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1 // Copyright (c) 2010 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.
4 
5 // FilePath is a container for pathnames stored in a platform's native string
6 // type, providing containers for manipulation in according with the
7 // platform's conventions for pathnames.  It supports the following path
8 // types:
9 //
10 //                   POSIX            Windows
11 //                   ---------------  ----------------------------------
12 // Fundamental type  char[]           wchar_t[]
13 // Encoding          unspecified*     UTF-16
14 // Separator         /                \, tolerant of /
15 // Drive letters     no               case-insensitive A-Z followed by :
16 // Alternate root    // (surprise!)   \\, for UNC paths
17 //
18 // * The encoding need not be specified on POSIX systems, although some
19 //   POSIX-compliant systems do specify an encoding.  Mac OS X uses UTF-8.
20 //   Linux does not specify an encoding, but in practice, the locale's
21 //   character set may be used.
22 //
23 // For more arcane bits of path trivia, see below.
24 //
25 // FilePath objects are intended to be used anywhere paths are.  An
26 // application may pass FilePath objects around internally, masking the
27 // underlying differences between systems, only differing in implementation
28 // where interfacing directly with the system.  For example, a single
29 // OpenFile(const FilePath &) function may be made available, allowing all
30 // callers to operate without regard to the underlying implementation.  On
31 // POSIX-like platforms, OpenFile might wrap fopen, and on Windows, it might
32 // wrap _wfopen_s, perhaps both by calling file_path.value().c_str().  This
33 // allows each platform to pass pathnames around without requiring conversions
34 // between encodings, which has an impact on performance, but more imporantly,
35 // has an impact on correctness on platforms that do not have well-defined
36 // encodings for pathnames.
37 //
38 // Several methods are available to perform common operations on a FilePath
39 // object, such as determining the parent directory (DirName), isolating the
40 // final path component (BaseName), and appending a relative pathname string
41 // to an existing FilePath object (Append).  These methods are highly
42 // recommended over attempting to split and concatenate strings directly.
43 // These methods are based purely on string manipulation and knowledge of
44 // platform-specific pathname conventions, and do not consult the filesystem
45 // at all, making them safe to use without fear of blocking on I/O operations.
46 // These methods do not function as mutators but instead return distinct
47 // instances of FilePath objects, and are therefore safe to use on const
48 // objects.  The objects themselves are safe to share between threads.
49 //
50 // To aid in initialization of FilePath objects from string literals, a
51 // FILE_PATH_LITERAL macro is provided, which accounts for the difference
52 // between char[]-based pathnames on POSIX systems and wchar_t[]-based
53 // pathnames on Windows.
54 //
55 // Because a FilePath object should not be instantiated at the global scope,
56 // instead, use a FilePath::CharType[] and initialize it with
57 // FILE_PATH_LITERAL.  At runtime, a FilePath object can be created from the
58 // character array.  Example:
59 //
60 // | const FilePath::CharType kLogFileName[] = FILE_PATH_LITERAL("log.txt");
61 // |
62 // | void Function() {
63 // |   FilePath log_file_path(kLogFileName);
64 // |   [...]
65 // | }
66 //
67 // WARNING: FilePaths should ALWAYS be displayed with LTR directionality, even
68 // when the UI language is RTL. This means you always need to pass filepaths
69 // through l10n_util::WrapPathWithLTRFormatting() before displaying it in the
70 // RTL UI.
71 //
72 // This is a very common source of bugs, please try to keep this in mind.
73 //
74 // ARCANE BITS OF PATH TRIVIA
75 //
76 //  - A double leading slash is actually part of the POSIX standard.  Systems
77 //    are allowed to treat // as an alternate root, as Windows does for UNC
78 //    (network share) paths.  Most POSIX systems don't do anything special
79 //    with two leading slashes, but FilePath handles this case properly
80 //    in case it ever comes across such a system.  FilePath needs this support
81 //    for Windows UNC paths, anyway.
82 //    References:
83 //    The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, sections 3.266 ("Pathname")
84 //    and 4.12 ("Pathname Resolution"), available at:
85 //    http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap03.html#tag_03_266
86 //    http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap04.html#tag_04_12
87 //
88 //  - Windows treats c:\\ the same way it treats \\.  This was intended to
89 //    allow older applications that require drive letters to support UNC paths
90 //    like \\server\share\path, by permitting c:\\server\share\path as an
91 //    equivalent.  Since the OS treats these paths specially, FilePath needs
92 //    to do the same.  Since Windows can use either / or \ as the separator,
93 //    FilePath treats c://, c:\\, //, and \\ all equivalently.
