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      1 // Copyright (c) 2011 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 // This file specifies a recursive data storage class called Value intended for
      6 // storing setting and other persistable data.  It includes the ability to
      7 // specify (recursive) lists and dictionaries, so it's fairly expressive.
      8 // However, the API is optimized for the common case, namely storing a
      9 // hierarchical tree of simple values.  Given a DictionaryValue root, you can
     10 // easily do things like:
     11 //
     12 // root->SetString("global.pages.homepage", "http://goateleporter.com");
     13 // std::string homepage = "http://google.com";  // default/fallback value
     14 // root->GetString("global.pages.homepage", &homepage);
     15 //
     16 // where "global" and "pages" are also DictionaryValues, and "homepage" is a
     17 // string setting.  If some elements of the path didn't exist yet, the
     18 // SetString() method would create the missing elements and attach them to root
     19 // before attaching the homepage value.
     20 
     21 #ifndef BASE_VALUES_H_
     22 #define BASE_VALUES_H_
     23 #pragma once
     24 
     25 #include <iterator>
     26 #include <map>
     27 #include <string>
     28 #include <vector>
     29 
     30 #include "base/base_api.h"
     31 #include "base/basictypes.h"
     32 #include "base/string16.h"
     33 #include "build/build_config.h"
     34 
     35 class BinaryValue;
     36 class DictionaryValue;
     37 class FundamentalValue;
     38 class ListValue;
     39 class StringValue;
     40 class Value;
     41 
     42 typedef std::vector<Value*> ValueVector;
     43 typedef std::map<std::string, Value*> ValueMap;
     44 
     45 // The Value class is the base class for Values.  A Value can be
     46 // instantiated via the Create*Value() factory methods, or by directly
     47 // creating instances of the subclasses.
     48 class BASE_API Value {
     49  public:
     50   enum ValueType {
     51     TYPE_NULL = 0,
     52     TYPE_BOOLEAN,
     53     TYPE_INTEGER,
     54     TYPE_DOUBLE,
     55     TYPE_STRING,
     56     TYPE_BINARY,
     57     TYPE_DICTIONARY,
     58     TYPE_LIST
     59   };
     60 
     61   virtual ~Value();
     62 
     63   // Convenience methods for creating Value objects for various
     64   // kinds of values without thinking about which class implements them.
     65   // These can always be expected to return a valid Value*.
     66   static Value* CreateNullValue();
     67   static FundamentalValue* CreateBooleanValue(bool in_value);
     68   static FundamentalValue* CreateIntegerValue(int in_value);
     69   static FundamentalValue* CreateDoubleValue(double in_value);
     70   static StringValue* CreateStringValue(const std::string& in_value);
     71   static StringValue* CreateStringValue(const string16& in_value);
     72 
     73   // This one can return NULL if the input isn't valid.  If the return value
     74   // is non-null, the new object has taken ownership of the buffer pointer.
     75   static BinaryValue* CreateBinaryValue(char* buffer, size_t size);
     76 
     77   // Returns the type of the value stored by the current Value object.
     78   // Each type will be implemented by only one subclass of Value, so it's
     79   // safe to use the ValueType to determine whether you can cast from
     80   // Value* to (Implementing Class)*.  Also, a Value object never changes
     81   // its type after construction.
     82   ValueType GetType() const { return type_; }
     83 
     84   // Returns true if the current object represents a given type.
     85   bool IsType(ValueType type) const { return type == type_; }
     86 
     87   // These methods allow the convenient retrieval of settings.
     88   // If the current setting object can be converted into the given type,
     89   // the value is returned through the |out_value| parameter and true is
     90   // returned;  otherwise, false is returned and |out_value| is unchanged.
     91   virtual bool GetAsBoolean(bool* out_value) const;
     92   virtual bool GetAsInteger(int* out_value) const;
     93   virtual bool GetAsDouble(double* out_value) const;
     94   virtual bool GetAsString(std::string* out_value) const;
     95   virtual bool GetAsString(string16* out_value) const;
     96   virtual bool GetAsList(ListValue** out_value);
     97 
     98   // This creates a deep copy of the entire Value tree, and returns a pointer
     99   // to the copy.  The caller gets ownership of the copy, of course.
    100   //
    101   // Subclasses return their own type directly in their overrides;
    102   // this works because C++ supports covariant return types.
    103   virtual Value* DeepCopy() const;
    104 
    105   // Compares if two Value objects have equal contents.
    106   virtual bool Equals(const Value* other) const;
    107 
    108   // Compares if two Value objects have equal contents. Can handle NULLs.
    109   // NULLs are considered equal but different from Value::CreateNullValue().
    110   static bool Equals(const Value* a, const Value* b);
    111 
    112  protected:
    113   // This isn't safe for end-users (they should use the Create*Value()
    114   // static methods above), but it's useful for subclasses.
