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      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.
      4 
      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
      8 // types:
      9 //
     10 //                   POSIX            Windows
     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
     17 //
     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.
     23 //
     24 // For more arcane bits of path trivia, see below.
     25 //
     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.
     38 //
     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.
     50 //
     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.
     55 //
     56 // As a precaution against premature truncation, paths can't contain NULs.
     57 //
     58 // Because a FilePath object should not be instantiated at the global scope,
     59 // instead, use a FilePath::CharType[] and initialize it with
     60 // FILE_PATH_LITERAL.  At runtime, a FilePath object can be created from the
     61 // character array.  Example:
     62 //
     63 // | const FilePath::CharType kLogFileName[] = FILE_PATH_LITERAL("log.txt");
     64 // |
     65 // | void Function() {
     66 // |   FilePath log_file_path(kLogFileName);
     67 // |   [...]
     68 // | }
     69 //
     70 // WARNING: FilePaths should ALWAYS be displayed with LTR directionality, even
     71 // when the UI language is RTL. This means you always need to pass filepaths
     72 // through base::i18n::WrapPathWithLTRFormatting() before displaying it in the
     73 // RTL UI.
     74 //
     75 // This is a very common source of bugs, please try to keep this in mind.
     76 //
     77 // ARCANE BITS OF PATH TRIVIA
     78 //
     79 //  - A double leading slash is actually part of the POSIX standard.  Systems
     80 //    are allowed to treat // as an alternate root, as Windows does for UNC
     81 //    (network share) paths.  Most POSIX systems don't do anything special
     82 //    with two leading slashes, but FilePath handles this case properly
     83 //    in case it ever comes across such a system.  FilePath needs this support
     84 //    for Windows UNC paths, anyway.
     85 //    References:
     86 //    The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, sections 3.267 ("Pathname")
     87 //    and 4.12 ("Pathname Resolution"), available at:
     88 //    http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap03.html#tag_03_267
     89 //    http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap04.html#tag_04_12
     90 //
     91 //  - Windows treats c:\\ the same way it treats \\.  This was intended to
     92 //    allow older applications that require drive letters to support UNC paths
     93 //    like \\server\share\path, by permitting c:\\server\share\path as an
     94 //    equivalent.  Since the OS treats these paths specially, FilePath needs
     95 //    to do the same.  Since Windows can use either / or \ as the separator,
     96 //    FilePath treats c://, c:\\, //, and \\ all equivalently.
     97 //    Reference:
     98 //    The Old New Thing, "Why is a drive letter permitted in front of UNC
     99 //    paths (sometimes)?", available at:
    100 //    http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2005/11/22/495740.aspx
    101 
    102 #ifndef BASE_FILES_FILE_PATH_H_
    103 #define BASE_FILES_FILE_PATH_H_
    104 
    105 #include <stddef.h>
    106 
    107 #include <iosfwd>
    108 #include <string>
    109 #include <vector>
    110 
    111 #include "base/base_export.h"
    112 #include "base/compiler_specific.h"
    113 #include "base/containers/hash_tables.h"
    114 #include "base/macros.h"
    115 #include "base/strings/string16.h"
    116 #include "base/strings/string_piece.h"
    117 #include "build/build_config.h"
    118 
    119 // Windows-style drive letter support and pathname separator characters can be
    120 // enabled and disabled independently, to aid testing.  These #defines are
    121 // here so that the same setting can be used in both the implementation and
    122 // in the unit test.
    123 #if defined(OS_WIN)
    124 #define FILE_PATH_USES_DRIVE_LETTERS
    125 #define FILE_PATH_USES_WIN_SEPARATORS
    126 #endif  // OS_WIN
    127 
    128 // To print path names portably use PRIsFP (based on PRIuS and friends from
    129 // C99 and format_macros.h) like this:
    130 // base::StringPrintf("Path is %" PRIsFP ".\n", path.value().c_str());
    131 #if defined(OS_POSIX)
    132 #define PRIsFP "s"
    133 #elif defined(OS_WIN)
    134 #define PRIsFP "ls"
    135 #endif  // OS_WIN
    136 
    137 namespace base {
    138 
    139 class Pickle;
    140 class PickleIterator;
    141 
    142 // An abstraction to isolate users from the differences between native
    143 // pathnames on different platforms.
