kdelibs/kdecore/util/kdedmodule.h

/*
   This file is part of the KDE libraries

   Copyright (c) 2001 Waldo Bastian <bastian@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 KDEDMODULE_H
#define KDEDMODULE_H

#include <kdecore_export.h>

#include <QObject>
#include <QString>
#include <QDBusObjectPath>

class KDEDModulePrivate;
class Kded;

/**
 * \class KDEDModule kdedmodule.h <KDEDModule>
 * 
 * The base class for KDED modules.
 *
 * KDED modules are realized as shared
 * libraries that are loaded on-demand into kded at runtime.
 *
 * See kdelibs/kded/HOWTO for documentation about writing kded modules.
 *
 * @author Waldo Bastian <bastian@kde.org>
 */
class KDECORE_EXPORT KDEDModule: public QObject
{
    Q_OBJECT
    Q_CLASSINFO("D-Bus Interface", "org.kde.KDEDModule")

    friend class Kded;
public:
    explicit KDEDModule(QObject *parent = nullptr);
    virtual ~KDEDModule();

    /**
     * @internal called by kded after loading a module
     * The module name is set from the path of the desktop file, and is
     * used to register the module to D-Bus.
     */
    void setModuleName(const QString &name);

    QString moduleName() const;

Q_SIGNALS:
    /**
     * Emitted when the module is being deleted.
     */
     void moduleDeleted(KDEDModule *);

    /**
     * Emitted after the module is registered successfully with D-Bus
     *
     * @since 4.2
     */
    void moduleRegistered(const QDBusObjectPath &path);

private:
    KDEDModulePrivate* const d;
};

#endif // KDEDMODULE_H