    115   explicit Value(ValueType type);
    116 
    117  private:
    118   Value();
    119 
    120   ValueType type_;
    121 
    122   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(Value);
    123 };
    124 
    125 // FundamentalValue represents the simple fundamental types of values.
    126 class BASE_API FundamentalValue : public Value {
    127  public:
    128   explicit FundamentalValue(bool in_value);
    129   explicit FundamentalValue(int in_value);
    130   explicit FundamentalValue(double in_value);
    131   virtual ~FundamentalValue();
    132 
    133   // Subclassed methods
    134   virtual bool GetAsBoolean(bool* out_value) const;
    135   virtual bool GetAsInteger(int* out_value) const;
    136   virtual bool GetAsDouble(double* out_value) const;
    137   virtual FundamentalValue* DeepCopy() const;
    138   virtual bool Equals(const Value* other) const;
    139 
    140  private:
    141   union {
    142     bool boolean_value_;
    143     int integer_value_;
    144     double double_value_;
    145   };
    146 
    147   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(FundamentalValue);
    148 };
    149 
    150 class BASE_API StringValue : public Value {
    151  public:
    152   // Initializes a StringValue with a UTF-8 narrow character string.
    153   explicit StringValue(const std::string& in_value);
    154 
    155   // Initializes a StringValue with a string16.
    156   explicit StringValue(const string16& in_value);
    157 
    158   virtual ~StringValue();
    159 
    160   // Subclassed methods
    161   virtual bool GetAsString(std::string* out_value) const;
    162   virtual bool GetAsString(string16* out_value) const;
    163   virtual StringValue* DeepCopy() const;
    164   virtual bool Equals(const Value* other) const;
    165 
    166  private:
    167   std::string value_;
    168 
    169   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(StringValue);
    170 };
    171 
    172 class BASE_API BinaryValue: public Value {
    173  public:
    174   virtual ~BinaryValue();
    175 
    176   // Creates a Value to represent a binary buffer.  The new object takes
    177   // ownership of the pointer passed in, if successful.
    178   // Returns NULL if buffer is NULL.
    179   static BinaryValue* Create(char* buffer, size_t size);
    180 
    181   // For situations where you want to keep ownership of your buffer, this
    182   // factory method creates a new BinaryValue by copying the contents of the
    183   // buffer that's passed in.
    184   // Returns NULL if buffer is NULL.
    185   static BinaryValue* CreateWithCopiedBuffer(const char* buffer, size_t size);
    186 
    187   size_t GetSize() const { return size_; }
    188   char* GetBuffer() { return buffer_; }
    189   const char* GetBuffer() const { return buffer_; }
    190 
    191   // Overridden from Value:
    192   virtual BinaryValue* DeepCopy() const;
    193   virtual bool Equals(const Value* other) const;
    194 
    195  private:
    196   // Constructor is private so that only objects with valid buffer pointers
    197   // and size values can be created.
    198   BinaryValue(char* buffer, size_t size);
    199 
    200   char* buffer_;
    201   size_t size_;
    202 
    203   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(BinaryValue);
    204 };
    205 
    206 // DictionaryValue provides a key-value dictionary with (optional) "path"
    207 // parsing for recursive access; see the comment at the top of the file. Keys
    208 // are |std::string|s and should be UTF-8 encoded.
    209 class BASE_API DictionaryValue : public Value {
    210  public:
    211   DictionaryValue();
    212   virtual ~DictionaryValue();
    213 
    214   // Returns true if the current dictionary has a value for the given key.
    215   bool HasKey(const std::string& key) const;
    216 
    217   // Returns the number of Values in this dictionary.
    218   size_t size() const { return dictionary_.size(); }
    219 
    220   // Returns whether the dictionary is empty.
    221   bool empty() const { return dictionary_.empty(); }
    222 
    223   // Clears any current contents of this dictionary.
    224   void Clear();
    225 
    226   // Sets the Value associated with the given path starting from this object.
    227   // A path has the form "<key>" or "<key>.<key>.[...]", where "." indexes
    228   // into the next DictionaryValue down.  Obviously, "." can't be used
    229   // within a key, but there are no other restrictions on keys.
    230   // If the key at any step of the way doesn't exist, or exists but isn't
    231   // a DictionaryValue, a new DictionaryValue will be created and attached
    232   // to the path in that location.
    233   // Note that the dictionary takes ownership of the value referenced by
    234   // |in_value|, and therefore |in_value| must be non-NULL.
    235   void Set(const std::string& path, Value* in_value);
    236 
    237   // Convenience forms of Set().  These methods will replace any existing
    238   // value at that path, even if it has a different type.