    144 class BASE_EXPORT FilePath {
    145  public:
    146 #if defined(OS_POSIX)
    147   // On most platforms, native pathnames are char arrays, and the encoding
    148   // may or may not be specified.  On Mac OS X, native pathnames are encoded
    149   // in UTF-8.
    150   typedef std::string StringType;
    151 #elif defined(OS_WIN)
    152   // On Windows, for Unicode-aware applications, native pathnames are wchar_t
    153   // arrays encoded in UTF-16.
    154   typedef std::wstring StringType;
    155 #endif  // OS_WIN
    156 
    157   typedef BasicStringPiece<StringType> StringPieceType;
    158   typedef StringType::value_type CharType;
    159 
    160   // Null-terminated array of separators used to separate components in
    161   // hierarchical paths.  Each character in this array is a valid separator,
    162   // but kSeparators[0] is treated as the canonical separator and will be used
    163   // when composing pathnames.
    164   static const CharType kSeparators[];
    165 
    166   // arraysize(kSeparators).
    167   static const size_t kSeparatorsLength;
    168 
    169   // A special path component meaning "this directory."
    170   static const CharType kCurrentDirectory[];
    171 
    172   // A special path component meaning "the parent directory."
    173   static const CharType kParentDirectory[];
    174 
    175   // The character used to identify a file extension.
    176   static const CharType kExtensionSeparator;
    177 
    178   FilePath();
    179   FilePath(const FilePath& that);
    180   explicit FilePath(StringPieceType path);
    181   ~FilePath();
    182   FilePath& operator=(const FilePath& that);
    183 
    184   bool operator==(const FilePath& that) const;
    185 
    186   bool operator!=(const FilePath& that) const;
    187 
    188   // Required for some STL containers and operations
    189   bool operator<(const FilePath& that) const {
    190     return path_ < that.path_;
    191   }
    192 
    193   const StringType& value() const { return path_; }
    194 
    195   bool empty() const { return path_.empty(); }
    196 
    197   void clear() { path_.clear(); }
    198 
    199   // Returns true if |character| is in kSeparators.
    200   static bool IsSeparator(CharType character);
    201 
    202   // Returns a vector of all of the components of the provided path. It is
    203   // equivalent to calling DirName().value() on the path's root component,
    204   // and BaseName().value() on each child component.
    205   //
    206   // To make sure this is lossless so we can differentiate absolute and
    207   // relative paths, the root slash will be included even though no other
    208   // slashes will be. The precise behavior is:
    209   //
    210   // Posix:  "/foo/bar"  ->  [ "/", "foo", "bar" ]
    211   // Windows:  "C:\foo\bar"  ->  [ "C:", "\\", "foo", "bar" ]
    212   void GetComponents(std::vector<FilePath::StringType>* components) const;
    213 
    214   // Returns true if this FilePath is a strict parent of the |child|. Absolute
    215   // and relative paths are accepted i.e. is /foo parent to /foo/bar and
    216   // is foo parent to foo/bar. Does not convert paths to absolute, follow
    217   // symlinks or directory navigation (e.g. ".."). A path is *NOT* its own
    218   // parent.
    219   bool IsParent(const FilePath& child) const;
    220 
    221   // If IsParent(child) holds, appends to path (if non-NULL) the
    222   // relative path to child and returns true.  For example, if parent
    223   // holds "/Users/johndoe/Library/Application Support", child holds
    224   // "/Users/johndoe/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default", and
    225   // *path holds "/Users/johndoe/Library/Caches", then after
    226   // parent.AppendRelativePath(child, path) is called *path will hold
    227   // "/Users/johndoe/Library/Caches/Google/Chrome/Default".  Otherwise,
    228   // returns false.
