kdelibs/plasma/runnermanager.h

/*
 *   Copyright (C) 2006 Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
 *   Copyright (C) 2007 Ryan P. Bitanga <ryan.bitanga@gmail.com>
 *   Copyright (C) 2008 Jordi Polo <mumismo@gmail.com>
 *
 *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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 */

#ifndef PLASMA_RUNNERMANAGER_H
#define PLASMA_RUNNERMANAGER_H

#include <QList>
#include <QObject>
#include <QAction>

#include <kplugininfo.h>

#include <plasma/plasma_export.h>
#include "abstractrunner.h"

namespace Plasma
{
    class QueryMatch;
    class AbstractRunner;
    class RunnerContext;
    class RunnerManagerPrivate;

/**
 * @class RunnerManager plasma/runnermanager.h <Plasma/RunnerManager>
 *
 * @short The RunnerManager class decides what installed runners are runnable,
 *        and their ratings. It is the main proxy to the runners.
 */
class PLASMA_EXPORT RunnerManager : public QObject
{
    Q_OBJECT

    public:
        explicit RunnerManager(QObject *parent=0);
        ~RunnerManager();

        /**
         * Finds and returns a loaded runner or NULL
         * @param name the name of the runner
         * @return Pointer to the runner
         */
        AbstractRunner *runner(const QString &name) const;

        /**
         * Returns the translated name of a runner
         * @param id the id of the runner
         *
         * @since 4.4
         */
        QString runnerName(const QString &id) const;

        /**
         * @return the list of all currently loaded runners
         */
        QList<AbstractRunner*> runners() const;

        /**
         * Retrieves the current context
         * @return pointer to the current context
         */
        RunnerContext *searchContext() const;

        /**
         * Retrieves all available matches found so far for the previously launched query
         * @return List of matches
         */
        QList<QueryMatch> matches() const;

        /**
         * Retrieves the list of actions, if any, for a match
         */
        QList<QAction*> actionsForMatch(const QueryMatch &match);

        /**
         * @return the current query term
         */
        QString query() const;

        /**
         * Sets a whitelist for the plugins that can be loaded
         *
         * @param plugins the plugin names of allowed runners
         * @since 4.4
         */
        void setAllowedRunners(const QStringList &runners);

        /**
         * Attempts to add the AbstractRunner plugin represented
         * by the KService passed in. Usually one can simply let
         * the configuration of plugins handle loading Runner plugins,
         * but in cases where specific runners should be loaded this
         * allows for that to take place
         *
         * @param service the service to use to load the plugin
         * @since 4.5
         */
        void loadRunner(const KService::Ptr service);

        /**
         * @return the list of allowed plugins
         * @since 4.4
         */
        QStringList allowedRunners() const;

        /**
         * @return mime data of the specified match
         * @since 4.5
         */
        QMimeData* mimeDataForMatch(const QueryMatch &match) const;

        /**
         * Returns a list of all known Runner implementations
         *
         * @param parentApp the application to filter applets on. Uses the
         *                  X-KDE-ParentApp entry (if any) in the plugin info.
         *                  The default value of QString() will result in a
         *                  list containing only applets not specifically
         *                  registered to an application.
         * @return list of AbstractRunners
         * @since 4.6
         **/
        static KPluginInfo::List listRunnerInfo(const QString &parentApp = QString());

    public Q_SLOTS:
        /**
         * Call this method when the runners should be prepared for a query session.
         * Call matchSessionComplete when the query session is finished for the time
         * being.
         * @since 4.4
         * @see matchSessionComplete
         */
        void setupMatchSession();

        /**
         * Call this method when the query session is finished for the time
         * being.
         * @since 4.4
         * @see prepareForMatchSession
         */
        void matchSessionComplete();

        /**
         * Launch a query, this will create threads and return inmediately.
         * When the information will be available can be known using the
         * matchesChanged signal.
         *
         * @param term the term we want to find matches for
         */
        void launchQuery(const QString &term);

        /**
         * Reset the current data and stops the query
         */
        void reset();

    Q_SIGNALS:
        /**
         * Emitted each time a new match is added to the list
         */
        void matchesChanged(const QList<Plasma::QueryMatch> &matches);

        /**
         * Emitted when the launchQuery finish
         * @since 4.5
         */
        void queryFinished();

    private:
        Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d, void scheduleMatchesChanged())
        Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d, void matchesChanged())

        RunnerManagerPrivate * const d;

        friend class RunnerManagerPrivate;
};

}

#endif