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/* GConfNativePeer.java -- GConf based preference peer for native methods
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package gnu.java.util.prefs.gconf;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.prefs.BackingStoreException;

/**
 * Native peer for GConf based preference backend.
 *
 * @author Mario Torre <neugens@limasoftware.net>
 */
public final class GConfNativePeer
{
  /**
   * Creates a new instance of GConfNativePeer
   */
  public GConfNativePeer()
  {
    init_class();
  }

  /**
   * Queries whether the node <code>node</code> exists in theGConf database.
   * Returns <code>true</code> or <code>false</code>.
   *
   * @param node the node to check.
   */
  public boolean nodeExist(String node)
  {
    return gconf_dir_exists(node);
  }

  /**
   * Change the value of key to val. Automatically creates the key if it didn't
   * exist before (ie it was unset or it only had a default value).
   * Key names must be valid GConf key names, that is, there can be more
   * restrictions than for normal Preference Backend.
   *
   * @param key the key to alter (or add).
   * @param value the new value for this key.
   * @return true if the key was updated, false otherwise.
   */
  public boolean setString(String key, String value)
  {
    return gconf_set_string(key, value);
  }

  /**
   * Unsets the value of key; if key is already unset, has no effect. Depending
   * on the GConf daemon, unsetting a key may have the side effect to remove it
   * completely form the database.
   *
   * @param key the key to unset.
   * @return true on success, false if the key was not updated.
   */
  public boolean unset(String key)
  {
    return gconf_unset(key);
  }

  /**
   * Gets the value of a configuration key.
   *
   * @param key the configuration key.
   * @return the values of this key, null if the key is not valid.
   */
  public String getKey(String key)
  {
    return gconf_get_string(key);
  }

  /**
   * Lists the key in the given node. Does not list subnodes. Keys names are the
   * stripped names (name relative to the current node) of the keys stored in
   * this node.
   *
   * @param node the node where keys are stored.
   * @return a java.util.List of keys. If there are no keys in the given node, a
   *         list of size 0 is returned.
   */
  public List<String> getKeys(String node) throws BackingStoreException
  {
    return gconf_all_keys(node);
  }

  /**
   * Lists the subnodes in <code>node</code>. The returned list contains
   * allocated strings. Each string is the name relative tho the given node.
   *
   * @param node the node to get subnodes from. If there are no subnodes in the
   *          given node, a list of size 0 is returned.
   */
  public List<String> getChildrenNodes(String node) throws BackingStoreException
  {
    return gconf_all_nodes(node);
  }

  /**
   * Escape the given string so the it is a valid GConf name.
   */
  public static String escapeString(String plain)
  {
    return gconf_escape_key(plain);
  }

  /**
   * Unescape a string escaped with {@link #escapeString}.
   */
  public static String unescapeString(String escaped)
  {
    return gconf_unescape_key(escaped);
  }

  /**
   * Suggest to the backend GConf daemon to synch with the database.
   */
  public void suggestSync() throws BackingStoreException
  {
    gconf_suggest_sync();
  }

  protected void finalize() throws Throwable
  {
    try
      {
        finalize_class();
      }
    finally
      {
        super.finalize();
      }
  }

  /* ***** native methods ***** */

  /*
   * Basicly, these are one to one mappings to GConfClient functions.
   * GConfClient instances are handled by the native layer, and are hidden from
   * the main java class.
   */

  /**
   * Initialize the GConf native peer and enable the object cache.
   * It is meant to be used by the static initializer.
   */
  native synchronized static final private void init_id_cache();

  /**
   * Initialize the GConf native peer. This is meant to be used by the
   * class constructor.
   */
  native synchronized static final private void init_class();

  /**
   * Class finalizer.
   */
  native synchronized static final private void finalize_class();

  /**
   * Queries the GConf database to see if the given node exists, returning
   * true if the node exist, false otherwise.
   *
   * @param node the node to query for existence.
   * @return true if the node exist, false otherwise.
   */
  native synchronized
  static final protected boolean gconf_dir_exists(String node);

  /**
   * Sets the given key/value pair into the GConf database.
   * The key must be a valid GConf key.
   *
   * @param key the key to store in the GConf database
   * @param value the value to associate to the given key.
   * @return true if the change has effect, false otherwise.
   */
  native synchronized
  static final protected boolean gconf_set_string(String key, String value);

  /**
   * Returns the key associated to the given key. Null is returned if the
   * key is not valid.
   *
   * @param key the key to return the value of.
   * @return The value associated to the given key, or null.
   */
  native synchronized
  static final protected String gconf_get_string(String key);

  /**
   * Usets the given key, removing the key from the database.
   *
   * @param key the key to remove.
   * @return true if the operation success, false otherwise.
   */
  native synchronized static final protected boolean gconf_unset(String key);

  /**
   * Suggest to the GConf native peer a sync with the database.
   *
   */
  native synchronized static final protected void gconf_suggest_sync()
    throws BackingStoreException;

  /**
   * Returns a list of all nodes under the given node.
   *
   * @param node the source node.
   * @return A list of nodes under the given source node.
   */
  native
  static synchronized final protected List<String> gconf_all_nodes(String node)
    throws BackingStoreException;

  /**
   * Returns a list of all keys stored in the given node.
   *
   * @param node the source node.
   * @return A list of all keys stored in the given node.
   */
  native synchronized
  static final protected List<String> gconf_all_keys(String node)
    throws BackingStoreException;

  /**
   * Escape the input String so that it's a valid element for GConf.
   *
   * @param plain the String to escape.
   * @return An escaped String for use with GConf.
   */
  native synchronized
  static final protected String gconf_escape_key(String plain);

  /**
   * Converts a string escaped with gconf_escape_key back into its
   * original form.
   *
   * @param escaped key as returned by gconf_escape_key
   * @return An unescaped key.
   */
  native synchronized
  static final protected String gconf_unescape_key(String escaped);

  static
    {
      System.loadLibrary("gconfpeer");
      init_id_cache();
    }
}