CTK/Libs/CommandLineModules/ctkModuleManager.h

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#ifndef CTKMODULEMANAGER_H
#define CTKMODULEMANAGER_H

#include <QStringList>
#include <QString>

#include <ctkCommandLineModulesExport.h>

#include "ctkModuleReference.h"
#include "ctkModuleProcessFuture.h"

class QObject;

struct ctkModuleDescriptionFactory
{
  virtual ~ctkModuleDescriptionFactory() {}

  virtual QObject* createGUIFromXML(const QByteArray& xmlDescription)
  {
    Q_UNUSED(xmlDescription)
    return 0;
  }

  virtual QObject* createObjectRepresentationFromXML(const QByteArray& xmlDescription) = 0;
};

/// The methods in this class are for playing around... no API design yet
class CTK_CMDLINEMODULE_EXPORT ctkModuleManager
{
public:
  ctkModuleManager(ctkModuleDescriptionFactory* descriptionFactory);

  ctkModuleReference addModule(const QString& location);

  static QStringList createCommandLineArgs(QObject* hierarchy);

  static ctkModuleProcessFuture run(const ctkModuleReference& moduleRef);

private:

  ctkModuleDescriptionFactory* descriptionFactory;

  QHash<QString, ctkModuleReference> cache;
};

#endif // CTKMODULEMANAGER_H