Document Networksettings API

1 files changed, 70 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/noncore/settings/networksettings/module.h b/noncore/settings/networksettings/module.h
index 5cc82cd..3ef823c 100644
--- a/noncore/settings/networksettings/module.h
+++ b/noncore/settings/networksettings/module.h
@@ -13,9 +13,47 @@
 class QWidget;
 class QTabWidget;
 
-class Module : QObject{
+
+/**
+ * \brief The basis of all plugins
+ *
+ * This is the way to extend networksettings with
+ * extra functionality.
+ *
+ *
+ * Networksettings in the 1.0 release does not use QCOM
+ * for activation. You need to provide the following function yourself.
+ *
+ * A module needs to provide Name, Images, and methods for
+ * claiming interfaces. For example you can claim physicla
+ * interfaces like wlan0, ppp0 or virtual like a VPN
+ * connection and hide the real ppp device or ethernet device
+ * behind your VPN plugin.
+ *
+ * During start up. The main application searches for network devices
+ * and then looks for an owner under the plugins for them.
+ * For example the WLAN Plugin looks if there is a WLAN Extension
+ * on that interface and then claims it by returning true from isOwner()
+ *
+ * \code
+ * extern "C"
+ *  {
+ *   void* create_plugin() {
+ *   return new WLANModule();
+ * }
+ * };
+ * \endcode
+ * @see isOwner(Interface*)
+ */
+class Module : private QObject{
 
 signals:
+/**
+ * Emit this Signal once you change the Interface
+ * you're operating on
+ *
+ * @param i The Interface
+ */
   void updateInterface(Interface *i);
 
 
@@ -24,13 +62,15 @@ public:
 
   /**
    * The type of the plugin
-   * and the name of the dcop call
+   * and the name of the qcop call
    */
   virtual const QString type() = 0;
 
   /**
    * The current profile has been changed and the module should do any
    * neccesary changes also.
+   * As of Opie1.0 profiles are disabled.
+   *
    * @param newProfile what the profile should be changed to.
    */
   virtual void setProfile(const QString &newProfile) = 0;
@@ -44,27 +84,38 @@ public:
 
   /**
    * Check to see if the interface i is owned by this module.
+   * See if you can handle it. And if you can claim ownership
+   * by returning true.
    * @param Interface* interface to check against
    * @return bool true if i is owned by this module, false otherwise.
    */
   virtual bool isOwner(Interface *){ return false; };
 
   /**
-   * Create and return the WLANConfigure Module
+   * Create and return the Configure Module
    * @param Interface *i the interface to configure.
    * @return QWidget* pointer to this modules configure.
+   *
+   * @see InterfaceSetupImp
    */
   virtual QWidget *configure(Interface *){ return NULL; } ;
 
   /**
-   * Create, and return the Information Module
+   * Create, and return the Information Module.
+   *
+   * An default Implementation is InterfaceInformationImp
+   *
    * @param Interface *i the interface to get info on.
    * @return QWidget* pointer to this modules info.
+   *
+   * @see InterfaceInformationImp
+   *
    */
   virtual QWidget *information(Interface *){ return NULL; };
 
   /**
-   * Get all active (up or down) interfaces
+   * Get all active (up or down) interfaces managed by this
+   * module.
    * @return QList<Interface> A list of interfaces that exsist that havn't
    * been called by isOwner()
    */
@@ -73,13 +124,25 @@ public:
   /**
    * Adds possible new interfaces to the list (Example: usb(ppp), ir(ppp),
    *  modem ppp)
+   * Both strings need to be translated. The first string is a Shortcut
+   * like PPP and the second argument is a description.
+   *
+   * <code>
+   *  list.insert(
+   *
+   * </code>
+   *
+   * @param list A reference to the list of supported additionns.
    */
   virtual void possibleNewInterfaces(QMap<QString, QString> &list) = 0;
 
   /**
-   * Attempts to create a new interface from name
+   * Attempts to create a new interface from name you gave
+   * possibleNewInterfaces()
    * @return Interface* NULL if it was unable to be created.
    * @param name the type of interface to create
+   *
+   * @see possibleNewInterfaces
    */
   virtual Interface *addNewInterface(const QString &name) = 0;
 
@@ -99,7 +162,7 @@ protected:
     /**
      * set which interfaceNames should not be shown cause they're handled
      * internally of this module.. An already running ppp link or
-     * a tunnel...
+     * a tunnel... VPN an such
      */
     void setHandledInterfaceNames( const QStringList& in) { m_inter = in; }