CTK/Libs/Widgets/ctkLayoutManager.h

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#ifndef __ctkLayoutManager_h
#define __ctkLayoutManager_h

// Qt includes
#include <QObject>
#include <QDomDocument>
class QLayoutItem;
class QWidgetItem;

// CTK includes
#include "ctkWidgetsExport.h"
class ctkLayoutManagerPrivate;
class ctkLayoutViewFactory;

/// \ingroup Widgets
/// ctkLayoutManager is a layout manager that populates a widget (viewport)
/// with widgets described into an XML document.
/// To be used, ctkLayoutManager class must be derived and a subset of virtual
/// methods must be reimplemented to support custom views.
/// See below an example of layout XML document:
/// \code
/// <layout type=\"tab\">
///  <item>
///   <layout type=\"horizontal\">
///    <item><view/></item>
///    <item>
///     <layout type=\"vertical\">
///      <item><view/></item>
///      <item><view/></item>
///      <item>
///       <layout type=\"grid\">
///        <item row=\"0\" column=\"1\"><view/></item>
///        <item row=\"1\" column=\"0\"><view/></item>
///       </layout>
///      </item>
///     </layout>
///    </item>
///    <item><view/></item>
///   </layout>
///  </item>
///  <item><view name=\"tab2\"/></item>
///  <item><view name=\"tab3\"/></item>
/// </layout>
/// \endcode
/// The layout elements describe widget containers that embed one or mulitple
/// items.
/// The item elements describe widgets or layouts that are children of
/// layouts.
/// The view elements can be any type of QWidget. viewFromXML() must be
/// reimplemented to return the type(s) of QWidget(s) to use wherever the view
/// element is listed in the layout. The XML element can contain any XML
/// attribute to be parsed by viewFromXML() method.
/// \sa ctkSimpleLayoutManager, ctkLayoutViewFactory
class CTK_WIDGETS_EXPORT ctkLayoutManager: public QObject
{
  Q_OBJECT
  /// Spacing between the widgets in all the layouts.
  /// \sa spacing(), setSpacing()
  Q_PROPERTY(int spacing READ spacing WRITE setSpacing)
public:
  /// Constructor
  ctkLayoutManager(QObject* parent = 0);
  explicit ctkLayoutManager(QWidget* viewport, QObject* parent);

  /// Destructor
  virtual ~ctkLayoutManager();

  void setViewport(QWidget* widget);
  Q_INVOKABLE QWidget* viewport()const;

  /// Return the spacing property value.
  /// \sa spacing
  int spacing()const;
  /// Set the spacing property value.
  /// \sa spacing
  void setSpacing(int spacing);

  void refresh();

public Q_SLOTS:

Q_SIGNALS:
  void layoutChanged();

protected:
  QScopedPointer<ctkLayoutManagerPrivate> d_ptr;
  ctkLayoutManager(ctkLayoutManagerPrivate* ptr, QWidget* viewport, QObject* parent);

  virtual void onViewportChanged();
  void clearLayout();
  virtual void setupLayout();

  virtual void setLayout(const QDomDocument& newLayout);
  const QDomDocument layout()const;

  /// Create the QLayoutItem for an XML element (e.g. "layout", "view"...)
  /// and its nested elements.
  /// \sa processLayoutElement()
  virtual QLayoutItem* processElement(QDomElement element);
  /// Create the QLayoutItem for a "layout" XML element and its nested elements.
  /// \sa processElement(), layoutFromXML(), processItemElement(), addChildItemToLayout()
  virtual QLayoutItem* processLayoutElement(QDomElement layoutElement);
  /// Create the QLayoutItem for a "layout" XML element.
  /// \sa processLayoutElement()
  virtual QLayoutItem* layoutFromXML(QDomElement layoutElement);
  /// Create the QLayoutItem(s) of the "item" XML element.
  /// \sa processItemElement()
  void                 processItemElement(QDomElement layoutElement, QLayoutItem* layoutItem);
  /// Insert a child item into a layout.
  /// \sa processLayoutElement()
  virtual void         addChildItemToLayout(QDomElement itemElement, QLayoutItem* childItem, QLayoutItem* layoutItem);
  /// Utility method that creates, setups and wraps into a QWidgetItem the widget
  /// of a view XML element.
  /// \sa widgetsItemsFromXML(), viewFromXML()
  QWidgetItem*         widgetItemFromXML(QDomElement layoutElement);
  /// Method is called each time a view is made visible into a layout.
  /// This method can be reimplemented. Sets the widget visibility to true
  /// by default.
  /// \sa viewsFromXML()
  virtual void         setupView(QDomElement layoutElement, QWidget* view);
  /// Create, setup and wrap into QWidgetItems the widgets of a view XML
  /// element.
  QList<QLayoutItem*>  widgetItemsFromXML(QDomElement layoutElement);
  /// Virtual method that returns a widget from a "view" layout element.
  /// You are ensured that the tagName of the element is "view".
  /// The XML element can contain an arbitrary number of XML attributes.
  /// Create the widget if needed or reuse it from a previous call.
  /// \sa viewsFromXML(), setupView()
  virtual QWidget*     viewFromXML(QDomElement layoutElement) = 0;
  /// Virtual method that returns a list of widgets from a "view" layout
  /// element.
  /// If the parent "item" element has a "multiple=true" XML attribute,
  /// the "view" layout element can describe many widgets instead of just one
  /// widget.
  /// The returned widgets will automatically be layout into their parent
  /// layout (e.g. boxlayout).
  /// This method can be reimplemented. Returns viewFromXML() by default.
  /// \sa viewFromXML(), 
  virtual QList<QWidget*> viewsFromXML(QDomElement layoutElement);

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

#endif