kdecore Library API Documentation

KConfigBackEnd Class Reference

Abstract base class for KDE configuration file loading/saving. KDE Configuration file loading/saving abstract base class. More...

#include <kconfigbackend.h>

Inheritance diagram for KConfigBackEnd:

KConfigINIBackEnd List of all members.

Public Methods

 KConfigBackEnd (KConfigBase *_config, const QString &_fileName, const char *_resType, bool _useKDEGlobals)
virtual ~KConfigBackEnd ()
virtual bool parseConfigFiles ()=0
virtual void sync (bool bMerge=true)=0
void changeFileName (const QString &_fileName, const char *_resType, bool _useKDEGlobals)
virtual KConfigBase::ConfigState getConfigState () const
QString fileName () const
const char * resource () const
void setLocaleString (const QCString &_localeString)
void setFileWriteMode (int mode)
bool checkConfigFilesWritable (bool warnUser)
KDE_DEPRECATED QString filename () const

Detailed Description

Abstract base class for KDE configuration file loading/saving. KDE Configuration file loading/saving abstract base class.

This class forms the base for all classes that implement some manner of loading/saving to configuration files. It is an abstract base class, meaning that you cannot directly instantiate objects of this class. As of right now, the only back end available is one to read/write to INI-style files, but in the future, other formats may be available, such as XML or a database.

Author:
Preston Brown <pbrown@kde.org>, Matthias Kalle Dalheimer <kalle@kde.org>
Version:
Id:
kconfigbackend.h,v 1.32 2003/11/26 23:28:41 ossi Exp

Definition at line 47 of file kconfigbackend.h.


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

KConfigBackEnd::KConfigBackEnd KConfigBase   _config,
const QString   _fileName,
const char *    _resType,
bool    _useKDEGlobals
 

Constructs a configuration back end.

Parameters:
_config  Specifies the configuration object which values will be passed to as they are read, or from where values to be written to will be obtained from.
_fileName  The name of the file in which config data is stored. All registered configuration directories will be looked in in order of decreasing relevance.
_resType  the resource type of the fileName specified, _if_ it is not an absolute path (otherwise this parameter is ignored).
_useKDEGlobals  If true, the user's system-wide kdeglobals file will be imported into the config object. If false, only the filename specified will be dealt with.

Definition at line 243 of file kconfigbackend.cpp.

References changeFileName().

KConfigBackEnd::~KConfigBackEnd   [virtual]
 

Destructs the configuration backend.

Definition at line 253 of file kconfigbackend.cpp.


Member Function Documentation

virtual bool KConfigBackEnd::parseConfigFiles   [pure virtual]
 

Parses all configuration files for a configuration object.

This method must be reimplemented by the derived classes.

Returns:
Whether or not parsing was successful.

Implemented in KConfigINIBackEnd.

Referenced by KConfigBase::parseConfigFiles().

virtual void KConfigBackEnd::sync bool    bMerge = true [pure virtual]
 

Writes configuration data to file(s).

This method must be reimplemented by the derived classes.

Parameters:
bMerge  Specifies whether the old config file already on disk should be merged in with the data in memory. If true, data is read off the disk and merged. If false, the on-disk file is removed and only in-memory data is written out.

Implemented in KConfigINIBackEnd.

Referenced by KConfig::reparseConfiguration(), KSimpleConfig::sync(), and KConfigBase::sync().

void KConfigBackEnd::changeFileName const QString   _fileName,
const char *    _resType,
bool    _useKDEGlobals
 

Changes the filenames associated with this back end.

You should probably reparse your config info after doing this.

Parameters:
_fileName  the new filename to use
_resType  the resource type of the fileName specified, _if_ it is not an absolute path (otherwise this parameter is ignored).
_useKDEGlobals  specifies whether or not to also parse the global KDE configuration files.

Definition at line 219 of file kconfigbackend.cpp.

References KGlobal::dirs(), QString::fromLatin1(), QString::isEmpty(), and KStandardDirs::saveLocation().

Referenced by KConfig::copyTo(), KConfigBackEnd(), KDesktopFile::KDesktopFile(), and KSimpleConfig::KSimpleConfig().

virtual KConfigBase::ConfigState KConfigBackEnd::getConfigState   const [inline, virtual]
 

Returns the state of the app-config object.

See also:
KConfig::getConfigState

Definition at line 111 of file kconfigbackend.h.

References KConfigBase::ConfigState.

Referenced by KConfigBase::getConfigState(), and KConfigBase::parseConfigFiles().

QString KConfigBackEnd::fileName   const [inline]
 

Returns the filename as passed to the constructor.

Returns:
the filename as passed to the constructor.

Definition at line 118 of file kconfigbackend.h.

Referenced by KDesktopFile::fileName().

const char* KConfigBackEnd::resource   const [inline]
 

Returns the resource type as passed to the constructor.

Returns:
the resource type as passed to the constructor.

Definition at line 124 of file kconfigbackend.h.

Referenced by KDesktopFile::resource().

void KConfigBackEnd::setLocaleString const QCString   _localeString [inline]
 

Set the locale string that defines the current language.

Parameters:
_localeString  the identifier of the language
See also:
KLocale

Definition at line 131 of file kconfigbackend.h.

Referenced by KConfigINIBackEnd::parseConfigFiles(), and KConfigBase::setLocale().

void KConfigBackEnd::setFileWriteMode int    mode
 

Set the file mode for newly created files.

Parameters:
mode  the filemode (as in chmod)

Definition at line 258 of file kconfigbackend.cpp.

Referenced by KConfig::setFileWriteMode().

bool KConfigBackEnd::checkConfigFilesWritable bool    warnUser
 

Check whether the config files are writable.

Parameters:
warnUser  Warn the user if the configuration files are not writable.
Returns:
Indicates that all of the configuration files used are writable.
Since:
3.2

Definition at line 1003 of file kconfigbackend.cpp.

References QString::arg(), KProcess::Block, KStandardDirs::findExe(), KInstance::instanceName(), QString::isEmpty(), QString::local8Bit(), and KProcess::start().

Referenced by KConfigBase::checkConfigFilesWritable().

KDE_DEPRECATED QString KConfigBackEnd::filename   const [inline]
 

Deprecated:
Use
See also:
fileName() instead

Definition at line 153 of file kconfigbackend.h.


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