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
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 // Because a FilePath object should not be instantiated at the global scope,
57 // instead, use a FilePath::CharType[] and initialize it with
58 // FILE_PATH_LITERAL. At runtime, a FilePath object can be created from the
59 // character array. Example:
61 // | const FilePath::CharType kLogFileName[] = FILE_PATH_LITERAL("log.txt");
63 // | void Function() {
64 // | FilePath log_file_path(kLogFileName);
68 // WARNING: FilePaths should ALWAYS be displayed with LTR directionality, even
69 // when the UI language is RTL. This means you always need to pass filepaths
70 // through base::i18n::WrapPathWithLTRFormatting() before displaying it in the
73 // This is a very common source of bugs, please try to keep this in mind.
75 // ARCANE BITS OF PATH TRIVIA
77 // - A double leading slash is actually part of the POSIX standard. Systems
78 // are allowed to treat // as an alternate root, as Windows does for UNC
79 // (network share) paths. Most POSIX systems don't do anything special
80 // with two leading slashes, but FilePath handles this case properly
81 // in case it ever comes across such a system. FilePath needs this support
82 // for Windows UNC paths, anyway.
84 // The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, sections 3.266 ("Pathname")
85 // and 4.12 ("Pathname Resolution"), available at:
86 // http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap03.html#tag_03_266
87 // http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap04.html#tag_04_12
89 // - Windows treats c:\\ the same way it treats \\. This was intended to
90 // allow older applications that require drive letters to support UNC paths
91 // like \\server\share\path, by permitting c:\\server\share\path as an
92 // equivalent. Since the OS treats these paths specially, FilePath needs
93 // to do the same. Since Windows can use either / or \ as the separator,
94 // FilePath treats c://, c:\\, //, and \\ all equivalently.
96 // The Old New Thing, "Why is a drive letter permitted in front of UNC
97 // paths (sometimes)?", available at:
98 // http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2005/11/22/495740.aspx
100 #ifndef BASE_FILE_PATH_H_
101 #define BASE_FILE_PATH_H_
107 #include "base/base_export.h"
108 #include "base/compiler_specific.h"
109 #include "base/hash_tables.h"
110 #include "base/string16.h"
111 #include "base/string_piece.h" // For implicit conversions.
112 #include "build/build_config.h"
114 // Windows-style drive letter support and pathname separator characters can be
115 // enabled and disabled independently, to aid testing. These #defines are
116 // here so that the same setting can be used in both the implementation and
119 #define FILE_PATH_USES_DRIVE_LETTERS
120 #define FILE_PATH_USES_WIN_SEPARATORS
124 class PickleIterator
;
126 // An abstraction to isolate users from the differences between native
127 // pathnames on different platforms.
128 class BASE_EXPORT FilePath
{
130 #if defined(OS_POSIX)
131 // On most platforms, native pathnames are char arrays, and the encoding
132 // may or may not be specified. On Mac OS X, native pathnames are encoded
134 typedef std::string StringType
;
135 #elif defined(OS_WIN)
136 // On Windows, for Unicode-aware applications, native pathnames are wchar_t
137 // arrays encoded in UTF-16.
138 typedef std::wstring StringType
;
141 typedef StringType::value_type CharType
;
143 // Null-terminated array of separators used to separate components in
144 // hierarchical paths. Each character in this array is a valid separator,
145 // but kSeparators[0] is treated as the canonical separator and will be used
146 // when composing pathnames.
147 static const CharType kSeparators
[];
149 // A special path component meaning "this directory."
150 static const CharType kCurrentDirectory
[];
152 // A special path component meaning "the parent directory."
153 static const CharType kParentDirectory
[];
155 // The character used to identify a file extension.
156 static const CharType kExtensionSeparator
;
159 FilePath(const FilePath
& that
);
160 explicit FilePath(const StringType
& path
);
162 FilePath
& operator=(const FilePath
& that
);
164 bool operator==(const FilePath
& that
) const;
166 bool operator!=(const FilePath
& that
) const;
168 // Required for some STL containers and operations
169 bool operator<(const FilePath
& that
) const {
170 return path_
< that
.path_
;
173 const StringType
& value() const { return path_
; }
175 bool empty() const { return path_
.empty(); }
177 void clear() { path_
.clear(); }
179 // Returns true if |character| is in kSeparators.
