root/base/prefs/persistent_pref_store.h

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// Copyright (c) 2012 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.

#ifndef BASE_PREFS_PERSISTENT_PREF_STORE_H_
#define BASE_PREFS_PERSISTENT_PREF_STORE_H_

#include <string>

#include "base/prefs/base_prefs_export.h"
#include "base/prefs/writeable_pref_store.h"

// This interface is complementary to the PrefStore interface, declaring
// additional functionality that adds support for setting values and persisting
// the data to some backing store.
class BASE_PREFS_EXPORT PersistentPrefStore : public WriteablePrefStore {
 public:
  // Unique integer code for each type of error so we can report them
  // distinctly in a histogram.
  // NOTE: Don't change the order here as it will change the server's meaning
  // of the histogram.
  enum PrefReadError {
    PREF_READ_ERROR_NONE = 0,
    PREF_READ_ERROR_JSON_PARSE,
    PREF_READ_ERROR_JSON_TYPE,
    PREF_READ_ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED,
    PREF_READ_ERROR_FILE_OTHER,
    PREF_READ_ERROR_FILE_LOCKED,
    PREF_READ_ERROR_NO_FILE,
    PREF_READ_ERROR_JSON_REPEAT,
    PREF_READ_ERROR_OTHER,
    PREF_READ_ERROR_FILE_NOT_SPECIFIED,
    PREF_READ_ERROR_MAX_ENUM
  };

  class ReadErrorDelegate {
   public:
    virtual ~ReadErrorDelegate() {}

    virtual void OnError(PrefReadError error) = 0;
  };

  // Equivalent to PrefStore::GetValue but returns a mutable value.
  virtual bool GetMutableValue(const std::string& key,
                               base::Value** result) = 0;

  // Triggers a value changed notification. This function needs to be called
  // if one retrieves a list or dictionary with GetMutableValue and change its
  // value. SetValue takes care of notifications itself. Note that
  // ReportValueChanged will trigger notifications even if nothing has changed.
  virtual void ReportValueChanged(const std::string& key) = 0;

  // Same as SetValue, but doesn't generate notifications. This is used by
  // PrefService::GetMutableUserPref() in order to put empty entries
  // into the user pref store. Using SetValue is not an option since existing
  // tests rely on the number of notifications generated.
  virtual void SetValueSilently(const std::string& key, base::Value* value) = 0;

  // Whether the store is in a pseudo-read-only mode where changes are not
  // actually persisted to disk.  This happens in some cases when there are
  // read errors during startup.
  virtual bool ReadOnly() const = 0;

  // Gets the read error. Only valid if IsInitializationComplete() returns true.
  virtual PrefReadError GetReadError() const = 0;

  // Reads the preferences from disk. Notifies observers via
  // "PrefStore::OnInitializationCompleted" when done.
  virtual PrefReadError ReadPrefs() = 0;

  // Reads the preferences from disk asynchronously. Notifies observers via
  // "PrefStore::OnInitializationCompleted" when done. Also it fires
  // |error_delegate| if it is not NULL and reading error has occurred.
  // Owns |error_delegate|.
  virtual void ReadPrefsAsync(ReadErrorDelegate* error_delegate) = 0;

  // Lands any pending writes to disk.
  virtual void CommitPendingWrite() = 0;

 protected:
  virtual ~PersistentPrefStore() {}
};

#endif  // BASE_PREFS_PERSISTENT_PREF_STORE_H_