diff -r cf034cc88e39 -r c780b8cf4d75 QTfrontend/util/HWDataManager.h
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+++ b/QTfrontend/util/HWDataManager.h	Thu Oct 20 13:10:24 2011 +0200
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+/*
+ * Hedgewars, a free turn based strategy game
+ * Copyright (c) 2006-2007 Igor Ulyanov <iulyanov@gmail.com>
+ * Copyright (c) 2007-2011 Andrey Korotaev <unC0Rr@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * 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; version 2 of the License
+ *
+ * This program 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 General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef HEDGEWARS_HWDATAMANAGER_H
+#define HEDGEWARS_HWDATAMANAGER_H
+
+#include <QDir>
+#include <QFile>
+
+#include <QStringList>
+
+class QDir;
+class QFile;
+class QStringList;
+
+/**
+ * Offers access to the data files of hedgewars.
+ * Note: singleton pattern
+ * @author sheepluva
+ * @since 0.9.17
+ */
+class HWDataManager
+{
+public:
+    /**
+     * Returns a pointer to the singleton instance of this class.
+     * @return pointer to the instance.
+     */
+    static HWDataManager & instance();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a pointer to the singleton instance of this class.
+     * @param subDirectory sub-directory to search.
+     * @param filters filters for entry type.
+     * @param namefilters filters by name patterns.
+     * @return a list of matches in the subDirectory of data directory.
+     */
+    QStringList entryList(const QString & subDirectory,
+                          QDir::Filters filters = QDir::NoFilter,
+                          const QStringList & nameFilters = QStringList()
+                         ) const;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a QFile for the desired data path and returns a pointer to it.
+     * Use this method if you want to read an existing data file;
+     * @param relativeDataFilePath path to the data file.
+     * @return respective QFile pointer, the actual file may actually not exist.
+     */
+    QFile * findFileForRead(const QString & relativeDataFilePath) const;
+
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a QFile for the desired data path and returns a pointer to it.
+     * Use this method if you want to create or write into a data file.
+     * @param relativeDataFilePath path to the data file.
+     * @return respective QFile pointer.
+     */
+    QFile * findFileForWrite(const QString & relativeDataFilePath) const;
+
+
+private:
+    /**
+     * Singleton class constructor.
+     */
+    HWDataManager();
+
+    QDir * defaultData;
+    QDir * userData;
+};
+
+#endif // HEDGEWARS_HWDATAMANAGER_H