plasma-framework/plasma/applet.h
Marco Martin 4994f9e27a Applet::category(appletName) moved in PluginLoader
Applet::category(QString) -> PluginLoader::appletCategory(QString)
2013-02-12 21:54:08 +01:00

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/*
* Copyright 2006-2007 by Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
* Copyright 2007 by Riccardo Iaconelli <riccardo@kde.org>
* Copyright 2008 by Ménard Alexis <darktears31@gmail.com>
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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*
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*
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*/
#ifndef PLASMA_APPLET_H
#define PLASMA_APPLET_H
#include <QObject>
#include <QIcon>
#include <kconfiggroup.h>
#include <kplugininfo.h>
#include <kshortcut.h>
#include <kurl.h>
#include <plasma/configloader.h>
#include <plasma/plasma.h>
#include <plasma/version.h>
#include <plasma/framesvg.h>
class QWidget;
class KConfigDialog;
class KActionCollection;
namespace Plasma
{
class AppletPrivate;
class Containment;
class DataEngine;
class Package;
/**
* @class Applet plasma/applet.h <Plasma/Applet>
*
* @short The base Applet class
*
* Applet provides several important roles for add-ons widgets in Plasma.
*
* First, it is the base class for the plugin system and therefore is the
* interface to applets for host applications. It also handles the life time
* management of data engines (e.g. all data engines accessed via
* Applet::dataEngine(const QString&) are properly deref'd on Applet
* destruction), background painting (allowing for consistent and complex
* look and feel in just one line of code for applets), loading and starting
* of scripting support for each applet, providing access to the associated
* plasmoid package (if any) and access to configuration data.
*
* See techbase.kde.org for tutorials on writing Applets using this class.
*/
class PLASMA_EXPORT Applet : public QObject
{
Q_OBJECT
public:
//CONSTRUCTORS
/**
* @param parent the QObject this applet is parented to
* @param serviceId the name of the .desktop file containing the
* information about the widget
* @param appletId a unique id used to differentiate between multiple
* instances of the same Applet type
*/
explicit Applet(QObject *parent = 0, const QString &serviceId = QString(), uint appletId = 0);
/**
* @param parent the QObject this applet is parented to
* @param info the plugin information object for this Applet
* @param appletId a unique id used to differentiate between multiple
* instances of the same Applet type
* @since 4.6
*/
explicit Applet(const KPluginInfo &info, QObject *parent = 0, uint appletId = 0);
/**
* @param parent the QObject this applet is parented to
* @param serviceId the name of the .desktop file containing the
* information about the widget
* @param appletId a unique id used to differentiate between multiple
* instances of the same Applet type
* @param args a list of strings containing two entries: the service id
* and the applet id
* @since 4.3
*/
explicit Applet(QObject *parent, const QString &serviceId, uint appletId, const QVariantList &args);
~Applet();
//BOOKKEEPING
/**
* @return the id of this applet
*/
uint id() const;
/**
* @return The type of immutability of this applet
*/
ImmutabilityType immutability() const;
/**
* If for some reason, the applet fails to get up on its feet (the
* library couldn't be loaded, necessary hardware support wasn't found,
* etc..) this method returns the reason why, in an user-readable way.
* @since 5.0
**/
QString launchErrorMessage() const;
/**
* If for some reason, the applet fails to get up on its feet (the
* library couldn't be loaded, necessary hardware support wasn't found,
* etc..) this method returns true.
**/
bool failedToLaunch() const;
/**
* @return true if destroy() was called; useful for Applets which should avoid
* certain tasks if they are about to be deleted permanently
*/
bool destroyed() const;
/**
* @return the Containment, if any, this applet belongs to
**/
Containment *containment() const;
/**
* @return true if this Applet is currently being used as a Containment, false otherwise
*/
bool isContainment() const;
/**
* @return the status of the applet
* @since 4.4
*/
ItemStatus status() const;
/**
* Returns the current form factor the applet is being displayed in.
*
* @see Plasma::FormFactor
*/
FormFactor formFactor() const;
/**
* Returns the location of the scene which is displaying applet.
*
* @see Plasma::Location
*/
Location location() const;
//CONFIGURATION
/**
* Returns the KConfigGroup to access the applets configuration.
*
* This config object will write to an instance
* specific config file named \<appletname\>\<instanceid\>rc
* in the Plasma appdata directory.
**/
KConfigGroup config() const;
/**
* Returns a KConfigGroup object to be shared by all applets of this
* type.
