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/*
    This file is part of the Kasten Framework, made within the KDE community.

    Copyright 2007-2009,2012 Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <kossebau@kde.org>

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#ifndef ABSTRACTDOCUMENT_H
#define ABSTRACTDOCUMENT_H

// lib
#include "kastencore_export.h"
#include "kastencore.h"
// lib
#include "abstractmodel.h"


namespace Kasten2
{
class AbstractModelSynchronizer;
class AbstractDocumentPrivate;


// TODO: store creation time? And time of last modification or access?
// last both might be too much overhead, unless modification and access are grained enough
// in multiuser environment also author/creator and group/identity
// we would end with a in-memory file/document system, why not?
class KASTENCORE_EXPORT AbstractDocument : public AbstractModel
{
  Q_OBJECT

  friend class AbstractModelSynchronizer;
  friend class DocumentManager;

  protected:
    AbstractDocument();

  public:
    virtual ~AbstractDocument();

  public: // API to be implemented
    // TODO: what about plurals?
    virtual QString typeName() const = 0;
    virtual QString mimeType() const = 0;
    virtual ContentFlags contentFlags() const = 0;

  public:
    void setSynchronizer( AbstractModelSynchronizer* synchronizer );

  public: // helper or basic?
    AbstractModelSynchronizer* synchronizer() const;
    QString id() const;

  Q_SIGNALS:
    void synchronizerChanged( Kasten2::AbstractModelSynchronizer* newSynchronizer );
    void contentFlagsChanged( Kasten2::ContentFlags contentFlags );

  protected:
    void setId( const QString& id );

  protected:
    Q_DECLARE_PRIVATE( AbstractDocument )
};

}

#endif