kde-workspace/libs/konq/kversioncontrolplugin.h

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#ifndef KVERSIONCONTROLPLUGIN_H
#define KVERSIONCONTROLPLUGIN_H

#include <konq_export.h>

#include <QObject>
#include <QAction>

class KFileItem;
class KFileItemList;

/**
 * @brief Base class for version control plugins.
 *
 * Enables the file manager to show the version state
 * of a versioned file. To write a custom plugin, the following
 * steps are required (in the example below it is assumed that a plugin for
 * Subversion will be written):
 *
 * - Create a fileviewsvnplugin.desktop file with the following content:
 *   <code>
 *   [Desktop Entry]
 *   Type=Service
 *   Name=Subversion
 *   X-KDE-ServiceTypes=FileViewVersionControlPlugin
 *   MimeType=text/plain;
 *   X-KDE-Library=fileviewsvnplugin
 *   </code>
 *
 * - Create a class FileViewSvnPlugin derived from KVersionControlPlugin and
 *   implement all abstract interfaces (fileviewsvnplugin.h, fileviewsvnplugin.cpp).
 *
 * - Take care that the constructor has the following signature:
 *   <code>
 *   FileViewSvnPlugin(QObject* parent, const QList<QVariant>& args);
 *   </code>
 *
 * - Add the following lines at the top of fileviewsvnplugin.cpp:
 *   <code>
 *   #include <KPluginFactory>
 *   #include <KPluginLoader>
 *   K_PLUGIN_FACTORY(FileViewSvnPluginFactory, registerPlugin<FileViewSvnPlugin>();)
 *   K_EXPORT_PLUGIN(FileViewSvnPluginFactory("fileviewsvnplugin"))
 *   </code>
 *
 * - Add the following lines to your CMakeLists.txt file:
 *   <code>
 *   kde4_add_plugin(fileviewsvnplugin fileviewsvnplugin.cpp)
 *   target_link_libraries(fileviewsvnplugin konq)
 *   install(FILES fileviewsvnplugin.desktop DESTINATION ${KDE4_SERVICES_INSTALL_DIR})
 *   </code>
 *
 * General implementation notes:
 *
 *  - The implementations of beginRetrieval(), endRetrieval() and versionState()
 *    can contain blocking operations, as Dolphin will execute
 *    those methods in a separate thread. It is assured that
 *    all other methods are invoked in a serialized way, so that it is not necessary for
 *    the plugin to use any mutex.
 *
 * -  Dolphin keeps only one instance of the plugin, which is instantiated shortly after
 *    starting Dolphin. Take care that the constructor does no expensive and time
 *    consuming operations.
 *
 * @since 4.8
 */
class KONQ_EXPORT KVersionControlPlugin : public QObject
{
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    enum ItemVersion
    {
        /** The file is not under version control. */
        UnversionedVersion,
        /**
         * The file is under version control and represents
         * the latest version.
         */
        NormalVersion,
        /**
         * The file is under version control and has been
         * modified locally. All modifications will be part
         * of the next commit.
         */
        LocallyModifiedVersion,
        /**
         * The file has not been under version control but
         * has been marked to get added with the next commit.
         */
        AddedVersion,
        /**
         * The file is under version control but has been marked
         * for getting removed with the next commit.
         */
        RemovedVersion,
        /**
         * The file is under version control and has been locally
         * modified. A modification has also been done on the main
         * branch.
         */
        ConflictingVersion,
        /**
         * The file is not under version control and is listed
         * in the ignore list of the version control system.
         * @since 4.8
         */
        IgnoredVersion
    };

    KVersionControlPlugin(QObject* parent = 0);
    virtual ~KVersionControlPlugin();

    /**
     * Returns the name of the file which stores
     * the version controls information.
     * (e. g. .svn, .cvs, .git).
     */
    virtual QString fileName() const = 0;

    /**
     * Is invoked whenever the version control
     * information will get retrieved for the directory
     * \p directory. It is assured that the directory
     * contains a trailing slash.
     */
    virtual bool beginRetrieval(const QString& directory) = 0;

    /**
     * Is invoked after the version control information has been
     * received. It is assured that
     * KVersionControlPlugin::beginInfoRetrieval() has been
     * invoked before.
     */
    virtual void endRetrieval() = 0;

    /**
     * @return The version for the item \p item.
     *         It is assured that KVersionControlPlugin::beginInfoRetrieval() has been
     *         invoked before and that the file is part of the directory specified
     *         in beginInfoRetrieval().
     */
    virtual ItemVersion itemVersion(const KFileItem& item) const = 0;

    /**
     * @return List of actions that are available for the items \p items.
     *         It is recommended to keep the number of returned actions small
     *         in case if an item is an unversioned directory that is not
     *         inside the hierarchy tree of the version control system. This
     *         prevents having a cluttered context menu for directories
     *         outside the version control system.
     */
    virtual QList<QAction*> actions(const KFileItemList& items) const = 0;

signals:
    /**
     * Should be emitted when the version state of items might have been changed
     * after the last retrieval (e. g. by executing a context menu action
     * of the version control plugin). The file manager will be triggered to
     * update the version states of the directory \p directory by invoking
     * KVersionControlPlugin::beginRetrieval(),
     * KVersionControlPlugin::itemVersion() and
     * KVersionControlPlugin::endRetrieval().
     */
    void itemVersionsChanged();

    /**
     * Is emitted if an information message with the content \a msg
     * should be shown.
     */
    void infoMessage(const QString& msg);

    /**
     * Is emitted if an error message with the content \a msg
     * should be shown.
     */
    void errorMessage(const QString& msg);

    /**
     * Is emitted if an "operation completed" message with the content \a msg
     * should be shown.
     */
    void operationCompletedMessage(const QString& msg);
};

#endif // KVERSIONCONTROLPLUGIN_H