// Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be // found in the LICENSE file. // This file specifies a recursive data storage class called Value intended for // storing settings and other persistable data. // // A Value represents something that can be stored in JSON or passed to/from // JavaScript. As such, it is NOT a generalized variant type, since only the // types supported by JavaScript/JSON are supported. // // IN PARTICULAR this means that there is no support for int64 or unsigned // numbers. Writing JSON with such types would violate the spec. If you need // something like this, either use a double or make a string value containing // the number you want. #ifndef BASE_VALUES_H_ #define BASE_VALUES_H_ #include <stddef.h> #include <iosfwd> #include <map> #include <string> #include <utility> #include <vector> #include "base/base_export.h" #include "base/basictypes.h" #include "base/compiler_specific.h" #include "base/memory/scoped_ptr.h" #include "base/strings/string16.h" namespace base { class DictionaryValue; class FundamentalValue; class ListValue; class StringValue; class Value; typedef std::vector<Value*> ValueVector; typedef std::map<std::string, Value*> ValueMap; // The Value class is the base class for Values. A Value can be instantiated // via the Create*Value() factory methods, or by directly creating instances of // the subclasses. // // See the file-level comment above for more information. class BASE_EXPORT Value { public: enum Type { TYPE_NULL = 0, TYPE_BOOLEAN, TYPE_INTEGER, TYPE_DOUBLE, TYPE_STRING, TYPE_BINARY, TYPE_DICTIONARY, TYPE_LIST // Note: Do not add more types. See the file-level comment above for why. }; virtual ~Value(); static Value* CreateNullValue(); // Returns the type of the value stored by the current Value object. // Each type will be implemented by only one subclass of Value, so it's // safe to use the Type to determine whether you can cast from // Value* to (Implementing Class)*. Also, a Value object never changes // its type after construction. Type GetType() const { return type_; } // Returns true if the current object represents a given type. bool IsType(Type type) const { return type == type_; } // These methods allow the convenient retrieval of the contents of the Value. // If the current object can be converted into the given type, the value is // returned through the |out_value| parameter and true is returned; // otherwise, false is returned and |out_value| is unchanged. virtual bool GetAsBoolean(bool* out_value) const; virtual bool GetAsInteger(int* out_value) const; virtual bool GetAsDouble(double* out_value) const; virtual bool GetAsString(std::string* out_value) const; virtual bool GetAsString(string16* out_value) const; virtual bool GetAsString(const StringValue** out_value) const; virtual bool GetAsList(ListValue** out_value); virtual bool GetAsList(const ListValue** out_value) const; virtual bool GetAsDictionary(DictionaryValue** out_value); virtual bool GetAsDictionary(const DictionaryValue** out_value) const; // Note: Do not add more types. See the file-level comment above for why. // This creates a deep copy of the entire Value tree, and returns a pointer // to the copy. The caller gets ownership of the copy, of course. // // Subclasses return their own type directly in their overrides; // this works because C++ supports covariant return types. virtual Value* DeepCopy() const; // Compares if two Value objects have equal contents. virtual bool Equals(const Value* other) const; // Compares if two Value objects have equal contents. Can handle NULLs. // NULLs are considered equal but different from Value::CreateNullValue(). static bool Equals(const Value* a, const Value* b); protected: // These aren't safe for end-users, but they are useful for subclasses. explicit Value(Type type); Value(const Value& that); Value& operator=(const Value& that); private: Type type_; }; // FundamentalValue represents the simple fundamental types of values. class BASE_EXPORT FundamentalValue : public Value { public: explicit FundamentalValue(bool in_value); explicit FundamentalValue(int in_value); explicit FundamentalValue(double in_value); virtual ~FundamentalValue(); // Overridden from Value: virtual bool GetAsBoolean(bool* out_value) const OVERRIDE; virtual bool GetAsInteger(int* out_value) const OVERRIDE; // Values of both type TYPE_INTEGER and TYPE_DOUBLE can be obtained as // doubles. virtual bool GetAsDouble(double* out_value) const OVERRIDE; virtual FundamentalValue* DeepCopy() const OVERRIDE; virtual bool Equals(const Value* other) const OVERRIDE; private: union { bool boolean_value_; int integer_value_; double double_value_; }; }; class BASE_EXPORT StringValue : public Value { public: // Initializes a StringValue with a UTF-8 narrow character string. explicit StringValue(const std::string& in_value); // Initializes a StringValue with a string16. explicit StringValue(const string16& in_value); virtual ~StringValue(); // Returns |value_| as a pointer or reference. std::string* GetString(); const std::string& GetString() const; // Overridden from Value: virtual bool GetAsString(std::string* out_value) const OVERRIDE; virtual bool GetAsString(string16* out_value) const OVERRIDE; virtual bool GetAsString(const