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/***************************************************************************
 *   Copyright (C) 2004 by Alexander Dymo                                  *
 *   cloudtemple@mskat.net                                                 *
 *                                                                         *
 *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
 *   it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as       *
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 *   License, or (at your option) any later version.                       *
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 *   Free Software Foundation, Inc.,                                       *
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 ***************************************************************************/
#ifndef PROPERTYLIST_H
#define PROPERTYLIST_H

#include <tqobject.h>
#include <tqmap.h>
#include <tqptrlist.h>
#include <tqvaluelist.h>
#include <tqpair.h>

namespace PropertyLib{

class Property;
class MultiProperty;

/** @file propertylist.h
@short Contains @ref PropertyLib::PropertyList class.
*/

/**
@short The list of properties.

Every object in a program should operate with properties through
this list in order to:
- be informed about property changes
- allow property lists intersections
- display properties in the property editor widget (see @ref PropertyLib::PropertyEditor).
.

PropertyList owns properties and deletes them itself. For a list that does not own
it's properties, look at @ref PropertyLib::PropertyBuffer class.

PropertyList is also capable of grouping properties.
You can have unsorted list of groups of properties or a plain
alphabetically sorted list of properties or both at the same time.
*/
class PropertyList: public TQObject
{
    Q_OBJECT
  

public:
    class Iterator {
    public:
        void operator ++();
        void operator ++(int);
        
        MultiProperty *operator *();
        
        bool operator != (Iterator it);
        
        TQString key();
        MultiProperty *data();
        
    private:
        Iterator(PropertyList *list);
        Iterator(PropertyList *list, bool end);
        
        void next();
        TQMap<TQString, MultiProperty*>::iterator current;
        
        PropertyList *m_list;
        friend class PropertyList;
    };
    
    typedef Iterator iterator;
    
    PropertyList();
    virtual ~PropertyList();

    /**Accesses a property by it's name. All property modifications are allowed
    trough this method. For example, to set a value of a property, use:
    /code
    PropertyList list;
    ...
    list["My Property"]->setValue("My Value");
    /endcode
    @return @ref MultiProperty with given name.*/
    virtual MultiProperty *operator[](const TQString &name);
    /**Accesses a property by it's name. All property modifications are allowed
    trough this method. For example, to set a value of a property
    */
    MultiProperty *property( const TQString &name );

    /**Adds the property to the list to the "common" group.*/
    virtual void addProperty(Property *property);
    /**Adds the property to the list in group.*/
    virtual void addProperty(const TQString &group, Property *property);
    /**Removes property from the list. Emits aboutToDeleteProperty before removing.*/
    virtual void removeProperty(Property *property);
    /**Removes property with the given name from the list.
    Emits @ref aboutToDeleteProperty before removing.*/
    virtual void removeProperty(const TQString &name);
    
    /**@return the list of grouped properties.*/
    virtual const TQValueList<TQPair<TQString, TQValueList<TQString> > >& propertiesOfGroup() const;
    /**@return the map: property - group name.*/
    virtual const TQMap<MultiProperty*, TQString>& groupOfProperty() const;
    
    /**Clears the list of properties.*/
    virtual void clear();
    /**Returns true if the list of properties contains property with given name.*/
    virtual bool contains(const TQString &name);
    
    /**The list of properties with given name.*/
    TQPtrList<Property> properties(const TQString &name);
    
    Iterator begin();
    Iterator end();

signals:
    /**Emitted when the value of the property is changed.*/
    void propertyValueChanged(Property* property);
    /**Emitted when property is about to be deleted.*/
    void aboutToDeleteProperty(Property* property);
    
protected:
    /**Constructs a list which owns or does not own it's properties.*/
    PropertyList(bool propertyOwner);

    /**Adds property to a group.*/
    void addToGroup(const TQString &group, MultiProperty *property);
    /**Removes property from a group.*/
    void removeFromGroup(MultiProperty *property);
        
private:
    //sorted list of properties in form name: property
    TQMap<TQString, MultiProperty*> m_list;
    
    //groups of properties:
    // list of group name: (list of property names)
    TQValueList<TQPair<TQString, TQValueList<TQString> > > m_propertiesOfGroup;
    // map of property: group
    TQMap<MultiProperty*, TQString> m_groupOfProperty;

    //indicates that this list will delete properties after removeProperty()
    //and also in destructor
    bool m_propertyOwner;
    
friend class MultiProperty;
friend class PropertyBuffer;
friend class Iterator;
};


/**
@short The list of properties which does not own them.

This class acts as @ref PropertyLib::PropertyList but it does not delete properties
in destructor (i.e. it does not own properties).
This class should be used to store results of property intersections.

Example:
/code
PropertyList *list = new PropertyList();
PropertyList *list2 = new PropertyList();
PropertyList *list3 = new PropertyList();
...
PropertyBuffer *buf = new PropertyBuffer(list);
buf->intersect(list2);
buf->intersect(list3);
...
/endcode
*/
class PropertyBuffer: public PropertyList{
    Q_OBJECT
  
public:
    /**Constructs a buffer from given property list.*/
    PropertyBuffer(PropertyList *list);
    /**Constructs an empty property buffer.*/
    PropertyBuffer();

    /**Intersects with other @ref PropertyLib::PropertyList.*/
    virtual void intersect(const PropertyList *list);

protected slots:
    void intersectedValueChanged(Property *property);
    
};

}

#endif