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/*
 *  KUser - represent a user/account
 *  Copyright (C) 2002-2003 Tim Jansen <tim@tjansen.de>
 *  Copyright (C) 2003 Oswald Buddenhagen <ossi@kde.org>
 *  Copyright (C) 2004 Jan Schaefer <j_schaef@informatik.uni-kl.de>
 *
 *  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 KUSER_H
#define KUSER_H

#include "ksharedptr.h"

class KUserGroup;
class TQString;
class TQStringList;
class KUserPrivate;
struct passwd;
template <class T> class TQValueList;

/**
 * @short Represents a user on your system
 *
 * This class represents a user on your system. You can either get
 * information about the current user, of fetch information about
 * a user on the system. Instances of this class will be explicitly shared,
 * so copying objects is very cheap and you can safely pass objects by value.
 *
 * @author Tim Jansen <tim@tjansen.de>
 * @since 3.2
 */
class KDECORE_EXPORT KUser {

public:

  enum UIDMode { 
  	UseEffectiveUID, ///< Use the effective user id.
  	UseRealUserID    ///< Use the real user id.
  };

  /**
   * Creates an object that tqcontains information about the current user.
   * (as returned by getuid(2) or geteuid(2), taking $LOGNAME/$USER into
   * account).
   * @param mode if #UseEffectiveUID is passed the effective
   *             user is returned. 
   *        If #UseRealUserID is passed the real user will be
   *        returned. 
   *        The real UID will be different than the effective UID in setuid
   *        programs; in  
   *        such a case use the effective UID for checking permissions, and
   *        the real UID for displaying information about the user.
   */
  // XXX KDE4: Make this explicit
  KUser(UIDMode mode = UseEffectiveUID);

  /**
   * Creates an object for the user with the given user id.
   * If the user does not exist isValid() will return false.
   * @param uid the user id
   */
  // XXX KDE4: Make this explicit; give parameter as uid_t instead of "long"
  KUser(long uid);

  /**
   * Creates an object that tqcontains information about the user with the given
   * name. If the user does not exist isValid() will return false.
   *
   * @param name the name of the user
   */
  // XXX KDE4: Make this explicit
  KUser(const TQString& name);

  /**
   * Creates an object that tqcontains information about the user with the given
   * name. If the user does not exist isValid() will return false.
   *
   * @param name the name of the user
   */
  // XXX KDE4: Make this explicit
  KUser(const char *name);

  /**
   * Creates an object from a passwd structure.
   * If the pointer is null isValid() will return false.
   *
   * @param p the passwd structure to create the user from
   */
  // XXX KDE4: Make this explicit
  KUser(struct passwd *p);

  /**
   * Creates an object from another KUser object
   * @param user the user to create the new object from
   */
  KUser(const KUser & user);
  
  /**
   * Copies a user
   * @param user the user to copy
   * @return this object
   */
  KUser& operator =(const KUser& user);
  
  /**
   * Two KUser objects are equal if isValid() is true 
   * and the uid() are identical.
   */
  bool operator ==(const KUser& user) const;

  /**
   * Two KUser objects are not equal if either isValid() is
   * not true or uid() are not identical.
   */
  bool operator !=(const KUser &user) const;

  /**
   * Returns true if the user is valid. A KUser object can be invalid if 
   * you created it with an non-existing uid or name.
   * @return true if the user is valid
   */
  bool isValid() const;

  /**
   * Returns the user id of the user.
   * @return the id of the user or -1 if user is invalid
   */
  // XXX KDE4: Make this return uid_t
  long uid() const;


  /**
   * Returns the group id of the user.
   * @return the id of the group or -1 if user is invalid
   */
  // XXX KDE4: Make this return gid_t
  long gid() const;

  /**
   * Checks whether the user it the super user (root).
   * @return true if the user is root
   */
  bool isSuperUser() const;

  /**
   * The login name of the user.
   * @return the login name of the user or TQString::null if user is invalid 
   */
  TQString loginName() const;

  /**
   * The full name of the user.
   * @return the full name of the user or TQString::null if user is invalid
   */
  TQString fullName() const;

  /**
   * The user's room number.
   * @return the room number of the user or TQString::null if not set or the
   *         user is invalid 
   */
  TQString roomNumber() const;

  /**
   * The user's work phone.
   * @return the work phone of the user or TQString::null if not set or the
   *         user is invalid 
   */
  TQString workPhone() const;

  /**
   * The user's home phone.
   * @return the home phone of the user or TQString::null if not set or the
   *         user is invalid 
   */
  TQString homePhone() const;

