kdelibs/kdeui/kernel/ktoolinvocation.h

/* This file is part of the KDE libraries
    Copyright (c) 1997-1999 Matthias Kalle Dalheimer <kalle@kde.org>
    Copyright (c) 1997-2000 Matthias Ettrich <ettrich@troll.no>
    Copyright (c) 1998-2005 Stephan Kulow <coolo@kde.org>
    Copyright (c) 1999-2004 Waldo Bastian <bastian@kde.org>
    Copyright (c) 2001-2005 Lubos Lunak <l.lunak@kde.org>
    Copyright (C) 2008 Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>

    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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*/

#ifndef KTOOLINVOCATION_H
#define KTOOLINVOCATION_H

#include <kdecore_export.h>

#include <QStringList>
#include <QDBusInterface>

class KUrl;

/**
 * KToolInvocation: for starting other programs
 *
 * @section desktopfiles Desktop files for startServiceBy
 *
 * The way a service gets started depends on the 'X-DBUS-StartupType'
 * entry in the desktop file of the service:
 *
 * There are three possibilities:
 * @li X-DBUS-StartupType=None (default)
 *    Always start a new service,
 *    don't wait till the service registers with D-Bus.
 * @li X-DBUS-StartupType=Multi
 *    Always start a new service,
 *    wait until the service has registered with D-Bus.
 * @li X-DBUS-StartupType=Unique
 *    Only start the service if it isn't already running,
 *    wait until the service has registered with D-Bus.
 * The .desktop file can specify the name that the application will use when registering
 * using X-DBUS-ServiceName=org.domain.mykapp. Otherwise org.kde.binaryname is assumed.
 *
 * @section thread Multi-threading
 *
 * The static members (apart from self()), have to be called from the QApplication main thread.
 * Calls to members are only allowed if there is a Q(Core)Application object created
 * If you call the members with signal/slot connections across threads, you can't use the return values
 * If a function is called from the wrong thread and it has a return value -1 is returned
 * Investigate if this is really needed or if D-Bus is threadsafe anyway
 *
 * For more details see <a
 * href="http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Architecture/KDE4/Starting_Other_Programs#KToolInvocation::startServiceByDesktopPath">techbase</a>.
 *
 */
class KDECORE_EXPORT KToolInvocation : public QObject
{

  Q_OBJECT
private:
    KToolInvocation();
public:
    // @internal
    ~KToolInvocation();
    static KToolInvocation *self();

public Q_SLOTS:
  /**
   * Invokes the KHelpCenter HTML help viewer from docbook sources.
   *
   * @param anchor      This has to be a defined anchor in your
   *                    docbook sources. If empty the main index
   *                    is loaded
   * @param appname     This allows you to show the help of another
   *                    application. If empty the current name() is
   *                    used
   * @param startup_id for app startup notification, "0" for none,
   *           "" ( empty string ) is the default
   */

  static void invokeHelp(const QString &anchor = QString(),
                         const QString &appname = QString(),
                         const QByteArray &startup_id = QByteArray());

  /**
   * Convenience method; invokes the standard email application.
   *
   * @param address The destination address
   * @param subject Subject string. Can be QString().
   * @param startup_id for app startup notification, "0" for none,
   *           "" ( empty string ) is the default
   */
  static void invokeMailer(const QString &address, const QString &subject,
                           const QByteArray &startup_id = QByteArray());

  /**
   * Invokes the standard email application.
   *
   * @param mailtoURL A mailto URL.
   * @param startup_id for app startup notification, "0" for none,
   *           "" ( empty string ) is the default
   * @param allowAttachments whether attachments specified in mailtoURL should be honoured.
               The default is false; do not honor requests for attachments.
   */
  static void invokeMailer(const KUrl &mailtoURL, const QByteArray &startup_id = QByteArray(),
                           bool allowAttachments = false);

  /**
   * Convenience method; invokes the standard email application.
   *
   * All parameters are optional.
   *
   * @param to          The destination address.
   * @param cc          The Cc field
   * @param subject     Subject string
   * @param body        A string containing the body of the mail
   * @param attachURLs  List of URLs to be attached to the mail.
   * @param startup_id for app startup notification, "0" for none,
   *           "" ( empty string ) is the default
   */
  static void invokeMailer(const QString &to, const QString &cc,
                           const QString &subject, const QString &body,
                           const QStringList &attachURLs = QStringList(),
                           const QByteArray &startup_id = QByteArray());

  /**
   * Invokes the user's preferred browser.
   * Note that you should only do this when you know for sure that the browser can
   * handle the URL (i.e. its mimetype). In doubt, if the URL can point to an image
   * or anything else than HTML, prefer to use new KRun( url ).
   *
   * See also <a
   * href="http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Architecture/KDE4/Starting_Other_Programs#KToolInvocation::invokeBrowser>techbase</a>
   * for a discussion of invokeBrowser vs KRun.
   *
   * @param url The destination address
   * @param startup_id for app startup notification, "0" for none,
   *           "" ( empty string ) is the default
   */
  static void invokeBrowser(const QString &url,
                            const QByteArray &startup_id = QByteArray());

