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/* This file is part of the KDE libraries
   Copyright (C) 1999 Torben Weis <weis@kde.org>
   Copyright (C) 2000-2001 Waldo Bastian <bastian@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 version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.

   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 __kprotocolinfo_h__
#define __kprotocolinfo_h__

#include <qstring.h>
#include <qstringlist.h>
#include <qdatastream.h>

#include <kurl.h>
#include <ksycocaentry.h>
#include <ksycocatype.h>

/**
 * Information about I/O (Internet, etc.) protocols supported by KDE.

 * This class is useful if you want to know which protocols
 * KDE supports. In addition you can find out lots of information
 * about a certain protocol. A KProtocolInfo instance represents a
 * single protocol. Most of the functionality is provided by the static
 * methods that scan the *.protocol files of all installed kioslaves to get
 * this information.
 *
 * *.protocol files are installed in the "services" resource.
 *
 * @author Torben Weis <weis@kde.org>
 */
class KIO_EXPORT KProtocolInfo : public KSycocaEntry
{
  friend class KProtocolInfoFactory;
  K_SYCOCATYPE( KST_KProtocolInfo, KSycocaEntry )

public:
  typedef KSharedPtr<KProtocolInfo> Ptr;

public:
  /**
   * Read a protocol description file
   * @param path the path of the description file
   */
  KProtocolInfo( const QString & path); // KDE4: make private and add friend class KProtocolInfoBuildFactory
                                        // Then we can get rid of the d pointer

  /**
   * Returns whether the protocol description file is valid.
   * @return true if valid, false otherwise
   */
  virtual bool isValid() const { return !m_name.isEmpty(); }

  /**
   * Returns the name of the protocol.
   *
   * This corresponds to the "protocol=" field in the protocol description file.
   *
   * @return the name of the protocol
   * @see KURL::protocol()
   */
  virtual QString name() const { return m_name; }

  //
  // Static functions:
  //

  /**
   * Returns list of all known protocols.
   * @return a list of all known protocols
   */
  static QStringList protocols();

  /**
   * Returns whether a protocol is installed that is able to handle @p url.
   *
   * @param url the url to check
   * @return true if the protocol is known
   * @see name()
   */
  static bool isKnownProtocol( const KURL &url );

  /**
   * Same as above except you can supply just the protocol instead of
   * the whole URL.
   */
 static bool isKnownProtocol( const QString& protocol )
#ifdef KPROTOCOLINFO_KDECORE
  KDE_WEAK_SYMBOL
#endif
  ;

  /**
   * Returns the library / executable to open for the protocol @p protocol
   * Example : "kio_ftp", meaning either the executable "kio_ftp" or
   * the library "kio_ftp.la" (recommended), whichever is available.
   *
   * This corresponds to the "exec=" field in the protocol description file.
   * @param protocol the protocol to check
   * @return the executable of library to open, or QString::null for
   *         unsupported protocols
   * @see KURL::protocol()
   */
  static QString exec( const QString& protocol );

  /**
   * Describes the type of a protocol.
   */
  enum Type { T_STREAM, ///< protocol returns a stream
	      T_FILESYSTEM, ///<protocol describes location in a file system
	      T_NONE,   ///< no information about the tyope available
	      T_ERROR   ///< used to signal an error
  };

  /**
   * Returns whether the protocol should be treated as a filesystem
   * or as a stream when reading from it.
   *
   * This corresponds to the "input=" field in the protocol description file.
   * Valid values for this field are "filesystem", "stream" or "none" (default).
   *
   * @param url the url to check
   * @return the input type of the given @p url
   */
  static Type inputType( const KURL &url );

  /**
   * Returns whether the protocol should be treated as a filesystem
   * or as a stream when writing to it.
   *
   * This corresponds to the "output=" field in the protocol description file.
   * Valid values for this field are "filesystem", "stream" or "none" (default).
   *
   * @param url the url to check
   * @return the output type of the given @p url
   */
  static Type outputType( const KURL &url );

  /**
   * Returns the list of fields this protocol returns when listing
   * The current possibilities are
   * Name, Type, Size, Date, AccessDate, Access, Owner, Group, Link, URL, MimeType
   * as well as Extra1, Extra2 etc. for extra fields (see extraFields).
   *
   * This corresponds to the "listing=" field in the protocol description file.
   * The supported fields should be separated with ',' in the protocol description file.
   *
   * @param url the url to check
   * @return a list of field names
   */
  static QStringList listing( const KURL &url );

