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1 /* UI_FILE - a generic STDIO like output stream.
2 Copyright (C) 1999-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3
4 This file is part of GDB.
5
6 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
7 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
8 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
9 (at your option) any later version.
10
11 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
14 GNU General Public License for more details.
15
16 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
17 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
18
19 #ifndef UI_FILE_H
20 #define UI_FILE_H
21
22 #include <string>
23 #include "ui-style.h"
24
25 /* The abstract ui_file base class. */
26
27 class ui_file
28 {
29 public:
30 ui_file ();
31 virtual ~ui_file () = 0;
32
33 /* Public non-virtual API. */
34
35 void printf (const char *, ...) ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF (2, 3);
36
37 /* Print a NUL-terminated string whose delimiter is QUOTER. Note
38 that these routines should only be called for printing things
39 which are independent of the language of the program being
40 debugged.
41
42 This will normally escape backslashes and instances of QUOTER.
43 If QUOTER is 0, it won't escape backslashes or any quoting
44 character. As a side effect, if you pass the backslash character
45 as the QUOTER, this will escape backslashes as usual, but not any
46 other quoting character. */
47 void putstr (const char *str, int quoter);
48
49 /* Like putstr, but only print the first N characters of STR. If
50 ASYNC_SAFE is true, then the output is done via the
51 write_async_safe method. */
52 void putstrn (const char *str, int n, int quoter, bool async_safe = false);
53
54 int putc (int c);
55
56 void vprintf (const char *, va_list) ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF (2, 0);
57
58 /* Methods below are both public, and overridable by ui_file
59 subclasses. */
60
61 virtual void write (const char *buf, long length_buf) = 0;
62
63 /* This version of "write" is safe for use in signal handlers. It's
64 not guaranteed that all existing output will have been flushed
65 first. Implementations are also free to ignore some or all of
66 the request. puts_async is not provided as the async versions
67 are rarely used, no point in having both for a rarely used
68 interface. */
69 virtual void write_async_safe (const char *buf, long length_buf)
70 { gdb_assert_not_reached ("write_async_safe"); }
71
72 /* Some ui_files override this to provide a efficient implementation
73 that avoids a strlen. */
74 virtual void puts (const char *str)
75 { this->write (str, strlen (str)); }
76
77 virtual long read (char *buf, long length_buf)
78 { gdb_assert_not_reached ("can't read from this file type"); }
79
80 virtual bool isatty ()
81 { return false; }
82
83 /* true indicates terminal output behaviour such as cli_styling.
84 This default implementation indicates to do terminal output
85 behaviour if the UI_FILE is a tty. A derived class can override
86 TERM_OUT to have cli_styling behaviour without being a tty. */
87 virtual bool term_out ()
88 { return isatty (); }
89
90 /* true if ANSI escapes can be used on STREAM. */
91 virtual bool can_emit_style_escape ()
92 { return false; }
93
94 virtual void flush ()
95 {}
96
97 /* If this object has an underlying file descriptor, then return it.
98 Otherwise, return -1. */
99 virtual int fd () const
100 { return -1; }
101
102 /* Return true if this object supports paging, false otherwise. */
103 virtual bool can_page () const
104 {
105 /* Almost no file supports paging, which is why this is the
106 default. */
107 return false;
108 }
109
110 private:
111
112 /* Helper function for putstr and putstrn. Print the character C on
113 this stream as part of the contents of a literal string whose
114 delimiter is QUOTER. */
115 void printchar (int c, int quoter, bool async_safe);
116 };
117
118 typedef std::unique_ptr<ui_file> ui_file_up;
119
120 /* A ui_file that writes to nowhere. */
121
122 class null_file : public ui_file
123 {
124 public:
125 void write (const char *buf, long length_buf) override;
126 void write_async_safe (const char *buf, long sizeof_buf) override;
127 void puts (const char *str) override;
128 };
129
130 /* A preallocated null_file stream. */
131 extern null_file null_stream;
132
133 extern int gdb_console_fputs (const char *, FILE *);
134
135 /* A std::string-based ui_file. Can be used as a scratch buffer for
136 collecting output. */
137
138 class string_file : public ui_file
139 {
140 public:
141 /* Construct a string_file to collect 'raw' output, i.e. without
142 'terminal' behaviour such as cli_styling. */
143 string_file () : m_term_out (false) {};
144 /* If TERM_OUT, construct a string_file with terminal output behaviour
145 such as cli_styling)
146 else collect 'raw' output like the previous constructor. */
147 explicit string_file (bool term_out) : m_term_out (term_out) {};
148 ~string_file () override;
149
150 /* Override ui_file methods. */
151
152 void write (const char *buf, long length_buf) override;
153
154 long read (char *buf, long length_buf) override
155 { gdb_assert_not_reached ("a string_file is not readable"); }
156
157 bool term_out () override;
158 bool can_emit_style_escape () override;
159
160 /* string_file-specific public API. */
161
162 /* Accesses the std::string containing the entire output collected
163 so far. */
164 const std::string &string () { return m_string; }
165
166 /* Return an std::string containing the entire output collected so far.