180 static bool IsSeparator(CharType character
);
182 // Returns a vector of all of the components of the provided path. It is
183 // equivalent to calling DirName().value() on the path's root component,
184 // and BaseName().value() on each child component.
185 void GetComponents(std::vector
<FilePath::StringType
>* components
) const;
187 // Returns true if this FilePath is a strict parent of the |child|. Absolute
188 // and relative paths are accepted i.e. is /foo parent to /foo/bar and
189 // is foo parent to foo/bar. Does not convert paths to absolute, follow
190 // symlinks or directory navigation (e.g. ".."). A path is *NOT* its own
192 bool IsParent(const FilePath
& child
) const;
194 // If IsParent(child) holds, appends to path (if non-NULL) the
195 // relative path to child and returns true. For example, if parent
196 // holds "/Users/johndoe/Library/Application Support", child holds
197 // "/Users/johndoe/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default", and
198 // *path holds "/Users/johndoe/Library/Caches", then after
199 // parent.AppendRelativePath(child, path) is called *path will hold
200 // "/Users/johndoe/Library/Caches/Google/Chrome/Default". Otherwise,
202 bool AppendRelativePath(const FilePath
& child
, FilePath
* path
) const;
204 // Returns a FilePath corresponding to the directory containing the path
205 // named by this object, stripping away the file component. If this object
206 // only contains one component, returns a FilePath identifying
207 // kCurrentDirectory. If this object already refers to the root directory,
208 // returns a FilePath identifying the root directory.
209 FilePath
DirName() const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
;
211 // Returns a FilePath corresponding to the last path component of this
212 // object, either a file or a directory. If this object already refers to
213 // the root directory, returns a FilePath identifying the root directory;
214 // this is the only situation in which BaseName will return an absolute path.
215 FilePath
BaseName() const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
;
217 // Returns ".jpg" for path "C:\pics\jojo.jpg", or an empty string if
218 // the file has no extension. If non-empty, Extension() will always start
219 // with precisely one ".". The following code should always work regardless
220 // of the value of path.
221 // new_path = path.RemoveExtension().value().append(path.Extension());
222 // ASSERT(new_path == path.value());
223 // NOTE: this is different from the original file_util implementation which
224 // returned the extension without a leading "." ("jpg" instead of ".jpg")
225 StringType
Extension() const;
227 // Returns "C:\pics\jojo" for path "C:\pics\jojo.jpg"
228 // NOTE: this is slightly different from the similar file_util implementation
229 // which returned simply 'jojo'.
230 FilePath
RemoveExtension() const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
;
232 // Inserts |suffix| after the file name portion of |path| but before the
233 // extension. Returns "" if BaseName() == "." or "..".
235 // path == "C:\pics\jojo.jpg" suffix == " (1)", returns "C:\pics\jojo (1).jpg"
236 // path == "jojo.jpg" suffix == " (1)", returns "jojo (1).jpg"
237 // path == "C:\pics\jojo" suffix == " (1)", returns "C:\pics\jojo (1)"
238 // path == "C:\pics.old\jojo" suffix == " (1)", returns "C:\pics.old\jojo (1)"
239 FilePath
InsertBeforeExtension(
240 const StringType
& suffix
) const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
;
241 FilePath
InsertBeforeExtensionASCII(
242 const base::StringPiece
& suffix
) const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
;
244 // Adds |extension| to |file_name|. Returns the current FilePath if
245 // |extension| is empty. Returns "" if BaseName() == "." or "..".
246 FilePath
AddExtension(
247 const StringType
& extension
) const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
;
249 // Replaces the extension of |file_name| with |extension|. If |file_name|
250 // does not have an extension, then |extension| is added. If |extension| is
251 // empty, then the extension is removed from |file_name|.
