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/*  This code generated by:
 *      Author : thomas
 *      Date   : Fri Jun 20 2003
 */



#ifndef CODEMETHODBLOCK_H
#define CODEMETHODBLOCK_H

#include <tqstring.h>

#include "ownedcodeblock.h"
#include "codeblockwithcomments.h"
#include "umlnamespace.h"

class ClassifierCodeDocument;

/**
  * class CodeMethodBlock
  * A  common type of "code block" that occurs in OO code.
  */

class CodeMethodBlock : public CodeBlockWithComments, public OwnedCodeBlock
{
    friend class CodeGenObjectWithTextBlocks;
    Q_OBJECT
  
public:

    // Constructors/Destructors
    //


    /**
     * Constructors
     */
    CodeMethodBlock ( ClassifierCodeDocument * doc, UMLObject * parentObj,
                      const TQString & body = "", const TQString & comment = "");

    /**
     * Empty Destructor
     */
    virtual ~CodeMethodBlock ( );

    // Public attributes
    //

    /**
     * @return  TQString
     */
    virtual TQString toString ( );

    /**
     * Get the starting text that begins this method before the body is printed.
     */
    TQString getStartMethodText () const;

    /**
     * Get the ending text that finishes this method after the body is printed.
     */
    TQString getEndMethodText () const;

    // get the parent code document
    CodeDocument * getParentDocument();

protected:


    /** causes the text block to release all of its connections
     * and any other text blocks that it 'owns'.
     * needed to be called prior to deletion of the textblock.
     */
    virtual void release ();

    /**
     * Set the starting text that begins this method before the body is printed.
     */
    void setStartMethodText (const TQString &value);

    /**
     * Set the ending text that finishes this method after the body is printed.
     */
    void setEndMethodText (const TQString &value);

    /** this is the method called from within syncToparent().
      * to update the start and end Method text. It is called
                  * whether or not the method is Auto or User generated.
      */
    virtual void updateMethodDeclaration ( ) = 0;

    /** this is the method called from within syncToparent().
      * to update the *body* of the method
                  * It is only called if the method is Auto-generated.
      */
    virtual void updateContent ( ) = 0;

    /** set attributes of the node that represents this class
     * in the XMI document.
     */
    virtual void setAttributesOnNode ( TQDomDocument & doc, TQDomElement & blockElement);

    /** set the class attributes of this object from
     * the passed element node.
     */
    virtual void setAttributesFromNode ( TQDomElement & element);

    /** set the class attributes from a passed object
            */
    virtual void setAttributesFromObject (TextBlock * obj);

private:

    TQString m_startMethod;
    TQString m_endMethod;

    void initFields ( );

public slots:

    virtual void syncToParent();
};

#endif // CODEMETHODBLOCK_H