ground/openpilotgcs/src/plugins/coreplugin/iconnection.h

   1 /**
   2  ******************************************************************************
   3  *
   4  * @file       iconnection.h
   5  * @author     The OpenPilot Team, http://www.openpilot.org Copyright (C) 2010.
   6  *             Parts by Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com) Copyright (C) 2009.
   7  * @addtogroup GCSPlugins GCS Plugins
   8  * @{
   9  * @addtogroup CorePlugin Core Plugin
  10  * @{
  11  * @brief The Core GCS plugin
  12  *****************************************************************************/
  13 /*
  14  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  15  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  16  * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
  17  * (at your option) any later version.
  18  *
  19  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
  20  * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
  21  * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
  22  * for more details.
  23  *
  24  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
  25  * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
  26  * 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
  27  */
  28
  29 #ifndef ICONNECTION_H
  30 #define ICONNECTION_H
  31
  32 #include <QObject>
  33 #include <QtCore/QStringList>
  34 #include <QtCore/QIODevice>
  35
  36 #include "core_global.h"
  37
  38 namespace Core {
  39 /**
  40  *   An IConnection object define a "type of connection",
  41  *   for instance USB, Serial, Network, ...
  42  */
  43 class CORE_EXPORT IConnection : public QObject {
  44     Q_OBJECT
  45
  46 public:
  47     /**
  48      *   Return the list of devices found on the system
  49      */
  50     struct device {
  51         QString name;
  52         QString displayName;
  53         bool operator==(device i)
  54         {
  55             return this->name == i.name;
  56         }
  57     };
  58
  59     virtual QList <device> availableDevices() = 0;
  60
  61     /**
  62      *   Open a device, and return a QIODevice interface from it
  63      *   It should be a dynamically created object as it will be
  64      *   deleted by the connection manager.
  65      */
  66     virtual QIODevice *openDevice(const QString &deviceName) = 0;
  67
  68     virtual void closeDevice(const QString &deviceName)
  69     {
  70         Q_UNUSED(deviceName)
  71     };
  72
  73     /**
  74      *   Connection type name "USB HID"
  75      */
  76     virtual QString connectionName() = 0;
  77
  78     /**
  79      *   Short name to display in a combo box
  80      */
  81     virtual QString shortName()
  82     {
  83         return connectionName();
  84     }
  85
  86     /**
  87      * Manage whether the plugin is allowed to poll for devices
  88      * or not
  89      */
  90     virtual void suspendPolling() {};
  91     virtual void resumePolling() {};
  92
  93 signals:
  94     /**
  95      *   Available devices list has changed, signal it to connection manager (and whoever wants to know)
  96      */
  97     void availableDevChanged(IConnection *);
  98 };
  99 } // namespace Core
 100
 101 #endif // ICONNECTION_H