/*
    Copyright (c) 2008 Volker Krause <vkrause@kde.org>

    This library 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 of the License, or (at your
    option) any later version.

    This library 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 Library General Public
    License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
    along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to the
    Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
    02110-1301, USA.
*/

#ifndef AKONADI_AGENTINSTANCECREATEJOB_H
#define AKONADI_AGENTINSTANCECREATEJOB_H

#include "akonadi_export.h"

#include <akonadi/agenttype.h>

#include <kjob.h>

namespace Akonadi {

class AgentInstance;
class AgentInstanceCreateJobPrivate;

/**
 * @short Job for creating new agent instances.
 *
 * This class encapsulates the procedure of creating a new agent instance
 * and optionally configuring it immediately.
 *
 * @code
 *
 * MyClass::MyClass( QWidget *parent )
 *   : QWidget( parent )
 * {
 *   // Get agent type object
 *   Akonadi::AgentType type = Akonadi::AgentManager::self()->type( "akonadi_vcard_resource" );
 *
 *   Akonadi::AgentInstanceCreateJob *job = new Akonadi::AgentInstanceCreateJob( type );
 *   connect( job, SIGNAL(result(KJob*)),
 *            this, SLOT(slotCreated(KJob*)) );
 *
 *   // use this widget as parent for the config dialog
 *   job->configure( this );
 *
 *   job->start();
 * }
 *
 * ...
 *
 * void MyClass::slotCreated( KJob *job )
 * {
 *   Akonadi::AgentInstanceCreateJob *createJob = static_cast<Akonadi::AgentInstanceCreateJob*>( job );
 *
 *   qDebug() << "Created agent instance:" << createJob->instance().identifier();
 * }
 *
 * @endcode
 *
 * @author Volker Krause <vkrause@kde.org>
 */
class AKONADI_EXPORT AgentInstanceCreateJob : public KJob
{
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    /**
     * Creates a new agent instance create job.
     *
     * @param type The type of the agent to create.
     * @param parent The parent object.
     */
    explicit AgentInstanceCreateJob(const AgentType &type, QObject *parent = 0);

    /**
     * Creates a new agent instance create job.
     *
     * @param typeId The identifier of type of the agent to create.
     * @param parent The parent object.
     * @since 4.5
     */
    explicit AgentInstanceCreateJob(const QString &typeId, QObject *parent = 0);

    /**
     * Destroys the agent instance create job.
     */
    ~AgentInstanceCreateJob();

    /**
     * Setup the job to show agent configuration dialog once the agent instance
     * has been successfully started.
     * @param parent The parent window for the configuration dialog.
     */
    void configure(QWidget *parent = 0);

    /**
     * Returns the AgentInstance object of the newly created agent instance.
     */
    AgentInstance instance() const;

    /**
     * Starts the instance creation.
     */
    void start();

private:
    //@cond PRIVATE
    friend class Akonadi::AgentInstanceCreateJobPrivate;
    AgentInstanceCreateJobPrivate *const d;

    Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d, void agentInstanceAdded(const Akonadi::AgentInstance &))
    Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d, void doConfigure())
    Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d, void timeout())
    Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d, void emitResult())
    Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d, void configurationDialogAccepted())
    Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d, void configurationDialogRejected())
    //@endcond
};

}

#endif
