diff base/PropertyContainer.h @ 0:da6937383da8

initial import

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+++ b/base/PropertyContainer.h	Tue Jan 10 16:33:16 2006 +0000
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+/* -*- c-basic-offset: 4 -*-  vi:set ts=8 sts=4 sw=4: */
+
+/*
+    A waveform viewer and audio annotation editor.
+    Chris Cannam, Queen Mary University of London, 2005
+    
+    This is experimental software.  Not for distribution.
+*/
+
+#ifndef _PROPERTY_CONTAINER_H_
+#define _PROPERTY_CONTAINER_H_
+
+#include <QString>
+#include <QObject>
+#include <vector>
+
+class Playable;
+
+class PropertyContainer
+{
+public:
+    typedef QString PropertyName;
+    typedef std::vector<PropertyName> PropertyList;
+    
+    enum PropertyType {
+	ToggleProperty, // on or off
+	RangeProperty, // range of integers
+	ValueProperty, // range of integers given string labels
+	ColourProperty, // colours, get/set as qRgb
+	InvalidProperty, // property not found!
+    };
+
+    /**
+     * Get a list of the names of all the supported properties on this
+     * container.  Note that these should already have been
+     * internationalized with a call to tr() or equivalent.  If the
+     * container needs to test for equality with string literals
+     * subsequently, it must be sure to call tr() again on the strings
+     * in order to ensure they match.
+     */
+    virtual PropertyList getProperties() const;
+
+    /**
+     * Return the type of the given property, or InvalidProperty if
+     * the property is not supported on this container.
+     */
+    virtual PropertyType getPropertyType(const PropertyName &) const;
+
+    /**
+     * If this property has something in common with other properties
+     * on this container, return a name that can be used to group them
+     * (in order to save screen space, for example).  e.g. "Window
+     * Type" and "Window Size" might both have a group name of "Window".
+     * If this property is not groupable, return the empty string.
+     */
+    virtual QString getPropertyGroupName(const PropertyName &) const;
+
+    /**
+     * Return the minimum and maximum values for the given property
+     * and its current value in this container.  Min and/or max may be
+     * passed as NULL if their values are not required.
+     */
+    virtual int getPropertyRangeAndValue(const PropertyName &,
+					 int *min, int *max) const;
+
+    /**
+     * If the given property is a ValueProperty, return the display
+     * label to be used for the given value for that property.
+     */
+    virtual QString getPropertyValueLabel(const PropertyName &,
+					  int value) const;
+
+    /**
+     * Set a property.  This is used for all property types.  For
+     * boolean properties, zero is false and non-zero true; for
+     * colours, the integer value should be treated as a qRgb.
+     */
+    virtual void setProperty(const PropertyName &, int value);
+
+    virtual QString getPropertyContainerName() const = 0;
+    virtual QString getPropertyContainerIconName() const = 0;
+
+    Playable *getPlayable() const { return 0; }
+};
+
+#endif