vos/metaobjects/property/directory.hh

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/*
    This file is part of the Virtual Object System of
    the Interreality project (http://interreality.org).

    Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Peter Amstutz

    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
    version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
    Lesser General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
    License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307  USA

    Peter Amstutz <tetron@interreality.org>
*/
#ifndef _DIRECTORY_HH_
#define _DIRECTORY_HH_

#include <vos/corelibs/vos/vos.hh>

/** @class Directory directory.hh vos/metaobjects/property/directory.hh
 *
 * This class reads a directory on the file system and creates FileProperty
 * and other Directory objects to mirror the file system.  The directory
 * will also be represented as a MetaObject, with types given in a special
 * ".vostypes" file in the directory.
 *
 * Call sync() to synchronize with the file system.
 *
 */
class Directory : public virtual LocalMetaObject
{
private:
    string dirpath;
    struct stat status;
    bool insync;
public:
    Directory(string name, LocalSite* ls, VobjectAccessControl* ac, const string& path);
    virtual ~Directory();

    virtual void syncTypes(string filename, Vobject* t);
    virtual void sync();
    virtual const ChildList& getChildren()
        throw (AccessControlError, RemoteError);
    virtual Vobject& findObject(const string& path)
        throw (NoSuchSiteError, NoSuchObjectError, URL::BadURLError, AccessControlError, RemoteError);
    virtual Vobject::ParentChildRelation& findChild(const string& path)
        throw (NoSuchObjectError, AccessControlError, RemoteError);

};

#endif

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