diff base/TempDirectory.h @ 81:f277a171749d

* Pull out temporary directory management into its own class
* Make sure playback plugins get a default sample path in their original
  play parameters configuration
* Save play parameters to .sv file (we aren't reloading yet though)

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+++ b/base/TempDirectory.h	Tue Apr 25 22:14:43 2006 +0000
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+/* -*- c-basic-offset: 4 indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-  vi:set ts=8 sts=4 sw=4: */
+
+/*
+    Sonic Visualiser
+    An audio file viewer and annotation editor.
+    Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary, University of London.
+    This file copyright 2006 Chris Cannam.
+    
+    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; either version 2 of the
+    License, or (at your option) any later version.  See the file
+    COPYING included with this distribution for more information.
+*/
+
+#ifndef _TEMP_DIRECTORY_H_
+#define _TEMP_DIRECTORY_H_
+
+#include <QString>
+#include <QMutex>
+
+#include <exception>
+
+/**
+ * A class that manages the creation and removal of a temporary
+ * directory tree to store data during the program run.  There is one
+ * root temporary directory for the program, created on demand and
+ * deleted when the program exits.
+ *
+ * This class is thread safe.
+ */
+
+class TempDirectory
+{
+public:
+    static TempDirectory *instance();
+    
+    virtual ~TempDirectory();
+
+    class DirectoryCreationFailed : virtual public std::exception
+    {
+    public:
+        DirectoryCreationFailed(QString directory) throw();
+        virtual DirectoryCreationFailed::~DirectoryCreationFailed() throw() { }
+        virtual const char *what() const throw();
+
+    protected:
+        QString m_directory;
+    };
+
+    /**
+     * Create the root temporary directory if necessary, and return
+     * its path.  Throw DirectoryCreationFailed if the directory
+     * cannot be created.
+     */
+    QString getPath();
+
+    /** 
+     * Create an immediate subdirectory of the root temporary
+     * directory of the given name, if it doesn't already exist, and
+     * return its path.  Throw DirectoryCreationFailed if the
+     * directory cannot be created.
+     */
+    QString getSubDirectoryPath(QString subdir);
+
+    /**
+     * Delete the temporary directory (before exiting).
+     */
+    void cleanup();
+
+protected:
+    TempDirectory();
+    void cleanupDirectory(QString tmpDir);
+    QString m_tmpdir;
+    QMutex m_mutex;
+
+    static TempDirectory *m_instance;
+};
+
+
+#endif