/*
   This file is part of the KDE libraries

   Copyright (c) 2001 Waldo Bastian <bastian@kde.org>

   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
   version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

   This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
   Library General Public License for more details.

   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
   along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
   the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
   Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.

*/
#ifndef __KDEDMODULE_H__
#define __KDEDMODULE_H__

#include <tqobject.h>
#include <dcopobject.h>
#include <ksharedptr.h>

class KDEDModulePrivate;
class Kded;

/**
 * The base class for KDED modules.
 *
 * In KDE 2 and KDE 3, KDED modules are realized as shared
 * libraries that are loaded on-demand into kded at runtime.
 *
 * To write a config module, you have to create a library
 * that contains at least one factory function like this:
 *
 * \code
 *   extern "C" {
 *     TDE_EXPORT KDEDModule *create_xyz(TQCString *name)
 *     {
 *       return new XYZ(name);
 *     }
 *   }
 * \endcode
 *
 * See tdelibs/kded/HOWTO for more detailed documentation.
 *
 * @author Waldo Bastian <bastian@kde.org>
 */

class TDE_EXPORT KDEDModule : public TQObject, public DCOPObject
{
  TQ_OBJECT
// For inclusion in KDE4 (since it's BIC) long-needed fix for allowing
// DCOP-based kdedmodules -- Gav <gav@kde.org>.
//  K_DCOP
  friend class Kded;
public:
  
  /**
   * Create a DCOPObject named @p name
   */
  KDEDModule(const TQCString &name);
  
  virtual ~KDEDModule();
  
  /**
   * Specifies the idle timeout in seconds. The default is 0. 
   *
   * This will call the idle slot @p secs seconds after the last 
   * reference was removed.
   */
  void setIdleTimeout(int secs);

  /**
   * Reset the idle timeout counter. 
   *
   * (re)starts the timeout counter if no objects are being referenced.
   */
  void resetIdle();

  /**
   * Insert @p obj indexed with @p app and @p key. The
   * object will be automatically deleted when the application
   * @p app unregisters with DCOP.
   *
   * Any previous object inserted with the same values for @p app 
   * and @p key will be removed.
   */
  void insert(const TQCString &app, const TQCString &key, TDEShared *obj);

  /**
   * Lookup object indexed with @p app and @p key
   */
  TDEShared *find(const TQCString &app, const TQCString &key);
  
  /**
   * remove object indexed with @p app and @p key.
   * The object will be deleted when it is no more referenced.
   */
  void remove(const TQCString &app, const TQCString &key);

  /**
   * remove all objects indexed with @p app. 
   * The objects will be deleted when they are no more referenced.
   */
  void removeAll(const TQCString &app);

  /**
   * Returns whether a certain mainwindow has registered itself with KDED
   */
  bool isWindowRegistered(long windowId);
  
public slots:
  /**
   * Called whenever the last referenced object gets dereferenced.
   *
   * See also setIdleTimeout()
   *
   * You may delete the module from this slot.
   */
  virtual void idle() { };

signals:
  /**
   * Emitted when the module is being deleted.
   */
  void moduleDeleted(KDEDModule *);

  /**
   * Emitted when a mainwindow registers itself.
   */
  void windowRegistered(long windowId);

  /**
   * Emitted when a mainwindow unregisters itself.
   */
  void windowUnregistered(long windowId);

private:
  KDEDModulePrivate *d;
};

#endif
