src/kitemviews/kitemmodelbase.h

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  22
  23 #ifndef KITEMMODELBASE_H
  24 #define KITEMMODELBASE_H
  25
  26 #include <libdolphin_export.h>
  27
  28 #include <QHash>
  29 #include <QObject>
  30 #include <QSet>
  31 #include <QVariant>
  32
  33 struct KItemRange
  34 {
  35     KItemRange(int index, int count);
  36     int index;
  37     int count;
  38 };
  39 typedef QList<KItemRange> KItemRangeList;
  40
  41 /**
  42  * @brief Base class for model implementations used by KItemListView and KItemListController.
  43  *
  44  * A item-model consists of a variable number of items. The number of items
  45  * is given by KItemModelBase::count(). The data of an item is accessed by a unique index
  46  * with KItemModelBase::data(). The indexes are integer-values counting from 0 to the
  47  * KItemModelBase::count() - 1.
  48  *
  49  * One item consists of a variable number of role/value-pairs.
  50  *
  51  * A model can optionally provide sorting- and/or grouping-capabilities.
  52  */
  53 class LIBDOLPHINPRIVATE_EXPORT KItemModelBase : public QObject
  54 {
  55     Q_OBJECT
  56
  57 public:
  58     KItemModelBase(QObject* parent = 0);
  59     KItemModelBase(const QByteArray& groupRole, const QByteArray& sortRole, QObject* parent = 0);
  60     virtual ~KItemModelBase();
  61
  62     /** @return The number of items. */
  63     virtual int count() const = 0;
  64
  65     virtual QHash<QByteArray, QVariant> data(int index) const = 0;
  66
  67     /**
  68      * Sets the data for the item at \a index to the given \a values. Returns true
  69      * if the data was set on the item; returns false otherwise.
  70      *
  71      * The default implementation does not set the data, and will always return
  72      * false.
  73      */
  74     virtual bool setData(int index, const QHash<QByteArray, QVariant>& values);
  75
  76     /**
  77      * @return True if the model supports grouping of data. Per default false is returned.
  78      *         If the model should support grouping it is necessary to overwrite
  79      *         this method to return true and to implement KItemModelBase::onGroupRoleChanged().
  80      */
  81     virtual bool supportsGrouping() const;
  82
  83     /**
  84      * Sets the group-role to \a role. The method KItemModelBase::onGroupRoleChanged() will be
  85      * called so that model-implementations can react on the group-role change. Afterwards the
  86      * signal groupRoleChanged() will be emitted.
  87      */
  88     void setGroupRole(const QByteArray& role);
  89     QByteArray groupRole() const;
  90
  91     /**
  92      * @return True if the model supports sorting of data. Per default false is returned.
  93      *         If the model should support sorting it is necessary to overwrite
  94      *         this method to return true and to implement KItemModelBase::onSortRoleChanged().
  95      */
  96     virtual bool supportsSorting() const;
  97
  98     /**
  99      * Sets the sor-role to \a role. The method KItemModelBase::onSortRoleChanged() will be
 100      * called so that model-implementations can react on the sort-role change. Afterwards the
 101      * signal sortRoleChanged() will be emitted.
 102      */
 103     void setSortRole(const QByteArray& role);
 104     QByteArray sortRole() const;
 105
 106     virtual QString roleDescription(const QByteArray& role) const;
 107
 108 signals:
 109     void itemsInserted(const KItemRangeList& itemRanges);
 110     void itemsRemoved(const KItemRangeList& itemRanges);
 111     void itemsMoved(const KItemRangeList& itemRanges);
 112     void itemsChanged(const KItemRangeList& itemRanges, const QSet<QByteArray>& roles);
 113
 114     void groupRoleChanged(const QByteArray& current, const QByteArray& previous);
 115     void sortRoleChanged(const QByteArray& current, const QByteArray& previous);
 116
 117 protected:
 118     /**
 119      * Is invoked if the group role has been changed by KItemModelBase::setGroupRole(). Allows
 120      * to react on the changed group role before the signal groupRoleChanged() will be emitted.
 121      * The implementation must assure that the items are sorted in a way that they are grouped
 122      * by the role given by \a current. Usually the most efficient way is to emit a
 123      * itemsRemoved() signal for all items, reorder the items internally and to emit a
 124      * itemsInserted() signal afterwards.
 125      */
 126     virtual void onGroupRoleChanged(const QByteArray& current, const QByteArray& previous);
 127
 128     /**
 129      * Is invoked if the sort role has been changed by KItemModelBase::setSortRole(). Allows
 130      * to react on the changed sort role before the signal sortRoleChanged() will be emitted.
 131      * The implementation must assure that the items are sorted by the role given by \a current.
 132      * Usually the most efficient way is to emit a
 133      * itemsRemoved() signal for all items, reorder the items internally and to emit a
 134      * itemsInserted() signal afterwards.
 135      */
 136     virtual void onSortRoleChanged(const QByteArray& current, const QByteArray& previous);
 137
 138 private:
 139     QByteArray m_groupRole;
 140     QByteArray m_sortRole;
 141 };
 142
 143 #endif
 144
 145