167
168 The internal buffer is cleared, such that it's ready to build a new
169 string. */
170 std::string release ()
171 {
172 std::string ret = std::move (m_string);
173 m_string.clear ();
174 return ret;
175 }
176
177 /* Provide a few convenience methods with the same API as the
178 underlying std::string. */
179 const char *data () const { return m_string.data (); }
180 const char *c_str () const { return m_string.c_str (); }
181 size_t size () const { return m_string.size (); }
182 bool empty () const { return m_string.empty (); }
183 void clear () { return m_string.clear (); }
184
185 private:
186 /* The internal buffer. */
187 std::string m_string;
188
189 bool m_term_out;
190 };
191
192 /* A ui_file implementation that maps directly onto <stdio.h>'s FILE.
193 A stdio_file can either own its underlying file, or not. If it
194 owns the file, then destroying the stdio_file closes the underlying
195 file, otherwise it is left open. */
196
197 class stdio_file : public ui_file
198 {
199 public:
200 /* Create a ui_file from a previously opened FILE. CLOSE_P
201 indicates whether the underlying file should be closed when the
202 stdio_file is destroyed. */
203 explicit stdio_file (FILE *file, bool close_p = false);
204
205 /* Create an stdio_file that is not managing any file yet. Call
206 open to actually open something. */
207 stdio_file ();
208
209 ~stdio_file () override;
210
211 /* Open NAME in mode MODE, and own the resulting file. Returns true
212 on success, false otherwise. If the stdio_file previously owned
213 a file, it is closed. */
214 bool open (const char *name, const char *mode);
215
216 void flush () override;
217
218 void write (const char *buf, long length_buf) override;
219
220 void write_async_safe (const char *buf, long length_buf) override;
221
222 void puts (const char *) override;
223
224 long read (char *buf, long length_buf) override;
225
226 bool isatty () override;
227
228 bool can_emit_style_escape () override;
229
230 /* Return the underlying file descriptor. */
231 int fd () const override
232 { return m_fd; }
233
234 virtual bool can_page () const override
235 {
236 return m_file == stdout;
237 }
238
239 private:
240 /* Sets the internal stream to FILE, and saves the FILE's file
241 descriptor in M_FD. */
242 void set_stream (FILE *file);
243
244 /* The file. */
245 FILE *m_file;
246
247 /* The associated file descriptor is extracted ahead of time for
248 stdio_file::write_async_safe's benefit, in case fileno isn't
249 async-safe. */
250 int m_fd;
251
252 /* If true, M_FILE is closed on destruction. */
253 bool m_close_p;
254 };
255
256 typedef std::unique_ptr<stdio_file> stdio_file_up;
257
258 /* Like stdio_file, but specifically for stderr.
259
260 This exists because there is no real line-buffering on Windows, see
261 <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/86cebhfs%28v=vs.71%29.aspx>
262 so the stdout is either fully-buffered or non-buffered. We can't
263 make stdout non-buffered, because of two concerns:
264
265 1. Non-buffering hurts performance.
266 2. Non-buffering may change GDB's behavior when it is interacting
267 with a front-end, such as Emacs.
268
269 We leave stdout as fully buffered, but flush it first when
270 something is written to stderr.
271
272 Note that the 'write_async_safe' method is not overridden, because
273 there's no way to flush a stream in an async-safe manner.
274 Fortunately, it doesn't really matter, because:
275
276 1. That method is only used for printing internal debug output
277 from signal handlers.
278
279 2. Windows hosts don't have a concept of async-safeness. Signal
280 handlers run in a separate thread, so they can call the regular
281 non-async-safe output routines freely.
282 */
283 class stderr_file : public stdio_file
284 {
285 public:
286 explicit stderr_file (FILE *stream);
287
288 /* Override the output routines to flush gdb_stdout before deferring
289 to stdio_file for the actual outputting. */
290 void write (const char *buf, long length_buf) override;
291 void puts (const char *linebuffer) override;
292 };
293
294 /* A ui_file implementation that maps onto two ui-file objects. */
295
296 class tee_file : public ui_file
297 {
298 public:
299 /* Create a file which writes to both ONE and TWO. ONE will remain
300 open when this object is destroyed; but TWO will be closed. */
301 tee_file (ui_file *one, ui_file_up &&two);
302 ~tee_file () override;
303
304 void write (const char *buf, long length_buf) override;
305 void write_async_safe (const char *buf, long length_buf) override;
306 void puts (const char *) override;
307
308 bool isatty () override;
309 bool term_out () override;
310 bool can_emit_style_escape () override;
311 void flush () override;
312
313 virtual bool can_page () const override
314 {
315 /* If one of the underlying files can page, then we allow it
316 here. */
317 return m_one->can_page () || m_two->can_page ();
318 }
319
320 private:
321 /* The two underlying ui_files. */
322 ui_file *m_one;
323 ui_file_up m_two;
324 };
325
326 /* A ui_file implementation that filters out terminal escape
327 sequences. */
328
329 class no_terminal_escape_file : public stdio_file
330 {
331 public:
332 no_terminal_escape_file ()
333 {
334 }
335
336 /* Like the stdio_file methods, but these filter out terminal escape
337 sequences. */
338 void write (const char *buf, long length_buf) override;
339 void puts (const char *linebuffer) override;
340 };
341
342 #endif