*
* This config object will write to an applet-specific config object
* named plasma_\<appletname\>rc in the local config directory.
*/
KConfigGroup globalConfig() const;
/**
* Returns the config skeleton object from this applet's package,
* if any.
*
* @return config skeleton object, or 0 if none
**/
ConfigLoader *configScheme() const;
/**
* Saves state information about this applet that will
* be accessed when next instantiated in the restore(KConfigGroup&) method.
*
* This method does not need to be reimplmented by Applet
* subclasses, but can be useful for Applet specializations
* (such as Containment) to do so.
*
* Applet subclasses may instead want to reimplement saveState().
**/
virtual void save(KConfigGroup &group) const;
/**
* Restores state information about this applet saved previously
* in save(KConfigGroup&).
*
* This method does not need to be reimplmented by Applet
* subclasses, but can be useful for Applet specializations
* (such as Containment) to do so.
**/
virtual void restore(KConfigGroup &group);
/**
* @return true if the applet currently needs to be configured,
* otherwise, false
*/
bool configurationRequired() const;
//UTILS
/**
* Accessor for the associated Package object if any.
* Generally, only Plasmoids come in a Package.
*
* @return the Package object, or an invalid one if none
**/
Package package() const;
/**
* Called when any of the geometry constraints have been updated.
* This method calls constraintsEvent, which may be reimplemented,
* once the Applet has been prepared for updating the constraints.
*
* @param constraints the type of constraints that were updated
*/
void updateConstraints(Plasma::Constraints constraints = Plasma::AllConstraints);
//METADATA
/**
* @return metadata information about this plugin
* @see KPluginInfo
* @since 5.0
*/
KPluginInfo pluginInfo() const;
/**
* Returns the user-visible title for the applet, as specified in the
* Name field of the .desktop file. Can be changed with @see setTitle
*
* @since 5.0
* @return the user-visible title for the applet.
**/
QString title() const;
/**
* Sets a custom title for this instance of the applet. E.g. a clock might
* use the timezone as its name rather than the .desktop file
*
* @since 5.0
* @param title the user-visible title for the applet.
*/
void setTitle(const QString &title) const;
/**
* Attempts to load an applet from a package
*
* Returns a pointer to the applet if successful.
* The caller takes responsibility for the applet, including
* deleting it when no longer needed.
*
* @param path the path to the package
* @param appletId unique ID to assign the applet, or zero to have one
* assigned automatically.
* @param args to send the applet extra arguments
* @return a pointer to the loaded applet, or 0 on load failure
* @since 4.3
**/
static Applet *loadPlasmoid(const QString &path, uint appletId = 0,
const QVariantList &args = QVariantList());
/**
* Returns the icon related to this applet
**/
QString icon() const;
//ACTIONS
/**
* Returns a list of context-related QAction instances.
*
* This is used e.g. within the \a DesktopView to display a
* contextmenu.
*
* @return A list of actions. The default implementation returns an
* empty list.
**/
virtual QList<QAction*> contextualActions();
/**
* Returns the QAction with the given name from our collection
*/
QAction *action(QString name) const;
/**
* Adds the action to our collection under the given name
*/
void addAction(QString name, QAction *action);
/**
* Sets the global shortcut to associate with this widget.
*/
void setGlobalShortcut(const KShortcut &shortcut);
/**
* @return the global shortcut associated with this wiget, or
* an empty shortcut if no global shortcut is associated.
*/
KShortcut globalShortcut() const;
/**
* associate actions with this widget, including ones added after this call.
* needed to make keyboard shortcuts work.
*/
virtual void addAssociatedWidget(QWidget *widget);
/**
* un-associate actions from this widget, including ones added after this call.
* needed to make keyboard shortcuts work.
*/
virtual void removeAssociatedWidget(QWidget *widget);
// ASSOCIATED APPLICATION
/**
* Sets an application associated to this applet, that will be
* regarded as a full view of what is represented in the applet
*
* @param string the name of the application. it can be
* \li a name understood by KService::serviceByDesktopName
* (e.g. "konqueror")
* \li a command in $PATH
* \li or an absolute path to an executable
* @since 4.4
*/
void setAssociatedApplication(const QString &string);
/**
* Sets a list of urls associated to this application,
* they will be used as parameters for the associated application
* @see setAssociatedApplication()
*
* @param urls
*/
void setAssociatedApplicationUrls(const QList<QUrl> &urls);
/**
* @return the application associated to this applet
* @since 4.4
*/
QString associatedApplication() const;
/**
* @return the urls associated to this applet
* @since 4.4
*/
QList<QUrl> associatedApplicationUrls() const;
/**
* @return true if the applet has a valid associated application or urls
* @since 4.4
*/
bool hasValidAssociatedApplication() const;
//Completely UI-specific, remove or move to scriptengine
/**
* @return true if this plasmoid provides a GUI configuration
**/
bool hasConfigurationInterface() const;
/**
* Reimplement this method so provide a configuration interface,
* parented to the supplied widget. Ownership of the widgets is passed
* to the parent widget.
