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#ifndef STRIP_SELECTOR_H
#define STRIP_SELECTOR_H

#include <QtCore/QObject>

#include "comicinfo.h"

class ComicData;
class QDate;

/**
 * Enables users to visually select a strip they want to navigate to.
 * Subclasses implement different Selectors for the different comic
 * types.
 * @note use the StripSelectorFactory to retrieve an appropriate
 * StripSelector
 */
class StripSelector : public QObject
{
    Q_OBJECT

    public:
        virtual ~StripSelector();

        /**
         * Select a strip depending on the subclass
         * @param currentStrip the currently active strip
         * @note StripSelector takes care to delete itself
         */
        virtual void select(const ComicData &currentStrip) = 0;

    signals:
        /**
         * @param strip the selected strip, can be empty
         * 
         */
        void stripChosen(const QString &strip);

    protected:
        explicit StripSelector(QObject *parent = 0);
};

/**
 * Class to retrrieve the correct StripSelector depending on the
 * specified IdentifierType
 */
class StripSelectorFactory
{
    public:
        static StripSelector *create(IdentifierType type);
};

#endif