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();
67 // DEPRECATED: Do not use the following 5 functions. Instead, use
68 // new FundamentalValue or new StringValue.
69 static FundamentalValue
* CreateBooleanValue(bool in_value
);
70 static FundamentalValue
* CreateIntegerValue(int in_value
);
71 static FundamentalValue
* CreateDoubleValue(double in_value
);
72 static StringValue
* CreateStringValue(const std::string
& in_value
);
73 static StringValue
* CreateStringValue(const string16
& in_value
);
75 // Returns the type of the value stored by the current Value object.
76 // Each type will be implemented by only one subclass of Value, so it's
77 // safe to use the Type to determine whether you can cast from
78 // Value* to (Implementing Class)*. Also, a Value object never changes
79 // its type after construction.
80 Type
GetType() const { return type_
; }
82 // Returns true if the current object represents a given type.
83 bool IsType(Type type
) const { return type
== type_
; }
85 // These methods allow the convenient retrieval of the contents of the Value.
86 // If the current object can be converted into the given type, the value is
87 // returned through the |out_value| parameter and true is returned;
88 // otherwise, false is returned and |out_value| is unchanged.
89 virtual bool GetAsBoolean(bool* out_value
) const;
90 virtual bool GetAsInteger(int* out_value
) const;
91 virtual bool GetAsDouble(double* out_value
) const;
92 virtual bool GetAsString(std::string
* out_value
) const;
93 virtual bool GetAsString(string16
* out_value
) const;
94 virtual bool GetAsString(const StringValue
** out_value
) const;
95 virtual bool GetAsList(ListValue
** out_value
);
96 virtual bool GetAsList(const ListValue
** out_value
) const;
97 virtual bool GetAsDictionary(DictionaryValue
** out_value
);
98 virtual bool GetAsDictionary(const DictionaryValue
** out_value
) const;
99 // Note: Do not add more types. See the file-level comment above for why.
101 // This creates a deep copy of the entire Value tree, and returns a pointer
102 // to the copy. The caller gets ownership of the copy, of course.
104 // Subclasses return their own type directly in their overrides;
105 // this works because C++ supports covariant return types.
106 virtual Value
* DeepCopy() const;
108 // Compares if two Value objects have equal contents.
109 virtual bool Equals(const Value
* other
) const;
111 // Compares if two Value objects have equal contents. Can handle NULLs.
112 // NULLs are considered equal but different from Value::CreateNullValue().
113 static bool Equals(const Value
* a
, const Value
* b
);
116 // These aren't safe for end-users, but they are useful for subclasses.
117 explicit Value(Type type
);
118 Value(const Value
& that
);
119 Value
& operator=(const Value
& that
);
125 // FundamentalValue represents the simple fundamental types of values.
126 class BASE_EXPORT FundamentalValue
: public Value
{
128 explicit FundamentalValue(bool in_value
);
129 explicit FundamentalValue(int in_value
);
130 explicit FundamentalValue(double in_value
);
131 virtual ~FundamentalValue();
133 // Overridden from Value:
134 virtual bool GetAsBoolean(bool* out_value
) const OVERRIDE
;
135 virtual bool GetAsInteger(int* out_value
) const OVERRIDE
;
136 // Values of both type TYPE_INTEGER and TYPE_DOUBLE can be obtained as
138 virtual bool GetAsDouble(double* out_value
) const OVERRIDE
;
139 virtual FundamentalValue
* DeepCopy() const OVERRIDE
;
140 virtual bool Equals(const Value
* other
) const OVERRIDE
;
146 double double_value_
;
150 class BASE_EXPORT StringValue
: public Value
{
152 // Initializes a StringValue with a UTF-8 narrow character string.
153 explicit StringValue(const std::string
& in_value
);
155 // Initializes a StringValue with a string16.
156 explicit StringValue(const string16
& in_value
);
158 virtual ~StringValue();
160 // Returns |value_| as a pointer or reference.
