sago/platform_folders.h
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/*
Its is under the MIT license, to encourage reuse by cut-and-paste.
The original files are hosted here: https://github.com/sago007/PlatformFolders
Copyright (c) 2015 Poul Sander
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#ifndef SAGO_PLATFORM_FOLDERS_H
#define SAGO_PLATFORM_FOLDERS_H
#include <vector>
#include <string>
/**
* The namespace I use for common function. Nothing special about it.
*/
namespace sago {
/**
* Retrives the base folder for storring data files.
* You must add the program name yourself like this:
* @code{.cpp}
* string data_home = getDataHome()+"/My Program Name/";
* @endcode
* On Windows this defaults to %APPDATA% (Roaming profile)
* On Linux this defaults to ~/.local/share but can be configured
* @return The base folder for storring program data.
*/
std::string getDataHome();
/**
* Retrives the base folder for storring config files.
* You must add the program name yourself like this:
* @code{.cpp}
* string data_home = getConfigHome()+"/My Program Name/";
* @endcode
* On Windows this defaults to %APPDATA% (Roaming profile)
* On Linux this defaults to ~/.config but can be configured
* @return The base folder for storring config data.
*/
std::string getConfigHome();
/**
* Retrives the base folder for storring cache files.
* You must add the program name yourself like this:
* @code{.cpp}
* string data_home = getCacheDir()+"/My Program Name/";
* @endcode
* On Windows this defaults to %APPDATALOCAL%
* On Linux this defaults to ~/.cache but can be configured
* @return The base folder for storring data that do not need to be backed up.
*/
std::string getCacheDir();
/**
* This will append extra folders that your program should be looking for data files in.
* This does not normally include the path returned by GetDataHome().
* If you want all the folders you should do something like:
* @code{.cpp}
* vector<string> folders;
* folders.push_back(getDataHome());
* appendAdditionalDataDirectories(folders);
* for (string s& : folders) {
* s+="/My Program Name/";
* }
* @endcode
* You must apply "/My Program Name/" to all the strings.
* The string at the lowest index has the highest priority.
* @param homes A vector that extra folders will be appended to.
*/
void appendAdditionalDataDirectories(std::vector<std::string>& homes);
/**
* This will append extra folders that your program should be looking for config files in.
* This does not normally include the path returned by GetConfigHome().
* If you want all the folders you should do something like:
* @code{.cpp}
* vector<string> folders;
* folders.push_back(getConfigHome());
* appendAdditionalConfigDirectories(folders);
* for (string s& : folders) {
* s+="/My Program Name/";
* }
* @endcode
* You must apply "/My Program Name/" to all the strings.
* The string at the lowest index has the highest priority.
* @param homes A vector that extra folders will be appended to.
*/
void appendAdditionalConfigDirectories(std::vector<std::string>& homes);
/**
* This class contains methods for finding the system depended special folders.
* For Windows these folders are either by convention or given by CSIDL.
* For Linux XDG convention is used.
* The Linux version has very little error checking and assumes that the config is correct
*/
class PlatformFolders {
public:
PlatformFolders();
~PlatformFolders();
/**
* The folder that represents the desktop.
* Normally you should try not to use this folder.
* @return Absolute path to the user's desktop
*/
std::string getDesktopFolder() const;
/**
* The folder to store user documents to
* @return Absolute path to the "Documents" folder
*/
std::string getDocumentsFolder() const;
/**
* The folder for storring the user's pictures.
* @return Absolute path to the "Picture" folder
*/
std::string getPicturesFolder() const;
/**
* The folder where files are downloaded.
* @note Windows: This version is XP compatible and returns the Desktop. Vista and later has a dedicated folder.
* @return Absolute path to the folder where files are downloaded to.
*/
std::string getDownloadFolder1() const;
/**
* The folder where music is stored
* @return Absolute path to the music folder
*/
std::string getMusicFolder() const;
/**
* The folder where video is stored
* @return Absolute path to the video folder
*/
std::string getVideoFolder() const;
/**
* The base folder for storring saved games.
* You must add the program name to it like this:
* @code{.cpp}
* PlatformFolders pf;
* string saved_games_folder = pf.getSaveGamesFolder1()+"/My Program Name/";
* @endcode
* @note Windows: This is an XP compatible version and returns the path to "My Games" in Documents. Vista and later has an official folder.
* @note Linux: XDF does not define a folder for saved games. This will just return the same as GetDataHome()
* @return The folder base folder for storring save games.
*/
std::string getSaveGamesFolder1() const;
private:
PlatformFolders(const PlatformFolders&);
PlatformFolders& operator=(const PlatformFolders&);
struct PlatformFoldersData;
mutable PlatformFoldersData *data;
};
} //namespace sago
#endif /* PLATFORM_FOLDERS_H */