// Copyright (c) 2012, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.

part of dart.io;

/**
 * A reference to a directory (or _folder_) on the file system.
 */
abstract class Directory implements FileSystemEntity {
  /**
   * Gets the path of this directory.
   */
  final String path;

  /**
   * Creates a directory object. The path is either an absolute path,
   * or it is a relative path which is interpreted relative to the directory
   * in which the Dart VM was started.
   */
  factory Directory(String path) => new _Directory(path);

  /**
   * Create a Directory object from a URI.
   *
   * If [uri] cannot reference a directory this throws [UnsupportedError].
   */
  factory Directory.fromUri(Uri uri) => new Directory(uri.toFilePath());

  /**
   * Creates a directory object pointing to the current working
   * directory.
   */
  static Directory get current => _Directory.current;

  /**
   * Sets the current working directory of the Dart process including
   * all running isolates. The new value set can be either a [Directory]
   * or a [String].
   *
   * The new value is passed to the OS's system call unchanged, so a
   * relative path passed as the new working directory will be
   * resolved by the OS.
   *
   * Note that setting the current working directory is a synchronous
   * operation and that it changes the the working directory of *all*
   * isolates.
   *
   * Use this with care - especially when working with asynchronous
   * operations and multiple isolates. Changing the working directory,
   * while asynchronous operations are pending or when other isolates
   * are working with the file system, can lead to unexpected results.
   */
  static void set current(path) {
    _Directory.current = path;
  }

  /**
   * Creates the directory with this name.
   *
   * If [recursive] is false, only the last directory in the path is
   * created. If [recursive] is true, all non-existing path components
   * are created. If the directory already exists nothing is done.
   *
   * Returns a [:Future<Directory>:] that completes with this
   * directory once it has been created. If the directory cannot be
   * created the future completes with an exception.
   */
  Future<Directory> create({bool recursive: false});

  /**
   * Synchronously creates the directory with this name.
   *
   * If [recursive] is false, only the last directory in the path is
   * created. If [recursive] is true, all non-existing path components
   * are created. If the directory already exists nothing is done.
   *
   * If the directory cannot be created an exception is thrown.
   */
  void createSync({bool recursive: false});

  /**
   * Gets the system temp directory.
   *
   * Gets the directory provided by the operating system for creating
   * temporary files and directories in.
   * The location of the system temp directory is platform-dependent,
   * and may be set by an environment variable.
   */
  static Directory get systemTemp => _Directory.systemTemp;

  /**
   * Creates a temporary directory in this directory. Additional random
   * characters are appended to [prefix] to produce a unique directory
   * name. If [prefix] is missing or null, the empty string is used
   * for [prefix].
   *
   * Returns a [:Future<Directory>:] that completes with the newly
   * created temporary directory.
   */
  Future<Directory> createTemp([String prefix]);

  /**
   * Synchronously creates a temporary directory in this directory.
   * Additional random characters are appended to [prefix] to produce
   * a unique directory name. If [prefix] is missing or null, the empty
   * string is used for [prefix].
   *
   * Returns the newly created temporary directory.
   */
  Directory createTempSync([String prefix]);

  Future<String> resolveSymbolicLinks();

  String resolveSymbolicLinksSync();

  /**
   * Renames this directory. Returns a [:Future<Directory>:] that completes
   * with a [Directory] instance for the renamed directory.
   *
   * If newPath identifies an existing directory, that directory is
   * replaced. If newPath identifies an existing file, the operation
   * fails and the future completes with an exception.
   */
  Future<Directory> rename(String newPath);

  /**
   * Synchronously renames this directory. Returns a [Directory]
   * instance for the renamed directory.
   *
   * If newPath identifies an existing directory, that directory is
   * replaced. If newPath identifies an existing file the operation
   * fails and an exception is thrown.
   */
  Directory renameSync(String newPath);

  /**
   * Returns a [Directory] instance whose path is the absolute path to [this].
   *
   * The absolute path is computed by prefixing
   * a relative path with the current working directory, and returning
   * an absolute path unchanged.
   */
  Directory get absolute;

  /**
   * Lists the sub-directories and files of this [Directory].
   * Optionally recurses into sub-directories.
   *
   * If [followLinks] is false, then any symbolic links found
   * are reported as [Link] objects, rather than as directories or files,
   * and are not recursed into.
   *
   * If [followLinks] is true, then working links are reported as
   * directories or files, depending on
   * their type, and links to directories are recursed into.
   * Broken links are reported as [Link] objects.
   * If a symbolic link makes a loop in the file system, then a recursive
   * listing will not follow a link twice in the
   * same recursive descent, but will report it as a [Link]
   * the second time it is seen.
   *
   * The result is a stream of [FileSystemEntity] objects
   * for the directories, files, and links.
   */
  Stream<FileSystemEntity> list({bool recursive: false,
                                 bool followLinks: true});

  /**
   * Lists the sub-directories and files of this [Directory].
   * Optionally recurses into sub-directories.
   *
   * If [followLinks] is false, then any symbolic links found
   * are reported as [Link] objects, rather than as directories or files,
   * and are not recursed into.
   *
   * If [followLinks] is true, then working links are reported as
   * directories or files, depending on
   * their type, and links to directories are recursed into.
   * Broken links are reported as [Link] objects.
   * If a link makes a loop in the file system, then a recursive
   * listing will not follow a link twice in the
   * same recursive descent, but will report it as a [Link]
   * the second time it is seen.
   *
   * Returns a [List] containing [FileSystemEntity] objects for the
   * directories, files, and links.
   */
  List<FileSystemEntity> listSync({bool recursive: false,
                                   bool followLinks: true});

  /**
   * Returns a human readable string for this Directory instance.
   */
  String toString();
}