kicad/include/validators.h

/*
 * This program source code file is part of KiCad, a free EDA CAD application.
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2013 Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@verizon.net>
 * Copyright (C) 2004-2013 KiCad Developers, see change_log.txt for contributors.
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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 */

/**
 * @file validators.h
 * @brief Custom text control validator definitions.
 */

#include <wx/valtext.h>

/**
 * Class FILE_NAME_CHAR_VALIDATOR
 *
 * This class provides a custom wxValidator object for limiting the allowable characters when
 * defining footprint names.  Since the introduction of the PRETTY footprint library format,
 * footprint names cannot have any characters that would prevent file creation on any platform.
 */
class FILE_NAME_CHAR_VALIDATOR : public wxTextValidator
{
public:
    FILE_NAME_CHAR_VALIDATOR( wxString* aValue = NULL ) :
        wxTextValidator( wxFILTER_EXCLUDE_CHAR_LIST, aValue )
    {
        // The Windows (DOS) file system forbidden characters already include the forbidden
        // file name characters for both Posix and OSX systems.  The characters \/*?|"<> are
        // illegal and filtered by the validator.
        wxString illegalChars = wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars( wxPATH_DOS );
        wxTextValidator nameValidator( wxFILTER_EXCLUDE_CHAR_LIST );
        wxArrayString illegalCharList;

        for( unsigned i = 0;  i < illegalChars.size();  i++ )
            illegalCharList.Add( wxString( illegalChars[i] ) );

        SetExcludes( illegalCharList );
    }
};