CodeDweller/filesystem.hpp

// \file filesystem.hpp
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/*
  \brief The filesystem module provides classes to access the filesystem.
*/

#ifndef FILESYSTEM_HPP
#define FILESYSTEM_HPP

#include <ctime>

#include <string>

namespace CodeDweller {

  /** Abstracts OS specifics for identifying a file and provides
      access to meta data.
  */
  class FileReference {

  public:

    /** Initialize with the name of the file.

	The constructor updates the FileReference object with the file
	status except for the full path.

        @param[in] fileName is the name of the file.

    */
    FileReference(std::string fileName);

    /** Return timestamp.

	@returns the epoch modification time of the file if the file
        existed when the FileReference object was created, or the last
        time refersh() was called (whichever is more recent), 0
        otherwise.

    */
    time_t ModTimestamp() const;

    /** Get the file size.

	@returns the size of the file if the file existed when the
        FileReference object was created, or the last time refersh()
        was called (whichever is more recent), 0 otherwise.

    */
    size_t Size() const;

    /** Get full path if the file exists.

	This method access the filesystem to get the full path of the
	file.

	@warning This method might fail under Windows in a
	multi-threaded application if the current working directory of
	the application is being changed by a thread while this method
	is invoked.

        @returns a fully referenced path to the file if the file
        exists.  Otherwise, "" is returned.
    */
    std:: string FullPath();

    /** Refreshes the FileReference object.

	This method updates the FileReference object with the current
        data on the file system, except for the full path.
    */
    void refresh();

    /** Check if the file exists.

        @returns true if the file reference name existed in the file
        system when the FileReference object was created, or the last
        time refersh() was called (whichever is more recent), false
        otherwise.

        @throws std::runtime_error if an error occurs.

    */
    bool exists() const;

    /** Check if the file is a directory.

        @returns true if the file reference name existed and was a
        directory in the file system when the FileReference object was
        created, or the last time refersh() was called (whichever is
        more recent), false otherwise.

    */
    bool isDirectory() const;

  private:

    /// Return text for the most recent error.
    //
    // \returns Human-readable description of the most recent error.
    //
    static std::string getErrorText();

    /// Reset all members but the name. */
    void reset();

    /** Name provided to constructor. */
    std::string name;

    /** Full path. */
    std::string path;

    /** Timestamp. */
    time_t modTimestamp;

    /** Size in bytes. */
    long size_bytes;

    /** True if the file exists, false otherwise. */
    bool fileExists;

    /** True if the file is a directory, false otherwise. */
    bool fileIsDirectory;

  };

}

#endif // FILESYSTEM_HPP