kdelibs/kio/kfile/krecentdocument.h

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#ifndef KRECENTDOCUMENT_H
#define KRECENTDOCUMENT_H

#include <kio/kio_export.h>

#include <QtCore/QString>
#include <kurl.h>

/**
 * Manage the "Recent Document Menu" entries displayed by
 * applications such as Kicker and Konqueror.
 *
 * These entries are automatically generated .desktop files pointing
 * to the current application and document.  You should call the
 * static add() method whenever the user opens or saves a new
 * document if you want it to show up in the menu.
 *
 * You don't have to worry about this if you are using any
 * KFileDialog derived class to open and save documents, as it
 * already calls this class.  User defined limits on the maximum
 * number of documents to save, etc... are all automatically handled.
 *
 * @author Daniel M. Duley <mosfet@kde.org>
 */
class KIO_EXPORT KRecentDocument
{
public:

    /**
     *
     * Return a list of absolute paths to recent document .desktop files,
     * sorted by date.
     *
     */
    static QStringList recentDocuments();

    /**
     * Add a new item to the Recent Document menu.
     *
     * @param url The url to add.
     */
    static void add(const KUrl &url);

    /**
     * Add a new item to the Recent Document menu, specifying the application to open it with.
     * The above add() method uses KGlobal::mainComponent().componentName() for the app name,
     * which isn't always flexible enough.
     * This method is used when an application launches another one to open a document.
     *
     * @param url The url to add.
     * @param desktopEntryName The desktopEntryName of the service to use for opening this document.
     */
    static void add(const KUrl &url, const QString &desktopEntryName);

    /**
     * Clear the recent document menu of all entries.
     */
    static void clear();

    /**
     * Returns the maximum amount of recent document entries allowed.
     */
    static int maximumItems();

    /**
     * Returns the path to the directory where recent document .desktop files
     * are stored.
     */
    static QString recentDocumentDirectory();
};

#endif