    239   void SetBoolean(const std::string& path, bool in_value);
    240   void SetInteger(const std::string& path, int in_value);
    241   void SetDouble(const std::string& path, double in_value);
    242   void SetString(const std::string& path, const std::string& in_value);
    243   void SetString(const std::string& path, const string16& in_value);
    244 
    245   // Like Set(), but without special treatment of '.'.  This allows e.g. URLs to
    246   // be used as paths.
    247   void SetWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& key, Value* in_value);
    248 
    249   // Gets the Value associated with the given path starting from this object.
    250   // A path has the form "<key>" or "<key>.<key>.[...]", where "." indexes
    251   // into the next DictionaryValue down.  If the path can be resolved
    252   // successfully, the value for the last key in the path will be returned
    253   // through the |out_value| parameter, and the function will return true.
    254   // Otherwise, it will return false and |out_value| will be untouched.
    255   // Note that the dictionary always owns the value that's returned.
    256   bool Get(const std::string& path, Value** out_value) const;
    257 
    258   // These are convenience forms of Get().  The value will be retrieved
    259   // and the return value will be true if the path is valid and the value at
    260   // the end of the path can be returned in the form specified.
    261   bool GetBoolean(const std::string& path, bool* out_value) const;
    262   bool GetInteger(const std::string& path, int* out_value) const;
    263   bool GetDouble(const std::string& path, double* out_value) const;
    264   bool GetString(const std::string& path, std::string* out_value) const;
    265   bool GetString(const std::string& path, string16* out_value) const;
    266   bool GetStringASCII(const std::string& path, std::string* out_value) const;
    267   bool GetBinary(const std::string& path, BinaryValue** out_value) const;
    268   bool GetDictionary(const std::string& path,
    269                      DictionaryValue** out_value) const;
    270   bool GetList(const std::string& path, ListValue** out_value) const;
    271 
    272   // Like Get(), but without special treatment of '.'.  This allows e.g. URLs to
    273   // be used as paths.
    274   bool GetWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& key,
    275                                Value** out_value) const;
    276   bool GetIntegerWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& key,
    277                                       int* out_value) const;
    278   bool GetDoubleWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& key,
    279                                    double* out_value) const;
    280   bool GetStringWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& key,
    281                                      std::string* out_value) const;
    282   bool GetStringWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& key,
    283                                      string16* out_value) const;
    284   bool GetDictionaryWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& key,
    285                                          DictionaryValue** out_value) const;
    286   bool GetListWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& key,
    287                                    ListValue** out_value) const;
    288 
    289   // Removes the Value with the specified path from this dictionary (or one
    290   // of its child dictionaries, if the path is more than just a local key).
    291   // If |out_value| is non-NULL, the removed Value AND ITS OWNERSHIP will be
    292   // passed out via out_value.  If |out_value| is NULL, the removed value will
    293   // be deleted.  This method returns true if |path| is a valid path; otherwise
    294   // it will return false and the DictionaryValue object will be unchanged.
    295   bool Remove(const std::string& path, Value** out_value);
    296 
    297   // Like Remove(), but without special treatment of '.'.  This allows e.g. URLs
    298   // to be used as paths.
    299   bool RemoveWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& key, Value** out_value);
    300 
    301   // Makes a copy of |this| but doesn't include empty dictionaries and lists in
    302   // the copy.  This never returns NULL, even if |this| itself is empty.
    303   DictionaryValue* DeepCopyWithoutEmptyChildren();
    304 
    305   // Merge a given dictionary into this dictionary. This is done recursively,
    306   // i.e. any subdictionaries will be merged as well. In case of key collisions,
    307   // the passed in dictionary takes precedence and data already present will be
    308   // replaced.
    309   void MergeDictionary(const DictionaryValue* dictionary);
    310 
    311   // This class provides an iterator for the keys in the dictionary.
    312   // It can't be used to modify the dictionary.
    313   //
    314   // YOU SHOULD ALWAYS USE THE XXXWithoutPathExpansion() APIs WITH THESE, NOT
    315   // THE NORMAL XXX() APIs.  This makes sure things will work correctly if any
    316   // keys have '.'s in them.
    317   class BASE_API key_iterator
    318       : private std::iterator<std::input_iterator_tag, const std::string> {
    319    public:
    320     explicit key_iterator(ValueMap::const_iterator itr) { itr_ = itr; }
    321     key_iterator operator++() {
    322       ++itr_;
    323       return *this;
    324     }
    325     const std::string& operator*() { return itr_->first; }
    326     bool operator!=(const key_iterator& other) { return itr_ != other.itr_; }
    327     bool operator==(const key_iterator& other) { return itr_ == other.itr_; }
    328 
    329    private:
    330     ValueMap::const_iterator itr_;
    331   };
    332 
    333   key_iterator begin_keys() const { return key_iterator(dictionary_.begin()); }
    334   key_iterator end_keys() const { return key_iterator(dictionary_.end()); }
    335 
    336   // Overridden from Value:
    337   virtual DictionaryValue* DeepCopy() const;
    338   virtual bool Equals(const Value* other) const;
    339 
    340  private:
    341   ValueMap dictionary_;
    342 
    343   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(DictionaryValue);
    344 };
    345 
    346 // This type of Value represents a list of other Value values.
