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/***************************************************************************
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copyright : (C) 2002 - 2008 by Scott Wheeler
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email : wheeler@kde.org
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***************************************************************************/
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/***************************************************************************
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* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify *
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* it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version *
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* 2.1 as published by the Free Software Foundation. *
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* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but *
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* WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of *
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU *
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* Lesser General Public License for more details. *
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* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public *
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* License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software *
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* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 *
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* Alternatively, this file is available under the Mozilla Public *
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* License Version 1.1. You may obtain a copy of the License at *
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* http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/ *
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***************************************************************************/
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#include "taglib_export.h"
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#include "tbytevector.h"
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class AudioProperties;
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class TAGLIB_EXPORT FileName
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FileName(const wchar_t *name) : m_wname(name) {}
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FileName(const char *name) : m_name(name) {}
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operator const wchar_t *() const { return m_wname.c_str(); }
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operator const char *() const { return m_name.c_str(); }
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typedef const char *FileName;
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//! A file class with some useful methods for tag manipulation
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* This class is a basic file class with some methods that are particularly
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* useful for tag editors. It has methods to take advantage of
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* ByteVector and a binary search method for finding patterns in a file.
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class TAGLIB_EXPORT File
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* Position in the file used for seeking.
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//! Seek from the beginning of the file.
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//! Seek from the current position in the file.
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//! Seek from the end of the file.
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* Destroys this File instance.
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* Returns the file name in the local file system encoding.
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FileName name() const;
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* Returns a pointer to this file's tag. This should be reimplemented in
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* the concrete subclasses.
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virtual Tag *tag() const = 0;
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* Returns a pointer to this file's audio properties. This should be
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* reimplemented in the concrete subclasses. If no audio properties were
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* read then this will return a null pointer.
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virtual AudioProperties *audioProperties() const = 0;
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* Save the file and its associated tags. This should be reimplemented in
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* the concrete subclasses. Returns true if the save succeeds.
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* \warning On UNIX multiple processes are able to write to the same file at
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* the same time. This can result in serious file corruption. If you are
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* developing a program that makes use of TagLib from multiple processes you
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* must insure that you are only doing writes to a particular file from one
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virtual bool save() = 0;
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* Reads a block of size \a length at the current get pointer.
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ByteVector readBlock(ulong length);
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* Attempts to write the block \a data at the current get pointer. If the
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* file is currently only opened read only -- i.e. readOnly() returns true --
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* this attempts to reopen the file in read/write mode.
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* \note This should be used instead of using the streaming output operator
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* for a ByteVector. And even this function is significantly slower than
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* doing output with a char[].
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void writeBlock(const ByteVector &data);
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* Returns the offset in the file that \a pattern occurs at or -1 if it can
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* not be found. If \a before is set, the search will only continue until the
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* pattern \a before is found. This is useful for tagging purposes to search
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* for a tag before the synch frame.
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* Searching starts at \a fromOffset, which defaults to the beginning of the
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* \note This has the practial limitation that \a pattern can not be longer
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* than the buffer size used by readBlock(). Currently this is 1024 bytes.
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long find(const ByteVector &pattern,
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const ByteVector &before = ByteVector::null);
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* Returns the offset in the file that \a pattern occurs at or -1 if it can
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* not be found. If \a before is set, the search will only continue until the
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* pattern \a before is found. This is useful for tagging purposes to search
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* for a tag before the synch frame.
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* Searching starts at \a fromOffset and proceeds from the that point to the
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* beginning of the file and defaults to the end of the file.
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* \note This has the practial limitation that \a pattern can not be longer
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* than the buffer size used by readBlock(). Currently this is 1024 bytes.
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long rfind(const ByteVector &pattern,
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const ByteVector &before = ByteVector::null);
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* Insert \a data at position \a start in the file overwriting \a replace
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* bytes of the original content.
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* \note This method is slow since it requires rewriting all of the file
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* after the insertion point.
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void insert(const ByteVector &data, ulong start = 0, ulong replace = 0);
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* Removes a block of the file starting a \a start and continuing for
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* \note This method is slow since it involves rewriting all of the file
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* after the removed portion.
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void removeBlock(ulong start = 0, ulong length = 0);
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* Returns true if the file is read only (or if the file can not be opened).
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bool readOnly() const;
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* Since the file can currently only be opened as an argument to the
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* constructor (sort-of by design), this returns if that open succeeded.
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* Returns true if the file is open and readble.
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bool isValid() const;
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* Move the I/O pointer to \a offset in the file from position \a p. This
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* defaults to seeking from the beginning of the file.
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void seek(long offset, Position p = Beginning);
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* Reset the end-of-file and error flags on the file.
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* Returns the current offset within the file.
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* Returns the length of the file.
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* Returns true if \a file can be opened for reading. If the file does not
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* exist, this will return false.
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static bool isReadable(const char *file);
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* Returns true if \a file can be opened for writing.
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static bool isWritable(const char *name);
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* Construct a File object and opens the \a file. \a file should be a
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* be a C-string in the local file system encoding.
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* \note Constructor is protected since this class should only be
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* instantiated through subclasses.
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* Marks the file as valid or invalid.
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void setValid(bool valid);
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* Truncates the file to a \a length.
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void truncate(long length);
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* Returns the buffer size that is used for internal buffering.
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static uint bufferSize();
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File &operator=(const File &);