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/* This file is part of the KDE project
   Copyright (C) 2006 Jaroslaw Staniek <js@iidea.pl>

   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 KEXIDB_SIMPLECMDLINEAPP_H
#define KEXIDB_SIMPLECMDLINEAPP_H

#include <kexidb/connection.h>
#include <kexidb/driver.h>

#include <kaboutdata.h>

struct TDECmdLineOptions;

namespace KexiDB
{
	//! @short A skeleton for creating a simple command line database application.
	/*! This class creates a TDEInstance object and automatically handles the following 
	 command line options:
	 - --driver \<name\> (Database driver name) or -drv
	 - --user \<name\> (Database user name) or -u
	 - --password (Prompt for password) or -p
	 - --host \<name\> (Server (host) name) or -h
	 - --port \<number\> (Server's port number)
	 - --local-socket \<filename\> (Server's local socket filename, if needed) or -s

	 You can use this helper class to create test applications or small tools that open 
	 a KexiDB-compatible database using command line arguments, do some data processing
	 and close the database.
	*/
	class KEXI_DB_EXPORT SimpleCommandLineApp : public KexiDB::Object
	{
		public:
			SimpleCommandLineApp(
				int argc, char** argv, TDECmdLineOptions *options, const char *programName, 
				const char *version, const char *shortDescription=0, 
				int licenseType=TDEAboutData::License_Unknown, 
				const char *copyrightStatement=0, const char *text=0, 
				const char *homePageAddress=0, const char *bugsEmailAddress="submit@bugs.kde.org");

		~SimpleCommandLineApp();

		//! \return program instance
		TDEInstance* instance() const;

		/*! Opens database \a databaseName for connection data 
		 specified via the command line. \return true in success.
		 In details: the database driver is loaded, the connection is opened 
		 and the database is used.
		 Use KexiDB::Object methods to get status of the operation on failure. */
		bool openDatabase(const TQString& databaseName);

		/*! Closes database connection previously opened using openDatabase()
		 \return true on success. This method is called on destruction.
		 Use KexiDB::Object methods to get status of the operation on failure. */
		bool closeDatabase();

		/*! \return connection data for this application. */
		KexiDB::ConnectionData* connectionData() const;

		/*! \return connection object for this application or 0 if there is no properly 
		 opened connection. */
		KexiDB::Connection* connection() const;

		protected:
			class Private;
			Private * const d;
	};
}

#endif