161 std::string
* GetString();
162 const std::string
& GetString() const;
164 // Overridden from Value:
165 virtual bool GetAsString(std::string
* out_value
) const OVERRIDE
;
166 virtual bool GetAsString(string16
* out_value
) const OVERRIDE
;
167 virtual bool GetAsString(const StringValue
** out_value
) const OVERRIDE
;
168 virtual StringValue
* DeepCopy() const OVERRIDE
;
169 virtual bool Equals(const Value
* other
) const OVERRIDE
;
175 class BASE_EXPORT BinaryValue
: public Value
{
177 // Creates a BinaryValue with a null buffer and size of 0.
180 // Creates a BinaryValue, taking ownership of the bytes pointed to by
182 BinaryValue(scoped_ptr
<char[]> buffer
, size_t size
);
184 virtual ~BinaryValue();
186 // For situations where you want to keep ownership of your buffer, this
187 // factory method creates a new BinaryValue by copying the contents of the
188 // buffer that's passed in.
189 static BinaryValue
* CreateWithCopiedBuffer(const char* buffer
, size_t size
);
191 size_t GetSize() const { return size_
; }
194 char* GetBuffer() { return buffer_
.get(); }
195 const char* GetBuffer() const { return buffer_
.get(); }
197 // Overridden from Value:
198 virtual BinaryValue
* DeepCopy() const OVERRIDE
;
199 virtual bool Equals(const Value
* other
) const OVERRIDE
;
202 scoped_ptr
<char[]> buffer_
;
205 DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(BinaryValue
);
208 // DictionaryValue provides a key-value dictionary with (optional) "path"
209 // parsing for recursive access; see the comment at the top of the file. Keys
210 // are |std::string|s and should be UTF-8 encoded.
211 class BASE_EXPORT DictionaryValue
: public Value
{
214 virtual ~DictionaryValue();
216 // Overridden from Value:
217 virtual bool GetAsDictionary(DictionaryValue
** out_value
) OVERRIDE
;
218 virtual bool GetAsDictionary(
219 const DictionaryValue
** out_value
) const OVERRIDE
;
221 // Returns true if the current dictionary has a value for the given key.
222 bool HasKey(const std::string
& key
) const;
224 // Returns the number of Values in this dictionary.
225 size_t size() const { return dictionary_
.size(); }
227 // Returns whether the dictionary is empty.
228 bool empty() const { return dictionary_
.empty(); }
230 // Clears any current contents of this dictionary.
233 // Sets the Value associated with the given path starting from this object.
234 // A path has the form "<key>" or "<key>.<key>.[...]", where "." indexes
235 // into the next DictionaryValue down. Obviously, "." can't be used
236 // within a key, but there are no other restrictions on keys.
237 // If the key at any step of the way doesn't exist, or exists but isn't
238 // a DictionaryValue, a new DictionaryValue will be created and attached
239 // to the path in that location.
240 // Note that the dictionary takes ownership of the value referenced by
241 // |in_value|, and therefore |in_value| must be non-NULL.
242 void Set(const std::string
& path
, Value
* in_value
);
244 // Convenience forms of Set(). These methods will replace any existing
245 // value at that path, even if it has a different type.
246 void SetBoolean(const std::string
& path
, bool in_value
);
247 void SetInteger(const std::string
& path
, int in_value
);
248 void SetDouble(const std::string
& path
, double in_value
);
249 void SetString(const std::string
& path
, const std::string
& in_value
);
250 void SetString(const std::string
& path
, const string16
& in_value
);
252 // Like Set(), but without special treatment of '.'. This allows e.g. URLs to
254 void SetWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& key
, Value
* in_value
);
256 // Convenience forms of SetWithoutPathExpansion().
257 void SetBooleanWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& path
, bool in_value
);
258 void SetIntegerWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& path
, int in_value
);
259 void SetDoubleWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& path
, double in_value
);
260 void SetStringWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& path
,
261 const std::string
& in_value
);
262 void SetStringWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& path
,
263 const string16
& in_value
);
265 // Gets the Value associated with the given path starting from this object.