StringValue** out_value) const OVERRIDE; virtual StringValue* DeepCopy() const OVERRIDE; virtual bool Equals(const Value* other) const OVERRIDE; private: std::string value_; }; class BASE_EXPORT BinaryValue: public Value { public: // Creates a BinaryValue with a null buffer and size of 0. BinaryValue(); // Creates a BinaryValue, taking ownership of the bytes pointed to by // |buffer|. BinaryValue(scoped_ptr<char[]> buffer, size_t size); virtual ~BinaryValue(); // For situations where you want to keep ownership of your buffer, this // factory method creates a new BinaryValue by copying the contents of the // buffer that's passed in. static BinaryValue* CreateWithCopiedBuffer(const char* buffer, size_t size); size_t GetSize() const { return size_; } // May return NULL. char* GetBuffer() { return buffer_.get(); } const char* GetBuffer() const { return buffer_.get(); } // Overridden from Value: virtual BinaryValue* DeepCopy() const OVERRIDE; virtual bool Equals(const Value* other) const OVERRIDE; private: scoped_ptr<char[]> buffer_; size_t size_; DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(BinaryValue); }; // DictionaryValue provides a key-value dictionary with (optional) "path" // parsing for recursive access; see the comment at the top of the file. Keys // are |std::string|s and should be UTF-8 encoded. class BASE_EXPORT DictionaryValue : public Value { public: DictionaryValue(); virtual ~DictionaryValue(); // Overridden from Value: virtual bool GetAsDictionary(DictionaryValue** out_value) OVERRIDE; virtual bool GetAsDictionary( const DictionaryValue** out_value) const OVERRIDE; // Returns true if the current dictionary has a value for the given key. bool HasKey(const std::string& key) const; // Returns the number of Values in this dictionary. size_t size() const { return dictionary_.size(); } // Returns whether the dictionary is empty. bool empty() const { return dictionary_.empty(); } // Clears any current contents of this dictionary. void Clear(); // Sets the Value associated with the given path starting from this object. // A path has the form "<key>" or "<key>.<key>.[...]", where "." indexes // into the next DictionaryValue down. Obviously, "." can't be used // within a key, but there are no other restrictions on keys. // If the key at any step of the way doesn't exist, or exists but isn't // a DictionaryValue, a new DictionaryValue will be created and attached // to the path in that location. // Note that the dictionary takes ownership of the value referenced by // |in_value|, and therefore |in_value| must be non-NULL. void Set(const std::string& path, Value* in_value); // Convenience forms of Set(). These methods will replace any existing // value at that path, even if it has a different type. void SetBoolean(const std::string& path, bool in_value); void SetInteger(const std::string& path, int in_value); void SetDouble(const std::string& path, double in_value); void SetString(const std::string& path, const std::string& in_value); void SetString(const std::string& path, const string16& in_value); // Like Set(), but without special treatment of '.'. This allows e.g. URLs to // be used as paths. void SetWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& key, Value* in_value); // Convenience forms of SetWithoutPathExpansion(). void SetBooleanWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& path, bool in_value); void SetIntegerWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& path, int in_value); void SetDoubleWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& path, double in_value); void SetStringWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& path, const std::string& in_value); void SetStringWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& path, const string16& in_value); // Gets the Value associated with the given path starting from this object. // A path has the form "<key>" or "<key>.<key>.[...]", where "." indexes // into the next DictionaryValue down. If the path can be resolved // successfully, the value for the last key in the path will be returned // through the |out_value| parameter, and the function will return true. // Otherwise, it will return false and |out_value| will be untouched. // Note that the dictionary always owns the value that's returned. // |out_value| is optional and will only be set if non-NULL. bool Get(const std::string& path, const Value** out_value) const; bool Get(const std::string& path, Value** out_value); // These are convenience forms of Get(). The value will be retrieved // and the return value will be true if the path is valid and the value at // the end of the path can be returned in the form specified. // |out_value| is optional and will only be set if non-NULL. bool GetBoolean(const std::string& path, bool* out_value) const; bool GetInteger(const std::string& path, int* out_value) const; // Values of both type TYPE_INTEGER and TYPE_DOUBLE can be obtained as // doubles. bool GetDouble(const std::string& path, double* out_value) const; bool GetString(const std::string& path, std::string* out_value) const; bool GetString(const std::string& path, string16* out_value) const; bool GetStringASCII(const std::string& path, std::string* out_value) const; bool GetBinary(const std::string& path, const BinaryValue** out_value) const; bool GetBinary(const std::string& path, BinaryValue** out_value); bool GetDictionary(const std::string& path, const DictionaryValue** out_value) const; bool GetDictionary(const std::string& path, DictionaryValue** out_value); bool GetList(const std::string& path, const ListValue** out_value) const; bool GetList(const std::string& path, ListValue** out_value); // Like Get(), but without special treatment of '.'