  /**
   * Definition of an extra field in the UDS entries, returned by a listDir operation.
   *
   * The name is the name of the column, translated.
   *
   * The type name comes from QVariant::typeName()
   * Currently supported types: "QString", "QDateTime" (ISO-8601 format)
   *
   * @since 3.2
   */
  struct ExtraField {
    ExtraField() {} // for QValueList
    ExtraField(const QString& _name, const QString& _type )
      : name(_name), type(_type) {
    }
    QString name;
    QString type; // KDE4: make it QVariant::Type
  };
  typedef QValueList<ExtraField > ExtraFieldList;
  /**
   * Definition of extra fields in the UDS entries, returned by a listDir operation.
   *
   * This corresponds to the "ExtraNames=" and "ExtraTypes=" fields in the protocol description file.
   * Those two lists should be separated with ',' in the protocol description file.
   * See ExtraField for details about names and types
   *
   * @since 3.2
   */
  static ExtraFieldList extraFields( const KURL& url );

  /**
   * Returns whether the protocol can act as a source protocol.
   *
   * A source protocol retrieves data from or stores data to the
   * location specified by a URL.
   * A source protocol is the opposite of a filter protocol.
   *
   * The "source=" field in the protocol description file determines
   * whether a protocol is a source protocol or a filter protocol.
   * @param url the url to check
   * @return true if the protocol is a source of data (e.g. http), false if the
   *         protocol is a filter (e.g. gzip)
   */
  static bool isSourceProtocol( const KURL &url );

  /**
   * Returns whether the protocol can act as a helper protocol.
   * A helper protocol invokes an external application and does not return
   * a file or stream.
   *
   * This corresponds to the "helper=" field in the protocol description file.
   * Valid values for this field are "true" or "false" (default).
   *
   * @param url the url to check
   * @return true if the protocol is a helper protocol (e.g. vnc), false
   *              if not (e.g. http)
   */
  static bool isHelperProtocol( const KURL &url );

  /**
   * Same as above except you can supply just the protocol instead of
   * the whole URL.
   */
 static bool isHelperProtocol( const QString& protocol )
#ifdef KPROTOCOLINFO_KDECORE
  KDE_WEAK_SYMBOL
#endif
  ;

  /**
   * Returns whether the protocol can act as a filter protocol.
   *
   * A filter protocol can operate on data that is passed to it
   * but does not retrieve/store data itself, like gzip.
   * A filter protocol is the opposite of a source protocol.
   *
   * The "source=" field in the protocol description file determines
   * whether a protocol is a source protocol or a filter protocol.
   * Valid values for this field are "true" (default) for source protocol or
   * "false" for filter protocol.
   *
   * @param url the url to check
   * @return true if the protocol is a filter (e.g. gzip), false if the
   *         protocol is a helper or source
   */
  static bool isFilterProtocol( const KURL &url );

  /**
   * Same as above except you can supply just the protocol instead of
   * the whole URL.
   */
  static bool isFilterProtocol( const QString& protocol )
#ifdef KPROTOCOLINFO_KDECORE
  KDE_WEAK_SYMBOL
#endif
  ;

  /**
   * Returns whether the protocol can list files/objects.
   * If a protocol supports listing it can be browsed in e.g. file-dialogs
   * and konqueror.
   *
   * Whether a protocol supports listing is determined by the "listing="
   * field in the protocol description file.
   * If the protocol support listing it should list the fields it provides in
   * this field. If the protocol does not support listing this field should
   * remain empty (default.)
   *
   * @param url the url to check
   * @return true if the protocol support listing
   * @see listing()
   */
  static bool supportsListing( const KURL &url );

  /**
   * Returns whether the protocol can retrieve data from URLs.
   *
   * This corresponds to the "reading=" field in the protocol description file.
   * Valid values for this field are "true" or "false" (default).
   *
   * @param url the url to check
   * @return true if it is possible to read from the URL
   */
  static bool supportsReading( const KURL &url );

  /**
   * Returns whether the protocol can store data to URLs.
   *
   * This corresponds to the "writing=" field in the protocol description file.
   * Valid values for this field are "true" or "false" (default).
   *
   * @param url the url to check
   * @return true if the protocol supports writing
   */
  static bool supportsWriting( const KURL &url );