252 // Returns "" if BaseName() == "." or "..".
253 FilePath
ReplaceExtension(
254 const StringType
& extension
) const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
;
256 // Returns true if the file path matches the specified extension. The test is
257 // case insensitive. Don't forget the leading period if appropriate.
258 bool MatchesExtension(const StringType
& extension
) const;
260 // Returns a FilePath by appending a separator and the supplied path
261 // component to this object's path. Append takes care to avoid adding
262 // excessive separators if this object's path already ends with a separator.
263 // If this object's path is kCurrentDirectory, a new FilePath corresponding
264 // only to |component| is returned. |component| must be a relative path;
265 // it is an error to pass an absolute path.
266 FilePath
Append(const StringType
& component
) const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
;
267 FilePath
Append(const FilePath
& component
) const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
;
269 // Although Windows StringType is std::wstring, since the encoding it uses for
270 // paths is well defined, it can handle ASCII path components as well.
271 // Mac uses UTF8, and since ASCII is a subset of that, it works there as well.
272 // On Linux, although it can use any 8-bit encoding for paths, we assume that
273 // ASCII is a valid subset, regardless of the encoding, since many operating
274 // system paths will always be ASCII.
275 FilePath
AppendASCII(const base::StringPiece
& component
)
276 const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
;
278 // Returns true if this FilePath contains an absolute path. On Windows, an
279 // absolute path begins with either a drive letter specification followed by
280 // a separator character, or with two separator characters. On POSIX
281 // platforms, an absolute path begins with a separator character.
282 bool IsAbsolute() const;
284 // Returns a copy of this FilePath that does not end with a trailing
286 FilePath
StripTrailingSeparators() const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
;
288 // Returns true if this FilePath contains any attempt to reference a parent
289 // directory (i.e. has a path component that is ".."
290 bool ReferencesParent() const;
292 // Return a Unicode human-readable version of this path.
293 // Warning: you can *not*, in general, go from a display name back to a real
294 // path. Only use this when displaying paths to users, not just when you
295 // want to stuff a string16 into some other API.
296 string16
LossyDisplayName() const;
298 // Return the path as ASCII, or the empty string if the path is not ASCII.
299 // This should only be used for cases where the FilePath is representing a
300 // known-ASCII filename.
301 std::string
MaybeAsASCII() const;
303 // Return the path as UTF-8.
305 // This function is *unsafe* as there is no way to tell what encoding is
306 // used in file names on POSIX systems other than Mac and Chrome OS,
307 // although UTF-8 is practically used everywhere these days. To mitigate
308 // the encoding issue, this function internally calls
309 // SysNativeMBToWide() on POSIX systems other than Mac and Chrome OS,
310 // per assumption that the current locale's encoding is used in file
311 // names, but this isn't a perfect solution.
313 // Once it becomes safe to to stop caring about non-UTF-8 file names,
314 // the SysNativeMBToWide() hack will be removed from the code, along
315 // with "Unsafe" in the function name.
316 std::string
AsUTF8Unsafe() const;
318 // Older Chromium code assumes that paths are always wstrings.
319 // This function converts wstrings to FilePaths, and is
320 // useful to smooth porting that old code to the FilePath API.
321 // It has "Hack" its name so people feel bad about using it.
322 // http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=24672
324 // If you are trying to be a good citizen and remove these, ask yourself:
325 // - Am I interacting with other Chrome code that deals with files? Then
326 // try to convert the API into using FilePath.
327 // - Am I interacting with OS-native calls? Then use value() to get at an
328 // OS-native string format.
329 // - Am I using well-known file names, like "config.ini"? Then use the
330 // ASCII functions (we require paths to always be supersets of ASCII).
331 // - Am I displaying a string to the user in some UI? Then use the
332 // LossyDisplayName() function, but keep in mind that you can't
333 // ever use the result of that again as a path.
