tdelibs/tdeio/tdeio/kremoteencoding.h

/* This file is part of the KDE libraries
   Copyright (C) 2003 Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira@kdemail.net>

   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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*/

#ifndef KREMOTEENCODING_H
#define KREMOTEENCODING_H

#include <kurl.h>
#include <tqstring.h>
#include <tqcstring.h>
#include <tqtextcodec.h>

class KRemoteEncodingPrivate;
/**
 * Allows encoding and decoding properly remote filenames into Unicode.
 *
 * Certain protocols do not specify an appropriate encoding for decoding
 * their 8-bit data into proper Unicode forms. Therefore, ioslaves should
 * use this class in order to convert those forms into QStrings before
 * creating the respective TDEIO::UDSEntry. The same is true for decoding
 * URLs to its components.
 *
 * Each TDEIO::SlaveBase has one object of this kind, even if it is not necessary.
 * It can be accessed through TDEIO::SlaveBase::remoteEncoding.
 *
 * @short A class for handling remote filenames
 * @author Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira@kdemail.net>
 * @since 3.3
 */
class TDEIO_EXPORT KRemoteEncoding
{
public:
  /**
   * Constructor.
   *
   * Constructs this object to use the given encoding name.
   * If @p name is a null pointer, the standard encoding will be used.
   */
  explicit KRemoteEncoding(const char *name = 0L);

  /**
   * Destructor
   */
  virtual ~KRemoteEncoding();

  /**
   * Converts the given full pathname or filename to Unicode.
   * This function is supposed to work for dirnames, filenames
   * or a full pathname.
   */
  TQString decode(const TQCString& name) const;

  /**
   * Converts the given name from Unicode.
   * This function is supposed to work for dirnames, filenames
   * or a full pathname.
   */
  TQCString encode(const TQString& name) const;

  /**
   * Converts the given URL into its 8-bit components
   */
  TQCString encode(const KURL& url) const;

  /**
   * Converts the given URL into 8-bit form and separate the
   * dirname from the filename. This is useful for slave functions
   * like stat or get.
   *
   * The dirname is returned with the final slash always stripped
   */
  TQCString directory(const KURL& url, bool ignore_trailing_slash = true) const;

  /**
   * Converts the given URL into 8-bit form and retrieve the filename.
   */
  TQCString fileName(const KURL& url) const;

  /**
   * Returns the encoding being used.
   */
  inline const char *encoding() const
  { return codec->name(); }

  /**
   * Returns the MIB for the codec being used.
   */
  inline int encodingMib() const
  { return codec->mibEnum(); }

  /**
   * Sets the encoding being used.
   * This function does not change the global configuration.
   *
   * Pass a null pointer in @p name to revert to the standard
   * encoding.
   */
  void setEncoding(const char* name);

protected:
  TQTextCodec *codec;

  virtual void virtual_hook(int id, void* data);

private:
  // copy constructor
  KRemoteEncoding(const KRemoteEncoding&);


  KRemoteEncodingPrivate *d;
};

#endif