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/**
 * @file lldiriterator.h
 * @brief Iterator through directory entries matching the search pattern.
 *
 * $LicenseInfo:firstyear=2010&license=viewerlgpl$
 * Second Life Viewer Source Code
 * Copyright (C) 2010, Linden Research, Inc.
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
 * version 2.1 of the License only.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 *
 * Linden Research, Inc., 945 Battery Street, San Francisco, CA  94111  USA
 * $/LicenseInfo$
 */

#ifndef LL_LLDIRITERATOR_H
#define LL_LLDIRITERATOR_H

#include "linden_common.h"

/**
 * Class LLDirIterator
 *
 * Iterates through directory entries matching the search pattern.
 */
class LLDirIterator
{
public:
    /**
     * Constructs LLDirIterator object to search for glob pattern
     * matches in a directory.
     *
     * @param dirname - name of a directory to search in.
     * @param mask - search pattern, a glob expression
     *
     * Wildcards supported in glob expressions:
     * --------------------------------------------------------------
     * | Wildcard   | Matches                                       |
     * --------------------------------------------------------------
     * |    *       |zero or more characters                        |
     * |    ?       |exactly one character                          |
     * | [abcde]    |exactly one character listed                   |
     * | [a-e]      |exactly one character in the given range       |
     * | [!abcde]   |any character that is not listed               |
     * | [!a-e]     |any character that is not in the given range   |
     * | {abc,xyz}  |exactly one entire word in the options given   |
     * --------------------------------------------------------------
     */
    LLDirIterator(const std::string &dirname, const std::string &mask);

    ~LLDirIterator();

    /**
     * Searches for the next directory entry matching the glob mask
     * specified upon iterator construction.
     * Returns true if a match is found, sets fname
     * parameter to the name of the matched directory entry and
     * increments the iterator position.
     *
     * Typical usage:
     * <code>
     * LLDirIterator iter(directory, pattern);
     * if ( iter.next(scanResult) )
     * </code>
     *
     * @param fname - name of the matched directory entry.
     * @return true if a match is found, false otherwise.
     */
    bool next(std::string &fname);

protected:
    class Impl;
    Impl* mImpl;
};

#endif //LL_LLDIRITERATOR_H