    229   bool AppendRelativePath(const FilePath& child, FilePath* path) const;
    230 
    231   // Returns a FilePath corresponding to the directory containing the path
    232   // named by this object, stripping away the file component.  If this object
    233   // only contains one component, returns a FilePath identifying
    234   // kCurrentDirectory.  If this object already refers to the root directory,
    235   // returns a FilePath identifying the root directory.
    236   FilePath DirName() const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
    237 
    238   // Returns a FilePath corresponding to the last path component of this
    239   // object, either a file or a directory.  If this object already refers to
    240   // the root directory, returns a FilePath identifying the root directory;
    241   // this is the only situation in which BaseName will return an absolute path.
    242   FilePath BaseName() const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
    243 
    244   // Returns ".jpg" for path "C:\pics\jojo.jpg", or an empty string if
    245   // the file has no extension.  If non-empty, Extension() will always start
    246   // with precisely one ".".  The following code should always work regardless
    247   // of the value of path.  For common double-extensions like .tar.gz and
    248   // .user.js, this method returns the combined extension.  For a single
    249   // component, use FinalExtension().
    250   // new_path = path.RemoveExtension().value().append(path.Extension());
    251   // ASSERT(new_path == path.value());
    252   // NOTE: this is different from the original file_util implementation which
    253   // returned the extension without a leading "." ("jpg" instead of ".jpg")
    254   StringType Extension() const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
    255 
    256   // Returns the path's file extension, as in Extension(), but will
    257   // never return a double extension.
    258   //
    259   // TODO(davidben): Check all our extension-sensitive code to see if
    260   // we can rename this to Extension() and the other to something like
    261   // LongExtension(), defaulting to short extensions and leaving the
    262   // long "extensions" to logic like base::GetUniquePathNumber().
    263   StringType FinalExtension() const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
    264 
    265   // Returns "C:\pics\jojo" for path "C:\pics\jojo.jpg"
    266   // NOTE: this is slightly different from the similar file_util implementation
    267   // which returned simply 'jojo'.
    268   FilePath RemoveExtension() const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
    269 
    270   // Removes the path's file extension, as in RemoveExtension(), but
    271   // ignores double extensions.
    272   FilePath RemoveFinalExtension() const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
    273 
    274   // Inserts |suffix| after the file name portion of |path| but before the
    275   // extension.  Returns "" if BaseName() == "." or "..".
    276   // Examples:
    277   // path == "C:\pics\jojo.jpg" suffix == " (1)", returns "C:\pics\jojo (1).jpg"
    278   // path == "jojo.jpg"         suffix == " (1)", returns "jojo (1).jpg"
    279   // path == "C:\pics\jojo"     suffix == " (1)", returns "C:\pics\jojo (1)"
    280   // path == "C:\pics.old\jojo" suffix == " (1)", returns "C:\pics.old\jojo (1)"
    281   FilePath InsertBeforeExtension(
    282       StringPieceType suffix) const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
    283   FilePath InsertBeforeExtensionASCII(
    284       StringPiece suffix) const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
    285 
    286   // Adds |extension| to |file_name|. Returns the current FilePath if
    287   // |extension| is empty. Returns "" if BaseName() == "." or "..".
    288   FilePath AddExtension(StringPieceType extension) const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
    289 
    290   // Replaces the extension of |file_name| with |extension|.  If |file_name|
    291   // does not have an extension, then |extension| is added.  If |extension| is
    292   // empty, then the extension is removed from |file_name|.
    293   // Returns "" if BaseName() == "." or "..".
    294   FilePath ReplaceExtension(StringPieceType extension) const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
    295 
    296   // Returns true if the file path matches the specified extension. The test is
    297   // case insensitive. Don't forget the leading period if appropriate.
    298   bool MatchesExtension(StringPieceType extension) const;
    299 
    300   // Returns a FilePath by appending a separator and the supplied path
    301   // component to this object's path.  Append takes care to avoid adding
    302   // excessive separators if this object's path already ends with a separator.
    303   // If this object's path is kCurrentDirectory, a new FilePath corresponding
    304   // only to |component| is returned.  |component| must be a relative path;
    305   // it is an error to pass an absolute path.