. This allows e.g. URLs to // be used as paths. bool GetWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& key, const Value** out_value) const; bool GetWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& key, Value** out_value); bool GetBooleanWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& key, bool* out_value) const; bool GetIntegerWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& key, int* out_value) const; bool GetDoubleWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& key, double* out_value) const; bool GetStringWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& key, std::string* out_value) const; bool GetStringWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& key, string16* out_value) const; bool GetDictionaryWithoutPathExpansion( const std::string& key, const DictionaryValue** out_value) const; bool GetDictionaryWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& key, DictionaryValue** out_value); bool GetListWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& key, const ListValue** out_value) const; bool GetListWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& key, ListValue** out_value); // Removes the Value with the specified path from this dictionary (or one // of its child dictionaries, if the path is more than just a local key). // If |out_value| is non-NULL, the removed Value will be passed out via // |out_value|. If |out_value| is NULL, the removed value will be deleted. // This method returns true if |path| is a valid path; otherwise it will // return false and the DictionaryValue object will be unchanged. virtual bool Remove(const std::string& path, scoped_ptr<Value>* out_value); // Like Remove(), but without special treatment of '.'. This allows e.g. URLs // to be used as paths. virtual bool RemoveWithoutPathExpansion(const std::string& key, scoped_ptr<Value>* out_value); // Removes a path, clearing out all dictionaries on |path| that remain empty // after removing the value at |path|. virtual bool RemovePath(const std::string& path, scoped_ptr<Value>* out_value); // Makes a copy of |this| but doesn't include empty dictionaries and lists in // the copy. This never returns NULL, even if |this| itself is empty. DictionaryValue* DeepCopyWithoutEmptyChildren() const; // Merge |dictionary| into this dictionary. This is done recursively, i.e. any // sub-dictionaries will be merged as well. In case of key collisions, the // passed in dictionary takes precedence and data already present will be // replaced. Values within |dictionary| are deep-copied, so |dictionary| may // be freed any time after this call. void MergeDictionary(const DictionaryValue* dictionary); // Swaps contents with the |other| dictionary. virtual void Swap(DictionaryValue* other); // This class provides an iterator over both keys and values in the // dictionary. It can't be used to modify the dictionary. class BASE_EXPORT Iterator { public: explicit Iterator(const DictionaryValue& target); ~Iterator(); bool IsAtEnd() const { return it_ == target_.dictionary_.end(); } void Advance() { ++it_; } const std::string& key() const { return it_->first; } const Value& value() const { return *it_->second; } private: const DictionaryValue& target_; ValueMap::const_iterator it_; }; // Overridden from Value: virtual DictionaryValue* DeepCopy() const OVERRIDE; virtual bool Equals(const Value* other) const OVERRIDE; private: ValueMap dictionary_; DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(DictionaryValue); }; // This type of Value represents a list of other Value values. class BASE_EXPORT ListValue : public Value { public: typedef ValueVector::iterator iterator; typedef ValueVector::const_iterator const_iterator; ListValue(); virtual ~ListValue(); // Clears the contents of this ListValue void Clear(); // Returns the number of Values in this list. size_t GetSize() const { return list_.size(); } // Returns whether the list is empty. bool empty() const { return list_.empty(); } // Sets the list item at the given index to be the Value specified by // the value given. If the index beyond the current end of the list, null // Values will be used to pad out the list. // Returns true if successful, or false if the index was negative or // the value is a null pointer. bool Set(size_t index, Value* in_value); // Gets the Value at the given index. Modifies |out_value| (and returns true) // only if the index falls within the current list range. // Note that the list always owns the Value passed out via |out_value|. // |out_value| is optional and will only be set if non-NULL. bool Get(size_t index, const Value** out_value) const; bool Get(size_t index, Value** out_value); // Convenience forms of Get(). Modifies |out_value| (and returns true) // only if the index is valid and the