plasma-framework/servicejob.h
Aaron J. Seigo bfbd49b438 remove the no longer used private slot, and add a default start() method so it can be used as is
svn path=/trunk/KDE/kdebase/workspace/libs/plasma/; revision=856499
2008-09-03 04:25:49 +00:00

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/*
* Copyright 2008 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 PLASMA_SERVICEJOB_H
#define PLASMA_SERVICEJOB_H
#include <QtCore/QVariant>
#include <plasma/plasma_export.h>
#include <KDE/KJob>
#include <KDE/KService>
namespace Plasma
{
class ServiceJobPrivate;
/**
* @class ServiceJob plasma/servicejob.h <Plasma/ServiceJob>
*
* @short This class provides jobs for use with Plasma::Service
*
* Unlike KJob, you can do the work in start(), since Plasma::Service already
* delays the call to start() until the event loop is reached.
*
* If the job is quick enough that it is not worth reporting the progress,
* you just need to implement start() to do the task, then call emitResult()
* at the end of it. If the task does not complete successfully, you should
* set a non-zero error code with setError(int) and an error message with
* setErrorText(QString).
*
* If the job is longer (involving network access, for instance), you should
* report the progress at regular intervals. See the KJob documentation for
* information on how to do this.
*/
class PLASMA_EXPORT ServiceJob : public KJob
{
Q_OBJECT
public:
/**
* Default constructor
*
* @arg destination the subject that the job is acting on
* @arg operation the action that the job is performing on the @p destination
* @arg parameters the parameters of the @p action
* @arg parent the parent object for this service
*/
ServiceJob(const QString &destination, const QString &operation,
const QMap<QString, QVariant> &parameters, QObject *parent = 0);
/**
* Destructor
*/
~ServiceJob();
/**
* @return the subject that the job is acting on
*/
QString destination() const;
/**
* @return the operation the job is performing on the destination
*/
QString operationName() const;
/**
* @return the parameters for the operation
*/
QMap<QString, QVariant> parameters() const;
/**
* Returns the result of the operation
*
* The result will be invalid if the job has not completed yet, or
* if the job does not have a meaningful result.
*
* Note that this should not be used to find out whether the operation
* was successful. Instead, you should check the value of error().
*
* @return the result of the operation
*/
QVariant result() const;
/**
* Default implementation of start, which simply sets the results to false.
* This makes it easy to create a "failure" job.
*/
virtual void start();
protected:
/**
* Sets the result for an operation.
*/
void setResult(const QVariant &result);
private:
ServiceJobPrivate * const d;
};
} // namespace Plasma
#endif // multiple inclusion guard