The PasswordFile class holds account information in the form of Entry and Field instances and provides methods to read and write these information to encrypted files using OpenSSL. More...

#include <passwordfile.h>

Public Member Functions
	PasswordFile ()
	Constructs a new password file.

	PasswordFile (const std::string &path, const std::string &password)
	Constructs a new password file with the specified path and password.

	PasswordFile (const PasswordFile &other)
	Constructs a copy of another password file.

	PasswordFile (PasswordFile &&other)
	Moves the password file.

	~PasswordFile ()
	Closes the file if still opened and destroys the instance.

CppUtilities::NativeFileStream &	fileStream ()
	Returns the underlying file stream.

void	open (PasswordFileOpenFlags options=PasswordFileOpenFlags::Default)
	Opens the file.

void	opened ()
	Handles the file being opened.

void	generateRootEntry ()
	Generates a new root entry for the file.

void	create ()
	Creates the file.

void	close ()
	Closes the file if currently opened.

void	load ()
	Reads the contents of the file.

std::uint32_t	mininumVersion (PasswordFileSaveFlags options) const
	Returns the minimum file version required to write the current instance with the specified options.

void	save (PasswordFileSaveFlags options=PasswordFileSaveFlags::Default)
	Writes the current root entry to the file under path() replacing its previous contents.

void	write (PasswordFileSaveFlags options=PasswordFileSaveFlags::Default)
	Writes the current root entry to the file which is assumed to be opened and writeable.

void	clearEntries ()
	Removes the root element if one is present.

void	clear ()
	Closes the file if opened.

void	exportToTextfile (const std::string &targetPath) const
	Writes the current root entry to a plain text file.

void	doBackup ()
	Creates a backup of the file.

bool	hasRootEntry () const
	Returns an indication whether a root entry is present.

const NodeEntry *	rootEntry () const
	Returns the root entry if present or nullptr otherwise.

NodeEntry *	rootEntry ()
	Returns the root entry if present or nullptr otherwise.

const std::string &	path () const
	Returns the current file path.

const std::string &	password () const
	Returns the current password.

void	setPath (const std::string &value)
	Sets the current file path.

void	clearPath ()
	Clears the current path.

void	setPassword (const std::string &password)
	Sets the current password.

void	setPassword (const char *password, const std::size_t passwordSize)

void	clearPassword ()
	Clears the current password.

bool	isEncryptionUsed ()
	Returns an indication whether encryption is used and the file is open; returns always false otherwise.

bool	isOpen () const
	Returns an indication whether the file is open.

std::string &	extendedHeader ()
	Returns the extended header.

const std::string &	extendedHeader () const
	Returns the extended header.

std::string &	encryptedExtendedHeader ()
	Returns the encrypted extended header.

const std::string &	encryptedExtendedHeader () const
	Returns the encrypted extended header.

std::size_t	size ()
	Returns the size of the file if the file is open; otherwise returns zero.

std::uint32_t	version () const
	Returns the file version used the last time when saving the file (the version of the file as it is on the disk).

PasswordFileOpenFlags	openOptions () const
	Returns the options used to open the file.

PasswordFileSaveFlags	saveOptions () const
	Returns the save options used the last time when saving the file.

std::string	summary (PasswordFileSaveFlags saveOptions) const
	Returns a summary about the file (version, used features, statistics).

Detailed Description

The PasswordFile class holds account information in the form of Entry and Field instances and provides methods to read and write these information to encrypted files using OpenSSL.

Definition at line 40 of file passwordfile.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ PasswordFile() [1/4]

Io::PasswordFile::PasswordFile ( )

explicit

Constructs a new password file.

Definition at line 46 of file passwordfile.cpp.

◆ PasswordFile() [2/4]

Io::PasswordFile::PasswordFile	(	const std::string &	path,
		const std::string &	password )

explicit

Constructs a new password file with the specified path and password.

Definition at line 60 of file passwordfile.cpp.

◆ PasswordFile() [3/4]

Io::PasswordFile::PasswordFile ( const PasswordFile & other )

Constructs a copy of another password file.

Definition at line 75 of file passwordfile.cpp.

◆ PasswordFile() [4/4]

Io::PasswordFile::PasswordFile ( PasswordFile && other )

Moves the password file.

Definition at line 93 of file passwordfile.cpp.

◆ ~PasswordFile()

Io::PasswordFile::~PasswordFile ( )

Closes the file if still opened and destroys the instance.

Definition at line 111 of file passwordfile.cpp.

Member Function Documentation

◆ clear()

void Io::PasswordFile::clear ( )

Closes the file if opened.

Removes path, password and entries and additional information.

Definition at line 596 of file passwordfile.cpp.

