plasma-framework/abstractrunner.h
Aaron J. Seigo 27f5c75d76 * Runner -> AbstractRunner, to denote that it is an ABC
* fancy includes so third party stuff can do #include <Plasma/Svg> instead of #include "plasma/svg.h", etc

svn path=/trunk/KDE/kdebase/workspace/plasma/lib/; revision=644677
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/*
* Copyright (C) 2006 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 version 2 as
* published by the Free Software Foundation
*
* 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 RUNNER_H
#define RUNNER_H
#include <QObject>
#include <QList>
#include <kdemacros.h>
class KActionCollection;
class QAction;
namespace Plasma
{
class KDE_EXPORT AbstractRunner : public QObject
{
Q_OBJECT
public:
typedef QList<AbstractRunner*> List;
/**
* Constrcuts an Runner object. Since AbstractRunner has pure virtuals,
* this constructor can not be called directly. Rather a subclass must
* be created
*/
explicit AbstractRunner( QObject* parent = 0 );
virtual ~AbstractRunner();
/**
* If the runner can run precisely this term, return a QAction, else
* return 0. The first runner that returns a QAction will be the
* default runner. Other runner's actions will be suggested in the
* interface. Non-exact matches should be offered via findMatches.
* The action will be activated if the user selects it.
* If the action is informational only and should not be executed,
* disable the action with setEnabled( false ).
*/
QAction* exactMatch( const QString& command );
/**
* @return the last action generated by exactMatch( const QString& )
*/
QAction* exactMatch( );
/**
* Requests the runner to find possible matches for the search term.
* Includes basic results paging controls via max and offset.
*
* @param term the search string to use
* @param max maximum number of matches to return
* @param offset the offset into the matched set to start at
*
* @return the collection of actions representing the potential matches
**/
KActionCollection* matches( const QString& term, int max, int offset );
/**
* If the runner has options that the user can interact with to modify
* what happens when exec or one of the actions created in fillMatches
* is called, the runner should return true
*/
virtual bool hasOptions( );
/**
* If the hasOptions() returns true, this method will be called to get
* the widget displaying the options the user can interact with.
*/
virtual QWidget* options( );
/**
* Static method is called to load and get a list available of Runners.
*/
static List loadRunners( QWidget* parent );
signals:
/**
* When emitted, the interface will update itself to show the new
* matches. This is meant to be used by asynchronous runners that will
* only be able to start a query on fillMatches being called with
* response (and therefore matches) coming later
*/
void matchesUpdated( KActionCollection* matches );
protected:
/**
* This method is called when there is text input to match. The runner
* should fill the matches action collection with one action per match
* to a maximium of max matches starting at offset in the data set
* If the action is informational only and should not be executed,
* disable the action with setEnabled( false ).
*/
virtual void fillMatches( KActionCollection* matches,
const QString& term,
int max, int offset );
/**
* If the runner can run precisely this term, return a QAction, else
* return 0. The first runner that returns a QAction will be the
* default runner. Other runner's actions will be suggested in the
* interface. Non-exact matches should be offered via findMatches.
* The action will be activated if the user selects it.
*/
virtual QAction* accepts( const QString& term ) = 0;
/**
* Take action on the command. What this means is dependant on the
* particular runner implementation, e.g. some runners may treat
* command as a shell command, while others may treat it as an
* equation or a user name or ...
* This will be called automatically when the exact match
* QAction is triggered
*/
virtual bool exec( const QString& command ) = 0;
private:
class Private;
Private* d;
private Q_SLOTS:
void runExactMatch();
};
} // Plasma namespace
#define K_EXPORT_KRUNNER_RUNNER( libname, classname ) \
K_EXPORT_COMPONENT_FACTORY( \
krunner_##libname, \
KGenericFactory<classname>("krunner_" #libname) )
#endif