CTK/Libs/Core/ctkWorkflowStep.h

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#ifndef __ctkWorkflowStep_h
#define __ctkWorkflowStep_h

// Qt includes
class QObject;
class QState;

// CTK includes
#include "ctkPimpl.h"
#include "ctkCoreExport.h"
#include "ctkWorkflowTransitions.h"
class ctkWorkflow;

class ctkWorkflowStepPrivate;

/// \brief ctkWorkflowStep is the basis for a workflow step.
///
/// A workflow step is a placeholder for various states and transitions that are used in a
/// typical workflow. Such steps can be added to instances of the ctkWorkflow class.

class CTK_CORE_EXPORT ctkWorkflowStep
{

public:
  explicit ctkWorkflowStep(ctkWorkflow* newWorkflow, const QString& newId);
  virtual ~ctkWorkflowStep();

  /// Get the \a workflow associated with this step
  ctkWorkflow* workflow()const;

  /// Get id
  QString id()const;

  /// Set/get \a name
  QString name()const;
  void setName(const QString& newName);

  /// Set/get \a description
  QString description()const;
  void setDescription(const QString& newDescription);

  /// Get \a statusText
  QString statusText()const;

  /// Set/get whether a validationCommand has been provided in a separate QObject
  /// \note see method 2 described for validation()
  /// \sa validation()
  bool hasValidateCommand()const;
  void setHasValidateCommand(bool newHasValidateCommand);

  /// Set/get whether an onEntryCommand has been provided in a separate QObject
  /// \note See method2 in onEntry()
  /// \sa onEntry()
  bool hasOnEntryCommand()const;
  void setHasOnEntryCommand(bool newHasOnEntryCommand);

  ///
  /// Set/get whether an onExitCommand has been provided in a separate QObject
  /// \note  See method2 in onExit()
  /// \sa onExit()
  bool hasOnExitCommand()const;
  void setHasOnExitCommand(bool newHasOnExitCommand);

  /// Get QObject associated with this step, to connect signals/slots
  QObject* ctkWorkflowStepQObject();

protected:

  /// Set step Id
  void setId(const QString& newStepId);

  /// Set workflow
  void setWorkflow(ctkWorkflow* newWorkflow);

  void setStatusText(const QString& newText);

  /// \brief Get the step's processing state.
  ///
  /// This state is used to perform the processing associated with this step.
  QState* processingState()const;

  /// \brief Get the step's validation state.
  ///
  /// This state is used to validate the processing associated with this step.
  QState* validationState()const;

  /// \brief Get the step's validation transition.
  ///
  /// The validation transition is used to bring the state machine
  /// from the step's processingState to its validationState.
  /// More specifically:
  /// <ul>
  ///  <li>its origin state is the processingState state</li>
  ///  <li>its destination state is the validationState state</li>
  /// </ul>
  ///
  /// The transition is of type ctkWorkflowTransition with the value
  /// ctkWorkflowTransitionType::ValidationTransition.
  ctkWorkflowIntrastepTransition* validationTransition()const;

  /// \brief Get the step's validation failed transition.
  ///
  /// The validationFailed transition is used to bring the state
  /// machine from the step's validationState state back to its
  /// processingState, when validation of the processing step fails
  /// (i.e. validate(const QString&) returns false).
  ///
  /// More specifically:
  /// <ul>
  ///  <li>its origin state is the validatationState state</li>
  ///  <li>its destination state is the processingState state</li>
  /// </ul>
  ///
  /// The transition is of type ctkWorkflowTransition with the value
  /// ctkWorkflowTransitionType::ValidationFailedTransition.
  ctkWorkflowIntrastepTransition* validationFailedTransition()const;

  /// \brief  Reimplement this function for step-specific processing when entering a step.
  ///
  /// To define a custom step, developers can either reimplement the onEntry() method in a subclass
  /// of ctkWorkflowStep, or create a ctkWorkflowStep instance and use signals and slots, as
  /// similarly as described for validate().
  ///
  /// Each step should be self-contained, \a comingFrom and \a transitionType may
  /// be used only to decide on how processing should be done for the current step.
  ///
  /// \param comingFrom gives the step that the state machine was in before
  /// transitioning to this step.
  ///
  /// \param transitionType gives the type of the transition used to get to this step.
  virtual void onEntry(const ctkWorkflowStep* comingFrom, const ctkWorkflowInterstepTransition::InterstepTransitionType transitionType);

