CTK/Libs/Scripting/Python/Core/ctkAbstractPythonManager.h

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#ifndef __ctkAbstractPythonManager_h
#define __ctkAbstractPythonManager_h

// Qt includes
#include <QObject>
#include <QList>
#include <QStringList>

// CTK includes
#include "ctkScriptingPythonCoreExport.h"

class ctkAbstractPythonManagerPrivate;
class PythonQtForeignWrapperFactory;
class PythonQtObjectPtr;

/// \ingroup Scripting_Python_Core
class CTK_SCRIPTING_PYTHON_CORE_EXPORT ctkAbstractPythonManager : public QObject
{
  Q_OBJECT

public:
  typedef QObject Superclass;
  ctkAbstractPythonManager(QObject* _parent=NULL);
  virtual ~ctkAbstractPythonManager();

  /// Calling this function after mainContext() has been called at least once is a no-op.
  /// If not overridden calling this function, the default initialization flags are
  /// PythonQt::IgnoreSiteModule and PythonQt::RedirectStdOut.
  /// \sa PythonQt::InitFlags
  void setInitializationFlags(int flags);

  /// \sa setInitializationFlags
  int initializationFlags()const;

  /// Initialize python context considering the initializationFlags.
  /// Return \a True if python has been successfully initialized.
  /// \sa setInitializationFlags, mainContext, isPythonInitialized
  /// \sa preInitialization, executeInitializationScripts, pythonPreInitialized, pythonInitialized
  bool initialize();

  /// Return a reference to the python main context.
  /// Calling this function implicitly call initialize() if it hasn't been done.
  PythonQtObjectPtr mainContext();

  void addObjectToPythonMain(const QString& name, QObject* obj);
  void addWrapperFactory(PythonQtForeignWrapperFactory* factory);
  void registerPythonQtDecorator(QObject* decorator);
  void registerClassForPythonQt(const QMetaObject* metaobject);
  void registerCPPClassForPythonQt(const char* name);

  /// \sa PythonQt::systemExitExceptionHandlerEnabled
  bool systemExitExceptionHandlerEnabled()const;

  /// \sa PythonQt::setSystemExitExceptionHandlerEnabled
  void setSystemExitExceptionHandlerEnabled(bool value);

  /// This enum maps to Py_eval_input, Py_file_input and Py_single_input
  /// \see http://docs.python.org/c-api/veryhigh.html#Py_eval_input
  /// \see http://docs.python.org/c-api/veryhigh.html#Py_file_input
  /// \see http://docs.python.org/c-api/veryhigh.html#Py_single_input
  enum ExecuteStringMode
    {
    EvalInput = 0,
    FileInput,
    SingleInput
    };

  /// Execute a python of python code (can be multiple lines separated with newline)
  /// and return the result as a QVariant.
  QVariant executeString(const QString& code, ExecuteStringMode mode = FileInput);

  /// Gets the value of the variable looking in the __main__ module.
  /// If the variable is not found returns a default initialized QVariant.
  QVariant getVariable(const QString& varName);

  /// Execute a python script with the given filename.
  void executeFile(const QString& filename);

  /// Set function that is initialized after preInitialization and before executeInitializationScripts
  /// \sa preInitialization executeInitializationScripts
  void setInitializationFunction(void (*initFunction)());

  /// Given a python variable name, lookup its attributes and return them in a string list.
  /// By default the attributes are looked up from \c __main__.
  /// If the argument \c appendParenthesis is set to True, "()" will be appended to attributes
  /// being Python callable.
  QStringList pythonAttributes(const QString& pythonVariableName,
                               const QString& module = QLatin1String("__main__"),
                               bool appendParenthesis = false) const;

  /// Returns True if python is initialized
  /// \sa pythonInitialized
  bool isPythonInitialized()const;

  /// Returns True if a python error occured.
  /// \sa PythonQt::hadError()
  bool pythonErrorOccured()const;

  /// Reset error flag
  /// \sa PythonQt::clearError()
  void resetErrorFlag();

Q_SIGNALS:

  /// This signal is emitted after python is pre-initialized. Observers can listen
  /// for this signal to handle additional initialization steps.
  /// \sa preInitialization
  void pythonPreInitialized();

  /// This signal is emitted after python is initialized and scripts are executed
  /// \sa preInitialization
  /// \sa executeScripts
  void pythonInitialized();

  //! emitted when both custom SystemExit exception handler is enabled and a SystemExit
  //! exception is raised.
  //! \sa setSystemExitExceptionHandlerEnabled(bool), PythonQt::systemExitExceptionRaised(int)
  void systemExitExceptionRaised(int exitCode);

protected Q_SLOTS:
  void printStderr(const QString&);
  void printStdout(const QString&);

protected:

  void initPythonQt(int flags);

  virtual QStringList     pythonPaths();

  /// Overload this function to load Decorator and pythonQt wrapper at initialization time
  virtual void            preInitialization();

  /// Overload this function to execute script at initialization time
  virtual void            executeInitializationScripts();

protected:
  QScopedPointer<ctkAbstractPythonManagerPrivate> d_ptr;

private:
  Q_DECLARE_PRIVATE(ctkAbstractPythonManager);
  Q_DISABLE_COPY(ctkAbstractPythonManager);

};
#endif