view base/RecordDirectory.h @ 1752:6d09d68165a4 by-id

Further review of ById: make IDs only available when adding a model to the ById store, not by querying the item directly. This means any id encountered in the wild must have been added to the store at some point (even if later released), which simplifies reasoning about lifecycles

/* -*- 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 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 SV_RECORD_DIRECTORY_H
#define SV_RECORD_DIRECTORY_H

#include <QString>

/**
 * Report the intended target location for recorded audio files.
 */
class RecordDirectory
{
public:
    /**
     * Return the directory in which a recorded file should be saved.
     * This may vary depending on the current date and time, and so
     * should be queried afresh for each recording. The directory will
     * also be created if it does not yet exist.
     *
     * Returns an empty string if the record directory did not exist
     * and could not be created.
     */
    static QString getRecordDirectory();

    /**
     * Return the root "recorded files" directory. If
     * getRecordDirectory() is returning a datestamped directory, then
     * this will be its parent. The directory will also be created if
     * it does not yet exist.
     *
     * Returns an empty string if the record directory did not exist
     * and could not be created.
     */
    static QString getRecordContainerDirectory();

    /**
     * Return the directory in which an audio file converted from a
     * data file should be saved. The directory will also be created if
     * it does not yet exist.
     *
     * Returns an empty string if the directory did not exist and
     * could not be created.
     */
    static QString getConvertedAudioDirectory();
};

#endif