  /**
   * Invokes the standard terminal application.
   *
   * @param command the command to execute, can be empty.
   * @param workdir the initial working directory, can be empty.
   * @param startup_id for app startup notification, "0" for none,
   *           "" ( empty string ) is the default
   *
   * @since 4.1
   */
  static void invokeTerminal(const QString &command,
                             const QString &workdir = QString(),
                             const QByteArray &startup_id = "");

public:
  /**
   * Set environment variable of the launcher.
   * E.g. "SESSION_MANAGER"
   *
   * @param name the environment variable name
   * @param value the environment variable value
   */
  static void setLaunchEnv(const QString &name, const QString &value);

  /**
   * Starts a service based on the desktop path of the service.
   * E.g. "Applications/konqueror.desktop" or "/home/user/bla/myfile.desktop"
   *
   * @param name the path of the desktop file
   * @param URL if not empty this URL is passed to the service
   * @param error On failure, @p error contains a description of the error
   *         that occurred. If the pointer is 0, the argument will be
   *         ignored
   * @param startup_id for app startup notification, "0" for none,
   *           "" ( empty string ) is the default
   * @return an error code indicating success (== 0) or failure (> 0).
   */
  static int startServiceByDesktopPath(const QString &name, const QString &URL,
                                       QString *error = 0,
                                       const QByteArray &startup_id = QByteArray());

  /**
   * Starts a service based on the desktop path of the service.
   * E.g. "Applications/konqueror.desktop" or "/home/user/bla/myfile.desktop"
   *
   * @param name the path of the desktop file
   * @param URLs if not empty these URLs will be passed to the service
   * @param error On failure, @p error contains a description of the error
   *         that occurred. If the pointer is 0, the argument will be
   *         ignored
   * @param startup_id for app startup notification, "0" for none,
   *           "" ( empty string ) is the default
   * @return an error code indicating success (== 0) or failure (> 0).
   */
  static int startServiceByDesktopPath(const QString &name, const QStringList &URLs = QStringList(),
                                       QString *error = 0,
                                       const QByteArray &startup_id = QByteArray());

  /**
   * Starts a service based on the desktop name of the service.
   * E.g. "konqueror"
   *
   * @param name the desktop name of the service
   * @param URL if not empty this URL is passed to the service
   * @param error On failure, @p error contains a description of the error
   *         that occurred. If the pointer is 0, the argument will be
   *         ignored
   * @param startup_id for app startup notification, "0" for none,
   *           "" ( empty string ) is the default
   * @return an error code indicating success (== 0) or failure (> 0).
   */
  static int startServiceByDesktopName(const QString &name, const QString &URL,
                                       QString *error = 0,
                                       const QByteArray &startup_id = QByteArray());

  /**
   * Starts a service based on the desktop name of the service.
   * E.g. "konqueror"
   *
   * @param name the desktop name of the service
   * @param URLs if not empty these URLs will be passed to the service
   * @param error On failure, @p error contains a description of the error
   *         that occurred. If the pointer is 0, the argument will be
   *         ignored
   * @param startup_id for app startup notification, "0" for none,
   *           "" ( empty string ) is the default
   * @return an error code indicating success (== 0) or failure (> 0).
   */
  static int startServiceByDesktopName(const QString &name, const QStringList &URLs = QStringList(),
                                       QString *error = 0,
                                       const QByteArray &startup_id = QByteArray());

  /**
   * Starts a program via kdeinit.
   *
   * program name and arguments are converted to according to the
   * local encoding and passed as is to kdeinit.
   *
   * @param name Name of the program to start
   * @param args Arguments to pass to the program
   * @param error On failure, @p error contains a description of the error
   *         that occurred. If the pointer is 0, the argument will be
   *         ignored
   * @param startup_id for app startup notification, "0" for none,
   *           "" ( empty string ) is the default
   * @return an error code indicating success (== 0) or failure (> 0).
   */
  static int kdeinitExec(const QString &name, const QStringList &args = QStringList(),
                         QString *error = 0, const QByteArray &startup_id = QByteArray());

  /**
   * Starts a program via kdeinit and wait for it to finish.
   *
   * Like kdeinitExec(), but it waits till the program is finished.
   * As such it behaves similar to the system(...) function.
   *
   * @param name Name of the program to start
   * @param args Arguments to pass to the program
   * @param error On failure, @p error contains a description of the error
   *         that occurred. If the pointer is 0, the argument will be
   *         ignored
   * @param startup_id for app startup notification, "0" for none,
   *           "" ( empty string ) is the default
   * @return an error code indicating success (== 0) or failure (> 0).
   */
  static int kdeinitExecWait(const QString &name, const QStringList &args = QStringList(),
                             QString *error = 0, const QByteArray &startup_id = QByteArray());

Q_SIGNALS:
  /**
   * Hook for KApplication in kdeui
   * @internal
   */
  void kapplication_hook(QStringList &env , QByteArray &startup_id);

private:
  /**
   * @internal
   */
  int startServiceInternal(const char *_function,
                           const QString &name, const QStringList &URLs,
                           QString *error,
                           const QByteArray &startup_id,
                           const QString &workdir = QString());

  QDBusInterface *klauncherIface;
};

#endif