CTK/Libs/CommandLineModules/Core/ctkCmdLineModuleDirectoryWatcher.h

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#ifndef __ctkCmdLineModuleDirectoryWatcher_h
#define __ctkCmdLineModuleDirectoryWatcher_h

#include <ctkCommandLineModulesCoreExport.h>

#include "ctkCmdLineModuleReference.h"

#include <QObject>
#include <QScopedPointer>

class ctkCmdLineModuleManager;
class ctkCmdLineModuleDirectoryWatcherPrivate;

/**
 * \class ctkCmdLineModuleDirectoryWatcher
 * \brief Provides directory scanning to load new modules into a ctkCmdLineModuleManager.
 * \ingroup CommandLineModulesCore
 * \author m.clarkson@ucl.ac.uk
 *
 * This class provides directory scanning and automatic loading of command line modules.
 * The client should call setDirectories() to set the list of directories, and listen
 * to the signal modulesChanged to know when to re-build the GUI representation.
 */
class CTK_CMDLINEMODULECORE_EXPORT ctkCmdLineModuleDirectoryWatcher : public QObject
{
  Q_OBJECT

public:

  ctkCmdLineModuleDirectoryWatcher(ctkCmdLineModuleManager* moduleManager);
  virtual ~ctkCmdLineModuleDirectoryWatcher();

  /**
   * \brief Set the watcher into debug mode, for more output.
   * \param debug if true, you get more output, otherwise, less output.
   */
  void setDebug(bool debug);

  /**
   * \brief Set the directories to be watched.
   * \param directories a StringList of directory names. If any of these are invalid, they will be filtered out and ignored.
   */
  void setDirectories(const QStringList& directories);

  /**
   * \brief Returns the list of directories currently being watched.
   */
  QStringList directories() const;

  /**
   * \brief Returns the list of files (command line apps) currently being watched.
   */
  QStringList files() const;

private:

  QScopedPointer<ctkCmdLineModuleDirectoryWatcherPrivate> d;
  Q_DISABLE_COPY(ctkCmdLineModuleDirectoryWatcher)
};

#endif // __ctkCmdLineModuleDirectoryWatcher_h