kde-playground/kdepim/libkdepim/ldap/ldapclient.h

/* kldapclient.h - LDAP access
 *      Copyright (C) 2002 Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB
 *
 *      Author: Steffen Hansen <hansen@kde.org>
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Library General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
 * along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
 * the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
 * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 */

#ifndef KLDAP_LDAPCLIENT_H
#define KLDAP_LDAPCLIENT_H

#include "libkdepim/kdepim_export.h"

#include <QtCore/QObject>
#include <QtCore/QStringList>

class KJob;

namespace KLDAP {

class LdapObject;
class LdapServer;

/**
 * @short An object that represents a configured LDAP server.
 *
 * This class represents a client that to an LDAP server that
 * can be used for LDAP lookups. Every client is identified by
 * a unique numeric id.
 *
 * @since 4.5
 */
class KDEPIM_EXPORT LdapClient : public QObject
{
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    /**
     * Creates a new ldap client.
     *
     * @param clientNumber The unique number of this client.
     * @param parent The parent object.
     */
    explicit LdapClient( int clientNumber, QObject *parent = 0 );

    /**
     * Destroys the ldap client.
     */
    virtual ~LdapClient();

    /**
     * Returns the number of this client.
     */
    int clientNumber() const;

    /**
     * Returns whether this client is currently running
     * a search query.
     */
    bool isActive() const;

    /**
     * Sets the completion @p weight of this client.
     *
     * This value will be used to sort the results of this
     * client when used for auto completion.
     */
    void setCompletionWeight( int weight );

    /**
     * Returns the completion weight of this client.
     */
    int completionWeight() const;

    /**
     * Sets the LDAP @p server information that shall be
     * used by this client.
     */
    void setServer( const KLDAP::LdapServer &server );

    /**
     * Returns the ldap server information that are used
     * by this client.
     */
    const KLDAP::LdapServer server() const;

    /**
     * Sets the LDAP @p attributes that should be returned
     * in the query result.
     *
     * Pass an empty list to include all available attributes.
     */
    void setAttributes( const QStringList &attributes );

    /**
     * Returns the LDAP attributes that should be returned
     * in the query result.
     */
    QStringList attributes() const;

    /**
     * Sets the @p scope of the LDAP query.
     *
     * Valid values are 'one' or 'sub'.
     */
    void setScope( const QString scope );

    /**
     * Starts the query with the given @p filter.
     */
    void startQuery( const QString &filter );

    /**
     * Cancels a running query.
     */
    void cancelQuery();

Q_SIGNALS:
    /**
     * This signal is emitted when the query has finished.
     */
    void done();

    /**
     * This signal is emitted in case of an error.
     *
     * @param message A message that describes the error.
     */
    void error( const QString &message );

    /**
     * This signal is emitted once for each object that is
     * returned from the query
     */
    void result( const KLDAP::LdapClient &client, const KLDAP::LdapObject& );

private:
    //@cond PRIVATE
    class Private;
    Private* const d;

    Q_PRIVATE_SLOT( d, void slotData( KIO::Job*, const QByteArray& ) )
    Q_PRIVATE_SLOT( d, void slotData( const QByteArray& ) )
    Q_PRIVATE_SLOT( d, void slotInfoMessage( KJob*, const QString&, const QString& ) )
    Q_PRIVATE_SLOT( d, void slotDone() )
    //@endcond
};

}

#endif