/*
    kopetepicture.h - Kopete Picture

    Copyright (c) 2005      by Michaël Larouche       <michael.larouche@kdemail.net>

    Kopete    (c) 2002-2005 by the Kopete developers  <kopete-devel@kde.org>

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

#include <kdemacros.h>
#include <ksharedptr.h>
#include "kopete_export.h"

#include <tqimage.h>

namespace KABC
{
	class Picture;
}

namespace Kopete
{
/**
 * @brief Represent a picture in Kopete context
 *
 * It kept a cache of a TQImage object, a base64 string and
 * a path to a image file. It ensure that all source are synced.
 * Interally, the image is stored in PNG format when possible.
 * It can happen that the image path do not return a PNG file.
 *
 * You can only use an TQImage and a image path to create/update
 * the picture.
 * If the picture doesn't exist as a file, it generate a local
 * copy into ~/.kde/share/apps/kopete/metacontactpicturecache
 *
 * This class is implicitly shared, so don't use it as a pointer.
 *
 * How to use this class:
 * @code
 * Kopete::Picture picture;
 * picture.setPicture(TQImage());
 * picture.setPicture(TQString("/tmp/image.png"));
 * 
 * TQString base64 = picture.base64();
 * TQString path = picture.path();
 * TQImage image = picture.image();
 * @endcode
 *
 * @author Michaël Larouche <michael.larouche@kdemail.net>
 */
class KOPETE_EXPORT Picture	
{
public:
	/**
	 * Create a empty Kopete::Picture
	 */
	Picture();
	/**
	 * Create a picture from a local path.
	 */
	Picture(const TQString &path);
	/**
	 * Create a picture from a TQImage.
	 */
	Picture(const TQImage &image);
	/**
	 * Create a picture from a KABC::Picture.
	 */
	Picture(const KABC::Picture &picture);
	/**
	 * Copy a picture. It doesn't create a full copy, it just make a reference.
	 */
	Picture(const Picture &other);
	/**
	 * Delete the Kopete::Picture
	 */
	~Picture();
	/**
	 * Assignment operator.
	 * Like the copy constructor, it just make a reference.
	 */
	Picture &operator=(const Picture &other);

	/**
	 * Return the current picture as TQImage.
	 * TQImage can used to draw the image on a context.
	 * 
	 * @return the TQImage cache of current picture.
	 */
	TQImage image();
	/**
	 * Return the current picture as a base64 string.
	 * The base64 is used to include the picture into a XML/XHTML context.
	 */
	TQString base64();
	/**
	 * Return the local path of the current picture.
	 */
	TQString path();

	/**
	 * Check if the picture is null.
 	 */
	bool isNull();
	/**
	 * Reset the picture.
	 */
	void clear();

	/**
	 * Set the picture content.
	 * @param image the picture as a TQImage.
	 */
	void setPicture(const TQImage &image);
	/**
	 * Set the picture content.
	 * @param path the path to the picture.
	 */
	void setPicture(const TQString &path);
	/**
	 * Set the picture content.
	 * @param picture a KABC Picture.
	 */
	void setPicture(const KABC::Picture &picture);
	
private:
	/**
	 * Kopete::Picture is implicitly shared.
	 * Detach the instance when modifying data.
	 */
	void detach();

	class Private;
	KSharedPtr<Private> d;
};

}//END namespace Kopete

#endif