plasma-framework/plasma/private/componentinstaller_p.h

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/*
* Copyright 2011 Kevin Kofler <kevin.kofler@chello.at>
*
* This program 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, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* 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. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
* License along with this program; if not, write to the
* Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
* 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
*/
#ifndef PLASMA_COMPONENTINSTALLER_H
#define PLASMA_COMPONENTINSTALLER_H
class QString;
class QWidget;
namespace Plasma
{
class ComponentInstallerPrivate;
/**
* @class ComponentInstaller plasma/private/componentinstaller_p.h
*
* @short This class provides a generic API for installation of components.
*
* @internal
*
* Plasma::ComponentInstaller allows searching for a missing data or script
* engine by name, and allowing the user to install the missing service.
* Currently, PackageKit is supported as the mechanism to install components,
* but more mechanisms could be supported in the future through the same API.
*
* @since 4.8
*/
class ComponentInstaller
{
public:
/**
* Singleton pattern accessor.
*/
static ComponentInstaller *self();
/**
* Installs a missing component asynchronously.
*
* By default, this method will cache requested components and not
* prompt again for the same engine in the same session. The force
* parameter can be used to disable this mechanism, e.g. when the user
* just installed a new widget written in a scripting language, and so
* is likely to want the script engine installed after all.
*
* In the case of on-demand installation, this will unfortunately not
* allow the call which triggered the missing component lookup to
* succeed, but we cannot afford to block all of Plasma until the
* mechanism is done installing the service.
*
* This function does nothing if PackageKit integration was disabled at
* compile time.
*
* @param type the type of the component, should be "scriptengine" or
* "dataengine"
* @param name the name of the component
* @param parent a parent widget, used to set the wid for PackageKit
* @param force whether to always prompt, even if recently prompted
*/
void installMissingComponent(const QString &type, const QString &name,
QWidget *parent = 0, bool force = false);
private:
/**
* Default constructor. The singleton method self() is the
* preferred access mechanism.
*/
ComponentInstaller();
~ComponentInstaller();
ComponentInstallerPrivate *const d;
friend class ComponentInstallerSingleton;
};
} // namespace Plasma
#endif // multiple inclusion guard