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+// -*- C++ -*-
+//
+// selection.h
+//
+// (C) 2001-20004 Stefan Kebekus
+// Distributed under the GPL
+
+#ifndef selection_h
+#define selection_h
+
+#include "pageNumber.h"
+
+#include <qstring.h>
+
+
+/* The --very simple-- class TextSelection represents text that the
+   user has selected on a certain page of a document. The class stores
+
+   the page number,
+
+   two Q_INT32 numbers, 'selectedTextStart' and 'selectedTextEnd' that
+   should hold indiced referring to the start and the end of the
+   selected text in the appropriate documentPage's textLinkList
+
+   a QString, 'selectedText' that holds the text that is selected
+
+   these values can be stored, retrieved, it can be checked if the
+   selection is empty, and signals are emitted when the values change
+ */
+
+class TextSelection
+{
+
+public:
+  // Constructs an empty selection with an invalid page number, and an
+  // empty text string. The values 'selectedTextStart' and
+  // 'selectedTextEnd' are set to 0. None of the signals pageChanged()
+  // or selectionIsNotEmpty() is emitted at construction time
+  TextSelection();
+
+  void          clear();
+
+  // Use this method to set the data that is described above. Note
+  // that the consistency of 'pageNr' 'selectedTextStart' and
+  // 'selectedTextEnd' are not checked; it is entirely of the program
+  // that calls this method to make sure that it sets reasonable
+  // values; it is not even checked if selectedTextStart <=
+  // selectedTextEnd! The signals pageChanged() and
+  // selectionIsNotEmpty() are emitted if appropriate.
+  void          set(const PageNumber& pageNr, Q_INT32 selectedTextStart, Q_INT32 selectedTextEnd, const QString& text);
+  
+  // This method can be used to find out if the selection is empty,
+  // i.e. if the page number is invalid or the selected text is empty.
+  bool          isEmpty() const {return (!page.isValid() || selectedText.isEmpty());}
+
+  // Method used to retrieve the data described above
+  Q_INT32       getSelectedTextStart() const {return selectedTextStart;}
+
+  // Method used to retrieve the data described above
+  Q_INT32       getSelectedTextEnd() const {return selectedTextEnd;}
+
+  // Method used to retrieve the data described above
+  const QString &getSelectedText() const {return selectedText;}
+
+  // Method used to retrieve the data described above
+  PageNumber    getPageNumber() const {return page;}
+
+  // If the selection is not empty, this method copies the text to the
+  // system clipboard. If the selection is empty, nothing is done.
+  void          copyText() const;
+
+  bool operator== (const TextSelection&) const;
+  bool operator!= (const TextSelection&) const;
+
+ private:
+  // Described above
+  PageNumber    page;
+
+  // Described above
+  Q_INT32       selectedTextStart, selectedTextEnd;
+
+  // Described above
+  QString       selectedText;
+};
+
+#endif