/* -*- C++ -*-
This file declares the basic personal information management class
used in the KDE addressbook.
the KDE addressbook
$ Author: Mirko Boehm $
$ Copyright: (C) 1996-2000, Mirko Boehm $
$ Contact: mirko@kde.org
http://www.kde.org $
$ License: GPL with the following explicit clarification:
This code may be linked against any version of the Qt toolkit
from Troll Tech, Norway. $
$Id: addressbook_h.html 132191 2002-01-17 21:32:13Z dfaure $
*/
#ifndef ADDRESSBOOK_H
#define ADDRESSBOOK_H
class KeyValueMap;
class QConfigDB;
class Section;
class StringKabKeyMap; /* The type of the mirror map. */
class QStringList;
/* Used to implement field lookup accoording to
keys. */
class KeyNameMap;
#include
#include
#include
#include
#include
#include
/** The class KabKey is used to select entries out of the database file.
* In future, keys might become more complex. */
class KabKey
{
public:
bool operator==(const KabKey&) const; /**< The comparison operator. */
QCString getKey() const; /**< Get the key as a QCString. */
void setKey(const QCString&); /**< Set this key. */
protected:
QCString key; /**< The key of the in this database. */
class KabKeyPrivate;
KabKeyPrivate *d;
};
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// this will be incremented when kab's file format changes significantly:
#if defined KAB_FILE_FORMAT
#undef KAB_FILE_FORMAT
#endif
/*
0: all formats before the email list was implemented
1: format enhanced for unlimited number of email addresses
2: format enhanced by more address fields
10: format of kab 2
*/
#define KAB_FILE_FORMAT 10
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// this defines will contain the program version used for different purposes:
#ifdef KAB_VERSION
#undef KAB_VERSION
#endif
#ifdef KAB_MINOR
#undef KAB_MINOR
#endif
#ifdef KAB_PATCH
#undef KAB_PATCH
#endif
#ifdef KAB_STATE
#undef KAB_STATE
#endif
#define KAB_VERSION 2
#define KAB_MINOR 2
#define KAB_PATCH 0
#define KAB_STATE "beta"
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
/** The class AddressBook implements the base class for the KDE addressbook.
* \par Overview
* It
* is used by the KabAPI to make the interface to kab files available to
* application programmers.
* Unlike in the first kab version, the configuration file and the data file are
* different objects of QConfigDB. This way, the data file is no more limited
* to the one in the users KDE directory, multiple files may be used. Different
* instances of the program may use different data files. Read-only addressbook
* files are possible.
* Only one configuration file per user is used, it is
* ~/.kde/share/apps/kab/kab.config
* A standard user file will automatically be created as
* ~/.kde/share/apps/kab/addressbook.kab
* File changes are watched by the program, so every instance will automatically
* update its database on a change of the opened file.
*
* \par The KDE addressbook database system
* kab manages entries in address databases based on a key system where the
* program assigns keys to added entries. These keys are not reused in one file,
* so API users can rely on a key to be unique and identifying until the entry
* is deleted by the user (this is a change to kab 1 that reused freed entry
* keys). Of course, in different files a key might be used twice.
* The keys are objects of the type KabKey and define the section in the
* addressbook database where the entry is stored (see QConfigDB
* reference). Keys invalidate on file changes, so keep track of the
* signal ::changed.
* kab watches file changes. If the opened file changes on disk, it is
* automatically reloaded and ::changed() is emitted.
*
* \par The users standard personal information database
* kab assumes that it is able to read and write the users standard database.
* This way, the kab application itselfes and applications using the KabAPI can
* rely on the possibility to add entries to this database (from a browser, for
* example). Usually, this file is opened automatically by the constructor.
* If - for what reason ever - the file cannot be either created or read, kab
* will still start up, but no database operation will work until the user
* opened a file. In this case, the method ::getState will return
* ::PermDenied. In general it is a good idea to check the return value of the
* ::getState method before using KabAPI operations.
*
* \par The mirror map
* The entries are stored in the QConfigDB object ::data which represents the
* currently opened file. In every file there is a section with the name
* entries that contains a subsection for every entry. The name of
* the subsection is the key of the entry.
* When retrieving the sections, they are ordered alphabetically by their keys.
* This is not what users expect, since the keys show the insertion order of
* the entries, not more and not less. Additionally the displaying order should
* be configurable.