266 // A path has the form "<key>" or "<key>.<key>.[...]", where "." indexes
267 // into the next DictionaryValue down. If the path can be resolved
268 // successfully, the value for the last key in the path will be returned
269 // through the |out_value| parameter, and the function will return true.
270 // Otherwise, it will return false and |out_value| will be untouched.
271 // Note that the dictionary always owns the value that's returned.
272 // |out_value| is optional and will only be set if non-NULL.
273 bool Get(const std::string
& path
, const Value
** out_value
) const;
274 bool Get(const std::string
& path
, Value
** out_value
);
276 // These are convenience forms of Get(). The value will be retrieved
277 // and the return value will be true if the path is valid and the value at
278 // the end of the path can be returned in the form specified.
279 // |out_value| is optional and will only be set if non-NULL.
280 bool GetBoolean(const std::string
& path
, bool* out_value
) const;
281 bool GetInteger(const std::string
& path
, int* out_value
) const;
282 // Values of both type TYPE_INTEGER and TYPE_DOUBLE can be obtained as
284 bool GetDouble(const std::string
& path
, double* out_value
) const;
285 bool GetString(const std::string
& path
, std::string
* out_value
) const;
286 bool GetString(const std::string
& path
, string16
* out_value
) const;
287 bool GetStringASCII(const std::string
& path
, std::string
* out_value
) const;
288 bool GetBinary(const std::string
& path
, const BinaryValue
** out_value
) const;
289 bool GetBinary(const std::string
& path
, BinaryValue
** out_value
);
290 bool GetDictionary(const std::string
& path
,
291 const DictionaryValue
** out_value
) const;
292 bool GetDictionary(const std::string
& path
, DictionaryValue
** out_value
);
293 bool GetList(const std::string
& path
, const ListValue
** out_value
) const;
294 bool GetList(const std::string
& path
, ListValue
** out_value
);
296 // Like Get(), but without special treatment of '.'. This allows e.g. URLs to
298 bool GetWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& key
,
299 const Value
** out_value
) const;
300 bool GetWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& key
, Value
** out_value
);
301 bool GetBooleanWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& key
,
302 bool* out_value
) const;
303 bool GetIntegerWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& key
,
304 int* out_value
) const;
305 bool GetDoubleWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& key
,
306 double* out_value
) const;
307 bool GetStringWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& key
,
308 std::string
* out_value
) const;
309 bool GetStringWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& key
,
310 string16
* out_value
) const;
311 bool GetDictionaryWithoutPathExpansion(
312 const std::string
& key
,
313 const DictionaryValue
** out_value
) const;
314 bool GetDictionaryWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& key
,
315 DictionaryValue
** out_value
);
316 bool GetListWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& key
,
317 const ListValue
** out_value
) const;
318 bool GetListWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& key
,
319 ListValue
** out_value
);
321 // Removes the Value with the specified path from this dictionary (or one
322 // of its child dictionaries, if the path is more than just a local key).
323 // If |out_value| is non-NULL, the removed Value will be passed out via
324 // |out_value|. If |out_value| is NULL, the removed value will be deleted.
325 // This method returns true if |path| is a valid path; otherwise it will
326 // return false and the DictionaryValue object will be unchanged.
327 virtual bool Remove(const std::string
& path
, scoped_ptr
<Value
>* out_value
);
329 // Like Remove(), but without special treatment of '.'. This allows e.g. URLs
330 // to be used as paths.
331 virtual bool RemoveWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string
& key
,
332 scoped_ptr
<Value
>* out_value
);
334 // Removes a path, clearing out all dictionaries on |path| that remain empty
335 // after removing the value at |path|.
336 virtual bool RemovePath(const std::string
& path
,
337 scoped_ptr
<Value
>* out_value
);
339 // Makes a copy of |this| but doesn't include empty dictionaries and lists in
340 // the copy. This never returns NULL, even if |this| itself is empty.
