/*
 *   Copyright 2007 by Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
 *
 *   This program 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, or
 *   (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *   This program 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 General Public License for more details
 *
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 *   License along with this program; if not, write to the
 *   Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 *   51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
 */

#ifndef PLASMA_SCRIPTENGINE_H
#define PLASMA_SCRIPTENGINE_H

#include <plasma/package.h>
#include <plasma/plasma_export.h>
#include <plasma/plasma.h>

#include <QtCore/QObject>
#include <QtCore/QRect>
#include <QtCore/QSizeF>

class QPainter;

namespace Plasma
{

class Applet;
class AppletScript;
class DataEngine;
class DataEngineScript;
class ScriptEnginePrivate;

/**
 * @class ScriptEngine plasma/scripting/scriptengine.h <Plasma/Scripting/ScriptEngine>
 *
 * @short The base class for scripting interfaces to be used in loading
 *        plasmoids of a given language.
 **/

class PLASMA_EXPORT ScriptEngine : public QObject
{
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    ~ScriptEngine();

    /**
     * Called when it is safe to initialize the internal state of the engine
     */
    virtual bool init();

protected:
    explicit ScriptEngine(QObject *parent = 0);

    /**
     * @return absolute path to the main script file for this plasmoid
     */
    virtual QString mainScript() const;

    /**
     * @return the Package associated with this plasmoid which can
     *         be used to request resources, such as images and
     *         interface files.
     */
    virtual Package package() const;

private:
    ScriptEnginePrivate *const d;
};

/**
 * @param types a set of ComponentTypes flags for which to look up the
 *            language support for
 * @return a list of all supported languages for the given type(s).
 **/
PLASMA_EXPORT QStringList knownLanguages(Types::ComponentTypes types);

/**
 * Loads an Applet script engine for the given language.
 *
 * @param language the language to load for
 * @param applet the Plasma::Applet for this script
 * @return pointer to the AppletScript or 0 on failure; the caller is responsible
 *         for the return object which will be parented to the Applet
 **/
PLASMA_EXPORT AppletScript *loadScriptEngine(const QString &language, Applet *applet, const QVariantList &args);

/**
 * Loads an DataEngine script engine for the given language.
 *
 * @param language the language to load for
 * @param dataEngine the Plasma::DataEngine for this script;
 * @return pointer to the DataEngineScript or 0 on failure; the caller is responsible
 *         for the return object which will be parented to the DataEngine
 **/
PLASMA_EXPORT DataEngineScript *loadScriptEngine(const QString &language, DataEngine *dataEngine, const QVariantList &args);

} // namespace Plasma

#endif

