/*
 *   Copyright 2009 Mehmet Ali Akmanalp <makmanalp@wpi.edu>
 *
 *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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 *   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or
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 */

/**
 * @file This file contains the abstract base class for all singular
 * animations.
 */

#ifndef PLASMA_ANIMATION_H
#define PLASMA_ANIMATION_H

#include <QtGui/QGraphicsWidget>
#include <QtCore/QObject>
#include <QtCore/QPropertyAnimation>
#include <QtCore/QAbstractAnimation>
#include <QtCore/QEasingCurve>

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

namespace Plasma
{

class AnimationPrivate;

/**
 * @brief Abstract representation of a single animation.
 * @since 4.4
 */
class PLASMA_EXPORT Animation : public QAbstractAnimation
{

    Q_OBJECT
    Q_PROPERTY(int duration READ duration WRITE setDuration)
    Q_PROPERTY(QEasingCurve::Type easingCurveType READ easingCurveType WRITE setEasingCurveType)
    Q_PROPERTY(QGraphicsWidget *targetWidget READ targetWidget WRITE setTargetWidget)

public:
    /**
     * Get the animation duration. It can be set using the property duration.
     * @return duration in ms.
     */
    int duration() const;

    /**
     * Animation movement reference (used by \ref RotationAnimation).
     */
    enum Reference{
        Center,
        Up,
        Down,
        Left,
        Right
    };

    /**
     * Default constructor.
     *
     * @param parent Object parent (might be set when using
     * \ref Animator::create factory).
     *
     */
    explicit Animation(QObject* parent = 0);

    /**
     * Destructor.
     */
    ~Animation() = 0;

    /**
     * Set the widget on which the animation is to be performed.
     * @arg widget The QGraphicsWidget to be animated.
     */
    void setTargetWidget(QGraphicsWidget* widget);

    /**
     * @return The widget that the animation will be performed upon
     */
    QGraphicsWidget *targetWidget() const;

    /**
     * Set the animation easing curve type
     */
    void setEasingCurveType(QEasingCurve::Type type);

    /**
     * Get the animation easing curve type
     */
    QEasingCurve::Type easingCurveType() const;

protected:
    /**
     * Change the animation duration. Default is 250ms.
     * @arg duration The new duration of the animation.
     */
    virtual void setDuration(int duration = 250);

    /**
     * QAbstractAnimation will call this method while the animation
     * is running. Each specialized animation class should implement
     * the correct behavior for it.
     * @param currentTime Slapsed time using the \ref duration as reference
     * (it will be from duration up to zero if the animation is running
     * backwards).
     */
    virtual void updateCurrentTime(int currentTime);

    /**
     * Internal use only, access the easing curve object (see
     * \ref AnimationPrivate). Commonly used if a non-linear
     * animation is desired while setting the delta in \ref updateCurrentTime.
     *
     * @return An internal easing curve (default is Type::Linear).
     */
    QEasingCurve &easingCurve();

private:

    /**
     * Internal pimple (actually is used as a data structure, see
     * \ref AnimationPrivate).
     */
    AnimationPrivate *const d;

};

} //namespace Plasma

#endif