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#ifndef __ctkWorkflow_h
#define __ctkWorkflow_h

// Qt includes
#include <QObject>

// CTK includes
#include "ctkPimpl.h"
#include "CTKCoreExport.h"

class ctkWorkflowStep;
class ctkWorkflowPrivate;
class QAbstractState;

/// \brief ctkWorkflow is the basis for a workflow engine, i.e. a state
/// machine with enhancements to support ctkWorkflowStep.

class CTK_CORE_EXPORT ctkWorkflow : public QObject
{
  Q_OBJECT

public:

  typedef QObject Superclass;
  explicit ctkWorkflow(QObject* parent = 0);
  virtual ~ctkWorkflow();

  /// \brief Start the workflow.
  /// The workflow will always start in the initial step, even if it is stopped and restarted).
  /// \note Calls onEntry() for the initial step.
  virtual void start();

  /// \brief Returns whether the workflow is currently running
  bool isRunning()const;

  /// \brief Stops the workflow.
  /// \note Calls onExit() for the current step.
  virtual void stop();

  /// \brief Transition directionalities.
  ///
  /// The direction of transitions between an origin step and a destination step can be either:
  /// <ul>
  ///  <li>\a Bidirectional: A transition from the origin to the destination, and a transition from
  /// the destination to the origin</li>
  ///  <li>\a Forward: A transition from the origin to the destination only</li>
  ///  <li>\a Backward: A transition from the destination to the origin only</li>
  /// </ul>
  enum TransitionDirectionality
  {
    Bidirectional = 0,
    Forward,
    Backward
  };

  /// \brief Creates a transition between two steps, and adds the two steps to the workflow if they
  /// have not been previously added. (Cannot add two steps with the same id).
  ///
  /// The destination step should semantically be a next step, i.e. from a workflow perspective, the
  /// \a destination step is meant to appear after the \a origin step.
  ///
  /// To add a single step, \a destination can be set to 0.
  ///
  /// Returns true/false indicating whether the method was successful.
  virtual bool addTransition(ctkWorkflowStep* origin, ctkWorkflowStep* destination,
                             const QString& branchId = QString(),
                             const ctkWorkflow::TransitionDirectionality directionality
                               = ctkWorkflow::Bidirectional);

  /// \brief Determine whether a transition has already been added
  /// <ul>
  ///  <li>If a branch id is not given or is empty: a transition exists if a transition has been
  /// previously added with the same origin, destination and directionality</li>
  /// <li>If a non-empty branch id is given: a transition exists if the transition has been previously
  /// added with the same origin, destination and directionality, OR if a transition has been
  /// previously added with the same origin and branch id (for forward transitions) or
  /// with the same destination and branch id (for backward transitions)</li>
  /// </ul>
  bool hasTransition(ctkWorkflowStep* origin, ctkWorkflowStep* destination,
                     const QString& branchId = QString(),
                     const ctkWorkflow::TransitionDirectionality directionality = ctkWorkflow::Bidirectional);

  /// \brief Set/get the initial step.
  ///
  /// Convenience method to set the QStateMachine's initialState to a specific step's
  /// processing state.
  ///
  /// \note The initialStep() function *must* be called to set the state machine's initial state
  /// correctly
  ctkWorkflowStep* initialStep()const;
  virtual void setInitialStep(ctkWorkflowStep* step);

  /// Get the current step of the state machine
  ctkWorkflowStep* currentStep()const;

  /// Check to see if there is a step with a given id in the workflow.
  bool hasStep(const QString& id)const;

  /// Returns whether or not we can go forward: i.e. there exists a step that directly follows the
  /// given step.
  ///
  /// If no step is given, then the workflow's current step will be used.
  bool canGoForward(ctkWorkflowStep* step=0)const;

  /// Returns whether or not we can go backward: i.e. there exists a step that directly preceeds the
  /// given step.
  ///
  /// If no step is given, then the workflow's current step will be used.
  bool canGoBackward(ctkWorkflowStep* step=0)const;

