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/*
 * article.h
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Frerich Raabe <[email protected]>
 *
 * This program 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. For licensing and distribution details, check the
 * accompanying file 'COPYING'.
 */
#ifndef LIBRSS_ARTICLE_H
#define LIBRSS_ARTICLE_H

#include "global.h"

class TQDateTime;
class TQDomNode;
template <class>
class TQValueList;
class TQString;
class TQWidget;
class KURL;
class KURLLabel;

namespace RSS
{
	/**
	 * Represents an article as stored in a RSS file. You don't have to
	 * instantiate one of these yourself, the common way to access instances
	 * is via Document::articles().
	 * @see Document::articles()
	 */
	class LIBRSS_EXPORT Article
	{
		public:
			/**
			 * A list of articles.
			 */
			typedef TQValueList<Article> List;

			/**
			 * Default constructor.
			 */
			Article();

			/**
			 * Copy constructor.
			 * @param other The Article object to copy.
			 */
			Article(const Article &other);

			/**
			 * Constructs an Article from a piece of RSS markup.
			 * @param node A TQDomNode which references the DOM leaf to be used
			 * for constructing the Article.
			 */
			Article(const TQDomNode &node);
	
			/**
			 * Assignment operator.
			 * @param other The Article object to clone.
			 * @return A reference to the cloned Article object.
			 */
			Article &operator=(const Article &other);

			/**
			 * Compares two articles. Two articles are treated to be identical
			 * if all their properties (title, link, description etc.) are
			 * equal.
			 * @param other The article this article should be compared with.
			 * @return Whether the two articles are equal.
			 */
			bool operator==(const Article &other) const;

			/**
			 * Convenience method. Simply calls !operator==().
			 * @param other The article this article should be compared with.
			 * @return Whether the two articles are unequal.
			 */
			bool operator!=(const Article &other) const { return !operator==(other); }

			/**
			 * Destructor.
			 */
			virtual ~Article();

			/**
			 * RSS 0.90 and upwards
			 * @return The headline of this article, or TQString() if
			 * no headline was available.
			 */
			TQString title() const;

			/**
			 * RSS 0.90 and upwards
			 * @return A URL referencing the complete text for this article,
			 * or an empty KURL if no link was available.
			 * Note that the RSS 0.91 Specification dictates that URLs not
			 * starting with "http://" or "ftp://" are considered invalid.
			 */
			const KURL &link() const;

			/**
			 * RSS 0.91 and upwards
			 * @return A story synopsis, or TQString() if no description
			 * was available.
			 */
			TQString description() const;

			/**
			 * RSS 2.0 and upwards
			 * @return An article GUID (globally unique identifier).
			 */
			TQString guid() const;

			/**
			 * RSS 2.0 and upwards
			 * @return If this article GUID is permalink. Has no meaning when guid() is TQString().
			 */
			bool guidIsPermaLink() const;

			/**
			 * RSS 2.0 and upwards
			 * @return The date when the article was published.
			 */
			const TQDateTime &pubDate() const;

			/**
			 * @param parent The parent widget for the KURLLabel.
			 * @param name A name for the widget which will be used internally.
			 * @return a widget (a KURLLabel in this case) for the Article.
			 * This makes building a user-interface which contains the
			 * information in this Article object more convenient.
			 * The returned KURLLabel's caption will be the title(), clicking
			 * on it will emit the URL link(), and it has a TQToolTip attached
			 * to it which displays the description() (in case it has one,
			 * if there is no description, the URL which the label links to
			 * will be used).
			 * Note that you have to delete the KURLLabel object returned by
			 * this method yourself.
			 */
			KURLLabel *widget(TQWidget *parent = 0, const char *name = 0) const;
					
		private:
			struct Private;
			Private *d;
	};
}

#endif // LIBRSS_ARTICLE_H
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