1 | /* |
2 | This file is part of the syndication library |
3 | SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2006 Frank Osterfeld <osterfeld@kde.org> |
4 | |
5 | SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.0-or-later |
6 | */ |
7 | |
8 | #ifndef SYNDICATION_SPECIFICITEM_H |
9 | #define SYNDICATION_SPECIFICITEM_H |
10 | |
11 | #include <QSharedPointer> |
12 | |
13 | #include "syndication_export.h" |
14 | |
15 | namespace Syndication |
16 | { |
17 | class SpecificItemVisitor; |
18 | class SpecificItem; |
19 | |
20 | typedef QSharedPointer<SpecificItem> SpecificItemPtr; |
21 | |
22 | /*! |
23 | * \class Syndication::SpecificItem |
24 | * \inmodule Syndication |
25 | * \inheaderfile Syndication/SpecificItem |
26 | * |
27 | * \brief Interface for all format-specific item-like classes, such as |
28 | * RSS2/RDF items, and Atom entries. |
29 | * |
30 | * To process items based on their format, use a SpecificItemVisitor. |
31 | */ |
32 | class SYNDICATION_EXPORT SpecificItem |
33 | { |
34 | public: |
35 | virtual ~SpecificItem(); |
36 | |
37 | /*! |
38 | * This must be implemented for the double dispatch |
39 | * technique (Visitor pattern). |
40 | * |
41 | * The usual implementation is |
42 | * \code |
43 | * return visitor->visit(this); |
44 | * \endcode |
45 | * |
46 | * See also SpecificItemVisitor. |
47 | * |
48 | * \a visitor the visitor "visiting" this object |
49 | */ |
50 | virtual bool accept(SpecificItemVisitor *visitor) = 0; |
51 | }; |
52 | |
53 | } // namespace Syndication |
54 | |
55 | #endif // SYNDICATION_SPECIFICITEM_H |
56 | |