WinFirefoxProfileSource.java

package com.github.markusbernhardt.proxy.search.browser.firefox;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

import com.sun.jna.platform.win32.Shell32Util;
import com.sun.jna.platform.win32.ShlObj;

/*****************************************************************************
 * Finds the Firefox profile on Windows platforms. On Windows the profiles are
 * located in the users appdata directory under:
 * <p>
 * <i>Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\</i>
 * </p>
 * The location of the appdata folder is read from the windows registry.
 *
 * @author Markus Bernhardt, Copyright 2016
 * @author Bernd Rosstauscher, Copyright 2009
 ****************************************************************************/

// TODO 02.06.2015 bros Format has changed in newer versions of firefox.

class WinFirefoxProfileSource implements FirefoxProfileSource {

	/*************************************************************************
	 * Constructor
	 ************************************************************************/

	public WinFirefoxProfileSource() {
		super();
	}

	/*************************************************************************
	 * Reads the current location of the app data folder from the registry.
	 * 
	 * @return a path to the folder.
	 ************************************************************************/

	private String getAppFolder() {
		return Shell32Util.getFolderPath(ShlObj.CSIDL_APPDATA);
	}

	/*************************************************************************
	 * Get profiles.ini for the Windows Firefox profile
	 * 
	 * @throws IOException
	 *             on error.
	 ************************************************************************/

	@Override
	public File getProfilesIni() throws IOException {
		File appDataDir = new File(getAppFolder());
		return new File(appDataDir, "Mozilla" + File.separator + "Firefox" + File.separator + "profiles.ini");
	}

}