* That is why kab uses a STL map to map its entry keys to user
* (at least programmer...) defined descriptors. Usually, the descriptors are
* created as a combination of the entry data, and then displayed in aphabetical
* order in the selector combobox. This map is called the mirror map throughout
* the documentation. It is created or updated everytime the database changes.
* Thus the way to find a special entry is:
* - the user selects an item in the selector combo box, returning its
* index,
* - the index is used to find the key of the entry in the mirror map,
* - and finally the entry is retrieved by its key from the database.
*
* To modify the sorting order, the way to create the entry descriptors in the
* mirror map nedds to be changed.
*
* \par The view
* If you display an AddressBook object (that is a derived QFrame),
* it may show an entry
* of the database that you might select. The entry you hand over to the method
* ::displayEntry does not need to be contained in the currently loaded file.
* This way you may integrate views of
* the users addressbook database in your own application as a simple widget
* type. To allow the user to
* navigate through the database, you might want to show kab's own toolbar in
* your mainwindow (or whereever). (The toolbar is not implemented by now).
* Some parts of the AddressBook widget are \e interactive, that means they are
* displayed as transparent KURLLabels that react when the user clicks on it.
* These interactive parts have to be enabled by calling #setInteractiveMode. */
class AddressBook : public QFrame
{
// ############################################################################
Q_OBJECT
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
public:
/** The return values of some AddressBook member functions are #ErrorCode
* values. */
enum ErrorCode {
NoError, /**< No error, the operation did not fail. */
PermDenied, /**< Access permissions for the operation are not available. */
Locked, /**< An writing operation on a locked file was requested. */
Rejected, /**< The requested operation has been rejected by the user. */
NoSuchEntry, /**< An entry has been referenced using a unknown key. */
NoEntry, /**< You tried to retrieve an entry but there is none. */
NoFile, /**< No file has been loaded by now. */
NoSuchFile, /**< A filename could not be found on the filesystem. */
InternError, /**< A error in kab's internal logic occured. */
OutOfRange, /**< An index value was out of the allowed range. */
NoSuchField, /**< You queried a field that does not exist. */
NotImplemented /**< The requested operation is not implemented. */
};
/** Some predefined telephone types. More are possible, but these are
* provided and thus, for example, translated. */
enum Telephone {
NoTelephone,
Fixed,
Mobile,
Fax,
Modem,
User1,
User2,
User3,
NoOfTelephoneTypes
};
/** Each entry in a loaded database has its own ::Entry object.
*
* \par The structure of the address database
* As you might have read, kab uses the QConfigDB class to manage its
* data files. This class is intended to handle hierarchical structures.
* Thus, kab is able to create human readable but still deep and complex
* data files. This paragraph describes the overall structure of the
* files, the next two deal with special parts of it.
* First of all, kab II data files (that usually end with \c .kab, while in
* kab 1 the fixed file name was \c addressbook.database) have two main
* sections (see the documentation of the QConfigDB and Section classes),
* one is called \c config, it contains different file specific
* configuration settings like the last displayed entry, and one section
* called \c entries that in turn contains a subsection for each entry in
* the database file. The keys of this subsections are the literal strings
* that are used in the KabKey class in the member KabKey::key. Each entry
* subsection has some key-value-pairs described below and another
* subsection "addresses" with one or more addresses in it. See the
* following example for a kab II data file (without any key-value-pairs):
*
* [config]
* [END]
* [entries]
* [1] (the first entry with literal key "1")
* [addresses]
* [1] (the first address, addresses are enumerated)
* [END]
* [2] (the second address)
* [END]
* ... (more addresses may follow)
* [END]
* [END]
* [2] (the second entry)
* [addresses]
* [1]
* [END]
* [END]
* [END]
* ... (more entries may follow)
* [END]
*
* \par The fields an entry contains
* An entry contains all settings that are expected to be unique for all
* addresses directly as key-value-pairs. Everything that is part of a
* specific address of this person is part of an object of the member list
* \c addresses referenced in the next paragraph.
* The keys defined directly in the entry sections are:
* - "title" The title of that person.
* - "rank" A possible military rank of that person.
* - "fn" The formatted name. If it is not empty, it replaces the
* standard combination of the other name fields in the address
* display.
* - "nameprefix" A possible name prefix.
* - "firstname" The first name.
* - "middlename" The middle name.
* - "lastname" The last name.
* - "birthday" The birthday (a QDate).
* - "comment" A free form comment.
* - "talk" The talk addresses (a string list).
* - "emails" The email addresses (a string list).
