Documenting Common::File a bit.

svn-id: r23588
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Johannes Schickel 2006-07-24 12:10:32 +00:00
parent 100b809836
commit f464830a17

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@ -67,28 +67,76 @@ public:
static void addDefaultDirectoryRecursive(const FilesystemNode &directory, int level = 4, const String &prefix = "");
static void resetDefaultDirectories();
File();
virtual ~File();
/**
* Checks if a given file exists in any of the current default paths
* (those were/are added by addDefaultDirectory and/or
* addDefaultDirectoryRecursive).
*
* @param filename: the file to check for
* @return: true if the file exists, else false
*/
static bool exists(const String &filename);
/**
* Increases the reference counter of the file object.
* This can be used to share file objects between different
* parts of the code. Some systems (like Symbian don't support
* it thought). It should just be used on file objects
* allocated with new, since decRef destroies the object
* with delete if the counter reaches zero.
*
* This is a possible candidate to be reworked in the future
* see the TODO list for more information.
*/
void incRef();
/**
* Decreases the reference counter of the file object.
* If the counter is zero after this call, the file object will
* be deleted, with delete. It should just be used on file objects
* allocated with new out of that reason.
*
* This is a possible candidate to be reworked in the future
* see the TODO list for more information.
*/
void decRef();
virtual bool open(const String &filename, AccessMode mode = kFileReadMode);
virtual bool open(const FilesystemNode &node, AccessMode mode = kFileReadMode);
static bool exists(const String &filename);
virtual void close();
/**
* Checks if the object opened a file successfully.
*
* @return: true if any file is opened, false otherwise.
*/
bool isOpen() const;
/**
* Returns the filename of the opened file.
*
* @return: the filename
*/
const char *name() const { return _name.c_str(); }
bool ioFailed() const;
void clearIOFailed();
bool eos() const { return eof(); }
/**
* Checks for end of file.
*
* @return: true if the end of file is reached, false otherwise.
*/
bool eof() const;
uint32 pos() const;
uint32 size() const;
const char *name() const { return _name.c_str(); }
void seek(int32 offs, int whence = SEEK_SET);
uint32 read(void *dataPtr, uint32 dataSize);
uint32 write(const void *dataPtr, uint32 dataSize);