// Copyright 2013 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be // found in the LICENSE file. // This file provides a builders for DictionaryValue and ListValue. These // aren't specific to extensions and could move up to base/ if there's interest // from other sub-projects. // // The general pattern is to write: // // scoped_ptr<BuiltType> result(FooBuilder() // .Set(args) // .Set(args) // .Build()); // // For methods that take other built types, you can pass the builder directly // to the setter without calling Build(): // // DictionaryBuilder().Set("key", ListBuilder() // .Append("foo").Append("bar") /* No .Build() */); // // Because of limitations in C++03, and to avoid extra copies, you can't pass a // just-constructed Builder into another Builder's method directly. Use the // Pass() method. // // The Build() method invalidates its builder, and returns ownership of the // built value. // // These objects are intended to be used as temporaries rather than stored // anywhere, so the use of non-const reference parameters is likely to cause // less confusion than usual. #ifndef EXTENSIONS_COMMON_VALUE_BUILDER_H_ #define EXTENSIONS_COMMON_VALUE_BUILDER_H_ #include <string> #include "base/memory/scoped_ptr.h" #include "base/strings/string16.h" #include "base/values.h" namespace extensions { class ListBuilder; class DictionaryBuilder { public: DictionaryBuilder(); explicit DictionaryBuilder(const base::DictionaryValue& init); ~DictionaryBuilder(); // Workaround to allow you to pass rvalue ExtensionBuilders by reference to // other functions. DictionaryBuilder& Pass() { return *this; } // Can only be called once, after which it's invalid to use the builder. scoped_ptr<base::DictionaryValue> Build() { return dict_.Pass(); } DictionaryBuilder& Set(const std::string& path, int in_value); DictionaryBuilder& Set(const std::string& path, double in_value); DictionaryBuilder& Set(const std::string& path, const std::string& in_value); DictionaryBuilder& Set(const std::string& path, const base::string16& in_value); DictionaryBuilder& Set(const std::string& path, DictionaryBuilder& in_value); DictionaryBuilder& Set(const std::string& path, ListBuilder& in_value); // Named differently because overload resolution is too eager to // convert implicitly to bool. DictionaryBuilder& SetBoolean(const std::string& path, bool in_value); private: scoped_ptr<base::DictionaryValue> dict_; }; class ListBuilder { public: ListBuilder(); explicit ListBuilder(const base::ListValue& init); ~ListBuilder(); // Workaround to allow you to pass rvalue ExtensionBuilders by reference to // other functions. ListBuilder& Pass() { return *this; } // Can only be called once, after which it's invalid to use the builder. scoped_ptr<base::ListValue> Build() { return list_.Pass(); } ListBuilder& Append(int in_value); ListBuilder& Append(double in_value); ListBuilder& Append(const std::string& in_value); ListBuilder& Append(const base::string16& in_value); ListBuilder& Append(DictionaryBuilder& in_value); ListBuilder& Append(ListBuilder& in_value); // Named differently because overload resolution is too eager to // convert implicitly to bool. ListBuilder& AppendBoolean(bool in_value); private: scoped_ptr<base::ListValue> list_; }; } // namespace extensions #endif // EXTENSIONS_COMMON_VALUE_BUILDER_H_