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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>
 * @version 1.0
 */
public final class GConfNativePeer
{
  /**
   * Object to achieve locks for methods that need to be synchronized.
   */
  private static final Object[] semaphore = new Object[0];

  /**
   * Creates a new instance of GConfNativePeer
   */
  public GConfNativePeer()
  {
    synchronized (semaphore)
      {
        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)
  {
    if (node.endsWith("/"))
      {
        node = node.substring(0, node.length() - 1);
      }
    return gconf_client_dir_exists(node);
  }

  /**
   * Add the node <code>node</code> to the list of nodes the GConf will watch.
   * An event is raised everytime this node is changed. You can add a node
   * multiple times.
   * 
   * @param node the node to track.
   */
  public void startWatchingNode(String node)
  {
    if (node.endsWith("/"))
      {
        node = node.substring(0, node.length() - 1);
      }
    gconf_client_add_dir(node);
  }

  /**
   * Remove the node <code>node</code> to the list of nodes the GConf is
   * watching. Note that if a node has been added multiple times, you must
   * remove it the same number of times before the remove takes effect.
   * 
   * @param node the node you don't want to track anymore.
   */
  public void stopWatchingNode(String node)
  {
    if (node.endsWith("/"))
      {
        node = node.substring(0, node.length() - 1);
      }
    gconf_client_remove_dir(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).
   * 
   * @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)
  {
    if (key.endsWith("/"))
      {
        key = key.substring(0, key.length() - 1);
      }
    return gconf_client_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)
  {
    if (key.endsWith("/"))
      {
        key = key.substring(0, key.length() - 1);
      }
    return gconf_client_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)
  {
    if (key.endsWith("/"))
      {
        key = key.substring(0, key.length() - 1);
      }
    return gconf_client_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 kyes 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 getKeys(String node) throws BackingStoreException
  {
    if (node.endsWith("/"))
      {
        node = node.substring(0, node.length() - 1);
      }
    return gconf_client_gconf_client_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 getChildrenNodes(String node) throws BackingStoreException
  {
    if (node.endsWith("/"))
      {
        node = node.substring(0, node.length() - 1);
      }
    return gconf_client_gconf_client_all_nodes(node);
  }

  /**
   * Suggest to the backend GConf daemon to synch with the database.
   */
  public void suggestSync() throws BackingStoreException
  {
    gconf_client_suggest_sync();
  }
  
  protected void finalize() throws Throwable
  {
    try
      {
        synchronized (semaphore)
          {
            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.
   */

  /** */
  native static final private void init_id_cache();
  
  native static final private void init_class();

  native static final private void finalize_class();

  native static final protected boolean gconf_client_dir_exists(String node);

  native static final protected void gconf_client_add_dir(String node);

  native static final protected void gconf_client_remove_dir(String node);

  native static final protected boolean gconf_client_set_string(String key,
                                                                String value);

  native static final protected String gconf_client_get_string(String key);

  native static final protected boolean gconf_client_unset(String key);

  native static final protected void gconf_client_suggest_sync();

  native static final protected List gconf_client_gconf_client_all_nodes(
                                                                         String node);

  native static final protected List gconf_client_gconf_client_all_keys(
                                                                        String node);

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