94 //    Reference:
95 //    The Old New Thing, "Why is a drive letter permitted in front of UNC
96 //    paths (sometimes)?", available at:
97 //    http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2005/11/22/495740.aspx
98 
99 #ifndef BASE_FILE_PATH_H_
100 #define BASE_FILE_PATH_H_
101 
102 #include <string>
103 #include <vector>
104 
105 #include "base/basictypes.h"
106 #include "base/compiler_specific.h"
107 #include "base/hash_tables.h"
108 #include "base/string_piece.h"  // For implicit conversions.
109 
110 // Windows-style drive letter support and pathname separator characters can be
111 // enabled and disabled independently, to aid testing.  These #defines are
112 // here so that the same setting can be used in both the implementation and
113 // in the unit test.
114 #if defined(OS_WIN)
115 #define FILE_PATH_USES_DRIVE_LETTERS
116 #define FILE_PATH_USES_WIN_SEPARATORS
117 #endif  // OS_WIN
118 
119 class Pickle;
120 
121 // An abstraction to isolate users from the differences between native
122 // pathnames on different platforms.
123 class FilePath {
124  public:
125 #if defined(OS_POSIX)
126   // On most platforms, native pathnames are char arrays, and the encoding
127   // may or may not be specified.  On Mac OS X, native pathnames are encoded
128   // in UTF-8.
129   typedef std::string StringType;
130 #elif defined(OS_WIN)
131   // On Windows, for Unicode-aware applications, native pathnames are wchar_t
132   // arrays encoded in UTF-16.
133   typedef std::wstring StringType;
134 #endif  // OS_WIN
135 
136   typedef StringType::value_type CharType;
137 
138   // Null-terminated array of separators used to separate components in
139   // hierarchical paths.  Each character in this array is a valid separator,
140   // but kSeparators[0] is treated as the canonical separator and will be used
141   // when composing pathnames.
142   static const CharType kSeparators[];
143 
144   // A special path component meaning "this directory."
145   static const CharType kCurrentDirectory[];
146 
147   // A special path component meaning "the parent directory."
148   static const CharType kParentDirectory[];
149 
150   // The character used to identify a file extension.
151   static const CharType kExtensionSeparator;
152 
FilePath()153   FilePath() {}
FilePath(const FilePath & that)154   FilePath(const FilePath& that) : path_(that.path_) {}
FilePath(const StringType & path)155   explicit FilePath(const StringType& path) : path_(path) {}
156 
157   FilePath& operator=(const FilePath& that) {
158     path_ = that.path_;
159     return *this;
160   }
161 
162   bool operator==(const FilePath& that) const;
163 
164   bool operator!=(const FilePath& that) const;
165 
166   // Required for some STL containers and operations
167   bool operator<(const FilePath& that) const {
168     return path_ < that.path_;
169   }
170 
value()171   const StringType& value() const { return path_; }
172 
empty()173   bool empty() const { return path_.empty(); }
174 
175   // Returns true if |character| is in kSeparators.
176   static bool IsSeparator(CharType character);
177 
178   // Returns a vector of all of the components of the provided path. It is
179   // equivalent to calling DirName().value() on the path's root component,
180   // and BaseName().value() on each child component.
181   void GetComponents(std::vector<FilePath::StringType>* components) const;
182 
183   // Returns true if this FilePath is a strict parent of the |child|. Absolute
184   // and relative paths are accepted i.e. is /foo parent to /foo/bar and
185   // is foo parent to foo/bar. Does not convert paths to absolute, follow
186   // symlinks or directory navigation (e.g. ".."). A path is *NOT* its own
187   // parent.
188   bool IsParent(const FilePath& child) const;
189 
190   // If IsParent(child) holds, appends to path (if non-NULL) the
191   // relative path to child and returns true.  For example, if parent
192   // holds "/Users/johndoe/Library/Application Support", child holds
193   // "/Users/johndoe/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default", and
194   // *path holds "/Users/johndoe/Library/Caches", then after
195   // parent.AppendRelativePath(child, path) is called *path will hold
196   // "/Users/johndoe/Library/Caches/Google/Chrome/Default".  Otherwise,
197   // returns false.
