/*
**************************************************************************
                                 description
                             --------------------
    copyright            : (C) 2003 by Andreas Zehender
    email                : zehender@kde.org
**************************************************************************

**************************************************************************
*                                                                        *
*  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
*  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
*  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
*  (at your option) any later version.                                   *
*                                                                        *
**************************************************************************/

#ifndef PMVIEWBASE_H
#define PMVIEWBASE_H

#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
#include <config.h>
#endif

#include <tqwidget.h>
#include <tqstring.h>

class TQDomElement;

/**
 * This class stores the view configuration for one view.
 *
 * Reimplement this class for each view type that has to store
 * additional values.
 *
 * Created, loaded from and saved to the xml config by the corresponding
 * @ref PMViewTypeFactory factory class.
 */
class PMViewOptions
{
public:
   /**
    * Returns a deep copy
    */
   virtual PMViewOptions* copy( ) const = 0;
   /**
    * Returns the identifier for the view type. Has to be equal
    * to @ref PMViewBase::viewType for the corresponding view type.
    */
   virtual TQString viewType( ) const = 0;
   /**
    * Loads the data from the xml element
    */
   virtual void loadData( TQDomElement& e ) = 0;
   /**
    * Saves the data from to xml element
    */
   virtual void saveData( TQDomElement& e ) = 0;
};

/**
 * Base class for configuration widgets for view types
 * for the layout settings dialog page
 */
class PMViewOptionsWidget : public TQWidget
{
   TQ_OBJECT
  
public:
   /**
    * Default constructor
    */
   PMViewOptionsWidget( TQWidget* parent, const char* name = 0 )
         : TQWidget( parent, name )
   {
   }

signals:
   /**
    * Emitted when the view type description has changed
    */
   void viewTypeDescriptionChanged( );
};

/**
 * Interface for views.
 *
 * Each view type has to implement this interface. Handles the
 * config loading and saving
 */
class PMViewBase : public TQWidget
{
	TQ_OBJECT
  
public:
   /**
    * Default constructor
    */
   PMViewBase( TQWidget* parent, const char* name = 0, WFlags f = 0 )
         : TQWidget( parent, name, f )
   {
   }
   /**
    * Returns the identifier for the view type. Has to be unique
    * for all view types.
    */
   virtual TQString viewType( ) const = 0;
   /**
    * Returns a i18n'ed description
    */
   virtual TQString description( ) const = 0;
   /**
    * Restores the view configuration
    *
    * Reimplement this function if the view type has to
    * restore additional values.
    * @see PMViewOptions
    */
   virtual void restoreViewConfig( PMViewOptions* ) { }
   /**
    * Saves the view configuration
    *
    * Reimplement this function if the view type has to
    * restore additional values.
    * @see PMViewOptions
    */
   virtual void saveViewConfig( PMViewOptions* ) const { }
};

#endif
