_value| is non-NULL, the removed Value AND ITS OWNERSHIP will be
444 // passed out via |out_value|. If |out_value| is NULL, the removed value will
445 // be deleted. This method returns true if |index| is valid; otherwise
446 // it will return false and the ListValue object will be unchanged.
447 virtual bool Remove(size_t index
, scoped_ptr
<Value
>* out_value
);
449 // Removes the first instance of |value| found in the list, if any, and
450 // deletes it. |index| is the location where |value| was found. Returns false
452 bool Remove(const Value
& value
, size_t* index
);
454 // Removes the element at |iter|. If |out_value| is NULL, the value will be
455 // deleted, otherwise ownership of the value is passed back to the caller.
456 // Returns an iterator pointing to the location of the element that
457 // followed the erased element.
458 iterator
Erase(iterator iter
, scoped_ptr
<Value
>* out_value
);
460 // Appends a Value to the end of the list.
461 void Append(scoped_ptr
<Value
> in_value
);
462 // Deprecated version of the above. TODO(estade): remove.
463 void Append(Value
* in_value
);
465 // Convenience forms of Append.
466 void AppendBoolean(bool in_value
);
467 void AppendInteger(int in_value
);
468 void AppendDouble(double in_value
);
469 void AppendString(const std::string
& in_value
);
470 void AppendString(const string16
& in_value
);
471 void AppendStrings(const std::vector
<std::string
>& in_values
);
472 void AppendStrings(const std::vector
<string16
>& in_values
);
474 // Appends a Value if it's not already present. Takes ownership of the
475 // |in_value|. Returns true if successful, or false if the value was already
476 // present. If the value was already present the |in_value| is deleted.
477 bool AppendIfNotPresent(Value
* in_value
);
479 // Insert a Value at index.
480 // Returns true if successful, or false if the index was out of range.
481 bool Insert(size_t index
, Value
* in_value
);
483 // Searches for the first instance of |value| in the list using the Equals
484 // method of the Value type.
485 // Returns a const_iterator to the found item or to end() if none exists.
486 const_iterator
Find(const Value
& value
) const;
488 // Swaps contents with the |other| list.
489 virtual void Swap(ListValue
* other
);
492 iterator
begin() { return list_
.begin(); }
493 iterator
end() { return list_
.end(); }
495 const_iterator
begin() const { return list_
.begin(); }
496 const_iterator
end() const { return list_
.end(); }
498 // Overridden from Value:
499 bool GetAsList(ListValue
** out_value
) override
;
500 bool GetAsList(const ListValue
** out_value
) const override
;
501 ListValue
* DeepCopy() const override
;
502 bool Equals(const Value
* other
) const override
;
504 // Preferred version of DeepCopy. TODO(estade): remove DeepCopy.
505 scoped_ptr
<ListValue
> CreateDeepCopy() const;
510 DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ListValue
);
513 // This interface is implemented by classes that know how to serialize
515 class BASE_EXPORT ValueSerializer
{
517 virtual ~ValueSerializer();
519 virtual bool Serialize(const Value
& root
) = 0;
522 // This interface is implemented by classes that know how to deserialize Value
524 class BASE_EXPORT ValueDeserializer
{
526 virtual ~ValueDeserializer();
528 // This method deserializes the subclass-specific format into a Value object.
529 // If the return value is non-NULL, the caller takes ownership of returned
530 // Value. If the return value is NULL, and if error_code is non-NULL,
531 // error_code will be set with the underlying error.
532 // If |error_message| is non-null, it will be filled in with a formatted
533 // error message including the location of the error if appropriate.
534 virtual Value
* Deserialize(int* error_code
, std::string
* error_str
) = 0;
537 // Stream operator so Values can be used in assertion statements. In order that
538 // gtest uses this operator to print readable output on test failures, we must
539 // override each specific type. Otherwise, the default template implementation
540 // is preferred over an upcast.
541 BASE_EXPORT
std::ostream
& operator<<(std::ostream
& out
, const Value
& value
);
543 BASE_EXPORT
inline std::ostream
& operator<<(std::ostream
& out
,
544 const FundamentalValue
& value
) {
545 return out
<< static_cast<const Value
&>(value
);
548 BASE_EXPORT
inline std::ostream
& operator<<(std::ostream
& out
,
549 const StringValue
& value
) {
550 return out
<< static_cast<const Value
&>(value
);
553 BASE_EXPORT
inline std::ostream
& operator<<(std::ostream
& out
,
554 const DictionaryValue
& value
) {
555 return out
<< static_cast<const Value
&>(value
);
558 BASE_EXPORT
inline std::ostream
& operator<<(std::ostream
& out
,
559 const ListValue
& value
) {
560 return out
<< static_cast<const Value
&>(value
);
565 #endif // BASE_VALUES_H_