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DirectoryContentsList Class Reference

A class to asynchronously scan for details about the files in a directory. More...

Inheritance diagram for DirectoryContentsList:

Classes

struct  FileInfo
 Contains cached information about one of the files in a DirectoryContentsList. More...
 

Public Member Functions

 DirectoryContentsList (const FileFilter *fileFilter, TimeSliceThread &threadToUse)
 Creates a directory list. More...
 
 ~DirectoryContentsList () override
 Destructor. More...
 
const FilegetDirectory () const noexcept
 Returns the directory that's currently being used. More...
 
void setDirectory (const File &directory, bool includeDirectories, bool includeFiles)
 Sets the directory to look in for files. More...
 
bool isFindingDirectories () const noexcept
 Returns true if this list contains directories. More...
 
bool isFindingFiles () const noexcept
 Returns true if this list contains files. More...
 
void clear ()
 Clears the list, and stops the thread scanning for files. More...
 
void refresh ()
 Clears the list and restarts scanning the directory for files. More...
 
bool isStillLoading () const
 True if the background thread hasn't yet finished scanning for files. More...
 
void setIgnoresHiddenFiles (bool shouldIgnoreHiddenFiles)
 Tells the list whether or not to ignore hidden files. More...
 
bool ignoresHiddenFiles () const
 Returns true if hidden files are ignored. More...
 
void setFileFilter (const FileFilter *newFileFilter)
 Replaces the current FileFilter. More...
 
int getNumFiles () const noexcept
 Returns the number of files currently available in the list. More...
 
bool getFileInfo (int index, FileInfo &resultInfo) const
 Returns the cached information about one of the files in the list. More...
 
File getFile (int index) const
 Returns one of the files in the list. More...
 
const FileFiltergetFilter () const noexcept
 Returns the file filter being used. More...
 
bool contains (const File &) const
 Returns true if the list contains the specified file. More...
 
TimeSliceThreadgetTimeSliceThread () const noexcept
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from ChangeBroadcaster
 ChangeBroadcaster () noexcept
 Creates an ChangeBroadcaster. More...
 
virtual ~ChangeBroadcaster ()
 Destructor. More...
 
void addChangeListener (ChangeListener *listener)
 Registers a listener to receive change callbacks from this broadcaster. More...
 
void removeChangeListener (ChangeListener *listener)
 Unregisters a listener from the list. More...
 
void removeAllChangeListeners ()
 Removes all listeners from the list. More...
 
void sendChangeMessage ()
 Causes an asynchronous change message to be sent to all the registered listeners. More...
 
void sendSynchronousChangeMessage ()
 Sends a synchronous change message to all the registered listeners. More...
 
void dispatchPendingMessages ()
 If a change message has been sent but not yet dispatched, this will call sendSynchronousChangeMessage() to make the callback immediately. More...
 

Detailed Description

A class to asynchronously scan for details about the files in a directory.

This keeps a list of files and some information about them, using a background thread to scan for more files. As files are found, it broadcasts change messages to tell any listeners.

See also
FileListComponent, FileBrowserComponent

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ DirectoryContentsList()

DirectoryContentsList::DirectoryContentsList ( const FileFilter fileFilter,
TimeSliceThread threadToUse 
)

Creates a directory list.

To set the directory it should point to, use setDirectory(), which will also start it scanning for files on the background thread.

When the background thread finds and adds new files to this list, the ChangeBroadcaster class will send a change message, so you can register listeners and update them when the list changes.

Parameters
fileFilteran optional filter to select which files are included in the list. If this is nullptr, then all files and directories are included. Make sure that the filter doesn't get deleted during the lifetime of this object
threadToUsea thread object that this list can use to scan for files as a background task. Make sure that the thread you give it has been started, or you won't get any files!

◆ ~DirectoryContentsList()

DirectoryContentsList::~DirectoryContentsList ( )
override

Destructor.

Member Function Documentation

◆ getDirectory()

const File& DirectoryContentsList::getDirectory ( ) const
noexcept

Returns the directory that's currently being used.

◆ setDirectory()

void DirectoryContentsList::setDirectory ( const File directory,
bool  includeDirectories,
bool  includeFiles 
)

Sets the directory to look in for files.

If the directory that's passed in is different to the current one, this will also start the background thread scanning it for files.

◆ isFindingDirectories()

bool DirectoryContentsList::isFindingDirectories ( ) const
noexcept

Returns true if this list contains directories.

See also
setDirectory

References File::findDirectories.

◆ isFindingFiles()

bool DirectoryContentsList::isFindingFiles ( ) const
noexcept

Returns true if this list contains files.

See also
setDirectory

References File::findFiles.

◆ clear()

void DirectoryContentsList::clear ( )

Clears the list, and stops the thread scanning for files.

◆ refresh()

void DirectoryContentsList::refresh ( )

Clears the list and restarts scanning the directory for files.

◆ isStillLoading()

bool DirectoryContentsList::isStillLoading ( ) const

True if the background thread hasn't yet finished scanning for files.

◆ setIgnoresHiddenFiles()

void DirectoryContentsList::setIgnoresHiddenFiles ( bool  shouldIgnoreHiddenFiles)

Tells the list whether or not to ignore hidden files.

By default these are ignored.

◆ ignoresHiddenFiles()

bool DirectoryContentsList::ignoresHiddenFiles ( ) const

Returns true if hidden files are ignored.

See also
setIgnoresHiddenFiles

◆ setFileFilter()

void DirectoryContentsList::setFileFilter ( const FileFilter newFileFilter)

Replaces the current FileFilter.

This can be nullptr to have no filter. The DirectoryContentList does not take ownership of this object - it just keeps a pointer to it, so you must manage its lifetime. Note that this only replaces the filter, it doesn't refresh the list - you'll probably want to call refresh() after calling this.

◆ getNumFiles()

int DirectoryContentsList::getNumFiles ( ) const
noexcept

Returns the number of files currently available in the list.

The info about one of these files can be retrieved with getFileInfo() or getFile().

Obviously as the background thread runs and scans the directory for files, this number will change.

See also
getFileInfo, getFile

◆ getFileInfo()

bool DirectoryContentsList::getFileInfo ( int  index,
FileInfo resultInfo 
) const

Returns the cached information about one of the files in the list.

If the index is in-range, this will return true and will copy the file's details to the structure that is passed-in.

If it returns false, then the index wasn't in range, and the structure won't be affected.

See also
getNumFiles, getFile

◆ getFile()

File DirectoryContentsList::getFile ( int  index) const

Returns one of the files in the list.

Parameters
indexshould be less than getNumFiles(). If this is out-of-range, the return value will be a default File() object
See also
getNumFiles, getFileInfo

◆ getFilter()

const FileFilter* DirectoryContentsList::getFilter ( ) const
noexcept

Returns the file filter being used.

The filter is specified in the constructor.

◆ contains()

bool DirectoryContentsList::contains ( const File ) const

Returns true if the list contains the specified file.

◆ getTimeSliceThread()

TimeSliceThread& DirectoryContentsList::getTimeSliceThread ( ) const
noexcept

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