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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 // 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
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 // Chrome OS also uses UTF-8.
21 // Linux does not specify an encoding, but in practice, the locale's
22 // character set may be used.
24 // For more arcane bits of path trivia, see below.
26 // FilePath objects are intended to be used anywhere paths are. An
27 // application may pass FilePath objects around internally, masking the
28 // underlying differences between systems, only differing in implementation
29 // where interfacing directly with the system. For example, a single
30 // OpenFile(const FilePath &) function may be made available, allowing all
31 // callers to operate without regard to the underlying implementation. On
32 // POSIX-like platforms, OpenFile might wrap fopen, and on Windows, it might
33 // wrap _wfopen_s, perhaps both by calling file_path.value().c_str(). This
34 // allows each platform to pass pathnames around without requiring conversions
35 // between encodings, which has an impact on performance, but more imporantly,
36 // has an impact on correctness on platforms that do not have well-defined
37 // encodings for pathnames.
39 // Several methods are available to perform common operations on a FilePath
40 // object, such as determining the parent directory (DirName), isolating the
41 // final path component (BaseName), and appending a relative pathname string
42 // to an existing FilePath object (Append). These methods are highly
43 // recommended over attempting to split and concatenate strings directly.
44 // These methods are based purely on string manipulation and knowledge of
45 // platform-specific pathname conventions, and do not consult the filesystem
46 // at all, making them safe to use without fear of blocking on I/O operations.
47 // These methods do not function as mutators but instead return distinct
48 // instances of FilePath objects, and are therefore safe to use on const
49 // objects. The objects themselves are safe to share between threads.
51 // To aid in initialization of FilePath objects from string literals, a
52 // FILE_PATH_LITERAL macro is provided, which accounts for the difference
53 // between char[]-based pathnames on POSIX systems and wchar_t[]-based
54 // pathnames on Windows.
56 // Paths can't contain NULs as a precaution agaist premature truncation.
58 // Because a FilePath object should not be instantiated at the global scope,
59 // instead, use a FilePath::CharType[] and initialize it with
60 // FILE_PATH_LITERAL. At runtime, a FilePath object can be created from the
61 // character array. Example:
63 // | const FilePath::CharType kLogFileName[] = FILE_PATH_LITERAL("log.txt");
64 // |
65 // | void Function() {
66 // | FilePath log_file_path(kLogFileName);
67 // | [...]
68 // | }
70 // WARNING: FilePaths should ALWAYS be displayed with LTR directionality, even
71 // when the UI language is RTL. This means you always need to pass filepaths
72 // through base::i18n::WrapPathWithLTRFormatting() before displaying it in the
73 // RTL UI.
75 // This is a very common source of bugs, please try to keep this in mind.
77 // ARCANE BITS OF PATH TRIVIA
79 // - A double leading slash is actually part of the POSIX standard. Systems
80 // are allowed to treat // as an alternate root, as Windows does for UNC
81 // (network share) paths. Most POSIX systems don't do anything special
82 // with two leading slashes, but FilePath handles this case properly
83 // in case it ever comes across such a system. FilePath needs this support
84 // for Windows UNC paths, anyway.
85 // References:
86 // The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, sections 3.266 ("Pathname")
87 // and 4.12 ("Pathname Resolution"), available at:
88 // http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap03.html#tag_03_266
89 // http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap04.html#tag_04_12
91 // - Windows treats c:\\ the same way it treats \\. This was intended to
92 // allow older applications that require drive letters to support UNC paths
93 // like \\server\share\path, by permitting c:\\server\share\path as an
94 // equivalent. Since the OS treats these paths specially, FilePath needs
95 // to do the same. Since Windows can use either / or \ as the separator,
96 // FilePath treats c://, c:\\, //, and \\ all equivalently.
97 // Reference:
98 // The Old New Thing, "Why is a drive letter permitted in front of UNC
99 // paths (sometimes)?", available at:
100 // http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2005/11/22/495740.aspx
102 #ifndef BASE_FILE_PATH_H_
103 #define BASE_FILE_PATH_H_
105 #include <stddef.h>
106 #include <string>
107 #include <vector>
109 #include "base/base_export.h"
110 #include "base/compiler_specific.h"
111 #include "base/hash_tables.h"
112 #include "base/string16.h"
113 #include "base/string_piece.h" // For implicit conversions.
114 #include "build/build_config.h"
116 // Windows-style drive letter support and pathname separator characters can be
117 // enabled and disabled independently, to aid testing. These #defines are
118 // here so that the same setting can be used in both the implementation and
119 // in the unit test.