* - "keywords" A list of free-form keywords.
* - "telephone" A list of telephone numbers in a special format.
* - "URLs" A list of internet addresses.
* - "user_1" The first user-declared data field.
* - "user_2" The second user-declared data field.
* - "user_3" The third user-declared data field.
* - "user_4" The fourth user-declared data field.
*
* See the next section for a description of the addresses subsections.
*
* \par The fields of the addresses subsections
* The section for each entry contains a subsection \c addresses with
* in turn a subsection for each address. The addresses are enumerated
* in the order they are inserted, their keys are the numbers of
* inserting converted to a string.
* The keys defined in an address subsection are:
* - "headline" A headline shown for the address.
* - "position" The position of the person.
* - "org" The organisation.
* - "orgunit" The organisational unit.
* - "orgsubunit" The organisational subunit.
* - "role" The role of the person.
* - "deliverylabel" A label for delivering to this address.
* - "address" The street, house no., flat etc line.
* - "zip" A zip or postal code.
* - "town" The town the person lives in in this address.
* - "country" The country for federal states.
* - "state" The state for federal states.
*
* \par The local configuration section
* For each kab II database file there are some settings that apply
* only to the file itselfes, not to all kab databases the user works
* with. These settings are called the local configuration. The settings
* are stored in the \c config section of the local file. The following
* keys are declared in this section:
* - "user_1" The \e name of the first user-declared field.
* - "user_2" The \e name of the second user-declared field.
* - "user_3" The \e name of the third user-declared field.
* - "user_4" The \e name of the fourth user-declared field.
*
* More fields will surely follow.
**/
class Entry {
public:
// types:
/** Since an entry may have different addresses, we need a type for them.
* Multiple addresses are used to distinguish between addresses at home
* and work, for example. */
class Address {
public:
/** A constructor. */
Address();
// ----- This aggregates are used to access the fields by
// keywords. We use char* here to be able to initialize the keys
// in code as statics without initializing Qt etc. :
/** An aggregat containing the keys of all declared fields:
*/
static const char* Fields[];
/** The number of elements in Fields.
*/
static const int NoOfFields;
/** Query the literal, translated name of the field given by its
key.
@return false if key is not defined */
static bool nameOfField(const char* key, QString& value);
/** Get a field by its field name. Field names are defined in
@see Fields. Since there are different file types a field
may be represented with, a QVariant is returned. */
ErrorCode get(const char* key, QVariant&);
// ----- the following members represent the fields:
/** The headline for this address. */
QString headline;
/** The position of the person at this address. */
QString position;
/** The organisation of the person at this address. */
QString org;
/** The org unit of the person at this address. */
QString orgUnit;
/** The org subunit of the person at this address. */
QString orgSubUnit;
/** The description for delivering. */
QString deliveryLabel;
/** Street, with house number. */
QString address;
/** Zip or postal code. */
QString zip;
/** The town. */
QString town;
/** The country for federal states. */
QString country;
/** The state for federal states. */
QString state;
protected:
static KeyNameMap *fields;
};
/** Contains one or more Address objects. */
std::list addresses;
// ----- This aggregates are used to access the fields by
// keywords. We use char* here to be able to initialize the keys
// in code as statics without initializing Qt etc. :
/** An aggregat containing the keys of all declared fields:
*/
static const char* Fields[];
/** The number of elements in Fields.
*/
static const int NoOfFields;
// methods:
/** Use this method to retrieve the address at the given \a index.
* The method is provided for convenience. The address data is
* returned in \a address. */
AddressBook::ErrorCode getAddress(int index, Address& address) const;
/** Returns the number of addresses of this entry. */
int noOfAddresses() const;
/** Query the literal, translated name of the field given by its
key.