*
* Typically one would add custom pages to the config dialog @p parent
* and then connect to the applyClicked() and okClicked() signals
* or @p parent to react on config changes:
*
* @code
* connect(parent, SIGNAL(applyClicked()), this, SLOT(myConfigAccepted()));
* connect(parent, SIGNAL(okClicked()), this, SLOT(myConfigAccepted()));
* @endcode
*
* With this approach it makes sense to store the custom pages in member
* variables to make their fields accessible from the myConfigAccepted()
* slot.
*
* Use config() to store your configuration.
*
* @param parent the dialog which is the parent of the configuration
* widgets
*/
virtual void createConfigurationInterface(KConfigDialog *parent);
Q_SIGNALS:
//BOOKEEPING
/**
* Emitted when the immutability changes
* @since 4.4
*/
void immutabilityChanged(Plasma::ImmutabilityType immutable);
/**
* Emitted when the applet status changes
* @since 4.4
*/
void statusChanged(Plasma::ItemStatus status);
//CONFIGURATION
/**
* Emitted when an applet has changed values in its configuration
* and wishes for them to be saved at the next save point. As this implies
* disk activity, this signal should be used with care.
*
* @note This does not need to be emitted from saveState by individual
* applets.
*/
void configNeedsSaving();
//ACTIONS
/**
* Emitted when activation is requested due to, for example, a global
* keyboard shortcut. By default the wiget is given focus.
*/
void activate();
//Completely UI-specific, remove or move to scriptengine
/**
* This signal indicates that an application launch, window
* creation or window focus event was triggered. This is used, for instance,
* to ensure that the Dashboard view in Plasma Desktop hides when such an event is
* triggered by an item it is displaying.
*/
void releaseVisualFocus();
//TODO: fix usage in containment, port to QObject::destroyed
/**
* Emitted when the applet is deleted
*/
void appletDeleted(Plasma::Applet *applet);
public Q_SLOTS:
//BOOKKEEPING
/**
* Sets the immutability type for this applet (not immutable,
* user immutable or system immutable)
* @param immutable the new immutability type of this applet
*/
void setImmutability(const ImmutabilityType immutable);
/**
* Destroys the applet; it will be removed nicely and deleted.
* Its configuration will also be deleted.
* If you want to remove the Applet configuration, use this, don't just delete the Applet *
*/
virtual void destroy();
/**
* sets the status for this applet
* @since 4.4
*/
void setStatus(const ItemStatus stat);
/**
* @return the list of arguments which the applet was called with
* @since KDE4.3
*/
QVariantList startupArguments() const;
//CONFIGURATION
/**
* Lets the user interact with the plasmoid options.
* Called when the user selects the configure entry
* from the context menu.
*
* Unless there is good reason for overriding this method,
* Applet subclasses should actually override createConfigurationInterface
* instead. A good example of when this isn't plausible is
* when using a dialog prepared by another library, such
* as KPropertiesDialog from libkfile.
* You probably want to call showConfigurationInterface(QWidget*)
* with the custom widget you created to actually show your interface
*/
virtual void showConfigurationInterface();
/**
* Actually show your custom configuration interface
* Use this only if you reimplemented showConfigurationInterface()
*
* @param widget the widget representing your configuration interface
*
* @since 4.5
*/
void showConfigurationInterface(QWidget *widget);
/**
* @return true when the configuration interface is being shown
* @since 4.5
*/
bool isUserConfiguring() const;
/**
* Called when applet configuration values have changed.
*/
virtual void configChanged();
//UTILS
/**
* Sends all pending constraints updates to the applet. Will usually
* be called automatically, but can also be called manually if needed.
*/
void flushPendingConstraintsEvents();
/**
* This method is called once the applet is loaded and added to a Corona.
* If the applet requires a Scene or has an particularly intensive
* set of initialization routines to go through, consider implementing it
* in this method instead of the constructor.
