dir-ops.h

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#if ! defined (octave_dir_ops_h)
#define octave_dir_ops_h 1
 
#include "octave-config.h"
 
#include <string>
 
#include "str-vec.h"
 
OCTAVE_BEGIN_NAMESPACE(octave)
OCTAVE_BEGIN_NAMESPACE(sys)
 
class OCTAVE_API dir_entry
{
 
  // NOTE: This class cannot be used safely cross-platform (Windows) with
  // non-ASCII characters in paths.
  // Consider replacing the implementation using std::filesystem (C++ 17).
  // In the meantime, consider using sys::get_dirlist instead.
 
public:
 
  dir_entry (const std::string& n = "")
    : m_name (n), m_dir (nullptr), m_fail (false), m_errmsg ()
  {
    if (! m_name.empty ())
      open ();
  }
 
  dir_entry (const dir_entry& d)
    : m_name (d.m_name), m_dir (d.m_dir), m_fail (d.m_fail),
      m_errmsg (d.m_errmsg)
  { }
 
  dir_entry& operator = (const dir_entry& d)
  {
    if (this != &d)
      {
        m_name = d.m_name;
        m_dir = d.m_dir;
        m_fail = d.m_fail;
        m_errmsg = d.m_errmsg;
      }
 
    return *this;
  }
 
  ~dir_entry () { close (); }
 
  bool open (const std::string& = "");
 
  string_vector read ();
 
  bool close ();
 
  bool ok () const { return m_dir && ! m_fail; }
 
  operator bool () const { return ok (); }
 
  std::string error () const { return ok () ? "" : m_errmsg; }
 
  static unsigned int max_name_length ();
 
private:
 
  // Name of the directory.
  std::string m_name;
 
  // A pointer to the contents of the directory.  We use void here to
  // avoid possible conflicts with the way some systems declare the
  // type DIR.
  void *m_dir;
 
  // TRUE means the open for this directory failed.
  bool m_fail;
 
  // If a failure occurs, this contains the system error text.
  std::string m_errmsg;
};
 
OCTAVE_END_NAMESPACE(sys)
OCTAVE_END_NAMESPACE(octave)
 
#endif