/* This file is part of the KDE libraries Copyright (C) 2000 Simon Hausmann Copyright (C) 2000 Kurt Granroth This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation. 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 KXMLGUICLIENT_H #define KXMLGUICLIENT_H #include #include #include #include #include #include #include class KActionCollection; class KComponentData; class KXMLGUIClientPrivate; class KXMLGUIFactory; class KXMLGUIBuilder; namespace KDEPrivate { class KEditToolBarWidget; } /** * * A KXMLGUIClient can be used with KXMLGUIFactory to create a * GUI from actions and an XML document, and can be dynamically merged * with other KXMLGUIClients. */ class KDEUI_EXPORT KXMLGUIClient { friend class KDEPrivate::KEditToolBarWidget; // for setXMLFile(3 args) public: /** * Constructs a KXMLGUIClient which can be used with a * KXMLGUIFactory to create a GUI from actions and an XML document, and * which can be dynamically merged with other KXMLGUIClients. */ KXMLGUIClient(); /** * Constructs a KXMLGUIClient which can be used with a KXMLGUIFactory * to create a GUI from actions and an XML document, * and which can be dynamically merged with other KXMLGUIClients. * * This constructor takes an additional @p parent argument, which makes * the client a child client of the parent. * * Child clients are automatically added to the GUI if the parent is added. * */ explicit KXMLGUIClient( KXMLGUIClient *parent ); /** * Destructs the KXMLGUIClient. * * If the client was in a factory, the factory is NOT informed about the client * being removed. This is a feature, it makes window destruction fast (the xmlgui * is not updated for every client being deleted), but if you want to simply remove * one client and to keep using the window, make sure to call factory->removeClient(client) * before deleting the client. */ virtual ~KXMLGUIClient(); /** * Retrieves an action of the client by name. If not found, it looks in its child clients. * This method is provided for convenience, as it uses actionCollection() * to get the action object. */ QAction* action( const char* name ) const; /** * Retrieves an action for a given QDomElement. The default * implementation uses the "name" attribute to query the action * object via the other action() method. */ virtual QAction *action( const QDomElement &element ) const; /** * Retrieves the entire action collection for the GUI client. */ virtual KActionCollection* actionCollection() const; /** * @return The componentData ( KComponentData ) for this GUI client. */ virtual KComponentData componentData() const; /** * @return The parsed XML in a QDomDocument, set by * setXMLFile() or setXML(). * This document describes the layout of the GUI. */ virtual QDomDocument domDocument() const; /** * This will return the name of the XML file as set by setXMLFile(). * If setXML() is used directly, then this will return NULL. * * The filename that this returns is obvious for components as each * component has exactly one XML file. In non-components, however, * there are usually two: the global file and the local file. This * function doesn't really care about that, though. It will always * return the last XML file set. This, in almost all cases, will * be the local XML file. * * @return The name of the XML file or QString() */ virtual QString xmlFile() const; virtual QString localXMLFile() const; /** * @internal */ void setXMLGUIBuildDocument( const QDomDocument &doc ); /** * @internal */ QDomDocument xmlguiBuildDocument() const; /** * This method is called by the KXMLGUIFactory as soon as the client * is added to the KXMLGUIFactory's GUI. */ void setFactory( KXMLGUIFactory *factory ); /** * Retrieves a pointer to the KXMLGUIFactory this client is * associated with (will return 0 if the client's GUI has not been built * by a KXMLGUIFactory. */ KXMLGUIFactory *factory() const; /** * KXMLGUIClients can form a simple child/parent object tree. This * method returns a pointer to the parent client or 0 if it has no * parent client assigned. */ KXMLGUIClient *parentClient() const; /** * Use this method to make a client a child client of another client. * Usually you don't need to call this method, as it is called * automatically when using the second constructor, which takes a * parent argument. */ void insertChildClient( KXMLGUIClient *child ); /** * Removes the given @p child from the client's children list. */ void removeChildClient( KXMLGUIClient *child ); /** * Retrieves a list of all child clients. */ QList childClients(); /** * A client can have an own KXMLGUIBuilder. * Use this method to assign your builder instance to the client (so that the * KXMLGUIFactory can use it when building the client's GUI) * * Client specific guibuilders are useful if you want to create * custom container widgets for your GUI. */ void setClientBuilder( KXMLGUIBuilder *builder ); /** * Retrieves the client's GUI builder or 0 if no client specific * builder has been assigned via setClientBuilder() */ KXMLGUIBuilder *clientBuilder() const; /** * Forces this client to re-read its XML resource file. This is * intended to be used when you know that the resource file has * changed and you will soon be rebuilding the GUI. This will only have * an effect if the client is then removed and re-added to the factory. * * This method is only for child clients, do not call it for a mainwindow! * For a mainwindow, use loadStandardsXmlFile + setXmlFile(xmlFile()) instead. */ void reloadXML(); /** * ActionLists are a way for XMLGUI to support dynamic lists of * actions. E.g. if you are writing a file manager, and there is a * menu file whose contents depend on the mimetype of the file that * is selected, then you can achieve this using ActionLists. It * works as follows: * In your xxxui.rc file ( the one that you set in setXMLFile() / pass to setupGUI() * ), you put a tag \. * * Example: * \code * * * * ... * * ... * * ... * * * \endcode * * This tag will get expanded to a list of actions. In the example * above ( a file manager with a dynamic file menu ), you would call * \code * QList file_actions; * for( ... ) * if( ... ) * file_actions.append( cool_action ); * unplugActionList( "xxx_file_actionlist" ); * plugActionList( "xxx_file_actionlist", file_actions ); * \endcode * every time a file is selected, unselected or ... * * \note You should not call createGUI() after calling this * function. In fact, that would remove the newly added * actionlists again... * \note Forgetting to call unplugActionList() before * plugActionList() would leave the previous actions in the * menu too.. * \see unplugActionList() */ void plugActionList( const QString &name, const QList &actionList ); /** * Unplugs the action list \p name from the XMLGUI. * Calling this removes the specified action list, i.e. this is the * complement to plugActionList(). See plugActionList() for a more * detailed example. * \see plugActionList() */ void unplugActionList( const QString &name ); static QString findMostRecentXMLFile( const QStringList &files, QString &doc ); void addStateActionEnabled(const QString& state, const QString& action); void addStateActionDisabled(const QString& state, const QString& action); enum ReverseStateChange { StateNoReverse, StateReverse }; struct StateChange { QStringList actionsToEnable; QStringList actionsToDisable; }; StateChange getActionsToChangeForState(const QString& state); void beginXMLPlug( QWidget * ); void endXMLPlug(); void prepareXMLUnplug( QWidget * ); /** * Sets a new xmlFile() and localXMLFile(). The purpose of this public * method is to allow non-inherited objects to replace the ui definition * of an embedded client with a customized version. It corresponds to the * usual calls to setXMLFile() and setLocalXMLFile(). * * @param xmlfile The xml file to use. Contrary to setXMLFile(), this * must be an absolute file path. * @param localxmfile The local xml file to set. This should be the full path * to a writeable file, usually inside * KStandardDirs::localkdedir(). You can set this to * QString(), but no user changes to shortcuts / toolbars * will be possible in this case. @see setLocalXMLFile() * @param merge Whether to merge with the global document * * @note If in any doubt whether you need this or not, use setXMLFile() * and setLocalXMLFile(), instead of this function. * @note Just like setXMLFile(), this function has to be called before * the client is added to a KXMLGUIFactory in order to have an * effect. * * @since 4.4 */ void replaceXMLFile( const QString& xmlfile, const QString& localxmlfile, bool merge = false ); protected: /** * Returns true if client was added to super client list. * Returns false if client was already in list. */ //bool addSuperClient( KXMLGUIClient * ); /** * Sets the componentData ( KComponentData) for this part. * * Call this first in the inherited class constructor. * (At least before setXMLFile().) */ virtual void setComponentData(const KComponentData &componentData); /** * Sets the name of the rc file containing the XML for the part. * * Call this in the inherited class constructor for parts. * NOTE: for mainwindows, don't call this, pass the name of the xml file * to KXmlGuiWindow::setupGUI() or KXmlGuiWindow::createGUI(). * * @param file Either an absolute path for the file, or simply the * filename, which will then be assumed to be installed * in the "data" resource, under a directory named like * the componentData. * If you pass an absolute path here, make sure to also call * setLocalXMLFile, otherwise toolbar editing won't work. * @param merge Whether to merge with the global document. * @param setXMLDoc Specify whether to call setXML. Default is true. **/ virtual void setXMLFile( const QString& file, bool merge = false, bool setXMLDoc = true ); /** * Load the ui_standards.rc file. Usually followed by setXMLFile(xmlFile, true), for merging. * @since 4.6 */ void loadStandardsXmlFile(); /** * Set the full path to the "local" xml file, the one used for saving * toolbar and shortcut changes. You normally don't need to call this, * if you pass a simple filename to setXMLFile. */ virtual void setLocalXMLFile( const QString &file ); /** * Sets the XML for the part. * * Call this in the Part-inherited class constructor if you * don't call setXMLFile(). **/ virtual void setXML( const QString &document, bool merge = false ); /** * Sets the Document for the part, describing the layout of the GUI. * * Call this in the Part-inherited class constructor if you don't call * setXMLFile or setXML. * * WARNING: using this method is not recommended. Many code paths * lead to reloading from the XML file on disk. And editing toolbars requires * that the result is written to disk anyway, and loaded from there the next time. * * For application-specific changes to a client's XML, it is a better idea to * save the modified dom document to an app/default-client.xml and define a local-xml-file * to something specific like app/local-client.xml, using replaceXMLFile. */ virtual void setDOMDocument( const QDomDocument &document, bool merge = false ); /** * Actions can collectively be assigned a "State". To accomplish this * the respective actions are tagged as \ or \ in * a \ \ group of the XMLfile. During program execution the * programmer can call stateChanged() to set actions to a defined state. * * @param newstate Name of a State in the XMLfile. * @param reverse If the flag reverse is set to StateReverse, the State is reversed. * (actions to be enabled will be disabled and action to be disabled will be enabled) * Default is reverse=false. */ virtual void stateChanged(const QString &newstate, ReverseStateChange reverse = StateNoReverse); // KDE5 TODO: virtual void loadActionLists() {}, called when the guiclient is added to the xmlgui factory private: KXMLGUIClientPrivate * const d; }; #endif