kde-playground/kdepimlibs/kabc/formatfactory.h
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/*
This file is part of libkabc.
Copyright (c) 2002 Tobias Koenig <tokoe@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 KABC_FORMATFACTORY_H
#define KABC_FORMATFACTORY_H
#include <QtCore/QHash>
#include <QtCore/QString>
#include <kconfig.h>
#include "format.h"
namespace KABC {
/**
* Dataype to hold information on format plugins.
*
* @see FormatFactory::info()
*/
struct FormatInfo
{
/**
* Returns whether this info object is null.
*
* An info object is considered null, when its #library string is empty.
*/
bool isNull() const { return library.isEmpty(); }
/**
* Name of a KDE plugin library, e.g.
* \code
* "kabcformat_vcard"
* \endcode
*
* Maps to the @c X-KDE-Library field of the format plugin's .desktop file
*/
QString library;
/**
* Localized string used as format's name, e.g.
* \code
* i18n( "vCard" )
* \endcode
*
* Maps to the @c Name field of the format plugin's .desktop file
*/
QString nameLabel;
/**
* Localized string to describe the format, e.g.
* \code
* i18n( "vCard format" )
* \endcode
*
* Maps to the @c Comment field of the format plugin's .desktop file
*/
QString descriptionLabel;
};
/**
* Class for loading format plugins.
*
* Example:
*
* \code
* KABC::FormatFactory *factory = KABC::FormatFactory::self();
*
* QStringList list = factory->formats();
* QStringList::Iterator it;
* for ( it = list.begin(); it != list.end(); ++it ) {
* KABC::Format *format = factory->format( (*it) );
* // do something with format
* }
* \endcode
*/
class KABC_DEPRECATED_EXPORT FormatFactory
{
public:
/**
Destructor.
*/
~FormatFactory();
/**
* Returns the global format factory.
*/
static FormatFactory *self();
/**
* Returns a pointer to a format object or a null pointer
* if format type doesn't exist.
*
* @param type The type of the format, returned by formats()
*
* @see info()
*/
Format *format( const QString &type );
/**
* Returns a list of all available format types.
*/
QStringList formats();
/**
* Returns the info structure for a special type.
*
* @param type The type of the format, returned by formats()
*
* @see format()
*/
FormatInfo info( const QString &type ) const;
protected:
FormatFactory();
private:
class Private;
Private *const d;
};
}
#endif