LUMIERA.clone/src/lib/searchpath.hpp

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/*
SEARCHPATH.hpp - helpers for searching directory lists and locating modules
Copyright (C) Lumiera.org
2011, Hermann Vosseler <Ichthyostega@web.de>
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
*/
/** @file searchpath.hpp
** Helpers to handle directory search paths.
** The SerachPathSplitter allows to evaluate a "path" like specification
** with colon separated components. It is complemented by some magic convenience
** functions to self-discover the currently running executable and to resolve
** the `$ORIGIN` pattern similar to what is known from linker `rpath` / `runpath`
*/
#ifndef COMMON_SEARCHPATH_H
#define COMMON_SEARCHPATH_H
#include "lib/error.hpp"
#include "lib/nocopy.hpp"
#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
#include <boost/regex.hpp>
#include <string>
namespace lib {
using std::string;
using boost::regex;
using boost::smatch;
using boost::regex_search;
using boost::sregex_iterator;
typedef smatch::value_type const& SubMatch;
namespace error = lumiera::error;
namespace fsys = boost::filesystem;
LUMIERA_ERROR_DECLARE (FILE_NOT_DIRECTORY); ///< path element points at a file instead of a directory
using error::LERR_(ITER_EXHAUST);
/** retrieve the location of the executable */
string findExePath();
/** replace $ORIGIN tokens in the given string
* @return copy with expansions applied */
string replaceMagicLinkerTokens (string const& src);
/**
* Helper: Access a path Specification as a sequence of filesystem Paths.
* This iterator class dissects a ':'-separated path list. The individual
* components may use the symbol \c $ORIGIN to refer to the directory
* holding the current executable.
* @note #next picks the current component and advances the iteration.
*/
class SearchPathSplitter
: util::NonCopyable
{
string pathSpec_;
sregex_iterator pos_,
end_;
static const regex EXTRACT_PATHSPEC;
public:
SearchPathSplitter (string const& searchPath)
: pathSpec_(replaceMagicLinkerTokens (searchPath))
, pos_(pathSpec_.begin(),pathSpec_.end(), EXTRACT_PATHSPEC)
, end_()
{ }
explicit operator bool() const { return isValid(); }
bool
isValid() const
{
return pos_ != end_;
}
string
next ()
{
if (!isValid())
throw error::Logic ("Search path exhausted."
,LERR_(ITER_EXHAUST));
string currentPathElement = pos_->str();
++pos_;
return currentPathElement;
}
};
/** helper to establish the location to search for loadable modules,
* configuration files, icons and further resources. After first trying
* the moduleName directly, the given search path is walked using the
* SearchPathSplitter, until encountering an existing file with the
* given name.
* @return the absolute pathname of the module file found
* @throws error::Config when the resolution fails
*/
string resolveModulePath (fsys::path moduleName, string searchPath = "");
} // namespace lib
#endif