attributefactory.h

/*
    Copyright (c) 2007 - 2008 Volker Krause <vkrause@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 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 AKONADI_ATTRIBUTEFACTORY_H
#define AKONADI_ATTRIBUTEFACTORY_H

#include <akonadi/attribute.h>

namespace Akonadi {

class AKONADI_EXPORT AttributeFactory
{
public:
    //@cond PRIVATE
    ~AttributeFactory();
    //@endcond

    template <typename T> inline static void registerAttribute()
    {
        AttributeFactory::self()->registerAttribute(new T);
    }

    static Attribute *createAttribute(const QByteArray &type);

protected:
    //@cond PRIVATE
    AttributeFactory();

private:
    static AttributeFactory *self();
    void registerAttribute(Attribute *attribute);

    class Private;
    Private *const d;
    //@endcond
};

}

#endif