// Copyright (c) 2006-2008 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be // found in the LICENSE file. #ifndef BASE_PATH_SERVICE_H__ #define BASE_PATH_SERVICE_H__ #include "build/build_config.h" #ifdef OS_WIN // TODO(erikkay): this should be removable, but because SetCurrentDirectory // is the name of a Windows function, it gets macro-ized to SetCurrentDirectoryW // by windows.h, which leads to a different name in the header vs. the impl. // Even if we could fix that, it would still hose all callers of the function. // The right thing is likely to rename. #include #endif #include #include "base/base_paths.h" class FilePath; // The path service is a global table mapping keys to file system paths. It is // OK to use this service from multiple threads. // class PathService { public: // Retrieves a path to a special directory or file and places it into the // string pointed to by 'path'. If you ask for a directory it is guaranteed // to NOT have a path separator at the end. For example, "c:\windows\temp" // Directories are also guaranteed to exist when this function succeeds. // // Returns true if the directory or file was successfully retrieved. On // failure, 'path' will not be changed. static bool Get(int key, FilePath* path); // This version, producing a wstring, is deprecated and only kept around // until we can fix all callers. static bool Get(int key, std::wstring* path); // Overrides the path to a special directory or file. This cannot be used to // change the value of DIR_CURRENT, but that should be obvious. Also, if the // path specifies a directory that does not exist, the directory will be // created by this method. This method returns true if successful. // // If the given path is relative, then it will be resolved against DIR_CURRENT. // // WARNING: Consumers of PathService::Get may expect paths to be constant // over the lifetime of the app, so this method should be used with caution. static bool Override(int key, const std::wstring& path); // Return whether a path was overridden. static bool IsOverridden(int key); // Sets the current directory. static bool SetCurrentDirectory(const std::wstring& current_directory); // To extend the set of supported keys, you can register a path provider, // which is just a function mirroring PathService::Get. The ProviderFunc // returns false if it cannot provide a non-empty path for the given key. // Otherwise, true is returned. // // WARNING: This function could be called on any thread from which the // PathService is used, so a the ProviderFunc MUST BE THREADSAFE. // typedef bool (*ProviderFunc)(int, FilePath*); // Call to register a path provider. You must specify the range "[key_start, // key_end)" of supported path keys. static void RegisterProvider(ProviderFunc provider, int key_start, int key_end); private: static bool GetFromCache(int key, FilePath* path); static void AddToCache(int key, const FilePath& path); }; #endif // BASE_PATH_SERVICE_H__