kde-playground/kdepimlibs/syndication/specificdocument.h
Ivailo Monev a9b00154bc generic: replace forward class declarations with header inclusions
Signed-off-by: Ivailo Monev <xakepa10@laimg.moc>
2019-07-31 18:05:48 +00:00

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/*
* This file is part of the syndication library
*
* Copyright (C) 2005 Frank Osterfeld <osterfeld@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 SYNDICATION_SPECIFICDOCUMENT_H
#define SYNDICATION_SPECIFICDOCUMENT_H
#include "ksyndication_export.h"
#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
#include <QString>
namespace Syndication {
class DocumentVisitor;
class SpecificDocument;
//@cond PRIVATE
typedef boost::shared_ptr<SpecificDocument> SpecificDocumentPtr;
//@endcond
/**
* Document interface for format-specific feed documents as parsed from a
* document source (see DocumentSource).
* The Document classes from the several syndication formats must implement
* this interface. It's main purpose is to provide access for document visitors
* (see DocumentVisitor).
* Usually it is not necessary to access the format-specific document at all,
* use Feed for a format-agnostic interface to all feed documents supported by
* the library.
*
* @author Frank Osterfeld
*/
class SYNDICATION_EXPORT SpecificDocument
{
public:
/**
* virtual dtor
*/
virtual ~SpecificDocument();
/**
* This must be implemented for the double dispatch
* technique (Visitor pattern).
*
* The usual implementation is
* @code
* return visitor->visit(this);
* @endcode
*
* See also DocumentVisitor.
*
* @param visitor the visitor "visiting" this object
*/
virtual bool accept(DocumentVisitor* visitor) = 0;
/**
* Returns whether this document is valid or not.
* Invalid documents do not contain any useful
* information.
*/
virtual bool isValid() const = 0;
/**
* Returns a description of the document for debugging purposes.
*
* @return debug string
*/
virtual QString debugInfo() const = 0;
};
} // namespace Syndication
#endif // SYNDICATION_SPECIFICDOCUMENT_H