| 1 | /* |
| 2 | This file is part of the syndication library |
| 3 | SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2005 Frank Osterfeld <osterfeld@kde.org> |
| 4 | |
| 5 | SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.0-or-later |
| 6 | */ |
| 7 | |
| 8 | #ifndef SYNDICATION_SPECIFICDOCUMENT_H |
| 9 | #define SYNDICATION_SPECIFICDOCUMENT_H |
| 10 | |
| 11 | #include "syndication_export.h" |
| 12 | |
| 13 | #include <QSharedPointer> |
| 14 | |
| 15 | class QString; |
| 16 | |
| 17 | namespace Syndication |
| 18 | { |
| 19 | class DocumentVisitor; |
| 20 | class SpecificDocument; |
| 21 | |
| 22 | typedef QSharedPointer<SpecificDocument> SpecificDocumentPtr; |
| 23 | |
| 24 | /*! |
| 25 | * \class Syndication::SpecificDocument |
| 26 | * \inmodule Syndication |
| 27 | * \inheaderfile Syndication/SpecificDocument |
| 28 | * |
| 29 | * \brief Document interface for format-specific feed documents as parsed from a |
| 30 | * document source (see DocumentSource). |
| 31 | * |
| 32 | * The Document classes from the several syndication formats must implement |
| 33 | * this interface. It's main purpose is to provide access for document visitors |
| 34 | * (see DocumentVisitor). |
| 35 | * |
| 36 | * Usually it is not necessary to access the format-specific document at all, |
| 37 | * use Feed for a format-agnostic interface to all feed documents supported by |
| 38 | * the library. |
| 39 | */ |
| 40 | class SYNDICATION_EXPORT SpecificDocument |
| 41 | { |
| 42 | public: |
| 43 | virtual ~SpecificDocument(); |
| 44 | |
| 45 | /*! |
| 46 | * This must be implemented for the double dispatch |
| 47 | * technique (Visitor pattern). |
| 48 | * |
| 49 | * The usual implementation is |
| 50 | * \code |
| 51 | * return visitor->visit(this); |
| 52 | * \endcode |
| 53 | * |
| 54 | * See also DocumentVisitor. |
| 55 | * |
| 56 | * \a visitor the visitor "visiting" this object |
| 57 | */ |
| 58 | virtual bool accept(DocumentVisitor *visitor) = 0; |
| 59 | |
| 60 | /*! |
| 61 | * Returns whether this document is valid or not. |
| 62 | * |
| 63 | * Invalid documents do not contain any useful |
| 64 | * information. |
| 65 | */ |
| 66 | virtual bool isValid() const = 0; |
| 67 | |
| 68 | /*! |
| 69 | * Returns a description of the document for debugging purposes. |
| 70 | */ |
| 71 | virtual QString debugInfo() const = 0; |
| 72 | }; |
| 73 | |
| 74 | } // namespace Syndication |
| 75 | |
| 76 | #endif // SYNDICATION_SPECIFICDOCUMENT_H |
| 77 | |