    306   FilePath Append(StringPieceType component) const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
    307   FilePath Append(const FilePath& component) const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
    308 
    309   // Although Windows StringType is std::wstring, since the encoding it uses for
    310   // paths is well defined, it can handle ASCII path components as well.
    311   // Mac uses UTF8, and since ASCII is a subset of that, it works there as well.
    312   // On Linux, although it can use any 8-bit encoding for paths, we assume that
    313   // ASCII is a valid subset, regardless of the encoding, since many operating
    314   // system paths will always be ASCII.
    315   FilePath AppendASCII(StringPiece component) const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
    316 
    317   // Returns true if this FilePath contains an absolute path.  On Windows, an
    318   // absolute path begins with either a drive letter specification followed by
    319   // a separator character, or with two separator characters.  On POSIX
    320   // platforms, an absolute path begins with a separator character.
    321   bool IsAbsolute() const;
    322 
    323   // Returns true if the patch ends with a path separator character.
    324   bool EndsWithSeparator() const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
    325 
    326   // Returns a copy of this FilePath that ends with a trailing separator. If
    327   // the input path is empty, an empty FilePath will be returned.
    328   FilePath AsEndingWithSeparator() const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
    329 
    330   // Returns a copy of this FilePath that does not end with a trailing
    331   // separator.
    332   FilePath StripTrailingSeparators() const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
    333 
    334   // Returns true if this FilePath contains an attempt to reference a parent
    335   // directory (e.g. has a path component that is "..").
    336   bool ReferencesParent() const;
    337 
    338   // Return a Unicode human-readable version of this path.
    339   // Warning: you can *not*, in general, go from a display name back to a real
    340   // path.  Only use this when displaying paths to users, not just when you
    341   // want to stuff a string16 into some other API.
    342   string16 LossyDisplayName() const;
    343 
    344   // Return the path as ASCII, or the empty string if the path is not ASCII.
    345   // This should only be used for cases where the FilePath is representing a
    346   // known-ASCII filename.
    347   std::string MaybeAsASCII() const;
    348 
    349   // Return the path as UTF-8.
    350   //
    351   // This function is *unsafe* as there is no way to tell what encoding is
    352   // used in file names on POSIX systems other than Mac and Chrome OS,
    353   // although UTF-8 is practically used everywhere these days. To mitigate
    354   // the encoding issue, this function internally calls
    355   // SysNativeMBToWide() on POSIX systems other than Mac and Chrome OS,
    356   // per assumption that the current locale's encoding is used in file
    357   // names, but this isn't a perfect solution.
    358   //
    359   // Once it becomes safe to to stop caring about non-UTF-8 file names,
    360   // the SysNativeMBToWide() hack will be removed from the code, along
    361   // with "Unsafe" in the function name.
    362   std::string AsUTF8Unsafe() const;
    363 
    364   // Similar to AsUTF8Unsafe, but returns UTF-16 instead.
    365   string16 AsUTF16Unsafe() const;
    366 
    367   // Returns a FilePath object from a path name in UTF-8. This function
    368   // should only be used for cases where you are sure that the input
    369   // string is UTF-8.
    370   //
    371   // Like AsUTF8Unsafe(), this function is unsafe. This function
    372   // internally calls SysWideToNativeMB() on POSIX systems other than Mac
    373   // and Chrome OS, to mitigate the encoding issue. See the comment at
    374   // AsUTF8Unsafe() for details.
    375   static FilePath FromUTF8Unsafe(const std::string& utf8);
    376 
    377   // Similar to FromUTF8Unsafe, but accepts UTF-16 instead.
    378   static FilePath FromUTF16Unsafe(const string16& utf16);
    379 
    380   void WriteToPickle(Pickle* pickle) const;
    381   bool ReadFromPickle(PickleIterator* iter);
    382 
    383   // Normalize all path separators to backslash on Windows
    384   // (if FILE_PATH_USES_WIN_SEPARATORS is true), or do nothing on POSIX systems.
    385   FilePath NormalizePathSeparators() const;
    386 
    387   // Normalize all path separattors to given type on Windows
    388   // (if FILE_PATH_USES_WIN_SEPARATORS is true), or do nothing on POSIX systems.