  /**
   * Returns whether the protocol can create directories/folders.
   *
   * This corresponds to the "makedir=" field in the protocol description file.
   * Valid values for this field are "true" or "false" (default).
   *
   * @param url the url to check
   * @return true if the protocol can create directories
   */
  static bool supportsMakeDir( const KURL &url );

  /**
   * Returns whether the protocol can delete files/objects.
   *
   * This corresponds to the "deleting=" field in the protocol description file.
   * Valid values for this field are "true" or "false" (default).
   *
   * @param url the url to check
   * @return true if the protocol supports deleting
   */
  static bool supportsDeleting( const KURL &url );

  /**
   * Returns whether the protocol can create links between files/objects.
   *
   * This corresponds to the "linking=" field in the protocol description file.
   * Valid values for this field are "true" or "false" (default).
   *
   * @param url the url to check
   * @return true if the protocol supports linking
   */
  static bool supportsLinking( const KURL &url );

  /**
   * Returns whether the protocol can move files/objects between different
   * locations.
   *
   * This corresponds to the "moving=" field in the protocol description file.
   * Valid values for this field are "true" or "false" (default).
   *
   * @param url the url to check
   * @return true if the protocol supports moving
   */
  static bool supportsMoving( const KURL &url );

  /**
   * Returns whether the protocol can copy files/objects directly from the
   * filesystem itself. If not, the application will read files from the
   * filesystem using the file-protocol and pass the data on to the destination
   * protocol.
   *
   * This corresponds to the "copyFromFile=" field in the protocol description file.
   * Valid values for this field are "true" or "false" (default).
   *
   * @param url the url to check
   * @return true if the protocol can copy files from the local file system
   */
  static bool canCopyFromFile( const KURL &url );

  /**
   * Returns whether the protocol can copy files/objects directly to the
   * filesystem itself. If not, the application will receive the data from
   * the source protocol and store it in the filesystem using the
   * file-protocol.
   *
   * This corresponds to the "copyToFile=" field in the protocol description file.
   * Valid values for this field are "true" or "false" (default).
   *
   * @param url the url to check
   * @return true if the protocol can copy files to the local file system
   */
  static bool canCopyToFile( const KURL &url );

  /**
   * Returns whether the protocol can rename (i.e. move fast) files/objects
   * directly from the filesystem itself. If not, the application will read
   * files from the filesystem using the file-protocol and pass the data on
   * to the destination protocol.
   *
   * This corresponds to the "renameFromFile=" field in the protocol description file.
   * Valid values for this field are "true" or "false" (default).
   *
   * @param url the url to check
   * @return true if the protocol can rename/move files from the local file system
   * @since 3.4
   */
  static bool canRenameFromFile( const KURL &url );

  /**
   * Returns whether the protocol can rename (i.e. move fast) files/objects
   * directly to the filesystem itself. If not, the application will receive
   * the data from the source protocol and store it in the filesystem using the
   * file-protocol.
   *
   * This corresponds to the "renameToFile=" field in the protocol description file.
   * Valid values for this field are "true" or "false" (default).
   *
   * @param url the url to check
   * @return true if the protocol can rename files to the local file system
   * @since 3.4
   */
  static bool canRenameToFile( const KURL &url );

  /**
   * Returns whether the protocol can recursively delete directories by itself.
   * If not (the usual case) then KIO will list the directory and delete files
   * and empty directories one by one.
   *
   * This corresponds to the "deleteRecursive=" field in the protocol description file.
   * Valid values for this field are "true" or "false" (default).
   *
   * @param url the url to check
   * @return true if the protocol can delete non-empty directories by itself.
   * @since 3.4
   */
  static bool canDeleteRecursive( const KURL &url );

  typedef enum { Name, FromURL } FileNameUsedForCopying;

  /**
   * This setting defines the strategy to use for generating a filename, when
   * copying a file or directory to another directory. By default the destination
   * filename is made out of the filename in the source URL. However if the
   * ioslave displays names that are different from the filename of the URL
   * (e.g. kio_fonts shows Arial for arial.ttf, or kio_trash shows foo.txt and
   * uses some internal URL), using Name means that the display name (UDS_NAME)
   * will be used to as the filename in the destination directory.
   *
   * This corresponds to the "fileNameUsedForCopying=" field in the protocol description file.
   * Valid values for this field are "Name" or "FromURL" (default).
   *
   * @param url the url to check
   * @return how to generate the filename in the destination directory when copying/moving
   * @since 3.4
   */
  static FileNameUsedForCopying fileNameUsedForCopying( const KURL &url );

