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+/*  This file is part of the KDE project
+    Copyright (C) 2003 Matthias Kretz <[email protected]>
+
+    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+    modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+    License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+    Library General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
+    along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
+    the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+    Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+
+*/
+
+#ifndef KSETTINGS_DISPATCHER_H
+#define KSETTINGS_DISPATCHER_H
+
+#include <tqobject.h>
+#include <tqmap.h>
+#include <tdelibs_export.h>
+
+class TQCString;
+class TQSignal;
+class TQStrList;
+template<class T> class KStaticDeleter;
+class TDEInstance;
+class TDEConfig;
+
+namespace KSettings
+{
+
+/**
+ * @ingroup settings
+ * @short Dispatch change notifications from the KCMs to the program.
+ *
+ * Since your program does not have direct control over the KCMs that get loaded
+ * into the TDEConfigureDialog you need a way to get notified. This is what you
+ * do:
+ * \code
+ * Dispatcher::self()->registerInstance( instance(), this, TQT_SLOT( loadSettings() ) );
+ * \endcode
+ *
+ * @author Matthias Kretz <[email protected]>
+ * @since 3.2
+ */
+class KUTILS_EXPORT Dispatcher : public TQObject
+{
+    friend class KStaticDeleter<Dispatcher>;
+
+    Q_OBJECT
+    public:
+        /**
+         * Get a reference the the Dispatcher object.
+         */
+        static Dispatcher * self();
+
+        /**
+         * Register a slot to be called when the configuration for the instance
+         * has changed. @p instance is the TDEInstance object
+         * that is passed to KGenericFactory (if it is used). You can query
+         * it with KGenericFactory<YourClassName>::instance().
+         * instance->instanceName() is also the same name that is put into the
+         * .desktop file of the KCMs for the X-TDE-ParentComponents.
+         *
+         * @param instance     The TDEInstance object
+         * @param recv         The object that should receive the signal
+         * @param slot         The slot to be called: TQT_SLOT( slotName() )
+         */
+        void registerInstance( TDEInstance * instance, TQObject * recv, const char * slot );
+
+        /**
+         * @return the TDEConfig object that belongs to the instanceName
+         */
+        TDEConfig * configForInstanceName( const TQCString & instanceName );
+
+        /**
+         * @return a list of all the instance names that are currently
+         * registered
+         */
+        TQStrList instanceNames() const;
+
+//X         /**
+//X          * @return The TDEInstance object belonging to the instance name you pass
+//X          * (only works for registered instances of course).
+//X          */
+//X         TDEInstance * instanceForName( const TQCString & instanceName );
+
+    public slots:
+        /**
+         * Call this slot when the configuration belonging to the associated
+         * instance name has changed. The registered slot will be called.
+         *
+         * @param instanceName The value of X-TDE-ParentComponents.
+         */
+        void reparseConfiguration( const TQCString & instanceName );
+
+        /**
+         * When this slot is called the TDEConfig objects of all the registered
+         * instances are sync()ed. This is usefull when some other TDEConfig
+         * objects will read/write from/to the same config file, so that you
+         * can first write out the current state of the TDEConfig objects.
+         */
+        void syncConfiguration();
+
+    private slots:
+        void unregisterInstance( TQObject * );
+
+    private:
+        Dispatcher( TQObject * parent = 0, const char * name = 0 );
+        ~Dispatcher();
+        static Dispatcher * m_self;
+
+        struct InstanceInfo {
+            TDEInstance * instance;
+            TQSignal * signal;
+            int count;
+        };
+        TQMap<TQCString, InstanceInfo> m_instanceInfo;
+        TQMap<TQObject *, TQCString> m_instanceName;
+
+        class DispatcherPrivate;
+        DispatcherPrivate * d;
+};
+
+}
+
+// vim: sw=4 sts=4 et
+#endif // KSETTINGS_DISPATCHER_H