kicad/include/validators.h

/*
 * This program source code file is part of KiCad, a free EDA CAD application.
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2013 Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@verizon.net>
 * Copyright (C) 2004-2013 KiCad Developers, see change_log.txt for contributors.
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
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 */

/**
 * @file validators.h
 * @brief Custom text control validator definitions.
 */

#ifndef VALIDATORS_H
#define VALIDATORS_H

#include <wx/valtext.h>

/**
 * Class FILE_NAME_CHAR_VALIDATOR
 *
 * This class provides a custom wxValidator object for limiting the allowable characters when
 * defining footprint names.  Since the introduction of the PRETTY footprint library format,
 * footprint names cannot have any characters that would prevent file creation on any platform.
 * The characters \/:*?|"<> are illegal and filtered by the validator.
 */
class FILE_NAME_CHAR_VALIDATOR : public wxTextValidator
{
public:
    FILE_NAME_CHAR_VALIDATOR( wxString* aValue = NULL );
};


/**
 * Class FILE_NAME_WITH_PATH_CHAR_VALIDATOR
 *
 * This class provides a custom wxValidator object for limiting the allowable characters when
 * defining file names with path, for instance in schematic sheet file names.
 * The characters *?|"<> are illegal and filtered by the validator,
 * but /\: are valid (\ and : only on Windows.)
 */
class FILE_NAME_WITH_PATH_CHAR_VALIDATOR : public wxTextValidator
{
public:
    FILE_NAME_WITH_PATH_CHAR_VALIDATOR( wxString* aValue = NULL );
};


/**
 * Class ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE_CHAR_VALIDATOR
 *
 * This class provides a custome wxValidator object for limiting the allowable characters
 * when defining an environment varaible name in a text edit control.  Only uppercase,
 * numbers, and underscore (_) characters are valid and the first character of the name
 * cannot start with a number.  This is according to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001.  Even though
 * most systems support other characters, these characters guarantee compatibility for
 * all shells.
 */
class ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE_CHAR_VALIDATOR : public wxTextValidator
{
public:
    ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE_CHAR_VALIDATOR( wxString* aValue = NULL );
};

#endif  // #ifndef VALIDATORS_H