sofa::helper::Utils Class Reference

#include <Utils.h>

Contains possibly useful functions, that don't fit anywhere else. More...

Detailed Description

Contains possibly useful functions, that don't fit anywhere else.

Static Public Member Functions
static std::wstring	widenString (const std::string &s)
	Convert a string to a wstring. More...
static std::string	narrowString (const std::wstring &ws)
	Convert a wstring to a string. More...
static std::string	downcaseString (const std::string &s)
	Convert a string to lower case. More...
static std::string	upcaseString (const std::string &s)
	Convert a string to upper case. More...
static const std::string &	getExecutablePath ()
	Get the path of the executable that is currently running. More...
static const std::string &	getExecutableDirectory ()
	Get the path to the directory of the executable that is currently running. More...
static const std::string &	getUserLocalDirectory ()
	Get the path to the current user local config directory. More...
static const std::string &	getSofaUserLocalDirectory ()
	Get the path to the SOFA directory into the current user local config directory. More...
static const std::string &	getSofaPathPrefix ()
	Get the path to the "root" path of Sofa (i.e. the build directory or the installation prefix). More...
static const std::string	getSofaPathTo (const std::string &pathFromBuildDir)
	Construct a path based on the build dir path of Sofa. More...
static std::map< std::string, std::string >	readBasicIniFile (const std::string &path)
	Read a file written in a very basic ini-like format. More...

Function details

downcaseString()

std::string sofa::helper::Utils::downcaseString ( const std::string &  s )

static

Convert a string to lower case.

getExecutableDirectory()

const std::string & sofa::helper::Utils::getExecutableDirectory ( )

static

Get the path to the directory of the executable that is currently running.

getExecutablePath()

const std::string & sofa::helper::Utils::getExecutablePath ( )

static

Get the path of the executable that is currently running.

Note that this function uses various non-portable tricks to achieve its goal, and it might not be the most reliable thing ever written.

getSofaPathPrefix()

const std::string & sofa::helper::Utils::getSofaPathPrefix ( )

static

Get the path to the "root" path of Sofa (i.e. the build directory or the installation prefix).

Warning

This function is meant to be used only by the applications that are distributed with SOFA

Returns

The ABSOLUTE path of Sofa build dir (or install dir)

getSofaPathTo()

const std::string sofa::helper::Utils::getSofaPathTo ( const std::string &  pathFromBuildDir )

static

Construct a path based on the build dir path of Sofa.

Warning

This function is meant to be used only by the applications that are distributed with SOFA: it uses getSofaPathPrefix()

Returns

The ABSOLUTE path of anything in Sofa build dir (or install dir)

getSofaUserLocalDirectory()

const std::string & sofa::helper::Utils::getSofaUserLocalDirectory ( )

static

Get the path to the SOFA directory into the current user local config directory.

getUserLocalDirectory()

const std::string & sofa::helper::Utils::getUserLocalDirectory ( )

static

Get the path to the current user local config directory.

narrowString()

std::string sofa::helper::Utils::narrowString ( const std::wstring &  ws )

static

Convert a wstring to a string.

Returns

The converted string on success, or a empty string on failure.

readBasicIniFile()

std::map< std::string, std::string > sofa::helper::Utils::readBasicIniFile ( const std::string &  path )

static

Read a file written in a very basic ini-like format.

For each line that contains a '=' character, (e.g. "key=value"), the returned map will contains a pair <"key", "value">. Other lines will be ignored.

upcaseString()

std::string sofa::helper::Utils::upcaseString ( const std::string &  s )

static

Convert a string to upper case.

widenString()

std::wstring sofa::helper::Utils::widenString ( const std::string &  s )

static

Convert a string to a wstring.

Returns

The converted string on success, or a empty string on failure.