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2 /*
3 Gwenview: an image viewer
4 Copyright 2008 Aurélien Gâteau <aurelien.gateau@free.fr>
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21 #ifndef ABSTRACTSEMANTICINFOBACKEND_H
22 #define ABSTRACTSEMANTICINFOBACKEND_H
24 #include <lib/gwenviewlib_export.h>
26 // Qt
27 #include <QObject>
28 #include <QSet>
30 // KDE
32 // Local
34 class KUrl;
36 namespace Gwenview {
39 typedef QString SemanticInfoTag;
42 /**
43 * This class represents the set of tags associated to an url.
45 * It provides convenience methods to convert to and from QVariant, which are
46 * useful to communicate with SemanticInfoDirModel.
48 class GWENVIEWLIB_EXPORT TagSet : public QSet<SemanticInfoTag> {
49 public:
50 TagSet();
51 TagSet(const QSet<SemanticInfoTag>&);
53 QVariant toVariant() const;
54 static TagSet fromVariant(const QVariant&);
58 /**
59 * A POD struct used by AbstractSemanticInfoBackEnd to store the metadata
60 * associated to an url.
62 struct SemanticInfo {
63 int mRating;
64 QString mDescription;
65 TagSet mTags;
69 /**
70 * An abstract class, used by SemanticInfoDirModel to store and retrieve metadata.
72 class AbstractSemanticInfoBackEnd : public QObject {
73 Q_OBJECT
74 public:
75 AbstractSemanticInfoBackEnd(QObject* parent);
77 virtual TagSet allTags() const = 0;
79 virtual void refreshAllTags() = 0;
81 virtual void storeSemanticInfo(const KUrl&, const SemanticInfo&) = 0;
83 virtual void retrieveSemanticInfo(const KUrl&) = 0;
85 virtual QString labelForTag(const SemanticInfoTag&) const = 0;
87 /**
88 * Return a tag for a label. Will emit tagAdded() if the tag had to be
89 * created.
91 virtual SemanticInfoTag tagForLabel(const QString&) = 0;
93 Q_SIGNALS:
94 void semanticInfoRetrieved(const KUrl&, const SemanticInfo&);
96 /**
97 * Emitted whenever a new tag is added to allTags()
99 void tagAdded(const SemanticInfoTag&, const QString& label);
103 } // namespace
105 #endif /* ABSTRACTSEMANTICINFOBACKEND_H */