◆ clearEntries()

void Io::PasswordFile::clearEntries ( )

Removes the root element if one is present.

Definition at line 588 of file passwordfile.cpp.

◆ clearPassword()

void Io::PasswordFile::clearPassword ( )

inline

Clears the current password.

Definition at line 149 of file passwordfile.h.

◆ clearPath()

void Io::PasswordFile::clearPath ( )

inline

Clears the current path.

Causes the file to be closed if currently opened.

Definition at line 116 of file passwordfile.h.

◆ close()

void Io::PasswordFile::close ( )

Closes the file if currently opened.

Definition at line 701 of file passwordfile.cpp.

◆ create()

void Io::PasswordFile::create ( )

Creates the file.

Does not generate a new root element (see generateRootElement()).

Exceptions

Throws ios_base::failure when an IO error occurs.

Definition at line 160 of file passwordfile.cpp.

◆ doBackup()

void Io::PasswordFile::doBackup ( )

Creates a backup of the file.

Replaces an existent backup file.

Exceptions

Throws ios_base::failure when an IO error occurs.

Definition at line 654 of file passwordfile.cpp.

◆ encryptedExtendedHeader() [1/2]

std::string & Io::PasswordFile::encryptedExtendedHeader ( )

inline

Returns the encrypted extended header.

Definition at line 181 of file passwordfile.h.

◆ encryptedExtendedHeader() [2/2]

const std::string & Io::PasswordFile::encryptedExtendedHeader ( ) const

inline

Returns the encrypted extended header.

Definition at line 189 of file passwordfile.h.

◆ exportToTextfile()

void Io::PasswordFile::exportToTextfile ( const std::string & targetPath ) const

Writes the current root entry to a plain text file.

No encryption is used.

Parameters

targetPath Specifies the path of the text file.

Exceptions

Throws std::ios_base::failure when an IO error occurs and std::runtime_error when no root entry is present.

Definition at line 612 of file passwordfile.cpp.

◆ extendedHeader() [1/2]

std::string & Io::PasswordFile::extendedHeader ( )

inline

Returns the extended header.

Definition at line 165 of file passwordfile.h.

◆ extendedHeader() [2/2]

const std::string & Io::PasswordFile::extendedHeader ( ) const

inline

Returns the extended header.

Definition at line 173 of file passwordfile.h.

◆ fileStream()

CppUtilities::NativeFileStream & Io::PasswordFile::fileStream ( )

inline

Returns the underlying file stream.

Definition at line 100 of file passwordfile.h.

◆ generateRootEntry()

void Io::PasswordFile::generateRootEntry ( )

Generates a new root entry for the file.

Definition at line 149 of file passwordfile.cpp.

◆ hasRootEntry()

bool Io::PasswordFile::hasRootEntry ( ) const

Returns an indication whether a root entry is present.

See also: generateRootEntry(); rootEntry()

Definition at line 677 of file passwordfile.cpp.

◆ isEncryptionUsed()

bool Io::PasswordFile::isEncryptionUsed ( )

Returns an indication whether encryption is used and the file is open; returns always false otherwise.

Remarks: This method is meant to determine whether encryption is used before loading the file. If the file has already been loaded, use preferably saveOptions().

Definition at line 728 of file passwordfile.cpp.

◆ isOpen()

bool Io::PasswordFile::isOpen ( ) const

inline

Returns an indication whether the file is open.

Definition at line 157 of file passwordfile.h.

◆ load()

void Io::PasswordFile::load ( )

Reads the contents of the file.

Opens the file if not already opened. Replaces the current root entry with the new one constructed from the file contents.

Exceptions

Throws	ios_base::failure when an IO error occurs.
Throws	Io::ParsingException when a parsing error occurs.
Throws	Io::CryptoException when a decryption error occurs.
Throws	CppUtilities::ConversionException when a conversion error occurs.

Definition at line 177 of file passwordfile.cpp.

◆ mininumVersion()

std::uint32_t Io::PasswordFile::mininumVersion ( PasswordFileSaveFlags options ) const

Returns the minimum file version required to write the current instance with the specified options.

Remarks: This version will be used by save() and write() when passing the same options.

Definition at line 379 of file passwordfile.cpp.

◆ open()

void Io::PasswordFile::open ( PasswordFileOpenFlags options = PasswordFileOpenFlags::Default )

Opens the file.

Does not load the contents (see load()).

Exceptions

Throws ios_base::failure when an IO error occurs.

Definition at line 119 of file passwordfile.cpp.

◆ opened()

void Io::PasswordFile::opened ( )

Handles the file being opened.

Call this method after opening a file directly via the underlying fileStream().

Definition at line 136 of file passwordfile.cpp.

