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dbus-1-tqt/tqdbusobjectpath.h

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/* qdbusobjectpath.h DBUS object path data type
*
* Copyright (C) 2007 Kevin Krammer <kevin.krammer@gmx.at>
*
* Licensed under the Academic Free License version 2.1
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program 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 General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301,
* USA.
*
*/
#ifndef TQDBUSOBJECTPATH_H
#define TQDBUSOBJECTPATH_H
#include <tqcstring.h>
#include "tqdbusmacros.h"
/**
* @brief Class for representing D-Bus object paths
*
* This data type is necessary to correctly represent object paths in the
* context of D-Bus messages, since normal strings have a different D-Bus
* signature than object paths.
*
* @see @ref dbusconventions-objectpath
*/
class TQDBUS_EXPORT TQT_DBusObjectPath : public TQCString
{
public:
/**
* @brief Creates an empty and invalid object path
*/
TQT_DBusObjectPath();
/**
* @brief Creates copy of the given @p other object path
*
* @param other the object path to copy
*/
TQT_DBusObjectPath(const TQT_DBusObjectPath& other);
/**
* @brief Creates copy of the given @p other object path
*
* @param other the object path to copy
*/
TQT_DBusObjectPath(const TQCString& other);
/**
* @brief Creates an object path for an object as a child of the parent node
*
* This is basically like specifying a directory and a file name to create
* the file's full path.
*
* Example:
* @code
* TQT_DBusObjectPath rootNode("/"); // => "/"
*
* TQT_DBusObjectPath childNod(rootNode, "child"); // => "/child"
*
* TQT_DBusObjectPath grandChildNode(childNode, "grandchild"); // => "/child/grandchild"
* @endcode
*
* @param parentNode the object path to create the child on
* @param nodeName the name of the child node
*/
TQT_DBusObjectPath(const TQT_DBusObjectPath& parentNode, const TQCString& nodeName);
/**
* @brief Returns whether the current content is considered a valid object path
*
* @note Calls validate() to perform a check on the current content
*
* @return \c true if the object's content describe a valid object path,
* otherwise @c false
*
* @see @ref dbusconventions-objectpath
*/
bool isValid() const;
/**
* @brief Returns the object path of this path's parent node
*
* This is basically like getting the directory of an file path
*
* @return the parent node's object path or an empty and invalid object
* if this is already the root node
*/
TQT_DBusObjectPath parentNode() const;
/**
* @brief Checks the given string for validity as a D-Bus object path
*
* See section @ref dbusconventions-objectpath for information on object
* path formatting.
*
* @param path the string to check
*
* @return @c -1 if the object path is valid, otherwise the index of the
* first violating character
*
* @see isValid()
*/
static int validate(const TQCString& path);
};
#endif