120 #if defined(OS_WIN)
121 #define FILE_PATH_USES_DRIVE_LETTERS
122 #define FILE_PATH_USES_WIN_SEPARATORS
123 #endif // OS_WIN
125 class Pickle;
126 class PickleIterator;
128 namespace base {
130 // An abstraction to isolate users from the differences between native
131 // pathnames on different platforms.
132 class BASE_EXPORT FilePath {
133 public:
134 #if defined(OS_POSIX)
135 // On most platforms, native pathnames are char arrays, and the encoding
136 // may or may not be specified. On Mac OS X, native pathnames are encoded
137 // in UTF-8.
138 typedef std::string StringType;
139 #elif defined(OS_WIN)
140 // On Windows, for Unicode-aware applications, native pathnames are wchar_t
141 // arrays encoded in UTF-16.
142 typedef std::wstring StringType;
143 #endif // OS_WIN
145 typedef StringType::value_type CharType;
147 // Null-terminated array of separators used to separate components in
148 // hierarchical paths. Each character in this array is a valid separator,
149 // but kSeparators[0] is treated as the canonical separator and will be used
150 // when composing pathnames.
151 static const CharType kSeparators[];
153 // A special path component meaning "this directory."
154 static const CharType kCurrentDirectory[];
156 // A special path component meaning "the parent directory."
157 static const CharType kParentDirectory[];
159 // The character used to identify a file extension.
160 static const CharType kExtensionSeparator;
162 FilePath();
163 FilePath(const FilePath& that);
164 explicit FilePath(const StringType& path);
165 ~FilePath();
166 FilePath& operator=(const FilePath& that);
168 bool operator==(const FilePath& that) const;
170 bool operator!=(const FilePath& that) const;
172 // Required for some STL containers and operations
173 bool operator<(const FilePath& that) const {
174 return path_ < that.path_;
177 const StringType& value() const { return path_; }
179 bool empty() const { return path_.empty(); }
181 void clear() { path_.clear(); }
183 // Returns true if |character| is in kSeparators.
184 static bool IsSeparator(CharType character);
186 // Returns a vector of all of the components of the provided path. It is
187 // equivalent to calling DirName().value() on the path's root component,
188 // and BaseName().value() on each child component.
189 void GetComponents(std::vector<FilePath::StringType>* components) const;
191 // Returns true if this FilePath is a strict parent of the |child|. Absolute
192 // and relative paths are accepted i.e. is /foo parent to /foo/bar and
193 // is foo parent to foo/bar. Does not convert paths to absolute, follow
194 // symlinks or directory navigation (e.g. ".."). A path is *NOT* its own
195 // parent.
196 bool IsParent(const FilePath& child) const;
198 // If IsParent(child) holds, appends to path (if non-NULL) the
199 // relative path to child and returns true. For example, if parent
200 // holds "/Users/johndoe/Library/Application Support", child holds
201 // "/Users/johndoe/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default", and
202 // *path holds "/Users/johndoe/Library/Caches", then after
203 // parent.AppendRelativePath(child, path) is called *path will hold
204 // "/Users/johndoe/Library/Caches/Google/Chrome/Default". Otherwise,
205 // returns false.
206 bool AppendRelativePath(const FilePath& child, FilePath* path) const;
208 // Returns a FilePath corresponding to the directory containing the path
209 // named by this object, stripping away the file component. If this object
210 // only contains one component, returns a FilePath identifying
211 // kCurrentDirectory. If this object already refers to the root directory,
212 // returns a FilePath identifying the root directory.
213 FilePath DirName() const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
215 // Returns a FilePath corresponding to the last path component of this
216 // object, either a file or a directory. If this object already refers to
217 // the root directory, returns a FilePath identifying the root directory;
218 // this is the only situation in which BaseName will return an absolute path.
219 FilePath BaseName() const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
221 // Returns ".jpg" for path "C:\pics\jojo.jpg", or an empty string if
222 // the file has no extension. If non-empty, Extension() will always start
223 // with precisely one ".". The following code should always work regardless
224 // of the value of path.
225 // new_path = path.RemoveExtension().value().append(path.Extension());
226 // ASSERT(new_path == path.value());
227 // NOTE: this is different from the original file_util implementation which
228 // returned the extension without a leading "." ("jpg" instead of ".jpg")
229 StringType Extension() const;
231 // Returns "C:\pics\jojo" for path "C:\pics\jojo.jpg"
232 // NOTE: this is slightly different from the similar file_util implementation
233 // which returned simply 'jojo'.
234 FilePath RemoveExtension() const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
236 // Inserts |suffix| after the file name portion of |path| but before the
237 // extension. Returns "" if BaseName() == "." or "..".
