kdelibs/interfaces/ktexteditor/templateinterface.h

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#ifndef KDELIBS_KTEXTEDITOR_TEMPLATEINTERFACE_H
#define KDELIBS_KTEXTEDITOR_TEMPLATEINTERFACE_H

#include <QtCore/QString>
#include <QtCore/QMap>
#include <QtGui/QImage>

#include <ktexteditor/ktexteditor_export.h>
#include <ktexteditor/cursor.h>

namespace KTextEditor
{

class Cursor;

/**
 * This is an interface for inserting template strings with user editable
 * fields into a document.
 * \ingroup kte_group_view_extensions
 */
class KTEXTEDITOR_EXPORT TemplateInterface //should be named AbstractTemplateInterface, but for consistency with the other classes it is not (for the 3.x release series)
{
  public:
    TemplateInterface();
    virtual ~TemplateInterface();

    /**
     * Parses \p templateString for macros in the form [$%]{NAME} and finds
     * the value corresponding to NAME if any. The NAME string may contain
     * any non-whitespace character execpt '}'
     * \param initialValues a map with the keys for the macros to expand.
     * keys with a value are ignored.
     * \param parentWindow is used if dialogs have to be shown
     * \return true if all macros was successfully expanded
     * \see insertTemplateText for a list of supported macros
     */
    static bool expandMacros( QMap<QString, QString> &initialValues, QWidget *parentWindow );

  public:

    /**
     * Inserts an interactive ediable template text at line "line", column "col".
     * \return true if inserting the string succeeded
     *
     * Use insertTemplateText(lines(), ...) to append text at end of document
     * Template  strings look like
     * "for( int ${index}=0;${index}<10;${index}++) { ${cursor} };"
     * or "%{date}"
     *
     * This syntax is somewhat similar to the one found in the Eclipse editor or textmate.
     *
     * There are certain common placeholders (macros), which get assigned a
     * default initialValue, If the second parameter does not a given value.
     * For all others the initial value is the name of the placeholder.
     *
     * Placeholder names may only consist of a-zA-Z0-9_
     * 
     * @since 4.5
     * if a placeholder is a mirror, the place holder name may contain additional information
     * ${something/regexp/replacement/} takes the value of the placeholder something and replaces the match with the replacement before inserting the mirrored value
     * ${something/regexp/replacement/g} like above, but for all occurences
     *                          The syntax of the regexp and the replacement are the ones from kateparts regexp search/replace
     * ${something/regexp/replacement/i} like above, but case insensitive
     *                          The syntax of the regexp and the replacement are the ones from kateparts regexp search/replace
     * Possible flags: g and i. Those flags can be combined too
     * If a literal / should appear in the regexp, it has to be escaped \/,
     * literal \ has to be escaped too 
     * 
     * If you have mirrored ranges and want another occurence than the first one as the master
     * you can add @ directly after the placeholder name.
     * 
     * Common placeholders and values are
     *
     * - index: "i"
     * - loginname: The current users's loginname
     * - fullname: The current user's first and last name retrieved from kabc
     * - email: The current user's primary email address retrieved from kabc
     * - date: current date
     * - time: current time
     * - year: current year
     * - month: current month
     * - day: current day
     * - hostname: hostname of the computer
     * - selection: The implementation should set this to the selected text, if any
     * - cursor: at this position the cursor will be after editing of the
     *   template has finished, this has to be taken care of by the actual
     *   implementation. The placeholder gets a value of "|" assigned.
     *
     * If a macro is started with a % (persent sign) like "%{date}" it isn't added
     * to the list editable strings ( for example TAB key navigation) if a value
     * differing from the macro name is found.
     *
     * If the editor supports some kind of smart indentation, the inserted code
     * should be layouted by the indenter.
     */
    bool insertTemplateText ( const Cursor &insertPosition, const QString &templateString, const QMap<QString,QString> &initialValues);

protected:
    /**
     * You must implement this, it is called by insertTemplateText, after all
     * default values are inserted. If you are implementing this interface,
     * this method should work as described in the documentation for
     * insertTemplateText above.
     * \return true if any text was inserted.
     */
    virtual bool insertTemplateTextImplementation ( const Cursor &insertPosition, const QString &templateString, const QMap<QString,QString> &initialValues)=0;

    /**
     * DO NOT USE !!!! THIS IS USED INTERNALLY by the interface only !!!!!!
     * Behaviour might change !!!!!!!
     */
    bool KTE_INTERNAL_setupIntialValues(const QString &templateString, QMap<QString,QString> *initialValues);
    
  private:
    class TemplateInterfacePrivate* const d;
};

}

Q_DECLARE_INTERFACE(KTextEditor::TemplateInterface,
"org.kde.KTextEditor.TemplateInterface")

#endif