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+/*
+ This file is part of libkresources.
+
+ Copyright (c) 2002 Tobias Koenig <tokoe@kde.org>
+ Copyright (c) 2002 Jan-Pascal van Best <janpascal@vanbest.org>
+ Copyright (c) 2003 Cornelius Schumacher <schumacher@kde.org>
+
+ 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 KRESOURCES_FACTORY_H
+#define KRESOURCES_FACTORY_H
+
+#include <qdict.h>
+#include <qstring.h>
+
+#include <kconfig.h>
+#include <klibloader.h>
+#include <ktrader.h>
+
+#include "resource.h"
+#include "configwidget.h"
+
+namespace KRES {
+
+/**
+ * Class for loading resource plugins.
+ * Use this class if you need resources with special
+ * settings, otherwise use KRES::Manager::createResource()
+ * to get resources with the default settings.
+ *
+ * Example:
+ *
+ * \code
+ * KABC::Factory *factory = KABC::Factory::self( "contact" );
+ *
+ * // to allow a transparent configuration of resources, we have
+ * // to use a kconfig object.
+ * KConfig config( "tst" );
+ * config.writePathEntry( "FileName", "/home/foobar/test.vcf" );// resource dependend
+ * config.writeEntry( "FileFormat", "vcard" ); // resource dependend
+ *
+ * KABC::Resource *res = factory->resource( "file", &config );
+ *
+ * // do something with resource
+ *
+ * \endcode
+ */
+class KRESOURCES_EXPORT Factory
+{
+ public:
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the global resource factory.
+ */
+ static Factory *self( const QString& resourceFamily );
+
+ ~Factory();
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the config widget for the given resource type,
+ * or a null pointer if resource type doesn't exist.
+ *
+ * @param type The type of the resource, returned by typeNames()
+ * @param parent The parent widget
+ */
+ ConfigWidget *configWidget( const QString& type, QWidget *parent = 0 );
+
+ /**
+ * Returns a pointer to a resource object or a null pointer
+ * if resource type doesn't exist.
+ *
+ * @param type The type of the resource, returned by typeNames()
+ * @param config The config object where the resource get it settings from,
+ * or 0 if a resource with default values should be created.
+ */
+ Resource *resource( const QString& type, const KConfig *config );
+
+ /**
+ * Returns a list of all available resource types.
+ */
+ QStringList typeNames() const;
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the name for a special type.
+ */
+ QString typeName( const QString &type ) const;
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the description for a special type.
+ */
+ QString typeDescription( const QString &type ) const;
+
+ protected:
+ Factory( const QString& resourceFamily );
+
+ private:
+ static QDict<Factory> *mSelves;
+
+ QString mResourceFamily;
+ QMap<QString, KService::Ptr> mTypeMap;
+};
+
+}
+#endif