◆ openOptions()

PasswordFileOpenFlags Io::PasswordFile::openOptions ( ) const

inline

Returns the options used to open the file.

Definition at line 206 of file passwordfile.h.

◆ password()

const std::string & Io::PasswordFile::password ( ) const

inline

Returns the current password.

It will be used when loading or saving using encryption.

Definition at line 125 of file passwordfile.h.

◆ path()

const std::string & Io::PasswordFile::path ( ) const

inline

Returns the current file path.

Definition at line 108 of file passwordfile.h.

◆ rootEntry() [1/2]

NodeEntry * Io::PasswordFile::rootEntry ( )

Returns the root entry if present or nullptr otherwise.

Definition at line 693 of file passwordfile.cpp.

◆ rootEntry() [2/2]

const NodeEntry * Io::PasswordFile::rootEntry ( ) const

Returns the root entry if present or nullptr otherwise.

Definition at line 685 of file passwordfile.cpp.

◆ save()

void Io::PasswordFile::save ( PasswordFileSaveFlags options = PasswordFileSaveFlags::Default )

Writes the current root entry to the file under path() replacing its previous contents.

Parameters

options Specify the features (like encryption and compression) to be used.

Exceptions

Throws	std::ios_base::failure when an IO error occurs.
Throws	std::filesystem::filesystem_error when a filesystem error occurs.
Throws	Io::CryptoException when an encryption error occurs.
Throws	std::runtime_error when no root entry is present or a compression error occurs.

Definition at line 399 of file passwordfile.cpp.

◆ saveOptions()

PasswordFileSaveFlags Io::PasswordFile::saveOptions ( ) const

inline

Returns the save options used the last time when saving the file.

Definition at line 214 of file passwordfile.h.

◆ setPassword() [1/2]

void Io::PasswordFile::setPassword	(	const char *	password,
		const std::size_t	passwordSize )

◆ setPassword() [2/2]

void Io::PasswordFile::setPassword ( const std::string & password )

inline

Sets the current password.

It will be used when loading an encrypted file or when saving using encryption.

Definition at line 133 of file passwordfile.h.

◆ setPath()

void Io::PasswordFile::setPath ( const std::string & value )

Sets the current file path.

Closes the file if currently opened.

Definition at line 712 of file passwordfile.cpp.

◆ size()

size_t Io::PasswordFile::size ( )

Returns the size of the file if the file is open; otherwise returns zero.

Definition at line 754 of file passwordfile.cpp.

◆ summary()

string Io::PasswordFile::summary ( PasswordFileSaveFlags saveOptions ) const

Returns a summary about the file (version, used features, statistics).

Definition at line 766 of file passwordfile.cpp.

◆ version()

std::uint32_t Io::PasswordFile::version ( ) const

inline

Returns the file version used the last time when saving the file (the version of the file as it is on the disk).

Remarks: The version might change when re-saving with different options. See mininumVersion().

Definition at line 198 of file passwordfile.h.

◆ write()

void Io::PasswordFile::write ( PasswordFileSaveFlags options = PasswordFileSaveFlags::Default )

Writes the current root entry to the file which is assumed to be opened and writeable.

Parameters

options Specify the features (like encryption and compression) to be used.

Exceptions

Throws	std::ios_base::failure when an IO error occurs.
Throws	Io::CryptoException when an encryption error occurs.
Throws	std::runtime_error when no root entry is present, a compression error occurs.

Definition at line 445 of file passwordfile.cpp.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

io/passwordfile.h
io/passwordfile.cpp

Public Member Functions

Detailed Description

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ PasswordFile() [1/4]

◆ PasswordFile() [2/4]

◆ PasswordFile() [3/4]

◆ PasswordFile() [4/4]

◆ ~PasswordFile()

Member Function Documentation

◆ clear()

◆ clearEntries()

◆ clearPassword()

◆ clearPath()

◆ close()

◆ create()

◆ doBackup()

◆ encryptedExtendedHeader() [1/2]

◆ encryptedExtendedHeader() [2/2]

◆ exportToTextfile()

◆ extendedHeader() [1/2]

◆ extendedHeader() [2/2]

◆ fileStream()

◆ generateRootEntry()

◆ hasRootEntry()

◆ isEncryptionUsed()

◆ isOpen()

◆ load()

◆ mininumVersion()

◆ open()

◆ opened()

◆ openOptions()

◆ password()

◆ path()

◆ rootEntry() [1/2]

◆ rootEntry() [2/2]

◆ save()

◆ saveOptions()

◆ setPassword() [1/2]

◆ setPassword() [2/2]

◆ setPath()

◆ size()

◆ summary()

◆ version()

◆ write()