238 // Examples:
239 // path == "C:\pics\jojo.jpg" suffix == " (1)", returns "C:\pics\jojo (1).jpg"
240 // path == "jojo.jpg" suffix == " (1)", returns "jojo (1).jpg"
241 // path == "C:\pics\jojo" suffix == " (1)", returns "C:\pics\jojo (1)"
242 // path == "C:\pics.old\jojo" suffix == " (1)", returns "C:\pics.old\jojo (1)"
243 FilePath InsertBeforeExtension(
244 const StringType& suffix) const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
245 FilePath InsertBeforeExtensionASCII(
246 const base::StringPiece& suffix) const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
248 // Adds |extension| to |file_name|. Returns the current FilePath if
249 // |extension| is empty. Returns "" if BaseName() == "." or "..".
250 FilePath AddExtension(
251 const StringType& extension) const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
253 // Replaces the extension of |file_name| with |extension|. If |file_name|
254 // does not have an extension, then |extension| is added. If |extension| is
255 // empty, then the extension is removed from |file_name|.
256 // Returns "" if BaseName() == "." or "..".
257 FilePath ReplaceExtension(
258 const StringType& extension) const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
260 // Returns true if the file path matches the specified extension. The test is
261 // case insensitive. Don't forget the leading period if appropriate.
262 bool MatchesExtension(const StringType& extension) const;
264 // Returns a FilePath by appending a separator and the supplied path
265 // component to this object's path. Append takes care to avoid adding
266 // excessive separators if this object's path already ends with a separator.
267 // If this object's path is kCurrentDirectory, a new FilePath corresponding
268 // only to |component| is returned. |component| must be a relative path;
269 // it is an error to pass an absolute path.
270 FilePath Append(const StringType& component) const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
271 FilePath Append(const FilePath& component) const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
273 // Although Windows StringType is std::wstring, since the encoding it uses for
274 // paths is well defined, it can handle ASCII path components as well.
275 // Mac uses UTF8, and since ASCII is a subset of that, it works there as well.
276 // On Linux, although it can use any 8-bit encoding for paths, we assume that
277 // ASCII is a valid subset, regardless of the encoding, since many operating
278 // system paths will always be ASCII.
279 FilePath AppendASCII(const base::StringPiece& component)
280 const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
282 // Returns true if this FilePath contains an absolute path. On Windows, an
283 // absolute path begins with either a drive letter specification followed by
284 // a separator character, or with two separator characters. On POSIX
285 // platforms, an absolute path begins with a separator character.
286 bool IsAbsolute() const;
288 // Returns a copy of this FilePath that does not end with a trailing
289 // separator.
290 FilePath StripTrailingSeparators() const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
292 // Returns true if this FilePath contains any attempt to reference a parent
293 // directory (i.e. has a path component that is ".."
294 bool ReferencesParent() const;
296 // Return a Unicode human-readable version of this path.
297 // Warning: you can *not*, in general, go from a display name back to a real
298 // path. Only use this when displaying paths to users, not just when you
299 // want to stuff a string16 into some other API.
300 string16 LossyDisplayName() const;
302 // Return the path as ASCII, or the empty string if the path is not ASCII.
303 // This should only be used for cases where the FilePath is representing a
304 // known-ASCII filename.
305 std::string MaybeAsASCII() const;
307 // Return the path as UTF-8.
309 // This function is *unsafe* as there is no way to tell what encoding is
310 // used in file names on POSIX systems other than Mac and Chrome OS,
311 // although UTF-8 is practically used everywhere these days. To mitigate
312 // the encoding issue, this function internally calls
313 // SysNativeMBToWide() on POSIX systems other than Mac and Chrome OS,
314 // per assumption that the current locale's encoding is used in file
315 // names, but this isn't a perfect solution.
317 // Once it becomes safe to to stop caring about non-UTF-8 file names,
318 // the SysNativeMBToWide() hack will be removed from the code, along
319 // with "Unsafe" in the function name.
320 std::string AsUTF8Unsafe() const;
322 // Older Chromium code assumes that paths are always wstrings.
323 // This function converts wstrings to FilePaths, and is
324 // useful to smooth porting that old code to the FilePath API.
325 // It has "Hack" its name so people feel bad about using it.
326 // http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=24672
328 // If you are trying to be a good citizen and remove these, ask yourself:
329 // - Am I interacting with other Chrome code that deals with files? Then
330 // try to convert the API into using FilePath.
331 // - Am I interacting with OS-native calls? Then use value() to get at an
332 // OS-native string format.