341 DictionaryValue
* DeepCopyWithoutEmptyChildren() const;
343 // Merge |dictionary| into this dictionary. This is done recursively, i.e. any
344 // sub-dictionaries will be merged as well. In case of key collisions, the
345 // passed in dictionary takes precedence and data already present will be
346 // replaced. Values within |dictionary| are deep-copied, so |dictionary| may
347 // be freed any time after this call.
348 void MergeDictionary(const DictionaryValue
* dictionary
);
350 // Swaps contents with the |other| dictionary.
351 virtual void Swap(DictionaryValue
* other
);
353 // This class provides an iterator over both keys and values in the
354 // dictionary. It can't be used to modify the dictionary.
355 class BASE_EXPORT Iterator
{
357 explicit Iterator(const DictionaryValue
& target
);
360 bool IsAtEnd() const { return it_
== target_
.dictionary_
.end(); }
361 void Advance() { ++it_
; }
363 const std::string
& key() const { return it_
->first
; }
364 const Value
& value() const { return *it_
->second
; }
367 const DictionaryValue
& target_
;
368 ValueMap::const_iterator it_
;
371 // Overridden from Value:
372 virtual DictionaryValue
* DeepCopy() const OVERRIDE
;
373 virtual bool Equals(const Value
* other
) const OVERRIDE
;
376 ValueMap dictionary_
;
378 DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(DictionaryValue
);
381 // This type of Value represents a list of other Value values.
382 class BASE_EXPORT ListValue
: public Value
{
384 typedef ValueVector::iterator iterator
;
385 typedef ValueVector::const_iterator const_iterator
;
388 virtual ~ListValue();
390 // Clears the contents of this ListValue
393 // Returns the number of Values in this list.
394 size_t GetSize() const { return list_
.size(); }
396 // Returns whether the list is empty.
397 bool empty() const { return list_
.empty(); }
399 // Sets the list item at the given index to be the Value specified by
400 // the value given. If the index beyond the current end of the list, null
401 // Values will be used to pad out the list.
402 // Returns true if successful, or false if the index was negative or
403 // the value is a null pointer.
404 bool Set(size_t index
, Value
* in_value
);
406 // Gets the Value at the given index. Modifies |out_value| (and returns true)
407 // only if the index falls within the current list range.
408 // Note that the list always owns the Value passed out via |out_value|.
409 // |out_value| is optional and will only be set if non-NULL.
410 bool Get(size_t index
, const Value
** out_value
) const;
411 bool Get(size_t index
, Value
** out_value
);
413 // Convenience forms of Get(). Modifies |out_value| (and returns true)
414 // only if the index is valid and the Value at that index can be returned
415 // in the specified form.
416 // |out_value| is optional and will only be set if non-NULL.
417 bool GetBoolean(size_t index
, bool* out_value
) const;
418 bool GetInteger(size_t index
, int* out_value
) const;
419 // Values of both type TYPE_INTEGER and TYPE_DOUBLE can be obtained as
421 bool GetDouble(size_t index
, double* out_value
) const;
422 bool GetString(size_t index
, std::string
* out_value
) const;
423 bool GetString(size_t index
, string16
* out_value
) const;
424 bool GetBinary(size_t index
, const BinaryValue
** out_value
) const;
425 bool GetBinary(size_t index
, BinaryValue
** out_value
);
426 bool GetDictionary(size_t index
, const DictionaryValue
** out_value
) const;
427 bool GetDictionary(size_t index
, DictionaryValue
** out_value
);
428 bool GetList(size_t index
, const ListValue
** out_value
) const;
429 bool GetList(size_t index
, ListValue
** out_value
);
431 // Removes the Value with the specified index from this list.
432 // If |out_value| is non-NULL, the removed Value AND ITS OWNERSHIP will be
433 // passed out via |out_value|. If |out_value| is NULL, the removed value will
434 // be deleted. This method returns true if |index| is valid; otherwise
435 // it will return false and the ListValue object will be unchanged.
