/* * loader.h * * Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003 Frerich Raabe * * 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. For licensing and distribution details, check the * accompanying file 'COPYING'. */ #ifndef LIBRSS_LOADER_H #define LIBRSS_LOADER_H #include "global.h" class KURL; #include namespace TDEIO { class Job; } class TDEProcess; namespace RSS { class Document; /** * Abstract baseclass for all data retriever classes. Subclass this to add * a new retrieval algorithm which can then be plugged into the RSS loader. * @see Loader, FileRetriever, OutputRetriever */ class DataRetriever : public TQObject { Q_OBJECT public: /** * Default constructor. */ DataRetriever(); /** * Destructor. */ virtual ~DataRetriever(); /** * Retrieve data from the given URL. This method is supposed to get * reimplemented by subclasses. It will be called by the Loader * class in case it needs to retrieve the data. * @see Loader::loadFrom() */ virtual void retrieveData(const KURL &url) = 0; /** * @return An error code which might give a more precise information * about what went wrong in case the 'success' flag returned with * the dataRetrieved() signal was 'false'. Note that the meaning of * the returned integer depends on the actual data retriever. */ virtual int errorCode() const = 0; virtual void abort() = 0; signals: /** * Emit this signal to tell the Loader class that the retrieval * process was finished. * @param data Should contain the retrieved data and will get * parsed by the Loader class. * @param success Indicates whether there were any problems during * the retrieval process. Pass 'true' to indicate that everything * went seamlessy, 'false' to tell the Loader that something went * wrong and that the data parameter might contain no or invalid * data. */ void dataRetrieved(const TQByteArray &data, bool success); private: DataRetriever(const DataRetriever &other); DataRetriever &operator=(const DataRetriever &other); }; /** * Implements a file retriever, to be used with Loader::loadFrom(). * @see DataRetriever, Loader::loadFrom() */ class FileRetriever : public DataRetriever { Q_OBJECT public: /** * Default constructor. */ FileRetriever(); /** * Destructor. */ virtual ~FileRetriever(); /** * Downloads the file referenced by the given URL and passes it's * contents on to the Loader. * @param url An URL referencing a file which is assumed to * reference valid XML. * @see Loader::loadFrom() */ virtual void retrieveData(const KURL &url); /** * @return The error code for the last process of retrieving data. * The returned numbers correspond directly to the error codes * as * defined by TDEIO. */ virtual int errorCode() const; virtual void abort(); static void setUseCache(bool enabled); signals: /** * Signals a permanent redirection. The redirection itself is * handled internally, so you don't need to call Loader::loadFrom() * with the new URL. This signal is useful in case you want to * notify the user, or adjust a database entry. * @see Loader::loadFrom() */ void permanentRedirection(const KURL &url); protected slots: void slotTimeout(); private slots: void slotData(TDEIO::Job *job, const TQByteArray &data); void slotResult(TDEIO::Job *job); void slotPermanentRedirection(TDEIO::Job *job, const KURL &fromUrl, const KURL &toUrl); private: static bool m_useCache; FileRetriever(const FileRetriever &other); FileRetriever &operator=(const FileRetriever &other); struct Private; Private *d; }; /** * Implements a data retriever which executes a program and stores returned * by the program on stdout. To be used with Loader::loadFrom(). * @see DataRetriever, Loader::loadFrom() */ class OutputRetriever : public DataRetriever { Q_OBJECT public: /** * Default constructor. */ OutputRetriever(); /** * Destructor. */ virtual ~OutputRetriever(); /** * Executes the program referenced by the given URL and retrieves * the data which the program prints to stdout. * @param url An URL which is supposed to reference an executable * file. * @see Loader::loadFrom() */ virtual void retrieveData(const KURL &url); /** * @return The error code for the last process of retrieving data. * 0 is returned in case there was no error, otherwise an error * code which depends on the particular program which was run is * returned. */ virtual int errorCode() const; virtual void abort() {} private slots: void slotOutput(TDEProcess *process, char *data, int length); void slotExited(TDEProcess *process); private: OutputRetriever(const OutputRetriever &other); OutputRetriever &operator=(const OutputRetriever &other); struct Private; Private *d; }; /** * This class is the preferred way of loading RSS files. Usage is very * straightforward: * * \code * Loader *loader = Loader::create(); * connect(loader, TQT_SIGNAL(loadingComplete(Loader *, Document, Status)), * this, TQT_SLOT(slotLoadingComplete(Loader *, Document, Status))); * loader->loadFrom("http://www.blah.org/foobar.rdf", new FileRetriever); * \endcode * * This creates a Loader object, connects it's loadingComplete() signal to * your custom slot and then makes it load the file * 'http://www.blah.org/foobar.rdf' using the FileRetriever. You could've * done something like this as well: * * \code * // create the Loader, connect it's signal... * loader->loadFrom("/home/myself/some-script.py", new OutputRetriever); * \endcode * * That'd make the Loader use another algorithm for retrieving the RSS data; * 'OutputRetriever' will make it execute the script * '/home/myself/some-script.py' and assume whatever that script prints to * stdout is RSS markup. This is e.g. handy for conversion scripts, which * download a HTML file and convert it's contents into RSS markup. * * No matter what kind of retrieval algorithm you employ, your * 'slotLoadingComplete' method might look like this: * * \code * void MyClass::slotLoadingComplete(Loader *loader, Document doc, Status status) * { * // Note that Loader::~Loader() is private, so you cannot delete Loader instances. * // You don't need to do that anyway since Loader instances delete themselves. * * if (status != RSS::Success) * return; * * TQString title = doc.title(); * // do whatever you want with the information. * } * \endcode * * \note You have to create a copy of the passed Document instance in * case you want/need to use it after the slot attached to the * loadingComplete signal goes out of scope. This is e.g. the case if you * intend to call getPixmap() on Document::image()! */ class Loader : public TQObject { Q_OBJECT friend class someClassWhichDoesNotExist; public: /** * Constructs a Loader instance. This is pretty much what the * default constructor would do, except that it ensures that all * Loader instances have been allocated on the heap (this is * required so that Loader's can delete themselves safely after they * emitted the loadingComplete() signal.). * @return A pointer to a new Loader instance. */ static Loader *create(); /** * Convenience method. Does the same as the above method except that * it also does the job of connecting the loadingComplete() signal * to the given slot for you. * @param object A TQObject which features the specified slot * @param slot Which slot to connect to. */ static Loader *create(TQObject *object, const char *slot); /** * Loads the RSS file referenced by the given URL using the * specified retrieval algorithm. Make sure that you connected * to the loadingComplete() signal before calling this method so * that you're guaranteed to get notified when the loading finished. * \note A Loader object cannot load from multiple URLs simultaneously; * consequently, subsequent calls to loadFrom will be discarded * silently, only the first loadFrom request will be executed. * @param url An URL referencing the input file. * @param retriever A subclass of DataRetriever which implements a * specialized retrieval behaviour. Note that the ownership of the * retriever is transferred to the Loader, i.e. the Loader will * delete it when it doesn't need it anymore. * @see DataRetriever, Loader::loadingComplete() */ void loadFrom(const KURL &url, DataRetriever *retriever); /** * Retrieves the error code of the last loading process (if any), * as reported by the employed data retrever. */ int errorCode() const; const KURL &discoveredFeedURL() const; void abort(); signals: /** * This signal gets emitted when the loading process triggered by * calling loadFrom() finished. * @param loader A pointer pointing to the loader object which * emitted this signal; this is handy in case you connect multiple * loaders to a single slot. * @param doc In case status is Success, this parameter holds the * parsed RSS file. In case it's RetrieveError, you should query * loader->errorCode() for the actual error code. * Note that you have to create a copy of the passed Document * instance in case you want/need to use it after the slot attached * to the loadingComplete signal goes out of scope. This is e.g. * the case if you intend to call getPixmap() on Document::image()! * @param status A status byte telling whether there were any problems * while retrieving or parsing the data. * @see Document, Status */ void loadingComplete(Loader *loader, Document doc, Status status); private slots: void slotRetrieverDone(const TQByteArray &data, bool success); private: Loader(); Loader(const Loader &other); Loader &operator=(const Loader &other); ~Loader(); void discoverFeeds(const TQByteArray &data); struct Private; Private *d; }; } #endif // LIBRSS_LOADER_H