libs-ec/EcUserDefaults.h
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/** Enterprise Control Configuration and Logging
Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Written by: Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
Date: Febrary 2010
Originally developed from 1996 to 2012 by Brainstorm, and donated to
the FSF.
This file is part of the GNUstep project.
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 3 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
Library 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., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
Boston, MA 02111 USA.
*/
#import <Foundation/NSUserDefaults.h>
@class NSString;
/**
* This category simply provides an easy way to work with user defaults
* where you want all keys to share a common prefix.
*/
@interface NSUserDefaults (EcUserDefaults)
/** Returns the latest prefixed version of the shared user defaults,
* or nil if none has been set up.
*/
+ (NSUserDefaults*) prefixedDefaults;
/** Sets the default lifetime for command values set using the
* -setCommand:forKey: method.
*/
+ (void) setDefaultLifetime: (NSTimeInterval)t;
/** Returns a proxy to the shared user defaults instance, which will use
* aPrefix at the start of every key.<br />
* If aPrefix is nil, the string given by the EcUserDefaultsPrefix user
* default is used.<br />
* If the enforcePrefix flag is YES, the prefix is strictly enforced,
* otherwise the system will read defaults using the unprefixed key
* if no value is found for the prefixed key.
*/
+ (NSUserDefaults*) userDefaultsWithPrefix: (NSString*)aPrefix
strict: (BOOL)enforcePrefix;
/** Returns a dictionary listing all the command override keys for which
* values are currently set. The values in the dictionary are the timestamps
* after which those values may be purged.
*/
- (NSDictionary*) commandExpiries;
/** Returns the last value set for the specified key using the
* -setCommand:forKey: method. This returns nil if no value is
* currently set.
*/
- (id) commandObjectForKey: (NSString*)aKey;
/** Returns the current configuration settings dictionary (as set using
* the -setConfiguration: method).
*/
- (NSDictionary*) configuration;
/** Returns the prefix used by the receiver, or nil if no prefix is in use.
*/
- (NSString*) defaultsPrefix;
/** Convenience method to prepend the pefix to the supplied aKey value
* if it is not already present.
*/
- (NSString*) key: (NSString*)aKey;
/** Removes all settings whose lifetime has passed. Those settings must
* previously have been set up using the -setCommand:forKey:lifetime: method.
*/
- (void) purgeSettings;
/** Removes all settings previously set up using the -setCommand:forKey:
* method.
*/
- (void) revertSettings;
/** Sets a value to take precedence over others (in the volatile domain
* reserved for commands issued to the current process by an operator).<br />
* Values set using this method will use the default lifetime.<br />
* This operates by using the -setCommand:forKey:lifetime: method.
*/
- (BOOL) setCommand: (id)val forKey: (NSString*)key;
/** Sets a value to take precedence over others (in the volatile domain
* reserved for commands issued to the current process by an operator).<br />
* Specifying a non-zero lifetime will adjust the lifetime of an existing
* setting irresepective of whether the value is changed or not.<br />
* Specifying a zero or negative lifetime will remove the value for the
* setting (as will setting a nil value).<br />
* Returns YES if the configuration (actual value set) was changed,
* NO otherwise (may have changed lifetime of setting).
*/
- (BOOL) setCommand: (id)val forKey: (NSString*)key lifetime: (NSTimeInterval)t;
/** Replaces the system central configuration information for this process
* with the contents of the dictionary. Values in this dictionary take
* precedence over other configured values except for those set using the
* -setCommand:forKey: method.<br />
* Returns YES if the configuration changed, NO otherwise.
*/
- (BOOL) setConfiguration: (NSDictionary*)config;
@end