source: trunk/gsdl/src/recpt/cgiutils.h@ 1285

/**********************************************************************
 *
 * cgiutils.h -- general cgi utilities
 * Copyright (C) 1999  The New Zealand Digital Library Project
 *
 * A component of the Greenstone digital library software
 * from the New Zealand Digital Library Project at the
 * University of Waikato, New Zealand.
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#ifndef CGIUTILS_H
#define CGIUTILS_H

#include "gsdlconf.h"
#include "text_t.h"
#include "cgiargs.h"


// convert %xx and + to their appropriate equivalents
void decode_cgi_arg (text_t &argstr);

// split up the cgi arguments
void split_cgi_args (const cgiargsinfoclass &argsinfo, text_t argstr, 
             cgiargsclass &args);

// turns any '-' in a cgi argument into "(-)"
text_t minus_safe (const text_t &intext);

// returns the encoded version of a cgi argument
text_t cgi_safe (const text_t &intext);

// check_save_conf_str checks the configuration string for
// the saved args and makes sure it does not conflict with
// the information about the arguments. If an error is encountered
// it will return false and the program should not produce any
// output.
bool check_save_conf_str (const text_t &saveconf, 
              const cgiargsinfoclass &argsinfo,
              ostream &logout);

// create_save_conf_str will create a configuration string
// based on the information in argsinfo. This method of configuration
// is not recomended as small changes can produce large changes in
// the resulting configuration string (for instance a totally different
// ordering). Only arguments which "must" be saved are included in
// the resulting string.
text_t create_save_conf_str (const cgiargsinfoclass &argsinfo,
                 ostream &logout);

// expand_compress_args will expand the compressed arguments based
// on compressconf placing the results in args if they are not
// already defined. If it encounters an error it will return false
// and output more information to logout.
bool expand_save_args (const cgiargsinfoclass &argsinfo,
               const text_t &saveconf, 
               cgiargsclass &args,
               ostream &logout);

// adds the default values for those arguments which have not
// been specified
void add_default_args (const cgiargsinfoclass &argsinfo,
               cgiargsclass &args,
               ostream &logout);

// compress_save_args will compress the arguments and return
// them in compressed_args. If an error was encountered
// compressed_args will be set to to "", an error will be
// written to logout, and the function will return false.
bool compress_save_args (const cgiargsinfoclass &argsinfo,
             const text_t &saveconf,
             cgiargsclass &args,
             text_t &compressed_args,
             outconvertclass &outconvert,
             ostream &logout);

// args_tounicode converts any arguments which are not in unicode
// to unicode using inconvert
void args_tounicode (cgiargsclass &args, inconvertclass &inconvert);

text_t gsdl_getenv (const text_t &name, text_tmap &fcgienv);

#endif