    389   FilePath NormalizePathSeparatorsTo(CharType separator) const;
    390 
    391   // Compare two strings in the same way the file system does.
    392   // Note that these always ignore case, even on file systems that are case-
    393   // sensitive. If case-sensitive comparison is ever needed, add corresponding
    394   // methods here.
    395   // The methods are written as a static method so that they can also be used
    396   // on parts of a file path, e.g., just the extension.
    397   // CompareIgnoreCase() returns -1, 0 or 1 for less-than, equal-to and
    398   // greater-than respectively.
    399   static int CompareIgnoreCase(StringPieceType string1,
    400                                StringPieceType string2);
    401   static bool CompareEqualIgnoreCase(StringPieceType string1,
    402                                      StringPieceType string2) {
    403     return CompareIgnoreCase(string1, string2) == 0;
    404   }
    405   static bool CompareLessIgnoreCase(StringPieceType string1,
    406                                     StringPieceType string2) {
    407     return CompareIgnoreCase(string1, string2) < 0;
    408   }
    409 
    410 #if defined(OS_MACOSX)
    411   // Returns the string in the special canonical decomposed form as defined for
    412   // HFS, which is close to, but not quite, decomposition form D. See
    413   // http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/technotes/tn/tn1150.html#UnicodeSubtleties
    414   // for further comments.
    415   // Returns the epmty string if the conversion failed.
    416   static StringType GetHFSDecomposedForm(StringPieceType string);
    417 
    418   // Special UTF-8 version of FastUnicodeCompare. Cf:
    419   // http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/technotes/tn/tn1150.html#StringComparisonAlgorithm
    420   // IMPORTANT: The input strings must be in the special HFS decomposed form!
    421   // (cf. above GetHFSDecomposedForm method)
    422   static int HFSFastUnicodeCompare(StringPieceType string1,
    423                                    StringPieceType string2);
    424 #endif
    425 
    426 #if defined(OS_ANDROID)
    427   // On android, file selection dialog can return a file with content uri
    428   // scheme(starting with content://). Content uri needs to be opened with
    429   // ContentResolver to guarantee that the app has appropriate permissions
    430   // to access it.
    431   // Returns true if the path is a content uri, or false otherwise.
    432   bool IsContentUri() const;
    433 #endif
    434 
    435  private:
    436   // Remove trailing separators from this object.  If the path is absolute, it
    437   // will never be stripped any more than to refer to the absolute root
    438   // directory, so "////" will become "/", not "".  A leading pair of
    439   // separators is never stripped, to support alternate roots.  This is used to
    440   // support UNC paths on Windows.
    441   void StripTrailingSeparatorsInternal();
    442 
    443   StringType path_;
    444 };
    445 
    446 // This is required by googletest to print a readable output on test failures.
    447 // This is declared here for use in gtest-based unit tests but is defined in
    448 // the test_support_base target. Depend on that to use this in your unit test.
    449 // This should not be used in production code - call ToString() instead.
    450 void PrintTo(const FilePath& path, std::ostream* out);
    451 
    452 }  // namespace base
    453 
    454 // Macros for string literal initialization of FilePath::CharType[], and for
    455 // using a FilePath::CharType[] in a printf-style format string.
    456 #if defined(OS_POSIX)
    457 #define FILE_PATH_LITERAL(x) x
    458 #define PRFilePath "s"
    459 #elif defined(OS_WIN)
    460 #define FILE_PATH_LITERAL(x) L ## x
    461 #define PRFilePath "ls"
    462 #endif  // OS_WIN
    463 
    464 // Provide a hash function so that hash_sets and maps can contain FilePath
    465 // objects.
    466 namespace BASE_HASH_NAMESPACE {
    467 
    468 template<>
    469 struct hash<base::FilePath> {
    470   size_t operator()(const base::FilePath& f) const {
    471     return hash<base::FilePath::StringType>()(f.value());
    472   }
    473 };
    474 
    475 }  // namespace BASE_HASH_NAMESPACE
    476 
    477 #endif  // BASE_FILES_FILE_PATH_H_
    478