436 virtual bool Remove(size_t index
, scoped_ptr
<Value
>* out_value
);
438 // Removes the first instance of |value| found in the list, if any, and
439 // deletes it. |index| is the location where |value| was found. Returns false
441 bool Remove(const Value
& value
, size_t* index
);
443 // Removes the element at |iter|. If |out_value| is NULL, the value will be
444 // deleted, otherwise ownership of the value is passed back to the caller.
445 // Returns an iterator pointing to the location of the element that
446 // followed the erased element.
447 iterator
Erase(iterator iter
, scoped_ptr
<Value
>* out_value
);
449 // Appends a Value to the end of the list.
450 void Append(Value
* in_value
);
452 // Convenience forms of Append.
453 void AppendBoolean(bool in_value
);
454 void AppendInteger(int in_value
);
455 void AppendDouble(double in_value
);
456 void AppendString(const std::string
& in_value
);
457 void AppendString(const string16
& in_value
);
458 void AppendStrings(const std::vector
<std::string
>& in_values
);
459 void AppendStrings(const std::vector
<string16
>& in_values
);
461 // Appends a Value if it's not already present. Takes ownership of the
462 // |in_value|. Returns true if successful, or false if the value was already
463 // present. If the value was already present the |in_value| is deleted.
464 bool AppendIfNotPresent(Value
* in_value
);
466 // Insert a Value at index.
467 // Returns true if successful, or false if the index was out of range.
468 bool Insert(size_t index
, Value
* in_value
);
470 // Searches for the first instance of |value| in the list using the Equals
471 // method of the Value type.
472 // Returns a const_iterator to the found item or to end() if none exists.
473 const_iterator
Find(const Value
& value
) const;
475 // Swaps contents with the |other| list.
476 virtual void Swap(ListValue
* other
);
479 iterator
begin() { return list_
.begin(); }
480 iterator
end() { return list_
.end(); }
482 const_iterator
begin() const { return list_
.begin(); }
483 const_iterator
end() const { return list_
.end(); }
485 // Overridden from Value:
486 virtual bool GetAsList(ListValue
** out_value
) OVERRIDE
;
487 virtual bool GetAsList(const ListValue
** out_value
) const OVERRIDE
;
488 virtual ListValue
* DeepCopy() const OVERRIDE
;
489 virtual bool Equals(const Value
* other
) const OVERRIDE
;
494 DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ListValue
);
497 // This interface is implemented by classes that know how to serialize and
498 // deserialize Value objects.
499 class BASE_EXPORT ValueSerializer
{
501 virtual ~ValueSerializer();
503 virtual bool Serialize(const Value
& root
) = 0;
505 // This method deserializes the subclass-specific format into a Value object.
506 // If the return value is non-NULL, the caller takes ownership of returned
507 // Value. If the return value is NULL, and if error_code is non-NULL,
508 // error_code will be set with the underlying error.
509 // If |error_message| is non-null, it will be filled in with a formatted
510 // error message including the location of the error if appropriate.
511 virtual Value
* Deserialize(int* error_code
, std::string
* error_str
) = 0;
514 // Stream operator so Values can be used in assertion statements. In order that
515 // gtest uses this operator to print readable output on test failures, we must
516 // override each specific type. Otherwise, the default template implementation
517 // is preferred over an upcast.
518 BASE_EXPORT
std::ostream
& operator<<(std::ostream
& out
, const Value
& value
);
520 BASE_EXPORT
inline std::ostream
& operator<<(std::ostream
& out
,
521 const FundamentalValue
& value
) {
522 return out
<< static_cast<const Value
&>(value
);
525 BASE_EXPORT
inline std::ostream
& operator<<(std::ostream
& out
,
526 const StringValue
& value
) {
527 return out
<< static_cast<const Value
&>(value
);
530 BASE_EXPORT
inline std::ostream
& operator<<(std::ostream
& out
,
531 const DictionaryValue
& value
) {
532 return out
<< static_cast<const Value
&>(value
);
535 BASE_EXPORT
inline std::ostream
& operator<<(std::ostream
& out
,
536 const ListValue
& value
) {
537 return out
<< static_cast<const Value
&>(value
);
542 #endif // BASE_VALUES_H_