CTK/Libs/Widgets/ctkLayoutViewFactory.h

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#ifndef __ctkLayoutViewFactory_h
#define __ctkLayoutViewFactory_h

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

// CTK includes
#include "ctkWidgetsExport.h"
class ctkLayoutViewFactoryPrivate;

/// \ingroup Widgets
/// ctkLayoutViewFactory is an abstract class that creates and setups widgets for a
/// specific view XML element from ctkLayoutManager.
/// See ctkTemplateLayoutViewFactory for a factory that can instantiate
/// any Qt widget.
/// This class is meant to be derived with at least the method createViewFromXML()
/// being overwritten.
/// \sa ctkLayoutManager, ctkTemplateLayoutViewFactory, createViewFromXML()
class CTK_WIDGETS_EXPORT ctkLayoutViewFactory: public QObject
{
  Q_OBJECT
  /// This property controls whether the views are cached and reused
  /// from a previous layout. True by default.
  /// \sa useCachedViews(), setUseCachedViews()
  Q_PROPERTY(bool useCachedViews READ useCachedViews WRITE setUseCachedViews);
public:
  /// Constructor
  ctkLayoutViewFactory(QObject* parent = 0);

  /// Destructor
  virtual ~ctkLayoutViewFactory();

  /// Returns the list of element names supported by the factory (e.g. "view",
  /// "myview"...). Returns ["view"] by default.
  /// Can be reimplemented to support other element names.
  /// \warning It is not possible to support the "layout" and "item" XML
  /// elements.
  /// \sa isSupportedElement()
  virtual QStringList supportedElementNames()const;

  /// Returns true if the layout element can be created and setup by the
  /// factory. By default, returns true if the layout element name is
  /// contained in supportedElementNames().
  /// \sa supportedElementNames()
  virtual bool isElementSupported(QDomElement layoutElement)const;

  /// Return the useCachedViews property value.
  /// \sa useCachedViews
  bool useCachedViews()const;
  /// Set the useCachedViews property value.
  /// \sa useCachedViews
  void setUseCachedViews(bool cache);

  /// Called by the layout factory before a layout is setup.
  /// \sa endSetupLayout()
  virtual void beginSetupLayout();
  /// Called by the layout factory after a layout is setup.
  /// \sa beginSetupLayout()
  virtual void endSetupLayout();

  /// Method is called each time a view is made visible into a layout.
  /// This method can be reimplemented. Sets the widget visibility to true
  /// and register the view by default.
  /// \sa viewsFromXML()
  virtual void setupView(QDomElement layoutElement, QWidget* view);
  /// Virtual method that returns a widget from a "view" layout element.
  /// You are ensured that the tagName of the element is one of the element
  /// from the supportedElementNames() list.
  /// The XML element can contain an arbitrary number of XML attributes.
  /// Returns previously registered or cached view if any, otherwise create
  /// a new view using createViewFromXML(). Must be reimplemented.
  /// \sa viewsFromXML(), setupView(), registeredViews(), useCachedView,
  /// createViewFromXML()
  virtual QWidget* viewFromXML(QDomElement layoutElement);
  /// 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).
  /// Returns previously registered or cached views if any, otherwise create
  /// new views using createViewsFromXML().
  /// \sa viewFromXML(), registeredViews(), 
  virtual QList<QWidget*> viewsFromXML(QDomElement layoutElement);

  /// Return all the widgets that have been registered.
  /// Used internally for testing.
  /// \sa registeredViews()
  QList<QWidget*> registeredViews()const;
protected:
  QScopedPointer<ctkLayoutViewFactoryPrivate> d_ptr;

  /// Create a new view from a layoutElement. Returns 0 by default
  /// \sa viewFromXML
  virtual QWidget* createViewFromXML(QDomElement layoutElement);
  /// Create new views from a layoutElement. Returns createViewFromXML()
  /// by default.
  /// \sa viewsFromXML(), createViewFromXML()
  virtual QList<QWidget*> createViewsFromXML(QDomElement layoutElement);

  /// Return the list of widgets that have already been created by
  /// view(s)FromXML().
  /// \sa registerView(), unregisterView()
  QList<QWidget*> registeredViews(const QDomElement& layoutElement)const;

  /// Save the view to reuse it later on (in view(s)FromXML() ).
  /// \sa registerView(), registeredViews()
  virtual void registerView(QDomElement layoutElement, QWidget* view);

  /// Forget about the view. The view is not being deleted.
  /// \sa registerView(), registeredViews()
  virtual void unregisterView(QDomElement layoutElement, QWidget* view);

  /// Forget about the view. The view is not being deleted.
  /// \sa registerView(), unregisterView()
  virtual void unregisterView(QWidget* view);

  /// Return the layout element registered with the view or a null element
  /// if the view is not registered.
  /// \sa registerView(), unregisterView()
  QDomElement layoutElement(QWidget* view)const;

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

/// \ingroup Widgets
/// Instantiate a template QWidget anytime a view element is listed
/// inside a layout element.
/// \code
/// QString tabLayout(
///   "<layout type=\"tab\">"
///   " <item><view name=\"tab1\"/></item>"
///   " <item><view name=\"tab2\"/></item>"
///   " <item><view name=\"tab3\"/></item>"
///   "</layout>");
/// QWidget tab;
/// tab.setWindowTitle("Tab Layout");
/// ctkTemplateLayoutViewFactory<QPushButton>* buttonFactory =
///   new ctkTemplateLayoutViewFactory<QPushButton>(&tab);
/// ctkLayoutFactory tabLayoutManager;
/// tabLayoutManager.registerViewFactory(buttonFactory);
/// tabToSimpleLayoutManager.setLayout(tabLayoutDoc);
/// tabToSimpleLayoutManager.setViewport(&tab);
/// tabToSimple.show();
/// \endcode
/// \sa ctkLayoutViewFactory
template<class T>
class ctkTemplateLayoutViewFactory: public ctkLayoutViewFactory
{
public:
  ctkTemplateLayoutViewFactory(QObject* parent = 0)
    : ctkLayoutViewFactory(parent)
  {
    this->setUseCachedViews(true);
  }
  virtual QWidget* createViewFromXML(QDomElement layoutElement){
    return new T;
    }
};

#endif