  /**
   * Returns default mimetype for this URL based on the protocol.
   *
   * This corresponds to the "defaultMimetype=" field in the protocol description file.
   *
   * @param url the url to check
   * @return the default mime type of the protocol, or null if unknown
   */
  static QString defaultMimetype( const KURL& url );

  /**
   * Returns the name of the icon, associated with the specified protocol.
   *
   * This corresponds to the "Icon=" field in the protocol description file.
   *
   * @param protocol the protocol to check
   * @return the icon of the protocol, or null if unknown
   */
  static QString icon( const QString& protocol );

  /**
   * Returns the name of the config file associated with the
   * specified protocol. This is useful if two similar protocols
   * need to share a single config file, e.g. http and https.
   *
   * This corresponds to the "config=" field in the protocol description file.
   * The default is the protocol name, see name()
   *
   * @param protocol the protocol to check
   * @return the config file, or null if unknown
   */
  static QString config( const QString& protocol );

  /**
   * Returns the soft limit on the number of slaves for this protocol.
   * This limits the number of slaves used for a single operation, note
   * that multiple operations may result in a number of instances that
   * exceeds this soft limit.
   *
   * This corresponds to the "maxInstances=" field in the protocol description file.
   * The default is 1.
   *
   * @param protocol the protocol to check
   * @return the maximum number of slaves, or 1 if unknown
   */
  static int maxSlaves( const QString& protocol );

  /**
   * Returns whether mimetypes can be determined based on extension for this
   * protocol. For some protocols, e.g. http, the filename extension in the URL
   * can not be trusted to truly reflect the file type.
   *
   * This corresponds to the "determineMimetypeFromExtension=" field in the protocol description file.
   * Valid values for this field are "true" (default) or "false".
   *
   * @param protocol the protocol to check
   * @return true if the mime types can be determined by extension
   */
  static bool determineMimetypeFromExtension( const QString &protocol );

  /**
   * Returns the documentation path for the specified protocol.
   *
   * This corresponds to the "DocPath=" field in the protocol description file.
   *
   * @param protocol the protocol to check
   * @return the docpath of the protocol, or null if unknown
   * @since 3.2
   */
  static QString docPath( const QString& protocol );

  /**
   * Returns the protocol class for the specified protocol.
   *
   * This corresponds to the "Class=" field in the protocol description file.
   *
   * The following classes are defined:
   * @li ":internet" for common internet protocols
   * @li ":local" for protocols that access local resources
   *
   * Protocol classes always start with a ':' so that they can not be confused with
   * the protocols themselves.
   *
   * @param protocol the protocol to check
   * @return the class of the protocol, or null if unknown
   * @since 3.2
   */
  static QString protocolClass( const QString& protocol );

  /**
   * Returns whether file previews should be shown for the specified protocol.
   *
   * This corresponds to the "ShowPreviews=" field in the protocol description file.
   *
   * By default previews are shown if protocolClass is :local.
   *
   * @param protocol the protocol to check
   * @return true if previews should be shown by default, false otherwise
   * @since 3.2
   */
  static bool showFilePreview( const QString& protocol );

  /**
   * Returns the suggested URI parsing mode for the KURL parser.
   *
   * This corresponds to the "URIMode=" field in the protocol description file.
   *
   * The following parsing modes are defined:
   * @li "url" for a standards compliant URL
   * @li "rawuri" for a non-conformant URI for which URL parsing would be meaningless
   * @li "mailto" for a mailto style URI (the path part contains only an email address)
   *
   * @param protocol the protocol to check
   * @return the suggested parsing mode, or KURL::Auto if unspecified
   *
   * @since 3.2
   */
  static KURL::URIMode uriParseMode( const QString& protocol );

  /**
   * Returns the list of capabilities provided by the kioslave implementing
   * this protocol.
   *
   * This corresponds to the "Capabilities=" field in the protocol description file.
   *
   * The capability names are not defined globally, they are up to each
   * slave implementation. For example when adding support for a new
   * special command for mounting, one would add the string "Mount" to the
   * capabilities list, and applications could check for that string
   * before sending a special() command that would otherwise do nothing
   * on older kioslave implementations.
   *
   * @param protocol the protocol to check
   * @return the list of capabilities.
   *
   * @since 3.3
   */
  static QStringList capabilities( const QString& protocol );

