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tdelibs/kutils/tdecmoduleproxyIface.h

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/* This file is part of the KDE libraries
Copyright (C) 2004 Frans Englich <frans.englich@telia.com>
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., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
*/
#ifndef __KCMODULEPROXYIFACE_H__
#define __KCMODULEPROXYIFACE_H__
#include <dcopobject.h>
/**
* @ingroup tdecmodule
* @brief DCOP Interface for TDECModule.
*
* A module (which is loaded via TDECModuleProxy) does always have
* this DCOP interface, whether it's in root mode or not.
*
* @since 3.4
* @internal
* @author Frans Englich <frans.englich@telia.com>
*/
class TDECModuleProxyIface : virtual public DCOPObject
{
K_DCOP
k_dcop:
/**
* Return the caption of the host application which the module
* is part in. This is the application name, or similar.
*
* @returns the host's name
*/
virtual TQString applicationName() = 0;
/**
* Save settings.
*/
virtual void save() = 0;
/**
* Load settings.
*/
virtual void load() = 0;
/**
* Load defaults.
*/
virtual void defaults() = 0;
/**
* Returns the module's quick help.
*/
virtual TQString quickHelp() = 0;
/**
* @returns true if the module has unsaved
* data, typically.
*/
virtual bool changed() = 0;
k_dcop_signals:
/**
* Emitted when the state of the module changes. @p c
* is true when the content is changed, otherwise false.
*
* @param c true if the module is modified, false if its not.
* @param module a string identifying the module which was changed. This
* is typically "TDECModuleProx-X" where X is the module's name.
*/
virtual void changed( bool c );
virtual void quickHelpChanged();
};
/**
* @ingroup tdecmodule
* @brief DCOP interface for communicating with the real module running in root mode.
*
* When a TDECModuleProxy tells kcmshell to load "itself" and embed into the
* TDECModuleProxy, this DCOP interface is used to communicate to the real TDECModuleProxy, since
* the TDECModuleProxy which told kcmshell to load itself, is nothing but a shell.
*
* Currently is only the changed signal routed, but it's possible to proxy
* the rest of the TDECModuleProxy API, if it turns out necessary.
*
* @since 3.4
* @internal
* @author Frans Englich <frans.englich@telia.com>
*/
class TDECModuleProxyRootDispatcher : virtual public DCOPObject
{
K_DCOP
k_dcop:
/**
* TDECModuleProxyIface::changed() gets connected to this.
*/
virtual void changed( bool c ) = 0;
virtual void quickHelpChanged() = 0;
};
#endif // __KCMODULEPROXYIFACE_H__