*
* Note: paintInterface may get called before init() depending on initialization
* order. Painting is managed by the canvas (QGraphisScene), and may schedule a
* paint event prior to init() being called.
**/
virtual void init();
//ASSOCIATED APPLICATION
/**
* Open the application associated to this applet, if it's not set
* but some urls are, open those urls with the proper application
* for their mimetype
* @see setAssociatedApplication()
* @see setAssociatedApplicationUrls()
* @since 4.4
*/
void runAssociatedApplication();
protected:
//CONSTRUCTORS
/**
* This constructor is to be used with the plugin loading systems
* found in KPluginInfo and KService. The argument list is expected
* to have two elements: the KService service ID for the desktop entry
* and an applet ID which must be a base 10 number.
*
* @param parent a QObject parent; you probably want to pass in 0
* @param args a list of strings containing two entries: the service id
* and the applet id
*/
Applet(QObject *parent, const QVariantList &args);
//BOOKEEPING
/**
* Call this method when the applet fails to launch properly. An
* optional reason can be provided.
*
* Not that all children items will be deleted when this method is
* called. If you have pointers to these items, you will need to
* reset them after calling this method.
*
* @param failed true when the applet failed, false when it succeeded
* @param reason an optional reason to show the user why the applet
* failed to launch
* @since 5.0
**/
void setLaunchErrorMessage(const QString &reason = QString());
//CONFIGURATION
/**
* When called, the Applet should write any information needed as part
* of the Applet's running state to the configuration object in config()
* and/or globalConfig().
*
* Applets that always sync their settings/state with the config
* objects when these settings/states change do not need to reimplement
* this method.
**/
virtual void saveState(KConfigGroup &config) const;
/**
* Sets whether or not this applet provides a user interface for
* configuring the applet.
*
* It defaults to false, and if true is passed in you should
* also reimplement createConfigurationInterface()
*
* @param hasInterface whether or not there is a user interface available
**/
void setHasConfigurationInterface(bool hasInterface);
/**
* When the applet needs to be configured before being usable, this
* method can be called to show a standard interface prompting the user
* to configure the applet
*
* @param needsConfiguring true if the applet needs to be configured,
* or false if it doesn't
* @param reason a translated message for the user explaining that the
* applet needs configuring; this should note what needs
* to be configured
*/
void setConfigurationRequired(bool needsConfiguring, const QString &reason = QString());
//UTILS
/**
* Called when any of the constraints for the applet have been updated. These constraints
* range from notifying when the applet has officially "started up" to when geometry changes
* to when the form factor changes.
*
* Each constraint that has been changed is passed in the constraints flag.
* All of the constraints and how they work is documented in the @see Plasma::Constraints
* enumeration.
*
* On applet creation, this is always called prior to painting and can be used as an
* opportunity to layout the widget, calculate sizings, etc.
*
* Do not call update() from this method; an update() will be triggered
* at the appropriate time for the applet.
*
* @param constraints the type of constraints that were updated
* @property constraint
*/
virtual void constraintsEvent(Plasma::Constraints constraints);
//TODO: timerEvent should go into AppletPrivate
/**
* Reimplemented from QObject
*/
void timerEvent (QTimerEvent *event);
private:
/**
* @internal This constructor is to be used with the Package loading system.
*
* @param parent a QObject parent; you probably want to pass in 0
* @param args a list of strings containing two entries: the service id
* and the applet id
* @since 4.3
*/
Applet(const QString &packagePath, uint appletId, const QVariantList &args);
Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d, void cleanUpAndDelete())
Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d, void configDialogFinished())
Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d, void updateShortcuts())
Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d, void globalShortcutChanged())
Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d, void propagateConfigChanged())
AppletPrivate *const d;
//Corona needs to access setLaunchErrorMessage and init
friend class Corona;
friend class CoronaPrivate;
friend class Containment;
friend class ContainmentPrivate;
friend class AppletScript;
friend class AppletPrivate;
friend class AccessAppletJobPrivate;
friend class GraphicsViewAppletPrivate;
friend class PluginLoader;
friend class AssociatedApplicationManager;
};
} // Plasma namespace
/**
* Register an applet when it is contained in a loadable module
*/
#define K_EXPORT_PLASMA_APPLET(libname, classname) \
K_PLUGIN_FACTORY(factory, registerPlugin<classname>();) \
K_EXPORT_PLUGIN(factory("plasma_applet_" #libname)) \
K_EXPORT_PLUGIN_VERSION(PLASMA_VERSION)
#endif // multiple inclusion guard