/*
    This file is part of libkcal.
    Copyright (c) 2002 David Jarvie <software@astrojar.org.uk>

    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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
    Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
*/

#ifndef KCAL_CUSTOM_PROPERTIES_H
#define KCAL_CUSTOM_PROPERTIES_H

#include <qstring.h>
#include <qmap.h>
//Added by qt3to4:
#include <Q3CString>

namespace KCal {

/**
  This class represents custom calendar properties.
  It is used as a base class for classes which represent calendar components.
  A custom property name written by libkcal has the form X-KDE-APP-KEY where
  APP represents the application name, and KEY distinguishes individual
  properties for the application.
  In keeping with RFC2445, property names must be composed only of the
  characters A-Z, a-z, 0-9 and '-'.
*/
class CustomProperties
{
  public:
    /** Construct a new empty custom properties instance */
    CustomProperties();
    CustomProperties(const CustomProperties &);
    ~CustomProperties();

    /** Create or modify a custom calendar property.
      @param app Application name as it appears in the custom property name.
      @param key Property identifier specific to the application.
      @param value The property's value. A call with a value of QString::null
      will be ignored.
     */
    void setCustomProperty(const Q3CString &app, const Q3CString &key,
                           const QString &value);
    /** Delete a custom calendar property.
      @param app Application name as it appears in the custom property name.
      @param key Property identifier specific to the application.
     */
    void removeCustomProperty(const Q3CString &app, const Q3CString &key);
    /** Return the value of a custom calendar property.
      @param app Application name as it appears in the custom property name.
      @param key Property identifier specific to the application.
      @return Property value, or QString::null if (and only if) the property does not exist.
     */
    QString customProperty(const Q3CString &app, const Q3CString &key) const;

    /** Create or modify a non-KDE or non-standard custom calendar property.
      @param name Full property name
      @param value The property's value. A call with a value of QString::null
      will be ignored.
     */
    void setNonKDECustomProperty(const Q3CString &name, const QString &value);
    /** Delete a non-KDE or non-standard custom calendar property.
      @param name Full property name
     */
    void removeNonKDECustomProperty(const Q3CString &name);
    /** Return the value of a non-KDE or non-standard custom calendar property.
      @param name Full property name
      @return Property value, or QString::null if (and only if) the property does not exist.
     */
    QString nonKDECustomProperty(const Q3CString& name) const;

    /** Initialise the alarm's custom calendar properties to the specified
        key/value pairs.
     */
    void setCustomProperties(const QMap<Q3CString, QString> &properties);
    /** Return all custom calendar property key/value pairs. */
    QMap<Q3CString, QString> customProperties() const;

  private:
    static bool checkName(const Q3CString& name);

    QMap<Q3CString, QString> mProperties;   // custom calendar properties
};

}

#endif