198   bool AppendRelativePath(const FilePath& child, FilePath* path) const;
199 
200   // Returns a FilePath corresponding to the directory containing the path
201   // named by this object, stripping away the file component.  If this object
202   // only contains one component, returns a FilePath identifying
203   // kCurrentDirectory.  If this object already refers to the root directory,
204   // returns a FilePath identifying the root directory.
205   FilePath DirName() const;
206 
207   // Returns a FilePath corresponding to the last path component of this
208   // object, either a file or a directory.  If this object already refers to
209   // the root directory, returns a FilePath identifying the root directory;
210   // this is the only situation in which BaseName will return an absolute path.
211   FilePath BaseName() const;
212 
213   // Returns ".jpg" for path "C:\pics\jojo.jpg", or an empty string if
214   // the file has no extension.  If non-empty, Extension() will always start
215   // with precisely one ".".  The following code should always work regardless
216   // of the value of path.
217   // new_path = path.RemoveExtension().value().append(path.Extension());
218   // ASSERT(new_path == path.value());
219   // NOTE: this is different from the original file_util implementation which
220   // returned the extension without a leading "." ("jpg" instead of ".jpg")
221   StringType Extension() const;
222 
223   // Returns "C:\pics\jojo" for path "C:\pics\jojo.jpg"
224   // NOTE: this is slightly different from the similar file_util implementation
225   // which returned simply 'jojo'.
226   FilePath RemoveExtension() const;
227 
228   // Inserts |suffix| after the file name portion of |path| but before the
229   // extension.  Returns "" if BaseName() == "." or "..".
230   // Examples:
231   // path == "C:\pics\jojo.jpg" suffix == " (1)", returns "C:\pics\jojo (1).jpg"
232   // path == "jojo.jpg"         suffix == " (1)", returns "jojo (1).jpg"
233   // path == "C:\pics\jojo"     suffix == " (1)", returns "C:\pics\jojo (1)"
234   // path == "C:\pics.old\jojo" suffix == " (1)", returns "C:\pics.old\jojo (1)"
235   FilePath InsertBeforeExtension(const StringType& suffix) const;
236   FilePath InsertBeforeExtensionASCII(const base::StringPiece& suffix) const;
237 
238   // Replaces the extension of |file_name| with |extension|.  If |file_name|
239   // does not have an extension, them |extension| is added.  If |extension| is
240   // empty, then the extension is removed from |file_name|.
241   // Returns "" if BaseName() == "." or "..".
242   FilePath ReplaceExtension(const StringType& extension) const;
243 
244   // Returns true if the file path matches the specified extension. The test is
245   // case insensitive. Don't forget the leading period if appropriate.
246   bool MatchesExtension(const StringType& extension) const;
247 
248   // Returns a FilePath by appending a separator and the supplied path
249   // component to this object's path.  Append takes care to avoid adding
250   // excessive separators if this object's path already ends with a separator.
251   // If this object's path is kCurrentDirectory, a new FilePath corresponding
252   // only to |component| is returned.  |component| must be a relative path;
253   // it is an error to pass an absolute path.
254   FilePath Append(const StringType& component) const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
255   FilePath Append(const FilePath& component) const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
256 
257   // Although Windows StringType is std::wstring, since the encoding it uses for
258   // paths is well defined, it can handle ASCII path components as well.
259   // Mac uses UTF8, and since ASCII is a subset of that, it works there as well.
260   // On Linux, although it can use any 8-bit encoding for paths, we assume that
261   // ASCII is a valid subset, regardless of the encoding, since many operating
262   // system paths will always be ASCII.
263   FilePath AppendASCII(const base::StringPiece& component)
264       const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
265 
266   // Returns true if this FilePath contains an absolute path.  On Windows, an
267   // absolute path begins with either a drive letter specification followed by
268   // a separator character, or with two separator characters.  On POSIX
269   // platforms, an absolute path begins with a separator character.
270   bool IsAbsolute() const;
271 
272   // Returns a copy of this FilePath that does not end with a trailing
273   // separator.
274   FilePath StripTrailingSeparators() const;
275 
276   // Returns true if this FilePath contains any attempt to reference a parent
277   // directory (i.e. has a path component that is ".."
278   bool ReferencesParent() const;
279 
280   // Older Chromium code assumes that paths are always wstrings.