  /**
   * Returns the name of the protocol through which the request
   * will be routed if proxy support is enabled.
   *
   * A good example of this is the ftp protocol for which proxy
   * support is commonly handled by the http protocol.
   *
   * This corresponds to the "ProxiedBy=" in the protocol description file.
   *
   * @since 3.3
   */
  static QString proxiedBy( const QString& protocol );

public:
  // Internal functions:
  /**
   * @internal construct a KProtocolInfo from a stream
   */
  KProtocolInfo( QDataStream& _str, int offset);

  virtual ~KProtocolInfo();

  /**
   * @internal
   * Load the protocol info from a stream.
   */
  virtual void load(QDataStream& );

  /**
   * @internal
   * Save the protocol info to a stream.
   */
  virtual void save(QDataStream& );

  ////////////////////////// DEPRECATED /////////////////////////
  // The following methods are deprecated:

  /// @deprecated
  static Type inputType( const QString& protocol ) KDE_DEPRECATED;
  /// @deprecated
  static Type outputType( const QString& protocol ) KDE_DEPRECATED;
  /**
   * @deprecated
   * Returns the list of fields this protocol returns when listing
   * The current possibilities are
   * Name, Type, Size, Date, AccessDate, Access, Owner, Group, Link, URL, MimeType
   */
  static QStringList listing( const QString& protocol ) KDE_DEPRECATED;
  /// @deprecated
  static bool isSourceProtocol( const QString& protocol ) KDE_DEPRECATED;
  /// @deprecated
  static bool supportsListing( const QString& protocol ) KDE_DEPRECATED;
  /// @deprecated
  static bool supportsReading( const QString& protocol ) KDE_DEPRECATED;
  /// @deprecated
  static bool supportsWriting( const QString& protocol ) KDE_DEPRECATED;
  /// @deprecated
  static bool supportsMakeDir( const QString& protocol ) KDE_DEPRECATED;
  /// @deprecated
  static bool supportsDeleting( const QString& protocol ) KDE_DEPRECATED;
  /// @deprecated
  static bool supportsLinking( const QString& protocol ) KDE_DEPRECATED;
  /// @deprecated
  static bool supportsMoving( const QString& protocol ) KDE_DEPRECATED;
  /// @deprecated
  static bool canCopyFromFile( const QString& protocol ) KDE_DEPRECATED;
  /// @deprecated
  static bool canCopyToFile( const QString& protocol ) KDE_DEPRECATED;
  /// @deprecated
  static QString defaultMimetype( const QString& protocol) KDE_DEPRECATED;
  //////////////////////// END DEPRECATED ///////////////////////

protected:
  QString m_name;
  QString m_exec;
  Type m_inputType;
  Type m_outputType;
  QStringList m_listing;
  bool m_isSourceProtocol;
  bool m_isHelperProtocol;
  bool m_supportsListing;
  bool m_supportsReading;
  bool m_supportsWriting;
  bool m_supportsMakeDir;
  bool m_supportsDeleting;
  bool m_supportsLinking;
  bool m_supportsMoving;
  QString m_defaultMimetype;
  bool m_determineMimetypeFromExtension;
  QString m_icon;
  bool m_canCopyFromFile;
  bool m_canCopyToFile;
  QString m_config;
  int m_maxSlaves;

  bool canRenameFromFile() const; // for kprotocolinfo_kdecore
  bool canRenameToFile() const; // for kprotocolinfo_kdecore
  bool canDeleteRecursive() const; // for kprotocolinfo_kdecore
  FileNameUsedForCopying fileNameUsedForCopying() const; // for kprotocolinfo_kdecore
  static KProtocolInfo* findProtocol(const KURL &url); // for kprotocolinfo_kdecore

protected:
  virtual void virtual_hook( int id, void* data );
private:
  class KProtocolInfoPrivate;
  KProtocolInfoPrivate* d;
};

KIO_EXPORT QDataStream& operator>>( QDataStream& s, KProtocolInfo::ExtraField& field );
KIO_EXPORT QDataStream& operator<<( QDataStream& s, const KProtocolInfo::ExtraField& field );

#endif