assimp/include/IOSystem.h

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/** @file IOSystem.h
 *  @brief File system wrapper for C++. Inherit this class to supply
 *  custom file handling logic to the Import library.
*/

#ifndef AI_IOSYSTEM_H_INC
#define AI_IOSYSTEM_H_INC

#ifndef __cplusplus
#	error This header requires C++ to be used. aiFileIO.h is the \
	corresponding C interface.
#endif

#include "aiTypes.h"
namespace Assimp	{
class IOStream;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
/** @class IOSystem
 *  @brief Interface to the file system.
 *
 *  Derive an own implementation from this interface to supply custom file handling
 *  to the importer library. If you implement this interface, you also want to
 *  supply a custom implementation for IOStream.
 *
 *  @see Importer::SetIOHandler()
 */
class ASSIMP_API IOSystem : public Intern::AllocateFromAssimpHeap
{
public:

	// -------------------------------------------------------------------
	/** @brief Default constructor.
	 *
	 *  Create an instance of your derived class and assign it to an 
	 *  #Assimp::Importer instance by calling Importer::SetIOHandler().
	 */
	IOSystem();

	// -------------------------------------------------------------------
	/** @brief Virtual destructor.
	 *
	 *  It is safe to be called from within DLL Assimp, we're constructed
	 *  on Assimp's heap.
	 */
	virtual ~IOSystem();


public:

	// -------------------------------------------------------------------
	/** @brief For backward compatibility
	 *  @see Exists(const char*)
	 */
	AI_FORCE_INLINE bool Exists( const std::string& pFile) const;

	// -------------------------------------------------------------------
	/** @brief Tests for the existence of a file at the given path. 
	 *
	 * @param pFile Path to the file
	 * @return true if there is a file with this path, else false.
	 */

	virtual bool Exists( const char* pFile) const = 0;



	// -------------------------------------------------------------------
	/**	@brief Returns the system specific directory separator
	 *	@return	System specific directory separator
	 */
	virtual char getOsSeparator() const = 0;


	// -------------------------------------------------------------------
	/** @brief Open a new file with a given path.
	 *
	 *  When the access to the file is finished, call Close() to release
	 *  all associated resources (or the virtual dtor of the IOStream).
	 *
	 *  @param pFile Path to the file
	 *  @param pMode Desired file I/O mode. Required are: "wb", "w", "wt",
	 *         "rb", "r", "rt".
	 *
	 *  @return New IOStream interface allowing the lib to access
	 *         the underlying file. 
	 *  @note When implementing this class to provide custom IO handling, 
	 *  you probably have to supply an own implementation of IOStream as well. 
	 */
	virtual IOStream* Open(const char* pFile,
		const char* pMode = "rb") = 0;

	// -------------------------------------------------------------------
	/** @brief For backward compatibility
	 *  @see Open(const char*, const char*)
	 */
	inline IOStream* Open(const std::string& pFile,
		const std::string& pMode = std::string("rb"));



	// -------------------------------------------------------------------
	/** @brief Closes the given file and releases all resources 
	 *    associated with it.
	 *  @param pFile The file instance previously created by Open().
	 */
	virtual void Close( IOStream* pFile) = 0;

	// -------------------------------------------------------------------
	/** @brief Compares two paths and check whether the point to
	 *         identical files.
	 *  
	 * The dummy implementation of this virtual performs a 
	 * case-insensitive comparison of the given strings. The default IO
	 * system implementation uses OS mechanisms to convert relative into
	 * absolute paths, so the result can be trusted.
	 * @param one First file
	 * @param second Second file
	 * @return true if the paths point to the same file. The file needn't
	 *   be existing, however.
	 */
	virtual bool ComparePaths (const char* one, 
		const char* second) const;

	// -------------------------------------------------------------------
	/** @brief For backward compatibility
	 *  @see ComparePaths(const char*, const char*)
	 */
	inline bool ComparePaths (const std::string& one, 
		const std::string& second) const;
};

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
AI_FORCE_INLINE IOSystem::IOSystem() 
{
	// empty
}

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
AI_FORCE_INLINE IOSystem::~IOSystem() 
{
	// empty
}

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// For compatibility, the interface of some functions taking a std::string was
// changed to const char* to avoid crashes between binary incompatible STL 
// versions. This code her is inlined,  so it shouldn't cause any problems.
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
AI_FORCE_INLINE IOStream* IOSystem::Open(const std::string& pFile,
	const std::string& pMode)
{
	// NOTE:
	// For compatibility, interface was changed to const char* to
	// avoid crashes between binary incompatible STL versions 
	return Open(pFile.c_str(),pMode.c_str());
}

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
AI_FORCE_INLINE bool IOSystem::Exists( const std::string& pFile) const
{
	// NOTE:
	// For compatibility, interface was changed to const char* to
	// avoid crashes between binary incompatible STL versions 
	return Exists(pFile.c_str());
}

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
inline bool IOSystem::ComparePaths (const std::string& one, 
	const std::string& second) const
{
	// NOTE:
	// For compatibility, interface was changed to const char* to
	// avoid crashes between binary incompatible STL versions 
	return ComparePaths(one.c_str(),second.c_str());
}

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
} //!ns Assimp

#endif //AI_IOSYSTEM_H_INC