kdelibs/interfaces/khexedit/byteseditinterface.h

/***************************************************************************
                          byteseditinterface.h  -  description
                             -------------------
    begin                : Fri Sep 12 2003
    copyright            : (C) 2003 by Friedrich W. H. Kossebau
    email                : kossebau@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 version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.       *
 *                                                                         *
 ***************************************************************************/


#ifndef KHE_BYTESEDITINTERFACE_H
#define KHE_BYTESEDITINTERFACE_H

// KDE
#include <kservicetypetrader.h>
// Qt
#include <QtGui/QWidget>

/**
 * @short KHE (short for KHexEdit) is KDE's namespace for all things related
 * to the viewing/editing of bytes.
 */
namespace KHE
{

/**
 * @short An interface for a hex edit editor/viewer for arrays of byte
 *
 * \code
 *  KHE::BytesEditInterface *BytesEdit = KHE::bytesEditInterface( BytesEditWidget );
 * \endcode
 *
 * It can be used in different ways:
 * <ul>
 * <li> as an viewer for array char* Data, sized DataSize
 * \code
 * BytesEdit->setData( Data, DataSize );
 * BytesEdit->setReadOnly( true );
 * \endcode
 *
 * <li> as an editor for a given array of bytes with a fixed size
 * \code
 * BytesEdit->setData( Data, DataSize );
 * BytesEdit->setOverWriteOnly( true );
 * \endcode
 *
 * <li> as an editor for a given array of bytes with a limited size
 * \code
 * BytesEdit->setData( Data, DataSize, -1, false );
 * BytesEdit->setMaxDataSize( MaxDataSize );
 * BytesEdit->setOverWriteMode( false );
 * \endcode
 *
 * <li> as an editor for a new to be created array of chars, max. with MaxDataSize
 * \code
 * BytesEdit->setMaxDataSize( MaxDataSize );
 * ...
 * QByteArray BA;
 * BA.setRawData( BytesEdit->data(), BytesEdit->dataSize() );
 * \endcode
 * </ul>
 *
 * @author Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <kossebau@kde.org>
 * @see createBytesEditWidget(), bytesEditInterface()
 */
class BytesEditInterface
{
  public:
    virtual ~BytesEditInterface() {}

  public: // set methods
    /** hands over to the editor a new byte array.
      * If there exists an old one and autodelete is set the old one gets deleted.
      * @param D pointer to memory
      * @param S size of used memory
      * @param RS real size of the memory, -1 means S is the real size
      * @param KM keep the memory on resize (RS is the maximum size)
      */
    virtual void setData( char *D, int S, int RS = -1, bool KM = true ) = 0;
    /** sets whether the given array should be handled read only or not. Default is false. */
    virtual void setReadOnly( bool RO = true ) = 0;
    /** sets the maximal size of the actual byte array. If the actual array is already larger
      * it will not be modified but there can be only done non-inserting actions
      * until the array's is below the limit
      * If the flag KeepsMemory is set MaxDataSize is limited to the real size of the array.
      * MaxDataSize == -1 means no limit.
      * Default is -1.
      * @param MS new maximal data size
      */
    virtual void setMaxDataSize( int MS ) = 0;
    /** sets whether the array should be deleted on the widget's end or if a new array is set.
      * Default is false
      */
    virtual void setAutoDelete( bool AD = true ) = 0;
    /** switches the array */
//    virtual void resetData( char *D, int S, bool Repaint ) = 0;
    /** sets whether the actual memory used to store the data
      * (as given by setData or in the constructor, or allocated by the class)
      * should be kept on resize.
      * If MaxDataSize is set and greater than the raw size of the memory
      * it is limited to the raw size.
      * Default is false.
      */
    virtual void setKeepsMemory( bool KM = true ) = 0;
  //
    /** sets whether the widget is overwriteonly or not. Default is false. */
    virtual void setOverwriteOnly( bool b ) = 0;
    /** sets whether the widget is in overwrite mode or not. Default is true. */
    virtual void setOverwriteMode( bool b ) = 0;
    /** sets whether the data should be treated modified or not */
    virtual void setModified( bool b ) = 0;


  public: // get methods
    /** @return a pointer to the actual byte array */
    virtual char *data() const = 0;
    /** @return the size of the actual byte array */
    virtual int dataSize() const = 0;
    /** @return the maximal allowed size for the byte array */
    virtual int maxDataSize () const = 0;
    /** @return whether autodelete is set for the byte array */
    virtual bool isAutoDelete() const = 0;
    /** @return @c true if the memory of the byte array is kept, otherwise @c false */
    virtual bool keepsMemory() const = 0;

    /** @return @c true if the edit mode is overwrite, otherwise @c false for insert mode*/
    virtual bool isOverwriteMode() const = 0;
    /** @return @c true if the memory of the byte array is kept, otherwise @c false */
    virtual bool isOverwriteOnly() const = 0;
    /** @return @c true if the ReadOnly flag is set, otherwise @c false */
    virtual bool isReadOnly() const = 0;
    /** @return @c true if the Modified flag is set, otherwise @c false */
    virtual bool isModified() const = 0;

  public: // call for action
    /** repaint the indizes from i1 to i2 */
    virtual void repaintRange( int i1, int i2 ) = 0;
};


/** tries to get the bytesedit interface of t
  * @return a pointer to the interface, otherwise 0
  * @author Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <kossebau@kde.org>
*/
template<class T>
inline BytesEditInterface *bytesEditInterface( T *t )
{
  return t ? qobject_cast<KHE::BytesEditInterface *>( t ) : 0;
}

/** tries to create an instance of a hexedit widget for arrays of chars (char[])
  *
  * @param Parent  parent widget
  * @return a pointer to the widget, otherwise 0
  * @author Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <kossebau@kde.org>
  * @see BytesEditInterface, ValueColumnInterface, CharColumnInterface, ZoomInterface, ClipboardInterface
  */
inline QWidget *createBytesEditWidget( QWidget *Parent = 0 )
{
  return KServiceTypeTrader::createInstanceFromQuery<QWidget>
      ( QString::fromLatin1("KHexEdit/KBytesEdit"), QString(), Parent );
}

}

Q_DECLARE_INTERFACE( KHE::BytesEditInterface, "org.kde.khe.byteseditinterface/1.0" )

#endif