  /// \brief Reimplement this function for step-specific processing when exiting a step.
  ///
  /// To define a custom step, developers can either reimplement the onExit() method
  /// in a subclass of ctkWorkflowStep, or create a ctkWorkflowStep instance and use signals and
  /// slots, similarly as described for validate().
  ///
  /// Each step should be self-contained, \a goingTo and \a transitionType may be used only to
  /// decide on how processing should be done for the current step.
  ///
  /// \param goingTo gives the step that the state machine will go to after
  /// transitioning from this step.
  ///
  /// \param transitionType gives the type of the transition used to get to this step.
  virtual void onExit(const ctkWorkflowStep* goingTo,
                      const ctkWorkflowInterstepTransition::InterstepTransitionType transitionType);

  /// \brief Validates the computation performed in this step's processing state.
  ///
  /// When creating a custom step, developers can create a validate(const QString&) method is one of two ways:
  /// 1) Reimplement the validate(const QString&) method in a subclass of
  /// ctkWorkflowStep, following these instructions:
  /// <ul>
  ///   <li>emit the signal ctkWorkflowStep::validateComplete(bool, const QString&) (true on successful validation,
  /// false on failure; the QString is the desired branchId to use with branching workflows)</li>
  /// </ul>
  //
  /// OR:
  ///
  /// 2) Create an instance of a ctkWorkflowStep then:
  /// <ul>
  ///  <li>Call setHasValidateCommand(1) on the step
  ///  <li>Create a slot foo() associated with any QObject*, following these instructions:</li>
  ///  <ul>
  ///     <li>Emit a signal bar(int, const QString&) (true on successful validation, false on
  /// failure)</li>
  ///     <li>Set the following two connections:</li>
  ///     <ul>
  ///       <li>QObject::connect(step, SIGNAL(invokeValidateCommand(const QString&)), object,
  /// SLOT(foo(const QString&)))</li>
  ///       <li>QObject::connect(object, SIGNAl(bar(bool, const QString&)), workflow,
  /// SLOT(evaluateValidationResults(bool, const QString&)))</li>
  ///      </ul>
  ///    </ul>
  ///  </ul>
  virtual void validate(const QString& desiredBranchId = QString());

  /// \brief Signal (emitted by the private implementation) indicating that validation of this
  /// step's processing should be performed.
  ///
  /// \sa validation()
  void invokeValidateCommand(const QString& desiredBranchId = QString())const;

  /// \brief Signal (emitted by the private implementation) indicating that validation of this
  /// step's processing has completed.
  ///
  /// \sa validation()
  void validationComplete(bool validationSuceeded, const QString& branchId = QString())const;

  /// \brief Signal (emitted by the private implementation) indicating that the step's 'onEntry'
  /// processing should be performed.
  ///
  /// \sa onEntry()
  void invokeOnEntryCommand(const ctkWorkflowStep* comingFrom, const ctkWorkflowInterstepTransition::InterstepTransitionType transitionType)const;

  /// \brief Signal (emitted by the private implementation) indicating that the step's 'onEntry'
  /// processing has completed.
  ///
  /// \sa onEntry()
  void onEntryComplete()const;

  /// \brief Signal (emitted by the private implementation) indicating that the step's 'onExit'
  /// processing should be performed.
  ///
  /// \sa onExit()
  void invokeOnExitCommand(const ctkWorkflowStep* goingTo, const ctkWorkflowInterstepTransition::InterstepTransitionType transitionType)const;

  /// \brief Signal (emitted by the private implementation) indicating that the step's 'onExit'
  /// processing has completed.
  ///
  /// \sa onExit()
  void onExitComplete()const;

protected:
  QScopedPointer<ctkWorkflowStepPrivate> d_ptr;

private:
  Q_DECLARE_PRIVATE(ctkWorkflowStep);
  Q_DISABLE_COPY(ctkWorkflowStep);
  friend class ctkWorkflow;        // For access to processingState, validationState, setWorkflow, validate
  friend class ctkWorkflowPrivate; // For access to invokeOn{Entry,Exit}Command, on{Entry,Exit}
};

#endif