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/* FileBasedPreferences.java -- File-based preference implementation
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package gnu.java.util.prefs;

import gnu.classpath.SystemProperties;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.FilenameFilter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
import java.nio.channels.FileLock;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.prefs.AbstractPreferences;
import java.util.prefs.BackingStoreException;

/**
 * This is a simple file-based preference implementation which writes
 * the preferences as properties files.  A node is represented as a directory
 * beneath the user's home directory.  The preferences for the node are
 * stored in a single properties file in that directory.  Sub-nodes are
 * stored in subdirectories.  This implementation uses file locking to
 * mediate access to the properties files.
 */
public class FileBasedPreferences
    extends AbstractPreferences
{
  /**
   * Name of the property file storing the data in a given directory.
   */
  private static final String DATA_FILE = "data.properties";

  /**
   * The directory corresponding to this preference node.
   */
  private File directory;

  /**
   * The file holding the data for this node.
   */
  private File dataFile;

  /**
   * The data in this node.
   */
  private Properties properties;

  /**
   * Create the root node for the file-based preferences.
   */
  FileBasedPreferences()
  {
    super(null, "");
    String home = SystemProperties.getProperty("user.home");
    this.directory = new File(new File(home, ".classpath"), "userPrefs");
    this.dataFile = new File(this.directory, DATA_FILE);
    load();
  }

  /**
   * Create a new file-based preference object with the given parent
   * and the given name.
   * @param parent the parent
   * @param name the name of this node
   */
  FileBasedPreferences(FileBasedPreferences parent, String name)
  {
    super(parent, name);
    this.directory = new File(parent.directory, name);
    this.dataFile = new File(this.directory, DATA_FILE);
    load();
  }

  private void load()
  {
    this.properties = new Properties();
    FileInputStream fis = null;
    FileLock lock = null;
    try
      {
        fis = new FileInputStream(this.dataFile);
        FileChannel channel = fis.getChannel();
        lock = channel.lock(0, Long.MAX_VALUE, true);
        this.properties.load(fis);
        // We release the lock and close the stream in the 'finally'
        // clause.
      }
    catch (IOException _)
      {
        // We don't mind; this means we're making a new node.
        newNode = true;
      }
    finally
      {
        try
          {
            // Release the lock and close the stream.
            if (lock != null)
              lock.release();
          }
        catch (IOException ignore)
          {
            // Ignore.
          }
        try
          {
            // Close the stream.
            if (fis != null)
              fis.close();
          }
        catch (IOException ignore)
          {
            // Ignore.
          }
      }
  }

  public boolean isUserNode()
  {
    // For now file preferences are always user nodes.
    return true;
  }

  protected String[] childrenNamesSpi() throws BackingStoreException
  {
    // FIXME: security manager.
    String[] result = directory.list(new FilenameFilter()
                          {
                            public boolean accept(File dir, String name)
                            {
                              return new File(dir, name).isDirectory();
                            }
                          });
    if (result == null)
      result = new String[0];
    return result;
  }

  protected AbstractPreferences childSpi(String name)
  {
    return new FileBasedPreferences(this, name);
  }

  protected String[] keysSpi() throws BackingStoreException
  {
    return (String[]) properties.keySet().toArray(new String[0]);
  }

  protected String getSpi(String key)
  {
    return properties.getProperty(key);
  }

  protected void putSpi(String key, String value)
  {
    properties.put(key, value);
  }

  protected void removeSpi(String key)
  {
    properties.remove(key);
  }

  protected void flushSpi() throws BackingStoreException
  {
    // FIXME: security manager.
    try
      {
        if (isRemoved())
          {
            // Delete the underlying file.
            // FIXME: ideally we would also delete the directory
            // if it had no subdirectories.  This doesn't matter
            // much though.
            // FIXME: there's a strange race here if a different VM is
            // simultaneously updating this node.
            dataFile.delete();
          }
        else
          {
            // Write the underlying file.
            directory.mkdirs();

            FileOutputStream fos = null;
            FileLock lock = null;
            try
              {
                // Note that we let IOExceptions from the try clause
                // propagate to the outer 'try'.
                fos = new FileOutputStream(dataFile);
                FileChannel channel = fos.getChannel();
                lock = channel.lock();
                properties.store(fos, "created by GNU Classpath FileBasedPreferences");
                // Lock is released and file closed in the finally clause.
              }
            finally
              {
                try
                  {
                    if (lock != null)
                      lock.release();
                  }
                catch (IOException _)
                  {
                    // Ignore.
                  }
                try
                  {
                    if (fos != null)
                      fos.close();
                  }
                catch (IOException _)
                  {
                    // Ignore.
                  }
              }
          }
      }
    catch (IOException ioe)
      {
        throw new BackingStoreException(ioe);
      }
  }

  protected void syncSpi() throws BackingStoreException
  {
    // FIXME: we ought to synchronize but instead we merely flush.
    flushSpi();
  }

  protected void removeNodeSpi() throws BackingStoreException
  {
    // We can simply delegate.
    flushSpi();
  }
}