plasma-framework/querymatch.h
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/*
* Copyright 2006-2007 Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
*
* 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 QUERYMATCH_H
#define QUERYMATCH_H
#include <QtCore/QSharedDataPointer>
#include <plasma/plasma_export.h>
class QIcon;
class QVariant;
class QString;
namespace Plasma
{
class RunnerContext;
class AbstractRunner;
class QueryMatchPrivate;
/**
* @short A match returned by an AbstractRunner in response to a given
* RunnerContext.
*/
class PLASMA_EXPORT QueryMatch
{
public:
/**
* The type of match. Value is important here as it is used for sorting
*/
enum Type { NoMatch = 0 /**< Null match */,
CompletionMatch = 10 /**< Possible completion for the data of the query */,
PossibleMatch = 30 /**< Something that may match the query */,
InformationalMatch = 50 /**< A purely informational, non-actionable match,
such as the answer to a question or calculation*/,
HelperMatch = 70 /**< A match that represents an action not directly related
to activating the given search term, such as a search
in an external tool or a command learning trigger. Helper
matches tend to be generic to the query and should not
be autoactivated just because the user hits "Enter"
while typing. They must be explicitly selected to
be activated, but unlike InformationalMatch cause
an action to be triggered. */,
ExactMatch = 100 /**< An exact match to the query */};
/**
* Constructs a PossibleMatch associated with a given RunnerContext
* and runner.
*
* @arg search the RunnerContext this match belongs to
* @arg runner the runner this match belongs to
*/
explicit QueryMatch(AbstractRunner *runner);
/**
* Copy constructor
*/
QueryMatch(const QueryMatch &other);
~QueryMatch();
bool isValid() const;
/**
* Sets the type of match this action represents.
*/
void setType(Type type);
/**
* The type of action this is. Defaults to PossibleMatch.
*/
Type type() const;
/**
* Sets the relevance of this action for the search
* it was created for.
*
* @param relevance a number between 0 and 1.
*/
void setRelevance(qreal relevance);
/**
* The relevance of this action to the search. By default,
* the relevance is 1.
*
* @return a number between 0 and 1
*/
qreal relevance() const;
/**
* The runner associated with this action
*/
AbstractRunner* runner() const;
/**
* A string that can be used as an ID for this match,
* even between different queries. It is based in part
* on the source of the match (the AbstractRunner) and
* distinguishing information provided by the runner,
* ensuring global uniqueness as well as consistency
* between query matches.
*/
QString id() const;
QString text() const;
QString subtext() const;
QVariant data() const;
QIcon icon() const;
bool isEnabled() const;
bool operator<(const QueryMatch& other) const;
QueryMatch& operator=(const QueryMatch &other);
/**
* Requests this match to activae using the given context
*
* @param context the context to use in conjunction with this run
*/
void run(const RunnerContext &context) const;
/**
* Sets data to be used internally by the associated
* AbstractRunner.
*
* When set, it is also used to form
* part of the id() for this match. If that is innapropriate
* as an id, the runner may generate its own id and set that
* with setId(const QString&) directly after calling setData
*/
void setData(const QVariant& data);
/**
* Sets the id for this match; useful if the id does not
* match data().toString(). The id must be unique to all
* matches from this runner, and should remain constant
* for the same query for best results.
*
* @param id the new identifying string to use to refer
* to this entry
*/
void setId(const QString &id);
void setText(const QString& text);
void setSubtext(const QString& text);
void setIcon(const QIcon& icon);
void setEnabled(bool enable);
private:
QSharedDataPointer<QueryMatchPrivate> d;
};
}
#endif