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this is needed by clocks, as the obvious example, since "once a minute" isn't enough: it needs to be once a minute *on* the minute svn path=/trunk/KDE/kdebase/workspace/libs/plasma/; revision=711737
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132 lines
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/*
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* Copyright 2006-2007 Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
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*
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* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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* it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License version 2 as
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* published by the Free Software Foundation
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*
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* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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* GNU General Public License for more details
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*
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* You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
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* License along with this program; if not, write to the
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* Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
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* 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
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*/
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#ifndef PLASMA_DATACONTAINER_H
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#define PLASMA_DATACONTAINER_H
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#include <QtCore/QHash>
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#include <QtCore/QObject>
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#include <plasma/plasma_export.h>
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#include <plasma/dataengine.h>
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namespace Plasma
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{
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/**
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* @brief A set of data exported via a DataEngine
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*
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* Plasma::DataContainer wraps the data exported by a DataEngine
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* implementation, providing a generic wrapper for the data.
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*
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* A DataContainer may have zero or more associated pieces of data which
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* are keyed by strings. The data itself is stored as QVariants. This allows
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* easy and flexible retrieval of the information associated with this object
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* without writing DataContainer or DataEngine specific code in visualizations.
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**/
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class PLASMA_EXPORT DataContainer : public QObject
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{
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Q_OBJECT
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public:
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//typedef QHash<QString, DataEngine::SourceDict> Grouping;
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/**
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* Constructs a default DataContainer, which has no name or data
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* associated with it
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**/
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explicit DataContainer(QObject* parent = 0);
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virtual ~DataContainer();
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/**
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* Returns the data for this DataContainer
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**/
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const DataEngine::Data data() const;
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/**
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* Set a value for a key. This also marks this source as needing
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* to signal an update. After calling this, a call to checkForUpdate()
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* is done by the engine. This allows for batching updates.
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*
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* @param key a string used as the key for the data
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* @param value a QVariant holding the actual data. If a null or invalid
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* QVariant is passed in and the key currently exists in the
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* data, then the data entry is removed
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**/
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void setData(const QString& key, const QVariant& value);
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/**
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* Clears all data currently associated with this source
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**/
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void clearData();
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/**
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* Checks for whether the data has changed and therefore an update
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* signal needs to be emitted.
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**/
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void checkForUpdate();
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public Q_SLOTS:
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/**
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* Check if the DataContainer is still in use.
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* If not the signal "unused" will be emitted.
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* Warning: The DataContainer may be invalid after calling this function.
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*/
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void checkUsage();
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/**
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* Connects an object to this DataContainer. May be called repeatedly
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* for the same visualization without side effects
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*
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* @param visualization the object to connect to this DataContainer
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* @param updateInterval the time in milliseconds between updates
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**/
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void connectVisualization(QObject* visualization, uint updateInterval, Plasma::IntervalAlignment alignment);
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/**
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* Disconnects an object from this DataContainer.
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**/
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void disconnectVisualization(QObject* visualization);
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Q_SIGNALS:
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/**
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* Emitted when the data has been updated, allowing visualization to
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* reflect the new data.
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**/
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void updated(const QString& source, const Plasma::DataEngine::Data& data);
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/**
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* Emitted when this source becomes unused
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**/
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void unused(const QString& source);
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/**
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* Emitted when the source, usually due to an internal timer firing,
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* requests to be updated.
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**/
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void requestUpdate(const QString& source);
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private:
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friend class SignalRelay;
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class Private;
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Private* const d;
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};
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} // Plasma namespace
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#endif // multiple inclusion guard
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