viewareasplitable.h

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

    Copyright 2009 Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <kossebau@kde.org>

    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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#ifndef KASTEN_IF_VIEWAREASPLITABLE_H
#define KASTEN_IF_VIEWAREASPLITABLE_H

// Qt
#include <QtCore/QtPlugin>
#include <QtCore/QList>


namespace Kasten2
{

class AbstractViewArea;


namespace If
{

// TODO: should split(Qt::Orientation) be a method of AbstractViewArea?
// TODO: split or add? difference in semantics?
// TODO: areas could be tabbed/stacked, too, also recursively. Support that?
// TODO: should views to part/sub-models be restricted to overview of document? No, or?
// TODO: where to decide what to do with the contained views of a area that is closed?
// TODO: where to decide what to do on a split, e.g. add a new view copy of the current one?
class ViewAreaSplitable
{
  public:
    virtual ~ViewAreaSplitable();

  public: // set/action
    virtual AbstractViewArea* splitViewArea( AbstractViewArea* viewArea, Qt::Orientation orientation ) = 0;
    virtual void closeViewArea( AbstractViewArea* viewArea ) = 0; // TODO: or report success with bool?
    virtual void setViewAreaFocus( AbstractViewArea* viewArea ) = 0;

  public: // get
    virtual AbstractViewArea* viewAreaFocus() const = 0;
//     virtual QList<Kasten2::AbstractViewArea*> viewAreas() const = 0;
    virtual int viewAreasCount() const = 0;

  public: // signal
    virtual void viewAreasAdded( const QList<Kasten2::AbstractViewArea*>& viewAreas ) = 0;
    virtual void viewAreasRemoved( const QList<Kasten2::AbstractViewArea*>& viewAreas ) = 0;
    virtual void viewAreaFocusChanged( Kasten2::AbstractViewArea* viewArea ) = 0;
};


inline ViewAreaSplitable::~ViewAreaSplitable() {}

}
}

Q_DECLARE_INTERFACE( Kasten2::If::ViewAreaSplitable, "org.kde.kasten2.if.viewareasplitable/1.0" )

#endif