281   // This function converts a wstring to a FilePath, and is useful to smooth
282   // porting that old code to the FilePath API.
283   // It has "Hack" in its name so people feel bad about using it.
284   // TODO(port): remove these functions.
285   static FilePath FromWStringHack(const std::wstring& wstring);
286 
287   // Static helper method to write a StringType to a pickle.
288   static void WriteStringTypeToPickle(Pickle* pickle,
289                                       const FilePath::StringType& path);
290   static bool ReadStringTypeFromPickle(Pickle* pickle, void** iter,
291                                        FilePath::StringType* path);
292 
293   void WriteToPickle(Pickle* pickle);
294   bool ReadFromPickle(Pickle* pickle, void** iter);
295 
296   // Compare two strings in the same way the file system does.
297   // Note that these always ignore case, even on file systems that are case-
298   // sensitive. If case-sensitive comparison is ever needed, add corresponding
299   // methods here.
300   // The methods are written as a static method so that they can also be used
301   // on parts of a file path, e.g., just the extension.
302   // CompareIgnoreCase() returns -1, 0 or 1 for less-than, equal-to and
303   // greater-than respectively.
304   static int CompareIgnoreCase(const StringType& string1,
305                                const StringType& string2);
CompareEqualIgnoreCase(const StringType & string1,const StringType & string2)306   static bool CompareEqualIgnoreCase(const StringType& string1,
307                                      const StringType& string2) {
308     return CompareIgnoreCase(string1, string2) == 0;
309   }
CompareLessIgnoreCase(const StringType & string1,const StringType & string2)310   static bool CompareLessIgnoreCase(const StringType& string1,
311                                     const StringType& string2) {
312     return CompareIgnoreCase(string1, string2) < 0;
313   }
314 
315 #if defined(OS_MACOSX)
316   // Returns the string in the special canonical decomposed form as defined for
317   // HFS, which is close to, but not quite, decomposition form D. See
318   // http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/technotes/tn/tn1150.html#UnicodeSubtleties
319   // for further comments.
320   // Returns the epmty string if the conversion failed.
321   static StringType GetHFSDecomposedForm(const FilePath::StringType& string);
322 
323   // Special UTF-8 version of FastUnicodeCompare. Cf:
324   // http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/technotes/tn/tn1150.html#StringComparisonAlgorithm
325   // IMPORTANT: The input strings must be in the special HFS decomposed form!
326   // (cf. above GetHFSDecomposedForm method)
327   static int HFSFastUnicodeCompare(const StringType& string1,
328                                    const StringType& string2);
329 #endif
330 
331   // Older Chromium code assumes that paths are always wstrings.
332   // This function produces a wstring from a FilePath, and is useful to smooth
333   // porting that old code to the FilePath API.
334   // It has "Hack" in its name so people feel bad about using it.
335   // TODO(port): remove these functions.
336   std::wstring ToWStringHack() const;
337 
338  private:
339   // Remove trailing separators from this object.  If the path is absolute, it
340   // will never be stripped any more than to refer to the absolute root
341   // directory, so "////" will become "/", not "".  A leading pair of
342   // separators is never stripped, to support alternate roots.  This is used to
343   // support UNC paths on Windows.
344   void StripTrailingSeparatorsInternal();
345 
346   StringType path_;
347 };
348 
349 // Macros for string literal initialization of FilePath::CharType[].
350 #if defined(OS_POSIX)
351 #define FILE_PATH_LITERAL(x) x
352 #elif defined(OS_WIN)
353 #define FILE_PATH_LITERAL(x) L ## x
354 #endif  // OS_WIN
355 
356 // Provide a hash function so that hash_sets and maps can contain FilePath
357 // objects.
358 #if defined(COMPILER_GCC)
359 namespace __gnu_cxx {
360 
361 template<>
362 struct hash<FilePath> {
363   std::size_t operator()(const FilePath& f) const {
364     return hash<FilePath::StringType>()(f.value());
365   }
366 };
367 
368 }  // namespace __gnu_cxx
369 #elif defined(COMPILER_MSVC)
370 namespace stdext {
371 
372 inline size_t hash_value(const FilePath& f) {
373   return hash_value(f.value());
374 }
375 
376 }  // namespace stdext
377 #endif  // COMPILER
378 
379 #endif  // BASE_FILE_PATH_H_
380