/*
    This file is part of the KDE project
    SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2001 Carsten Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@kde.org>

    SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.0-or-later
*/

#ifndef KHISTORYPROVIDER_H
#define KHISTORYPROVIDER_H

#include <kparts/kparts_export.h>

#include <QObject>

namespace KParts
{
class HistoryProviderPrivate;

/**
 * @class HistoryProvider historyprovider.h <KParts/HistoryProvider>
 *
 * @short Basic class to manage a history of "items". This class is only meant
 * for fast lookup, if an item is in the history or not.
 *
 * May be subclassed to implement a persistent history for example.
 * For usage with khtml, just create your provider and call the
 * HistoryProvider constructor _before_ you do any khtml stuff. That way,
 * khtml, using the self()-method, will use your subclassed provider.
 *
 * @author Carsten Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@kde.org>
 */
class KPARTS_EXPORT HistoryProvider : public QObject
{
    Q_OBJECT
    friend class ::KParts::HistoryProviderPrivate;

public:
    static HistoryProvider *self();

    /**
     * @returns true if a provider has already been created.
     * @since 4.4
     */
    static bool exists();

    /**
     * @returns true if @p item is present in the history.
     */
    virtual bool contains(const QString &item) const;

    /**
     * Inserts @p item into the history.
     */
    virtual void insert(const QString &item);

    /**
     * Removes @p item from the history.
     */
    virtual void remove(const QString &item);

    /**
     * Clears the history. The cleared() signal is emitted after clearing.
     */
    virtual void clear();

Q_SIGNALS:
    /**
     * Emitted after the history has been cleared.
     */
    void cleared();

    /**
     * This signal is never emitted from this class, it is only meant as an
     * interface for subclasses. Emit this signal to notify others that the
     * history has changed. Put those items that were added or removed from the
     * history into @p items.
     */
    void updated(const QStringList &items);

    /**
     * Emitted after the item has been inserted
     */
    void inserted(const QString &item);

protected:
    /**
     * Creates a KHistoryProvider with an optional parent and name
     */
    HistoryProvider(QObject *parent = nullptr);

    /**
     * Destroys the provider.
     */
    virtual ~HistoryProvider();

private:
    HistoryProviderPrivate *const d;
};

}

#endif // KHISTORYPROVIDER_H
