kicad/include/search_stack.h

/*
 * This program source code file is part of KiCad, a free EDA CAD application.
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2014 CERN
 * Copyright (C) 1992-2021 KiCad Developers, see AUTHORS.txt for contributors.
 * @author Maciej Suminski <maciej.suminski@cern.ch>
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
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 *
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 */

#ifndef SEARCH_STACK_H_
#define SEARCH_STACK_H_

#include <wx/filefn.h>
#include <wx/filename.h>
#include <project.h>


/**
 * Look for files in a number of paths.
 *
 * Augments wxPathList.  I chose the name because it sounded like a stack of work, as a
 * reminder that anything you put in here means searching work at some point in time.
 * (An alternative is to simply know where something is.)
 */
class SEARCH_STACK : public wxPathList, public PROJECT::_ELEM
{
public:
    KICAD_T Type() override { return SEARCH_STACK_T; }

#if defined(DEBUG)
    void Show( const wxString& aPrefix ) const;
#endif

    /**
     * Return the shortest possible path which can be use later to find a full path from
     * this SEARCH_STACK.
     *
     * If the library path is already in the library search paths list, just add the library
     * name to the list. Otherwise, add the library name with the full or relative path.
     * The relative path is preferable because it preserves use of default libraries paths,
     * when the path is a sub path of these default paths. Note we accept only sub paths
     * not relative paths starting by ../ that are not subpaths and are outside KiCad library
     * paths
     *
     * @param aFullFilename The filename with path and extension.
     * @param aBaseDir The absolute path on which relative paths in this SEARCH_STACK are
     *                 based.
     * @return a short filename (with extension) with only a relative path if
     *         this filename can be found in library paths
     */
    wxString FilenameWithRelativePathInSearchList( const wxString& aFullFilename,
                                                   const wxString& aBaseDir );

    /**
     * Insert or append path(s).
     *
     * @param aPaths path or path list to add. paths must be  separated by ";" on windows,
     *               or ":" | ";" on unix.
     * @param aIndex insertion point, -1 for append.
     */
    void AddPaths( const wxString& aPaths, int aIndex = -1 );

    /**
     * Remove the given path(s) from the library path list.
     *
     * @param aPaths path or list of paths to remove. If list, paths must be separated by
     *               ";" on windows, or ":" | ";" on unix.
     */
    void RemovePaths( const wxString& aPaths );

    /**
     * Separate \a  aPathString into individual paths.
     *
     * @param aResult is where to put the paths, it should be empty upon entry.
     * @param aPathString is concatenated string with interposing ';' or ':' separators.
     * @return the count of paths found in \a aPathString
     */
    static int Split( wxArrayString* aResult, const wxString& aPathString );

#if 1   // this function is so poorly designed it deserves not to exist.
    /**
     * A quirky function inherited from old code that seems to serve particular needs in
     * the UI.
     *
     * It returns what is called the last visited directory or if \a aSubPathToSearch is
     * empty, the first path in this SEARCH_STACK ( but not the CWD ).
     *
     * @todo add more here if you can figure it out.
     *
     * @param aSubPathToSearch is the preferred sub path to search in path list.
     */
    const wxString LastVisitedPath( const wxString& aSubPathToSearch = wxEmptyString );
#endif

};

#endif  // SEARCH_STACK_H_