334 static FilePath
FromWStringHack(const std::wstring
& wstring
);
336 // Returns a FilePath object from a path name in UTF-8. This function
337 // should only be used for cases where you are sure that the input
340 // Like AsUTF8Unsafe(), this function is unsafe. This function
341 // internally calls SysWideToNativeMB() on POSIX systems other than Mac
342 // and Chrome OS, to mitigate the encoding issue. See the comment at
343 // AsUTF8Unsafe() for details.
344 static FilePath
FromUTF8Unsafe(const std::string
& utf8
);
346 void WriteToPickle(Pickle
* pickle
);
347 bool ReadFromPickle(PickleIterator
* iter
);
349 // Normalize all path separators to backslash on Windows
350 // (if FILE_PATH_USES_WIN_SEPARATORS is true), or do nothing on POSIX systems.
351 FilePath
NormalizePathSeparators() const;
353 // Compare two strings in the same way the file system does.
354 // Note that these always ignore case, even on file systems that are case-
355 // sensitive. If case-sensitive comparison is ever needed, add corresponding
357 // The methods are written as a static method so that they can also be used
358 // on parts of a file path, e.g., just the extension.
359 // CompareIgnoreCase() returns -1, 0 or 1 for less-than, equal-to and
360 // greater-than respectively.
361 static int CompareIgnoreCase(const StringType
& string1
,
362 const StringType
& string2
);
363 static bool CompareEqualIgnoreCase(const StringType
& string1
,
364 const StringType
& string2
) {
365 return CompareIgnoreCase(string1
, string2
) == 0;
367 static bool CompareLessIgnoreCase(const StringType
& string1
,
368 const StringType
& string2
) {
369 return CompareIgnoreCase(string1
, string2
) < 0;
372 #if defined(OS_MACOSX)
373 // Returns the string in the special canonical decomposed form as defined for
374 // HFS, which is close to, but not quite, decomposition form D. See
375 // http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/technotes/tn/tn1150.html#UnicodeSubtleties
376 // for further comments.
377 // Returns the epmty string if the conversion failed.
378 static StringType
GetHFSDecomposedForm(const FilePath::StringType
& string
);
380 // Special UTF-8 version of FastUnicodeCompare. Cf:
381 // http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/technotes/tn/tn1150.html#StringComparisonAlgorithm
382 // IMPORTANT: The input strings must be in the special HFS decomposed form!
383 // (cf. above GetHFSDecomposedForm method)
384 static int HFSFastUnicodeCompare(const StringType
& string1
,
385 const StringType
& string2
);
389 // Remove trailing separators from this object. If the path is absolute, it
390 // will never be stripped any more than to refer to the absolute root
391 // directory, so "////" will become "/", not "". A leading pair of
392 // separators is never stripped, to support alternate roots. This is used to
393 // support UNC paths on Windows.
394 void StripTrailingSeparatorsInternal();
399 // This is required by googletest to print a readable output on test failures.
400 BASE_EXPORT
extern void PrintTo(const FilePath
& path
, std::ostream
* out
);
402 // Macros for string literal initialization of FilePath::CharType[], and for
403 // using a FilePath::CharType[] in a printf-style format string.
404 #if defined(OS_POSIX)
405 #define FILE_PATH_LITERAL(x) x
406 #define PRFilePath "s"
407 #define PRFilePathLiteral "%s"
408 #elif defined(OS_WIN)
409 #define FILE_PATH_LITERAL(x) L ## x
410 #define PRFilePath "ls"
411 #define PRFilePathLiteral L"%ls"
414 // Provide a hash function so that hash_sets and maps can contain FilePath
416 namespace BASE_HASH_NAMESPACE
{
417 #if defined(COMPILER_GCC)
420 struct hash
<FilePath
> {
421 size_t operator()(const FilePath
& f
) const {
422 return hash
<FilePath::StringType
>()(f
.value());
426 #elif defined(COMPILER_MSVC)
428 inline size_t hash_value(const FilePath
& f
) {
429 return hash_value(f
.value());
434 } // namespace BASE_HASH_NAMESPACE
436 #endif // BASE_FILE_PATH_H_