kdelibs/kross/core/object.h
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/***************************************************************************
* object.h
* This file is part of the KDE project
* copyright (C)2004-2006 by Sebastian Sauer (mail@dipe.org)
*
* This program 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 program 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 program; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
* the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
* Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
***************************************************************************/
#ifndef KROSS_OBJECT_H
#define KROSS_OBJECT_H
#include <QtCore/QString>
#include <QtCore/QStringList>
#include <QtCore/QMap>
#include <QtCore/QVariant>
#include <QtCore/QSharedData>
#include "krossconfig.h"
#include "errorinterface.h"
#include <ksharedptr.h>
namespace Kross {
/**
* The class Object does provide us scripting objects like
* class instances to the C++ world.
*
* This class implementates reference counting for shared
* objects. So, no need to take care of freeing objects.
*
* Sample that does use the \a Object functionality to
* pass a Javascript classinstance to C++ code which then
* calls a method the classinstance provides.
* \code
* class MyObject : public QObject
* {
* public Q_SLOTS:
* QVariant myFunction(Kross::Object::Ptr obj) {
* QVariantList args;
* return obj->callMethod("myMethod", args);
* }
* };
* \endcode
* \code
* function MyClass(result) {
* this.myMethod = function() {
* return result;
* }
* }
* var myclass = new MyClass("my string");
* var r = MyObject.myFunction(myclass);
* print(r); // prints "my string"
* \endcode
*
* \since 4.1
*/
class KROSSCORE_EXPORT Object : public QSharedData, public ErrorInterface
{
public:
/**
* Shared pointer to implement reference-counting.
*/
typedef KSharedPtr<Object> Ptr;
/**
* Default constructor.
*/
explicit Object();
/**
* Copy constructor.
*/
Object(const Object &other);
/**
* Destructor.
*/
virtual ~Object();
/**
* Pass a call to the object and evaluated it.
*
* \param name Each call has a name that says what
* should be called.
* \param args The optional list of arguments
* passed to the call.
* \return The call-result as QVariant.
*/
virtual QVariant callMethod(const QString& name,
const QVariantList& args = QVariantList());
/**
* Return a list of supported callable objects.
*
* \return List of supported calls.
*/
virtual QStringList methodNames();
private:
/// \internal d-pointer class.
class Private;
/// \internal d-pointer instance.
Private* const d;
};
}
Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(Kross::Object::Ptr)
#endif