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tdelibs/kresources/factory.h

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/*
This file is part of libkresources.
Copyright (c) 2002 Tobias Koenig <tokoe@kde.org>
Copyright (c) 2002 Jan-Pascal van Best <janpascal@vanbest.org>
Copyright (c) 2003 Cornelius Schumacher <schumacher@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 as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This library 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. See the GNU
Library General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not, write to
the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
*/
#ifndef KRESOURCES_FACTORY_H
#define KRESOURCES_FACTORY_H
#include <tqdict.h>
#include <tqstring.h>
#include <kconfig.h>
#include <klibloader.h>
#include <ktrader.h>
#include "resource.h"
#include "configwidget.h"
namespace KRES {
/**
* Class for loading resource plugins.
* Use this class if you need resources with special
* settings, otherwise use KRES::Manager::createResource()
* to get resources with the default settings.
*
* Example:
*
* \code
* KABC::Factory *factory = KABC::Factory::self( "contact" );
*
* // to allow a transparent configuration of resources, we have
* // to use a kconfig object.
* TDEConfig config( "tst" );
* config.writePathEntry( "FileName", "/home/foobar/test.vcf" );// resource dependend
* config.writeEntry( "FileFormat", "vcard" ); // resource dependend
*
* KABC::Resource *res = factory->resource( "file", &config );
*
* // do something with resource
*
* \endcode
*/
class KRESOURCES_EXPORT Factory
{
public:
/**
* Returns the global resource factory.
*/
static Factory *self( const TQString& resourceFamily );
~Factory();
/**
* Returns the config widget for the given resource type,
* or a null pointer if resource type doesn't exist.
*
* @param type The type of the resource, returned by typeNames()
* @param parent The parent widget
*/
ConfigWidget *configWidget( const TQString& type, TQWidget *parent = 0 );
/**
* Returns a pointer to a resource object or a null pointer
* if resource type doesn't exist.
*
* @param type The type of the resource, returned by typeNames()
* @param config The config object where the resource get it settings from,
* or 0 if a resource with default values should be created.
*/
Resource *resource( const TQString& type, const TDEConfig *config );
/**
* Returns a list of all available resource types.
*/
TQStringList typeNames() const;
/**
* Returns the name for a special type.
*/
TQString typeName( const TQString &type ) const;
/**
* Returns the description for a special type.
*/
TQString typeDescription( const TQString &type ) const;
protected:
Factory( const TQString& resourceFamily );
private:
static TQDict<Factory> *mSelves;
TQString mResourceFamily;
TQMap<TQString, KService::Ptr> mTypeMap;
};
}
#endif