CTK/Libs/XNAT/Core/ctkXnatObject.h

/*=============================================================================

  Library: XNAT/Core

  Copyright (c) University College London,
    Centre for Medical Image Computing

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  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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=============================================================================*/

#ifndef ctkXnatObject_h
#define ctkXnatObject_h

#include "ctkXNATCoreExport.h"

#include "ctkException.h"

#include <QList>
#include <QObject>
#include <QString>
#include <QMetaType>

class ctkXnatSession;
class ctkXnatObjectPrivate;

/**
 * @ingroup XNAT_Core
 *
 * ctkXnatObject is the base class of the objects that represent the nodes in
 * the XNAT data hierarchy.
 */
class CTK_XNAT_CORE_EXPORT ctkXnatObject
{

public:

  /// Destructs the ctkXnatObject.
  virtual ~ctkXnatObject();

  /// Gets the ID of the object.
  QString id() const;

  /// Sets the ID of the object.
  void setId(const QString& id);

  /// Gets the resource URI of the object that can be used to access it through
  /// the REST API.
  virtual QString resourceUri() const = 0;

  /// Gets the name of the object.
  QString name() const;

  /// Sets the name of the object.
  void setName(const QString& name);

  /// Gets the description of the object.
  QString description() const;

  /// Sets the description of the object.
  void setDescription(const QString& description);

  /// Gets the value of the property with the given name.
  QString property(const QString& name) const;

  /// Sets the value of the property with the given name.
  void setProperty(const QString& name, const QVariant& value);

  /// Gets the last modification time from the server
  QDateTime lastModifiedTime();

  /// Sets the last modfication time on the server
  void setLastModifiedTime(const QDateTime& lastModifiedTime);

  /// Gets the properties of the object.
  const QMap<QString, QString>& properties() const;

  /// Gets the parent of the object in the data hierarchy. The returned pointer
  /// is 0 for the ctkXnatServer objects and different for any other type of
  /// XNAT objects.
  ctkXnatObject* parent() const;

  /// Sets the parent of the object in the data hierarchy.
  void setParent(ctkXnatObject* parent);

  /// Gets the children of the object.
  QList<ctkXnatObject*> children() const;

  /// Adds an object to the children of the current one.
  void add(ctkXnatObject* child);

  /// Removes the object from the children of the current object and removes it from the XNAT server.
  void remove(ctkXnatObject* child);

  /// Tells if the children and the properties of the objects have been fetched.
  bool isFetched() const;

  QString schemaType() const;

  /// Gets a human readable name of the child object type.
  virtual QString childDataType() const;

  /// Resets the object so that its properties and children needs to be fetched
  /// again at the next request.
  virtual void reset();

  /// Fetches the children and the properties of the object.
  void fetch();

  /// Checks if the object exists on the XNAT server.
  bool exists() const;

  /// Creates the object on the XNAT server and sets the new ID.
  void save();

  /// Deletes the object on the XNAT server and removes it from its parent.
  void erase();

  virtual void download(const QString&);
  virtual void upload(const QString&);

  //QObject* asyncObject() const;

  // *********************
  // Add signals for async API
  //Q_SIGNAL downloadFinished(const QString&);

  // *********************
  // SLOTS for async error handling
  //Q_SLOT serverError(XnatError errorType, const QString& message);

  // *********************
  // Add blocking methods
  // throws ctkXnatTimeoutException
  //bool waitForDownloadFinished(const QString&);

protected:

  ctkXnatObject(const ctkXnatObject&);

  /// Constructs the ctkXnatObject.
  ctkXnatObject(ctkXnatObject* parent = 0, const QString& schemaType = QString::null);

  /// Constructs the ctkXnatObject with the given private part.
  ctkXnatObject(ctkXnatObjectPrivate& dd, ctkXnatObject* parent = 0, const QString& schemaType = QString::null);

  /// Gets the object that represents the connection to the XNAT server
  /// that stores the current object.
  ctkXnatSession* session() const;

  /// Fetches the resources of the object
  virtual void fetchResources(const QString &path = "/resources");

  /// The private implementation part of the object.
  const QScopedPointer<ctkXnatObjectPrivate> d_ptr;

private:

  friend class ctkXnatSessionPrivate;

  void setSchemaType(const QString& schemaType);

  /// The implementation of the fetch mechanism, called by the fetch() function.
  virtual void fetchImpl() = 0;

  Q_DECLARE_PRIVATE(ctkXnatObject)
};

Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(ctkXnatObject*)

#endif