@return false if key is not defined */
static bool nameOfField(const char* key, QString& value);
/** Get a field by its field name. Field names are defined in
@see Fields. Since there are different file types a field
may be represented with, a QVariant is returned. */
ErrorCode get(const char* key, QVariant&);
// members:
// this parts are assumed to be unique for every entry:
QString title; /**< The title of the person. */
QString rank; /**< The rank of the person. */
QString fn; /**< The formatted name of the person. */
QString nameprefix; /**< A possibly name prefix for that person. */
QString firstname; /**< The first name of the person. */
QString middlename; /**< The middle name of the person. */
QString lastname; /**< The last name of the person. */
QDate birthday; /**< The birthday of this person. */
QString comment; /**< The comment. */
QStringList talk; /**< The talk addresses. */
QStringList emails; /**< The email addresses. */
QStringList keywords; /**< The user defined keywords for searching. */
/** Telephon numbers and types. This list contains combinations of telephone
* numbers and the types of the phones, in this order. See enum
* Telephone above. */
QStringList telephone;
QStringList URLs; /**< The home or related web pages of this person. */
QString user1; /**< The first user-declared field. */
QString user2; /**< The second user-declared field. */
QString user3; /**< The third user-declared field. */
QString user4; /**< The fourth user-declared field. */
QStringList custom;
protected:
static KeyNameMap *fields;
};
/** The constructor. If \e load is true, the user standard file will
* automatically be loaded into the object. */
AddressBook(QWidget* parent=0, const char* name=0, bool load=true);
~AddressBook(); /**< The destructor. */
/** Get the internal state of the object.
* If no problem occured, it returns ::NoError.
* If the standard or the latest opened file could not be loaded,
* it returns ::PermDenied.*/
ErrorCode getState();
/** Load the file with the given path. An empty file name reloads the
* currently opened file. */
ErrorCode load(QString filename="");
/** Save the file to the given path and file name. An empty file name saves
* to the file where the database has been read from.
* If force is true, the method will switch to r/w mode for saving and
* back. */
ErrorCode save(const QString& filename="", bool force=false);
/** Close this file.
* ::closeFile assures sure that the ::data object is reset no matter of the
* state of the assigned file.
* If \a save is true, it will not close the file if it could not be
* saved. */
ErrorCode closeFile(bool saveit=true);
/** Retrieve an entry from the database by its key. */
ErrorCode getEntry(const KabKey& key, Entry&);
/** Retrieve the Section of the entry directly, returning a section object. */
ErrorCode getEntry(const KabKey& key, Section*&);
/** Get all entries in displaying order. This method might be slow (O(n)). */
ErrorCode getEntries(std::list&);
/** Add an ::Entry, \a return the new key for further operations.
* If update is false, the mirror map will not be affected, if it is true,
* the mirror map gets updated, too. */
ErrorCode add(const Entry&, KabKey& key, bool update=true);
/** Set the entry with the given key to the new contents. Be aware of
* #PermDenied for read-only databases or file sharing conflicts. You cannot
* change entries in a database for which you do not have write access. */
ErrorCode change(const KabKey& key, const Entry&);
/** Remove the entry with the given key. Returns #NoSuchEntry if there is no
* entry with this key, #PermDenied for read only databases. */
ErrorCode remove(const KabKey& key);
/** Returns the number of entries in the loaded database. */
unsigned int noOfEntries();
/** This method returns the literal name for the entry,
* containing either the formatted name (if given) or a
* combination of the first, additional and last name.
* The name is returned in \a text.
* If \a reverse is false, the text looks like
* firstname (add. name) last name,
* if it is true,
+ last name, first name (add. name).
* If \a initials is true, the text contains initials only:
* f. a. name [with reverse==false] or
* name, f. a. [with reverse==true].
* If there is no entry with this key, the method returns ::NoSuchEntry.
*/
ErrorCode literalName(const KabKey& key, QString& text,
bool reverse=false, bool initials=false);
/** This is an overloaded method that differs only in the arguments it takes.
*/
ErrorCode literalName(const Entry& entry, QString& text,
bool reverse=false, bool initials=false);
/** Get the key of the item in the selector with the given index. */
ErrorCode getKey(int index, KabKey&);
/** Get the index of this key in the selector. This is the reverse
functionality to getKey(). */
ErrorCode getIndex(const KabKey&, int&);
/** Fill the string list with name lines. If your application shows a combobox
* containing an overview over the currently loaded KabAPI database, then
* call this method when receiving the signal ::changed and display the list
* in the combo. */
ErrorCode getListOfNames(QStringList*, bool reverse=true, bool initials=true);
/** Hand over the configuration database. Careful! */
QConfigDB* getConfig();
/** This method returns the QConfigDB section where the configuration of the
currently opened file is stored. It might be used to retrieve or to modify
these settings. The file-specific settings are saved along with
the open file.
Do not confuse the configuration section of the opened file with
the configuration of the program. Each file might have its own
local configuration for some settings where it makes sense.
@ return Null if no file has been opened.