  /**
   * The path to the user's home directory.
   * @return the home directory of the user or TQString::null if the
   *         user is invalid 
   */
  TQString homeDir() const;

  /**
   * The path to the user's login shell.
   * @return the login shell of the user or TQString::null if the
   *         user is invalid 
   */
  TQString shell() const;

  /**
   * Returns all groups of the user
   * @return all groups of the user
   */
  TQValueList<KUserGroup> groups() const;
  
  /**
   * Returns all group names of the user
   * @return all group names of the user
   */
  TQStringList groupNames() const;
  
  
  /**
   * Destructor.
   */
  ~KUser();

  /** 
   * Returns all users of the system.
   * @return all users of the system.
   */
  static TQValueList<KUser> allUsers();

  /** 
   * Returns all user names of the system.
   * @return all user names of the system.
   */
  static TQStringList allUserNames();

private:
  KSharedPtr<KUserPrivate> d;
  void fillPasswd(struct passwd* p);
  void fillName(const char* name);
};

class KUserGroupPrivate;

struct group;

/**
 * @short Represents a group on your system
 *
 * This class represents a group on your system. You can either get
 * information about the group of the current user, of fetch information about
 * a group on the system. Instances of this class will be explicitly shared,
 * so copying objects is very cheap and you can safely pass objects by value.
 *
 * @author Jan Schaefer <j_schaef@informatik.uni-kl.de>
 * @since 3.3
 */
class KDECORE_EXPORT KUserGroup {

public:

  /**
   * Create an object from the group of the current user.
   * @param mode if #KUser::UseEffectiveUID is passed the effective user
   *        will be used. If #KUser::UseRealUserID is passed the real user
   *        will be used. 
   *        The real UID will be different than the effective UID in setuid
   *        programs; in  such a case use the effective UID for checking
   *        permissions, and the real UID for displaying information about
   *        the group associated with the user.
   */
  explicit KUserGroup(KUser::UIDMode mode = KUser::UseEffectiveUID);
  
  /**
   * Create an object from a group id.
   * If the group does not exist, isValid() will return false.
   * @param gid the group id
   */
  // XXX KDE4: Give parameter as gid_t instead of "long"
  explicit KUserGroup(long gid);
  
  /**
   * Create an object from a group name.
   * If the group does not exist, isValid() will return false.
   * @param name the name of the group
   */
  explicit KUserGroup(const TQString& name);
  
  /**
   * Create an object from a group name.
   * If the group does not exist, isValid() will return false.
   * @param name the name of the group
   */
  explicit KUserGroup(const char *name);
  
  /**
   * Creates an object from a group structure.
   * If the pointer is null, isValid() will return false.
   * @param g the group structure to create the group from.
   */
  explicit KUserGroup(struct group *g);
  
  /**
   * Creates a new KUserGroup instance from another KUserGroup object
   * @param group the KUserGroup to copy
   */
  KUserGroup(const KUserGroup & group);
  
  /**
   * Copies a group
   * @param group the group that should be copied
   * @return this group
   */
  KUserGroup& operator =(const KUserGroup& group);
  
  /**
   * Two KUserGroup objects are equal if isValid() is true
   * and gid() are identical
   * @return true if the groups are identical
   */
  bool operator ==(const KUserGroup& group) const;
  
  /**
   * Two KUserGroup objects are not equal if either 
   * isValid() is not true or gid() are not identical
   * @return true if the groups are not identical
   */
  bool operator !=(const KUserGroup& group) const;
  
  /**
   * Returns wether the group is valid.
   * A KUserGroup object can be invalid if it is 
   * created with a non-existing gid or name.
   * @return true if the group is valid
   */
  bool isValid() const;
  
  /**
   * Returns the group id of the group.
   * @return the group id of the group or -1 if the group is invalid
   */
  // XXX KDE4: Return gid_t instead of "long"
  long gid() const;
  
  /**
   * The name of the group.
   * @return the name of the group
   */
  TQString name() const;
  
  /**
   * Returns a list of all users of the group.
   * @return a list of all users of the group
   */
  const TQValueList<KUser>& users() const;
  
  /**
   * Returns a list of all user login names of the group.
   * @return a list of all user login names of the group
   */
  TQStringList userNames() const;
  
  
  /**
   * Destructor.
   */
  ~KUserGroup(); 
  
  /**
   * Returns a list of all groups on this system
   */
  static TQValueList<KUserGroup> allGroups();
  
  /**
   * Returns a list of all group names on this system
   */
  static TQStringList allGroupNames();
  
private:
  KSharedPtr<KUserGroupPrivate> d;
  void fillGroup(struct group* g);
  void fillName(const char* name);
};


#endif