333 // - Am I using well-known file names, like "config.ini"? Then use the
334 // ASCII functions (we require paths to always be supersets of ASCII).
335 // - Am I displaying a string to the user in some UI? Then use the
336 // LossyDisplayName() function, but keep in mind that you can't
337 // ever use the result of that again as a path.
338 static FilePath FromWStringHack(const std::wstring& wstring);
340 // Returns a FilePath object from a path name in UTF-8. This function
341 // should only be used for cases where you are sure that the input
342 // string is UTF-8.
344 // Like AsUTF8Unsafe(), this function is unsafe. This function
345 // internally calls SysWideToNativeMB() on POSIX systems other than Mac
346 // and Chrome OS, to mitigate the encoding issue. See the comment at
347 // AsUTF8Unsafe() for details.
348 static FilePath FromUTF8Unsafe(const std::string& utf8);
350 void WriteToPickle(Pickle* pickle) const;
351 bool ReadFromPickle(PickleIterator* iter);
353 // Normalize all path separators to backslash on Windows
354 // (if FILE_PATH_USES_WIN_SEPARATORS is true), or do nothing on POSIX systems.
355 FilePath NormalizePathSeparators() const;
357 // Compare two strings in the same way the file system does.
358 // Note that these always ignore case, even on file systems that are case-
359 // sensitive. If case-sensitive comparison is ever needed, add corresponding
360 // methods here.
361 // The methods are written as a static method so that they can also be used
362 // on parts of a file path, e.g., just the extension.
363 // CompareIgnoreCase() returns -1, 0 or 1 for less-than, equal-to and
364 // greater-than respectively.
365 static int CompareIgnoreCase(const StringType& string1,
366 const StringType& string2);
367 static bool CompareEqualIgnoreCase(const StringType& string1,
368 const StringType& string2) {
369 return CompareIgnoreCase(string1, string2) == 0;
371 static bool CompareLessIgnoreCase(const StringType& string1,
372 const StringType& string2) {
373 return CompareIgnoreCase(string1, string2) < 0;
376 #if defined(OS_MACOSX)
377 // Returns the string in the special canonical decomposed form as defined for
378 // HFS, which is close to, but not quite, decomposition form D. See
379 // http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/technotes/tn/tn1150.html#UnicodeSubtleties
380 // for further comments.
381 // Returns the epmty string if the conversion failed.
382 static StringType GetHFSDecomposedForm(const FilePath::StringType& string);
384 // Special UTF-8 version of FastUnicodeCompare. Cf:
385 // http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/technotes/tn/tn1150.html#StringComparisonAlgorithm
386 // IMPORTANT: The input strings must be in the special HFS decomposed form!
387 // (cf. above GetHFSDecomposedForm method)
388 static int HFSFastUnicodeCompare(const StringType& string1,
389 const StringType& string2);
390 #endif
392 private:
393 // Remove trailing separators from this object. If the path is absolute, it
394 // will never be stripped any more than to refer to the absolute root
395 // directory, so "////" will become "/", not "". A leading pair of
396 // separators is never stripped, to support alternate roots. This is used to
397 // support UNC paths on Windows.
398 void StripTrailingSeparatorsInternal();
400 StringType path_;
403 } // namespace base
405 // TODO(brettw) remove this once callers properly use the base namespace.
406 using base::FilePath;
408 // This is required by googletest to print a readable output on test failures.
409 BASE_EXPORT extern void PrintTo(const base::FilePath& path, std::ostream* out);
411 // Macros for string literal initialization of FilePath::CharType[], and for
412 // using a FilePath::CharType[] in a printf-style format string.
413 #if defined(OS_POSIX)
414 #define FILE_PATH_LITERAL(x) x
415 #define PRFilePath "s"
416 #define PRFilePathLiteral "%s"
417 #elif defined(OS_WIN)
418 #define FILE_PATH_LITERAL(x) L ## x
419 #define PRFilePath "ls"
420 #define PRFilePathLiteral L"%ls"
421 #endif // OS_WIN
423 // Provide a hash function so that hash_sets and maps can contain FilePath
424 // objects.
425 namespace BASE_HASH_NAMESPACE {
426 #if defined(COMPILER_GCC)
428 template<>
429 struct hash<base::FilePath> {
430 size_t operator()(const base::FilePath& f) const {
431 return hash<base::FilePath::StringType>()(f.value());
435 #elif defined(COMPILER_MSVC)
437 inline size_t hash_value(const base::FilePath& f) {
438 return hash_value(f.value());
441 #endif // COMPILER
443 } // namespace BASE_HASH_NAMESPACE
445 #endif // BASE_FILE_PATH_H_