    347 class BASE_API ListValue : public Value {
    348  public:
    349   typedef ValueVector::iterator iterator;
    350   typedef ValueVector::const_iterator const_iterator;
    351 
    352   ListValue();
    353   ~ListValue();
    354 
    355   // Clears the contents of this ListValue
    356   void Clear();
    357 
    358   // Returns the number of Values in this list.
    359   size_t GetSize() const { return list_.size(); }
    360 
    361   // Returns whether the list is empty.
    362   bool empty() const { return list_.empty(); }
    363 
    364   // Sets the list item at the given index to be the Value specified by
    365   // the value given.  If the index beyond the current end of the list, null
    366   // Values will be used to pad out the list.
    367   // Returns true if successful, or false if the index was negative or
    368   // the value is a null pointer.
    369   bool Set(size_t index, Value* in_value);
    370 
    371   // Gets the Value at the given index.  Modifies |out_value| (and returns true)
    372   // only if the index falls within the current list range.
    373   // Note that the list always owns the Value passed out via |out_value|.
    374   bool Get(size_t index, Value** out_value) const;
    375 
    376   // Convenience forms of Get().  Modifies |out_value| (and returns true)
    377   // only if the index is valid and the Value at that index can be returned
    378   // in the specified form.
    379   bool GetBoolean(size_t index, bool* out_value) const;
    380   bool GetInteger(size_t index, int* out_value) const;
    381   bool GetDouble(size_t index, double* out_value) const;
    382   bool GetString(size_t index, std::string* out_value) const;
    383   bool GetString(size_t index, string16* out_value) const;
    384   bool GetBinary(size_t index, BinaryValue** out_value) const;
    385   bool GetDictionary(size_t index, DictionaryValue** out_value) const;
    386   bool GetList(size_t index, ListValue** out_value) const;
    387 
    388   // Removes the Value with the specified index from this list.
    389   // If |out_value| is non-NULL, the removed Value AND ITS OWNERSHIP will be
    390   // passed out via |out_value|.  If |out_value| is NULL, the removed value will
    391   // be deleted.  This method returns true if |index| is valid; otherwise
    392   // it will return false and the ListValue object will be unchanged.
    393   bool Remove(size_t index, Value** out_value);
    394 
    395   // Removes the first instance of |value| found in the list, if any, and
    396   // deletes it.  Returns the index that it was located at (-1 for not present).
    397   int Remove(const Value& value);
    398 
    399   // Appends a Value to the end of the list.
    400   void Append(Value* in_value);
    401 
    402   // Appends a Value if it's not already present. Takes ownership of the
    403   // |in_value|. Returns true if successful, or false if the value was already
    404   // present. If the value was already present the |in_value| is deleted.
    405   bool AppendIfNotPresent(Value* in_value);
    406 
    407   // Insert a Value at index.
    408   // Returns true if successful, or false if the index was out of range.
    409   bool Insert(size_t index, Value* in_value);
    410 
    411   // Swaps contents with the |other| list.
    412   void Swap(ListValue* other) {
    413     list_.swap(other->list_);
    414   }
    415 
    416   // Iteration
    417   ListValue::iterator begin() { return list_.begin(); }
    418   ListValue::iterator end() { return list_.end(); }
    419 
    420   ListValue::const_iterator begin() const { return list_.begin(); }
    421   ListValue::const_iterator end() const { return list_.end(); }
    422 
    423   // Overridden from Value:
    424   virtual bool GetAsList(ListValue** out_value);
    425   virtual ListValue* DeepCopy() const;
    426   virtual bool Equals(const Value* other) const;
    427 
    428  private:
    429   ValueVector list_;
    430 
    431   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ListValue);
    432 };
    433 
    434 // This interface is implemented by classes that know how to serialize and
    435 // deserialize Value objects.
    436 class BASE_API ValueSerializer {
    437  public:
    438   virtual ~ValueSerializer();
    439 
    440   virtual bool Serialize(const Value& root) = 0;
    441 
    442   // This method deserializes the subclass-specific format into a Value object.
    443   // If the return value is non-NULL, the caller takes ownership of returned
    444   // Value. If the return value is NULL, and if error_code is non-NULL,
    445   // error_code will be set with the underlying error.
    446   // If |error_message| is non-null, it will be filled in with a formatted
    447   // error message including the location of the error if appropriate.
    448   virtual Value* Deserialize(int* error_code, std::string* error_str) = 0;
    449 };
    450 
    451 #endif  // BASE_VALUES_H_
    452