plasma-framework/searchcontext.h
Anne-Marie Mahfouf 782bcbce51 a few typos
svn path=/trunk/KDE/kdebase/workspace/libs/plasma/; revision=770891
2008-02-04 16:26:49 +00:00

175 lines
5.0 KiB
C++

/*
* 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 SEARCHCONTEXT_H
#define SEARCHCONTEXT_H
#include <QtCore/QList>
#include <QtCore/QObject>
#include <plasma/plasma_export.h>
class KCompletion;
namespace Plasma
{
class SearchMatch;
class AbstractRunner;
/**
* @short The SearchContext class provides information related to a search,
* including the search term, metadata on the search term and collected
* matches.
*/
class PLASMA_EXPORT SearchContext : public QObject
{
Q_OBJECT
public:
enum Type { UnknownType = 0,
Directory,
File,
NetworkLocation,
Executable,
ShellCommand,
Help
};
explicit SearchContext(QObject *parent = 0);
~SearchContext();
SearchContext(QObject *parent, const SearchContext& other);
/**
* Sets the search term for this object and attempts to determine
* the type of the search.
* This clears all current matches in the process.
*/
void resetSearchTerm(const QString&);
/**
* Sets the search term for this object and attempts to determine
* the type of the search.
*/
void setSearchTerm(const QString&);
/**
* @return the current search term.
*/
QString searchTerm() const;
/**
* The type of item the search term might refer to.
* @see Type
*/
Type type() const;
/**
* The mimetype that the search term refers to, if discoverable.
*
* @return QString() if the mimetype can not be determined, otherwise
* the mimetype of the object being referred to by the search
* string.
*/
QString mimetype() const;
/**
* @return a completion object that can be used with UI elements
*/
KCompletion* completionObject() const;
/**
* Adds an item to the completion object.
*/
void addStringCompletion(const QString& completion);
/**
* Adds multiple items to the completion object.
*/
void addStringCompletions(const QStringList& completions);
/**
* Adds an action that represents a match to the current search term.
* This action is informational in nature and does not represent an actionable
* match.
*
* If string data is added to the action using QAction::setData(), that
* string may be used in user interfaces when the item is selected.
*/
SearchMatch* addInformationalMatch(AbstractRunner *runner);
/**
* Adds an action that represents an exact match to the current search term.
*/
SearchMatch* addExactMatch(AbstractRunner *runner);
/**
* Adds an action that represents a possible match to the current search term.
*/
SearchMatch* addPossibleMatch(AbstractRunner *runner);
/**
* Appends lists of matches to the lists for exact, possible, and informational matches
* @return true if matches were added, false if matches were outdated
*/
bool addMatches( const QString& term, const QList<SearchMatch *> &exactMatches,
const QList<SearchMatch *> &possibleMatches,
const QList<SearchMatch *> &informationalMatches );
/**
* Retrieves all available informational matches for the current
* search term.
*/
QList<SearchMatch *> informationalMatches() const;
/**
* Retrieves all available exact matches for the current
* search term.
*/
QList<SearchMatch *> exactMatches() const;
/**
* Retrieves all available possible matches for the current
* search term.
*/
QList<SearchMatch *> possibleMatches() const;
/**
* Determines type of query
*/
void determineType();
/**
* Clears matches
*/
void clearMatches();
Q_SIGNALS:
void matchesChanged();
private:
class Private;
Private * const d;
};
}
#endif