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1/** 1/**
2 * The class responsible for managing a backend. 2 * The class responsible for managing a backend.
3 * The implementation of this abstract class contains 3 * The implementation of this abstract class contains
4 * the complete database handling. 4 * the complete database handling.
5 * 5 *
6 * Copyright (c) 2002 by Stefan Eilers (Eilers.Stefan@epost.de) 6 * Copyright (c) 2002 by Stefan Eilers (Eilers.Stefan@epost.de)
7 * Copyright (c) 2002 by Holger Freyther (zecke@handhelds.org) 7 * Copyright (c) 2002 by Holger Freyther (zecke@handhelds.org)
8 * 8 *
9 * ===================================================================== 9 * =====================================================================
10 *This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 10 *This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
11 *modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public 11 *modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
12 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; 12 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
13 * either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later 13 * either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
14 * version. 14 * version.
15 * ===================================================================== 15 * =====================================================================
16 * ToDo: Define enum for query settings 16 * ToDo: Define enum for query settings
17 * ===================================================================== 17 * =====================================================================
18 * Version: $Id$ 18 * Version: $Id$
19 * ===================================================================== 19 * =====================================================================
20 * History: 20 * History:
21 * $Log$ 21 * $Log$
22 * Revision 1.7 2004/02/19 02:05:37 zecke
23 * Add notes for API fixes and BC stuff
24 *
22 * Revision 1.6 2003/08/01 12:30:16 eilers 25 * Revision 1.6 2003/08/01 12:30:16 eilers
23 * Merging changes from BRANCH_1_0 to HEAD 26 * Merging changes from BRANCH_1_0 to HEAD
24 * 27 *
25 * Revision 1.5.4.1 2003/06/30 14:34:19 eilers 28 * Revision 1.5.4.1 2003/06/30 14:34:19 eilers
26 * Patches from Zecke: 29 * Patches from Zecke:
27 * Fixing and cleaning up extraMap handling 30 * Fixing and cleaning up extraMap handling
28 * Adding d_ptr for binary compatibility in the future 31 * Adding d_ptr for binary compatibility in the future
29 * 32 *
30 * Revision 1.5 2003/04/13 18:07:10 zecke 33 * Revision 1.5 2003/04/13 18:07:10 zecke
31 * More API doc 34 * More API doc
32 * QString -> const QString& 35 * QString -> const QString&
33 * QString = 0l -> QString::null 36 * QString = 0l -> QString::null
34 * 37 *
35 * Revision 1.4 2002/11/13 14:14:51 eilers 38 * Revision 1.4 2002/11/13 14:14:51 eilers
36 * Added sorted for Contacts.. 39 * Added sorted for Contacts..
37 * 40 *
38 * Revision 1.3 2002/11/01 15:10:42 eilers 41 * Revision 1.3 2002/11/01 15:10:42 eilers
39 * Added regExp-search in database for all fields in a contact. 42 * Added regExp-search in database for all fields in a contact.
40 * 43 *
41 * Revision 1.2 2002/10/07 17:34:24 eilers 44 * Revision 1.2 2002/10/07 17:34:24 eilers
42 * added OBackendFactory for advanced backend access 45 * added OBackendFactory for advanced backend access
43 * 46 *
44 * Revision 1.1 2002/09/27 17:11:44 eilers 47 * Revision 1.1 2002/09/27 17:11:44 eilers
45 * Added API for accessing the Contact-Database ! It is compiling, but 48 * Added API for accessing the Contact-Database ! It is compiling, but
@@ -50,49 +53,55 @@
50 * ===================================================================== 53 * =====================================================================
51 * 54 *
52 */ 55 */
53 56
54#ifndef _OCONTACTACCESSBACKEND_H_ 57#ifndef _OCONTACTACCESSBACKEND_H_
55#define _OCONTACTACCESSBACKEND_H_ 58#define _OCONTACTACCESSBACKEND_H_
56 59
57#include "ocontact.h" 60#include "ocontact.h"
58#include "opimaccessbackend.h" 61#include "opimaccessbackend.h"
59 62
60#include <qregexp.h> 63#include <qregexp.h>
61 64
62/** 65/**
63 * This class represents the interface of all Contact Backends. 66 * This class represents the interface of all Contact Backends.
64 * Derivates of this class will be used to access the contacts. 67 * Derivates of this class will be used to access the contacts.
65 * As implementation currently XML and vCard exist. This class needs to be implemented 68 * As implementation currently XML and vCard exist. This class needs to be implemented
66 * if you want to provide your own storage. 69 * if you want to provide your own storage.
67 * In all queries a list of uids is passed on instead of loading the actual record! 70 * In all queries a list of uids is passed on instead of loading the actual record!
68 * 71 *
69 * @see OContactAccessBackend_VCard 72 * @see OContactAccessBackend_VCard
70 * @see OContactAccessBackend_XML 73 * @see OContactAccessBackend_XML
71 */ 74 */
72class OContactAccessBackend: public OPimAccessBackend<OContact> { 75class OContactAccessBackend: public OPimAccessBackend<OContact> {
73 public: 76 public:
77 /**
78 * @todo make non line in regard to BC guide of KDE
79 */
74 OContactAccessBackend() {} 80 OContactAccessBackend() {}
81 /**
82 * @todo make non inline in regard to the BC guide of KDE
83 */
75 virtual ~OContactAccessBackend() {} 84 virtual ~OContactAccessBackend() {}
76 85
77 86
78 /** 87 /**
79 * Return if database was changed externally. 88 * Return if database was changed externally.
80 * This may just make sense on file based databases like a XML-File. 89 * This may just make sense on file based databases like a XML-File.
81 * It is used to prevent to overwrite the current database content 90 * It is used to prevent to overwrite the current database content
82 * if the file was already changed by something else ! 91 * if the file was already changed by something else !
83 * If this happens, we have to reload before save our data. 92 * If this happens, we have to reload before save our data.
84 * If we use real databases, this should be handled by the database 93 * If we use real databases, this should be handled by the database
85 * management system themselve, therefore this function should always return false in 94 * management system themselve, therefore this function should always return false in
86 * this case. It is not our problem to handle this conflict ... 95 * this case. It is not our problem to handle this conflict ...
87 * @return <i>true</i> if the database was changed and if save without reload will 96 * @return <i>true</i> if the database was changed and if save without reload will
88 * be dangerous. <i>false</i> if the database was not changed or it is save to write 97 * be dangerous. <i>false</i> if the database was not changed or it is save to write
89 * in this situation. 98 * in this situation.
90 */ 99 */
91 virtual bool wasChangedExternally() = 0; 100 virtual bool wasChangedExternally() = 0;
92 101
93 virtual QArray<int> matchRegexp( const QRegExp &r ) const = 0; 102 virtual QArray<int> matchRegexp( const QRegExp &r ) const = 0;
94 103
95 /** 104 /**
96 * Return all possible settings. 105 * Return all possible settings.
97 * @return All settings provided by the current backend 106 * @return All settings provided by the current backend
98 * (i.e.: query_WildCards & query_IgnoreCase) 107 * (i.e.: query_WildCards & query_IgnoreCase)