plasma-framework/remote/accessmanager.h
Aaron J. Seigo 01ec8984e2 more remote code into a subdir
svn path=/trunk/KDE/kdelibs/; revision=1019555
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/*
* Copyright 2009 by Rob Scheepmaker <r.scheepmaker@student.utwente.nl>
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2.1 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
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
* Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
*/
#ifndef PLASMA_ACCESSMANAGER_H
#define PLASMA_ACCESSMANAGER_H
#include "accessappletjob.h"
#include "packagemetadata.h"
#include "plasma_export.h"
#include <QtCore/QList>
#include <QtCore/QObject>
#include <QtCore/QString>
#include <kdebug.h>
class QString;
class KUrl;
namespace Plasma
{
class AccessManagerPrivate;
class ServiceAccessJob;
/**
* @class AccessManager plasma/accessmanager.h <Plasma/AccessManager>
*
* @short Allows access to remote Plasma::Applet classes.
*
* This manager provides a way to access an applet (either a binary or packaged one) that is hosted
* on another machine. It also provides a mechanism to discover services announced to the network
* through zeroconf.
*
* @since 4.4
*/
class PLASMA_EXPORT AccessManager : public QObject
{
Q_OBJECT
public:
/**
* Singleton pattern accessor.
*/
static AccessManager *self();
/**
* Access a native plasmoid hosted on another machine.
* @param location the location of the remote plasmoids. Exmples of valid urls:
* plasma://ip:port/resourceName
* zeroconf://PlasmoidName
* @returns a job that can be used to track when a remote plasmoid is ready for use, and to
* obtain the applet when the package is sent over.
*/
AccessAppletJob *accessRemoteApplet(const KUrl &location) const;
/**
* @returns a list of applets that are announced on the network through zeroconf. Use the
* remoteLocation() function in PackageMetadata to obtain an url to pass to
* accessRemoteApplet in AccessManager if you want to access one of these applets.
*/
QList<PackageMetadata> remoteApplets() const;
Q_SIGNALS:
/**
* fires when an AccessAppletJob is finished.
*/
void finished(Plasma::AccessAppletJob *);
/**
* fires when a new applet is announced on the network.
*/
void remoteAppletAnnounced(Plasma::PackageMetadata metadata);
/**
* fires when an announced applet disappears from the network.
*/
void remoteAppletUnannounced(Plasma::PackageMetadata metadata);
private:
AccessManager();
~AccessManager();
AccessManagerPrivate * const d;
Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d, void slotJobFinished(KJob*))
Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d, void slotAddService(DNSSD::RemoteService::Ptr service))
Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d, void slotRemoveService(DNSSD::RemoteService::Ptr service))
friend class AccessManagerPrivate;
friend class AccessManagerSingleton;
};
} // Plasma namespace
#endif