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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 #ifndef BASE_WIN_SCOPED_VARIANT_H_
      6 #define BASE_WIN_SCOPED_VARIANT_H_
      7 
      8 #include <windows.h>
      9 #include <oleauto.h>
     10 
     11 #include "base/base_export.h"
     12 #include "base/basictypes.h"
     13 
     14 namespace base {
     15 namespace win {
     16 
     17 // Scoped VARIANT class for automatically freeing a COM VARIANT at the
     18 // end of a scope.  Additionally provides a few functions to make the
     19 // encapsulated VARIANT easier to use.
     20 // Instead of inheriting from VARIANT, we take the containment approach
     21 // in order to have more control over the usage of the variant and guard
     22 // against memory leaks.
     23 class BASE_EXPORT ScopedVariant {
     24  public:
     25   // Declaration of a global variant variable that's always VT_EMPTY
     26   static const VARIANT kEmptyVariant;
     27 
     28   // Default constructor.
     29   ScopedVariant() {
     30     // This is equivalent to what VariantInit does, but less code.
     31     var_.vt = VT_EMPTY;
     32   }
     33 
     34   // Constructor to create a new VT_BSTR VARIANT.
     35   // NOTE: Do not pass a BSTR to this constructor expecting ownership to
     36   // be transferred
     37   explicit ScopedVariant(const wchar_t* str);
     38 
     39   // Creates a new VT_BSTR variant of a specified length.
     40   ScopedVariant(const wchar_t* str, UINT length);
     41 
     42   // Creates a new integral type variant and assigns the value to
     43   // VARIANT.lVal (32 bit sized field).
     44   explicit ScopedVariant(int value, VARTYPE vt = VT_I4);
     45 
     46   // Creates a new double-precision type variant.  |vt| must be either VT_R8
     47   // or VT_DATE.
     48   explicit ScopedVariant(double value, VARTYPE vt = VT_R8);
     49 
     50   // VT_DISPATCH
     51   explicit ScopedVariant(IDispatch* dispatch);
     52 
     53   // VT_UNKNOWN
     54   explicit ScopedVariant(IUnknown* unknown);
     55 
     56   // SAFEARRAY
     57   explicit ScopedVariant(SAFEARRAY* safearray);
     58 
     59   // Copies the variant.
     60   explicit ScopedVariant(const VARIANT& var);
     61 
     62   ~ScopedVariant();
     63 
     64   inline VARTYPE type() const {
     65     return var_.vt;
     66   }
     67 
     68   // Give ScopedVariant ownership over an already allocated VARIANT.
     69   void Reset(const VARIANT& var = kEmptyVariant);
     70 
     71   // Releases ownership of the VARIANT to the caller.
     72   VARIANT Release();
     73 
     74   // Swap two ScopedVariant's.
     75   void Swap(ScopedVariant& var);
     76 
     77   // Returns a copy of the variant.
     78   VARIANT Copy() const;
     79 
     80   // The return value is 0 if the variants are equal, 1 if this object is
     81   // greater than |var|, -1 if it is smaller.
     82   int Compare(const VARIANT& var, bool ignore_case = false) const;
     83 
     84   // Retrieves the pointer address.
     85   // Used to receive a VARIANT as an out argument (and take ownership).
     86   // The function DCHECKs on the current value being empty/null.
     87   // Usage: GetVariant(var.receive());
     88   VARIANT* Receive();
     89 
     90   void Set(const wchar_t* str);
     91 
     92   // Setters for simple types.
     93   void Set(int8 i8);
     94   void Set(uint8 ui8);
     95   void Set(int16 i16);
     96   void Set(uint16 ui16);
     97   void Set(int32 i32);
     98   void Set(uint32 ui32);
     99   void Set(int64 i64);
    100   void Set(uint64 ui64);
    101   void Set(float r32);
    102   void Set(double r64);
    103   void Set(bool b);
    104 
    105   // Creates a copy of |var| and assigns as this instance's value.
    106   // Note that this is different from the Reset() method that's used to
    107   // free the current value and assume ownership.
    108   void Set(const VARIANT& var);
    109 
    110   // COM object setters
    111   void Set(IDispatch* disp);
    112   void Set(IUnknown* unk);
    113 
    114   // SAFEARRAY support
    115   void Set(SAFEARRAY* array);
    116 
    117   // Special setter for DATE since DATE is a double and we already have
    118   // a setter for double.
    119   void SetDate(DATE date);
    120 
    121   // Allows const access to the contained variant without DCHECKs etc.
    122   // This support is necessary for the V_XYZ (e.g. V_BSTR) set of macros to
    123   // work properly but still doesn't allow modifications since we want control
    124   // over that.
    125   const VARIANT* operator&() const {
    126     return &var_;
    127   }
    128 
    129   // Like other scoped classes (e.g scoped_refptr, ScopedComPtr, ScopedBstr)
    130   // we support the assignment operator for the type we wrap.
    131   ScopedVariant& operator=(const VARIANT& var);
    132 
    133   // A hack to pass a pointer to the variant where the accepting
    134   // function treats the variant as an input-only, read-only value
    135   // but the function prototype requires a non const variant pointer.
    136   // There's no DCHECK or anything here.  Callers must know what they're doing.
    137   VARIANT* AsInput() const {
    138     // The nature of this function is const, so we declare
    139     // it as such and cast away the constness here.
    140     return const_cast<VARIANT*>(&var_);
    141   }
    142 
    143   // Allows the ScopedVariant instance to be passed to functions either by value
    144   // or by const reference.
    145   operator const VARIANT&() const {
    146     return var_;
    147   }
    148 
    149   // Used as a debug check to see if we're leaking anything.
    150   static bool IsLeakableVarType(VARTYPE vt);
    151 
    152  protected:
    153   VARIANT var_;
    154 
    155  private:
    156   // Comparison operators for ScopedVariant are not supported at this point.
    157   // Use the Compare method instead.
    158   bool operator==(const ScopedVariant& var) const;
    159   bool operator!=(const ScopedVariant& var) const;
    160   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ScopedVariant);
    161 };
    162 
    163 }  // namespace win
    164 }  // namesoace base
    165 
    166 #endif  // BASE_WIN_SCOPED_VARIANT_H_
    167