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+/* This file is part of the KDE project
+ Copyright (C) 2004 Alexander Dymo <[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 as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+*/
+#ifndef KDEVPLUGININFO_H
+#define KDEVPLUGININFO_H
+
+#include <qvariant.h>
+
+#include <kaboutdata.h>
+
+/**
+@file kdevplugininfo.h
+KDevelop plugin information container class.
+*/
+
+/**
+Information about KDevelop plugin.
+It uses plugin name to query plugin .desktop files and
+retrieve most information. Names of authors and credits to other people
+must be added manually using KDevPluginInfo::addAuthor and KDevPluginInfo::addCredit
+methods.
+@sa KDevPlugin class documentation for more information about .desktop files.
+*/
+class KDevPluginInfo
+{
+public:
+ /**Constructor.
+ @param pluginName A name of a plugin. Must be the same as the name of a .desktop file
+ and the same as the location of plugin resource files.*/
+ KDevPluginInfo(const QString &pluginName);
+
+ /**Casts KDevPluginInfo to KAboutData. Uses KDevPluginInfo::pluginName as KAboutData::appName,
+ KDevPluginInfo::rawGenericName as KAboutData::programName KDevPluginInfo::licenseType as KAboutData::licenseType. Other parameters are ignored.*/
+ operator KAboutData*() const;
+
+ /**@return A name of a plugin (always untranslated).*/
+ QString pluginName() const;
+ /**@return A generic name of a plugin (translated). Use this in GUI. Information is taken from .desktop file.*/
+ QString genericName() const;
+ /**@return An icon name of a plugin. Information is taken from .desktop file.*/
+ QString icon() const;
+ /**@return A description of a plugin. Information is taken from .desktop file.*/
+ QString description() const;
+ /**@return A version of a plugin. Information is taken from .desktop file.*/
+ QString version() const;
+ /**@return A license type of a plugin. Information is taken from .desktop file.*/
+ int licenseType() const;
+ /**@return A license text for known license types (GPL, LGPL, BSD, Artistic, QPL).*/
+ QString license() const;
+ /**@return A copyright statement of a plugin. Information is taken from .desktop file.*/
+ QString copyrightStatement() const;
+ /**@return A home page of a plugin. Information is taken from .desktop file.*/
+ QString homePageAddress() const;
+ /**@return A email address for bugs of a plugin. Information is taken from .desktop file.*/
+ QString bugsEmailAddress() const;
+
+ /**@param name The name of a property.
+ @return Any property value which exists in .desktop file.*/
+ QVariant property(const QString &name) const;
+ /**@param name The name of a property.
+ @return Any property value which exists in .desktop file.*/
+ QVariant operator [] (const QString &name) const;
+ /**@return A list of property names set in .desktop file.*/
+ QStringList propertyNames() const;
+
+ /**@return A list of plugin authors.*/
+ const QValueList<KAboutPerson> authors() const;
+ /**@return A list of other plugin contributors.*/
+ const QValueList<KAboutPerson> credits() const;
+
+ /**Adds an author to the list of authors.
+ You can call this function as many times you need. Each entry is appended to a list.
+ @param name The developer's name in UTF-8 encoding.
+ @param task What the person is responsible for. This text can contain newlines. It should be marked for translation like this: I18N_NOOP("Task description..."). Can be 0.
+ @param emailAddress An Email address where the person can be reached. Can be 0.
+ @param webAddress The person's homepage or a relevant link. Start the address with "http://". "http://some.domain" is correct, "some.domain" is not. Can be 0.*/
+ void addAuthor(const char *name, const char *task,
+ const char *emailAddress = 0, const char *webAddress = 0);
+ /**Adds a contributor to the list of contributors.
+ You can call this function as many times you need. Each entry is appended to a list.
+ @param name The developer's name in UTF-8 encoding.
+ @param task What the person is responsible for. This text can contain newlines. It should be marked for translation like this: I18N_NOOP("Task description..."). Can be 0.
+ @param emailAddress An Email address where the person can be reached. Can be 0.
+ @param webAddress The person's homepage or a relevant link. Start the address with "http://". "http://some.domain" is correct, "some.domain" is not. Can be 0.*/
+ void addCredit(const char *name, const char *task = 0,
+ const char *emailAddress = 0, const char *webAddress = 0);
+
+private:
+ /**Returns the untranslated generic name of a plugin as set in .desktop file.*/
+ const char *rawGenericName() const;
+
+ class Private;
+ Private *d;
+};
+
+#endif