plasma-framework/service.h

/*
 *   Copyright 2008 Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
 *
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 */

#ifndef PLASMA_SERVICE_H
#define PLASMA_SERVICE_H

#include <QtCore/QMap>
#include <QtCore/QObject>
#include <QtCore/QVariant>

#include <KDE/KConfigGroup>

class QIODevice;

namespace Plasma
{

class ServiceJob;

/**
 * @brief This class provides a generic API for write access to settings or services.
 *
 * Plasma::Service allows interaction with a "destination", the definition of which
 * depends on the Service itself. For a network settings Service this might be a
 * profile name ("Home", "Office", "Road Warrior") while a web based Service this
 * might be a username ("aseigo", "stranger65").
 *
 * A Service provides one or more operations, each of which provides some sort
 * of interaction with the destination. Operations are described using config
 * XML which is used to create a KConfig object with one group per operation.
 * The group names are used as the operation names, and the defined items in
 * the group are the parameters available to be set when using that operation.
 *
 * A service is started with a KConfigGroup (representing a ready to be serviced
 * operation) and automatically deletes itself after completion and signaling
 * success or failure. See KJob for more information on this part of the process.
 *
 * Services may either be loaded "stand alone" from plugins, or from a DataEngine
 * by passing in a source name to be used as the destination.
 *
 * Sample use might look like:
 *
 * Plasma::DataEngine *twitter = dataEngine("twitter");
 * Plasma::Service *service = twitter.serviceForSource("aseigo");
 * KConfigGroup op = service->operationParameters("update");
 * op.writeEntry("tweet", "Hacking on plasma!");
 * Plasma::ServiceJob *job = service->startOperation(op);
 * connect(job, SIGNAL(finished(KJob*)), this, SLOT(jobCompeted()));
 */
class Service : public QObject
{
    Q_OBJECT
public:
    /**
     * Destructor
     */
    ~Service();

    /**
     * Used to load a given service from a plugin.
     *
     * @param name the plugin name of the service to load
     * @param parent the parent object, if any, for the service
     *
     * @return a Service object, guaranteed to be not null.
     */
    static Service* load(const QString &name, QObject *parent = 0);

    /**
     * Sets the destination for this Service to operate on
     *
     * @arg destination specific to each Service, this sets which
     *                  target or address for ServiceJobs to operate on
     */
    void setDestination(const QString &destination);

    /**
     * @return the target destination, if any, that this service is associated with
     */
    QString destination() const;

    /**
     * @return the possible operations for this profile
     */
    QStringList operationList() const;

    /**
     * Retrieves the parameters for a given operation
     *
     * @param operation the operation to retrieve parameters for
     * @return KConfigGroup containing the parameters
     */
    KConfigGroup operationParameters(const QString &operation);

    /**
     * Called to create a ServiceJob which is associated with a given
     * operation and parameter set.
     *
     * @return a started ServiceJob; the consumer may connect to relevant
     *         signals before returning to the event loop
     */
    ServiceJob* startOperation(const KConfigGroup &parameters);

    /**
     * The name of this service
     */
    QString name() const;

Q_SIGNALS:
    void finished(ServiceJob* job);

protected:
    /**
     * Default constructor
     *
     * @arg parent the parent object for this service
     */
    explicit Service(QObject *parent = 0);

    /**
     * Constructor for plugin loading
     */
    Service(QObject *parent, const QVariantList &args);

    /**
     * Called when a job should be created by the Service.
     *
     * @param operation which operation to work on
     * @param parameters the parameters set by the user for the operation
     * @return a ServiceJob that can be started and monitored by the consumer
     */
    virtual ServiceJob* createJob(const QString &operation,
                                  QMap<QString, QVariant> &parameters) = 0;

    /**
     * By default this is based on the file in plasma/services/name.operations, but can be
     * reimplented to use a different mechanism.
     *
     * It should result in a call to setOperationsScheme(QIODevice *);
     */
    virtual void registerOperationsScheme();

    /**
     * Sets the XML used to define the operation schema for
     * this Service.
     */
    void setOperationsScheme(QIODevice *xml);

    /**
     * Sets the name of the Service; useful for Services not loaded from plugins,
     * which use the plugin name for this.
     *
     * @arg name the name to use for this service
     */
    void setName(const QString &name);

private:
    Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d, void jobFinished(KJob*))

    class Private;
    Private * const d;
};

} // namespace Plasma

#define K_EXPORT_PLASMA_SERVICE(libname, classname) \
K_PLUGIN_FACTORY(factory, registerPlugin<classname>();) \
K_EXPORT_PLUGIN(factory("plasma_service_" #libname))

#endif // multiple inclusion guard