history.h 3.27 KB
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/**
 * @file history.h
 *
 * Simple command history for the PX4 shell (pxh).
 *
 * This allows to go back in the history of entered commands.
 * Additionally, before going back in the history, the current prompt can get saved.
 *
 * @author Julian Oes <julian@oes.ch>
 */
#pragma once

#include <vector>
#include <string>

namespace px4_daemon
{

class History
{
public:
	/**
	 * Try to append the current line to the history.
	 * Ignore the line if it is empty or duplicate of the
	 * last added one.
	 *
	 * Drop the first entry of the history if we reach the
	 * MAX_HISTORY_SIZE.
	 *
	 * @param line: command line to be added.
	 */
	void try_to_add(const std::string &line);

	/**
	 * After executing a command in the shell, we want to be at
	 * the end of the history again.
	 */
	void reset_to_end();

	/**
	 * If we start scrolling up in the history, we can try to save
	 * the current command line. When we scroll back down, we can
	 * get it out again.
	 *
	 * @param line: line to be saved
	 */
	void try_to_save_current_line(const std::string &line);


	/**
	 * Set the previous (earlier) command from the history.
	 *
	 * @param line: swap to previous line if available.
	 */
	void get_previous(std::string &line);

	/**
	 * Set the next (more recent) command from the history.
	 *
	 * @param line: swap to next line if available, otherwise saved current.
	 */
	void get_next(std::string &line);

	static const unsigned MAX_HISTORY_SIZE = 100;
private:
	std::vector<std::string> _history;
	std::vector<std::string>::iterator _current_history_entry;
	std::string _current_line;
};

} // namespace px4_daemon