  /// Returns whether or not we can go to the goal step from the origin step: i.e. there is a path
  /// in the workflow from the current step to the given step.
  ///
  /// If no step is designated as the 'origin', then the workflow's current step will be used
  /// Note: does not currently work in branching workflows if the origin and target steps are not on
  /// the same branch
  bool canGoToStep(const QString& targetId, ctkWorkflowStep* step=0)const;

  /// Get the steps that directly follow the given step.
  ///
  /// More specifically, the returned list of steps will be the destination steps for which
  /// addTransition() has been called with the given step as the origin step and directionality set
  /// to ctkWorkflow::Bidirectional or ctkWorkflow::Forward.
  ///
  /// If no step is given, then the workflow's current step will be used.
  QList<ctkWorkflowStep*> forwardSteps(ctkWorkflowStep* step=0)const;

  /// Get the steps that directly preceed the given step.
  ///
  /// More specifically, the returned list of steps will be the origin steps for which
  /// addTransition() has been called with the given step as the destination step and directionality
  /// set to ctkWorkflow::Bidirectional or ctkWorkflow::Backward.
  ///
  /// If no step is given, then the workflow's current step will be used.
  QList<ctkWorkflowStep*> backwardSteps(ctkWorkflowStep* step=0)const;

  /// Get the steps that are 'finish' steps (i.e. have no step following them)
  QList<ctkWorkflowStep*> finishSteps()const;

public slots:

  /// Use this to trigger evaluation of the processing state of the current step, and subsequent
  /// conditional transition to the next step.
  virtual void goForward(const QString& desiredBranchId = QString());

  /// Use this to trigger transition to the previous step (does not require validation)
  virtual void goBackward(const QString& desiredBranchId = QString());

  /// Go to the given step by iteratively calling goForward() until we reach it.
  virtual void goToStep(const QString& targetId);

  /// \brief Receives the result of a step's validate(const QString&) function.
  ///
  /// If the validation is successful, then this slot begins the transition to the next step.
  virtual void evaluateValidationResults(bool validationSucceeded, const QString& branchId);

  /// \brief Workflow processing executed after a step's onEntry function is run.
  virtual void processingAfterOnEntry();

  /// \brief Workflow processing executed after a step's onExit function is run.
  virtual void processingAfterOnExit();

protected:

  void goToNextStepAfterSuccessfulValidation(const QString& branchId);

  void goToProcessingStateAfterValidationFailed();

  /// \brief Processing that occurs after the attempt to go to a 'goTo' step succeeds
  virtual void goToStepSucceeded();

  /// \brief Processing that occurs after the attempt to go to a 'goTo' step fails
  virtual void goToStepFailed();
 
  /// \brief Goes to the step from which the attempt to go to the 'goTo' step was initiated
  void goFromGoToStepToStartingStep();

  /// \brief Performs required connections between the step and this workflow
  virtual void connectStep(ctkWorkflowStep* step);
 
protected slots:

  /// On an attempt to go to the next step, calls the current step's
  /// validate(const QString&) function to validate the processing step.
  void attemptToGoToNextStep();

  /// \brief Called when transitioning to the next step upon successful validation, or
  /// when transitioning to the previous step.
  /// Calls onExit() of the transition's origin step and then onEntry() of
  /// the transition's destination step.
  /// \note Must be sent by a ctkWorkflowTransition.
  void performTransitionBetweenSteps();

signals:
  /// Emitted when the current step has changed, after the step's onEntry() has completed.
  /// \note This signal is not emitted in the process of going to a goToStep
  void currentStepChanged(ctkWorkflowStep* currentStep);

protected:
  QScopedPointer<ctkWorkflowPrivate> d_ptr;

private:
  Q_DECLARE_PRIVATE(ctkWorkflow);
  Q_DISABLE_COPY(ctkWorkflow);
};

#endif