*/
Section *configurationSection();
/** This method opens a dialog for configuring the file-specific settings
* for the loaded file. The database is automatically saved if the user
* accepts the changes. */
// ErrorCode configureFile();
/** Creates a new database with the given file name. If the filename is
* empty, it creates the users standard data file. The method does not load
* the new database. */
ErrorCode createNew(const QString& filename="");
/** Creates the local configuration file. The filename is fixed to
* \c kab.config, it will be created in the local kab directory
* (\c $HOME/.kde/share/apps/kab). Adapt the global configuration template
* file (\c $KDEDIR/share/apps/kab/template.config) for unusual site-specific
* settings.
* The method does not load the new config file. */
ErrorCode createConfigFile();
ErrorCode loadConfigFile(); /**< Load the local configuration file. */
// ErrorCode configureKab(); /**< Open the configuration dialog for the KabAPI. */
// QSize sizeHint(); /**< The preferred (minimal) size of the view. */ // ni
/** This method parses a vCard and creates an Entry object from it. */
ErrorCode makeEntryFromVCard(const QString& card, Entry&);
/** This method creates a vCard string from an entry. */
ErrorCode makeVCardFromEntry(const Entry& entry, QString card);
/** Returns the complete path to the user standard file. An empty path
* indicates an error, but this should not happen. It is NOT ensured
* that the file exists. */
QString getStandardFilename();
/** Call this to get a telephone type translated to the locale. */
static QString phoneType(AddressBook::Telephone);
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
protected:
QConfigDB *config; /**< The configuration database. */
QConfigDB *data; /**< The currently open data files. */
StringKabKeyMap *entries; /**< The mirror map. */
ErrorCode state; /**< The internal state of the object. */
/** Get the next available entry key for this file. For internal use only. */
KabKey nextAvailEntryKey();
/** Returns true if both pathes point to the same file.
* The method resolves relative file names to find this out. */
bool isSameFile(const QString& a, const QString& b);
/** Parse the section and copy its contents into \a entry.
* The method expects a subsection called \e addresses that contains a
* number of subsections each containing data for one Entry::Address object.
* All other fields are copied directly into the members of \a entry. */
ErrorCode makeEntryFromSection(Section*, Entry&); // nicht beendet
/** For internal use only. This parses one address subsection and puts its
* contents in the Address object. */
ErrorCode makeAddressFromMap(KeyValueMap*, Entry::Address&);
/** Create a section from the entries settings. */
ErrorCode makeSectionFromEntry(const Entry&, Section&); // nicht beendet
/** Update the mirror map after changes of the database. */
ErrorCode updateMirrorMap();
/** Get the entry section of the file. Maybe a NULL pointer if no file is
* opened. */
Section* entrySection();
/** Lock the file for changing.
* Since all database files are opened read-only, they must be locked before
* the files contents are changed. After changing the file must be saved and
* unlocked. Returns ::PermDenied if the file could not be locked, ::NoError
* if it was not locked and is now, and ::Locked if the file is already
* locked.
* @see unlock
* @see QConfigDB::setFileName */
ErrorCode lock();
/** Unlock the file after changes. Returns ::NoError if the file was locked
* and could be unlocked, ::PermDenied if the file was not locked and
* possibly ::InternError if anything fails.
* @see ::lock
* @see QConfigDB::setFileName */
ErrorCode unlock();
/** Set the background image. Kab will store a deep copy of the image.
* If the image is a null image nothing will be displayed. */
// void setBackground(const QImage&);
/** Enable or disable the background image. */
// void setBackgroundEnabled(bool state);
/** Retrieve wether the background image is enabled or not. */
// bool getBackgroundEnabled();
/** Set if the URL labels are interactive. */
// void setInteractiveMode(bool state);
/** Get if the URL labels are interactive. */
// bool getInteractiveMode();
protected slots:
/** Called when ::data has been cleared or reloaded. */
void reloaded(QConfigDB*);
/** Called when the \e file assigned to ::data has changed on disk. */
void dataFileChanged();
/** Called when the \e file assigned to ::config has changed on disk. */
void configFileChanged();
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
public slots:
/** This slot is called when an external object changed the database through
the kabapi. */
void externalChange();
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
signals:
void changed(); /**< The entries have changed, update the selector. */
void setStatus(const QString&); /**< This is kab radio with the news... */
void newFile(const QString&); /**< Notifies changes of the file name. */
// ############################################################################
private:
class AddressBookPrivate;
AddressBookPrivate *d;
};
#endif // ADDRESSBOOK_H
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