Value at that index can be returned // in the specified form. // |out_value| is optional and will only be set if non-NULL. bool GetBoolean(size_t index, bool* out_value) const; bool GetInteger(size_t index, int* out_value) const; // Values of both type TYPE_INTEGER and TYPE_DOUBLE can be obtained as // doubles. bool GetDouble(size_t index, double* out_value) const; bool GetString(size_t index, std::string* out_value) const; bool GetString(size_t index, string16* out_value) const; bool GetBinary(size_t index, const BinaryValue** out_value) const; bool GetBinary(size_t index, BinaryValue** out_value); bool GetDictionary(size_t index, const DictionaryValue** out_value) const; bool GetDictionary(size_t index, DictionaryValue** out_value); bool GetList(size_t index, const ListValue** out_value) const; bool GetList(size_t index, ListValue** out_value); // Removes the Value with the specified index from this list. // If |out_value| is non-NULL, the removed Value AND ITS OWNERSHIP will be // passed out via |out_value|. If |out_value| is NULL, the removed value will // be deleted. This method returns true if |index| is valid; otherwise // it will return false and the ListValue object will be unchanged. virtual bool Remove(size_t index, scoped_ptr<Value>* out_value); // Removes the first instance of |value| found in the list, if any, and // deletes it. |index| is the location where |value| was found. Returns false // if not found. bool Remove(const Value& value, size_t* index); // Removes the element at |iter|. If |out_value| is NULL, the value will be // deleted, otherwise ownership of the value is passed back to the caller. // Returns an iterator pointing to the location of the element that // followed the erased element. iterator Erase(iterator iter, scoped_ptr<Value>* out_value); // Appends a Value to the end of the list. void Append(Value* in_value); // Convenience forms of Append. void AppendBoolean(bool in_value); void AppendInteger(int in_value); void AppendDouble(double in_value); void AppendString(const std::string& in_value); void AppendString(const string16& in_value); void AppendStrings(const std::vector<std::string>& in_values); void AppendStrings(const std::vector<string16>& in_values); // Appends a Value if it's not already present. Takes ownership of the // |in_value|. Returns true if successful, or false if the value was already // present. If the value was already present the |in_value| is deleted. bool AppendIfNotPresent(Value* in_value); // Insert a Value at index. // Returns true if successful, or false if the index was out of range. bool Insert(size_t index, Value* in_value); // Searches for the first instance of |value| in the list using the Equals // method of the Value type. // Returns a const_iterator to the found item or to end() if none exists. const_iterator Find(const Value& value) const; // Swaps contents with the |other| list. virtual void Swap(ListValue* other); // Iteration. iterator begin() { return list_.begin(); } iterator end() { return list_.end(); } const_iterator begin() const { return list_.begin(); } const_iterator end() const { return list_.end(); } // Overridden from Value: virtual bool GetAsList(ListValue** out_value) OVERRIDE; virtual bool GetAsList(const ListValue** out_value) const OVERRIDE; virtual ListValue* DeepCopy() const OVERRIDE; virtual bool Equals(const Value* other) const OVERRIDE; private: ValueVector list_; DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ListValue); }; // This interface is implemented by classes that know how to serialize and // deserialize Value objects. class BASE_EXPORT ValueSerializer { public: virtual ~ValueSerializer(); virtual bool Serialize(const Value& root) = 0; // This method deserializes the subclass-specific format into a Value object. // If the return value is non-NULL, the caller takes ownership of returned // Value. If the return value is NULL, and if error_code is non-NULL, // error_code will be set with the underlying error. // If |error_message| is non-null, it will be filled in with a formatted // error message including the location of the error if appropriate. virtual Value* Deserialize(int* error_code, std::string* error_str) = 0; }; // Stream operator so Values can be used in assertion statements. In order that // gtest uses this operator to print readable output on test failures, we must // override each specific type. Otherwise, the default template implementation // is preferred over an upcast. BASE_EXPORT std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out, const Value& value); BASE_EXPORT inline std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out, const FundamentalValue& value) { return out << static_cast<const Value&>(value); } BASE_EXPORT inline std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out, const StringValue& value) { return out << static_cast<const Value&>(value); } BASE_EXPORT inline std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out, const DictionaryValue& value) { return out << static_cast<const Value&>(value); } BASE_EXPORT inline std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out, const ListValue& value) { return out << static_cast<const Value&>(value); } } // namespace base #endif // BASE_VALUES_H_