kdeui Library API Documentation

KXMLGUIFactory Class Reference

KXMLGUIFactory, together with KXMLGUIClient objects, can be used to create a GUI of container widgets (like menus, toolbars, etc. More...

#include <kxmlguifactory.h>

Inheritance diagram for KXMLGUIFactory:

QObject List of all members.

Public Slots

int configureShortcuts (bool bAllowLetterShortcuts=true, bool bSaveSettings=true)

Signals

void clientAdded (KXMLGUIClient *client)
void clientRemoved (KXMLGUIClient *client)

Public Member Functions

 KXMLGUIFactory (KXMLGUIBuilder *builder, QObject *parent=0, const char *name=0)
 ~KXMLGUIFactory ()
void addClient (KXMLGUIClient *client)
void removeClient (KXMLGUIClient *client)
void plugActionList (KXMLGUIClient *client, const QString &name, const QPtrList< KAction > &actionList)
void unplugActionList (KXMLGUIClient *client, const QString &name)
QPtrList< KXMLGUIClientclients () const
QWidgetcontainer (const QString &containerName, KXMLGUIClient *client, bool useTagName=false)
QPtrList< QWidgetcontainers (const QString &tagName)
void reset ()
void resetContainer (const QString &containerName, bool useTagName=false)

Static Public Member Functions

static QString readConfigFile (const QString &filename, bool never_null, const KInstance *instance=0)
static QString readConfigFile (const QString &filename, const KInstance *instance=0)
static bool saveConfigFile (const QDomDocument &doc, const QString &filename, const KInstance *instance=0)
static QString documentToXML (const QDomDocument &doc)
static QString elementToXML (const QDomElement &elem)
static void removeDOMComments (QDomNode &node)
static QDomElement actionPropertiesElement (QDomDocument &doc)
static QDomElement findActionByName (QDomElement &elem, const QString &sName, bool create)

Protected Member Functions

virtual void virtual_hook (int id, void *data)

Friends

class KXMLGUI::BuildHelper

Detailed Description

KXMLGUIFactory, together with KXMLGUIClient objects, can be used to create a GUI of container widgets (like menus, toolbars, etc.

) and container items (menu items, toolbar buttons, etc.) from an XML document and action objects.

Each KXMLGUIClient represents a part of the GUI, composed from containers and actions. KXMLGUIFactory takes care of building (with the help of a KXMLGUIBuilder) and merging the GUI from an unlimited number of clients.

Each client provides XML through a QDomDocument and actions through a KActionCollection . The XML document contains the rules for how to merge the GUI.

KXMLGUIFactory processes the DOM tree provided by a client and plugs in the client's actions, according to the XML and the merging rules of previously inserted clients. Container widgets are built via a KXMLGUIBuilder , which has to be provided with the KXMLGUIFactory constructor.

Definition at line 62 of file kxmlguifactory.h.


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

KXMLGUIFactory::KXMLGUIFactory KXMLGUIBuilder builder,
QObject parent = 0,
const char *  name = 0
 

Constructs a KXMLGUIFactory.

The provided builder KXMLGUIBuilder will be called for creating and removing container widgets, when clients are added/removed from the GUI.

Note that the ownership of the given KXMLGUIBuilder object won't be transferred to this KXMLGUIFactory, so you have to take care of deleting it properly.

Definition at line 206 of file kxmlguifactory.cpp.

KXMLGUIFactory::~KXMLGUIFactory  ) 
 

Destructor.

Definition at line 219 of file kxmlguifactory.cpp.


Member Function Documentation

void KXMLGUIFactory::removeDOMComments QDomNode node  )  [static]
 

Removes all QDomComment objects from the specified node and all its children.

Definition at line 186 of file kxmlguifactory.cpp.

References QDomNode::firstChild(), QDomNode::isNull(), QDomNode::nextSibling(), QDomNode::nodeType(), and QDomNode::removeChild().

void KXMLGUIFactory::addClient KXMLGUIClient client  ) 
 

Creates the GUI described by the QDomDocument of the client, using the client's actions, and merges it with the previously created GUI.

This also means that the order in which clients are added to the factory is relevant; assuming that your application supports plugins, you should first add your application to the factory and then the plugin, so that the plugin's UI is merged into the UI of your application, and not the other way round.

Definition at line 224 of file kxmlguifactory.cpp.

References QDomElement::attribute(), QObject::children(), QPtrListIterator::current(), QDomDocument::documentElement(), endl(), KXMLGUIClient::factory(), kdDebug(), QString::lower(), removeClient(), and KGlobal::staticQString().

Referenced by KMainWindow::createGUI(), KEditToolbarWidget::save(), and KMainWindow::setStandardToolBarMenuEnabled().

void KXMLGUIFactory::removeClient KXMLGUIClient client  ) 
 

Removes the GUI described by the client, by unplugging all provided actions and removing all owned containers (and storing container state information in the given client).

Definition at line 321 of file kxmlguifactory.cpp.

References KXMLGUIClient::childClients(), QObject::children(), KXMLGUIClient::clientBuilder(), QPtrList::count(), QPtrListIterator::current(), QDomDocument::documentElement(), KXMLGUIClient::domDocument(), endl(), KXMLGUIClient::factory(), kdDebug(), KXMLGUIClient::prepareXMLUnplug(), KXMLGUIClient::setFactory(), KXMLGUIClient::setXMLGUIBuildDocument(), QPtrListIterator::toLast(), and KXMLGUIClient::xmlguiBuildDocument().

Referenced by addClient(), KMainWindow::createGUI(), KEditToolbarWidget::save(), and KMainWindow::setStandardToolBarMenuEnabled().

QPtrList< KXMLGUIClient > KXMLGUIFactory::clients  )  const
 

Returns a list of all clients currently added to this factory.

Definition at line 379 of file kxmlguifactory.cpp.

Referenced by KEditToolbarWidget::initKPart().

QWidget * KXMLGUIFactory::container const QString containerName,
KXMLGUIClient client,
bool  useTagName = false
 

Use this method to get access to a container widget with the name specified with containerName and which is owned by the client.

The container name is specified with a "name" attribute in the XML document.

This function is particularly useful for getting hold of a popupmenu defined in an XMLUI file. For instance:

 QPopupMenu *popup = static_cast<QPopupMenu*>(factory()->container("my_popup",this));
where "my_popup" is the name of the menu in the XMLUI file, and "this" is XMLGUIClient which owns the popupmenu (e.g. the mainwindow, or the part, or the plugin...)

Parameters:
containerName Name of the container widget
client Owner of the container widget
useTagName Specifies whether to compare the specified name with the name attribute or the tag name.
This method may return 0L if no container with the given name exists or is not owned by the client.

Definition at line 384 of file kxmlguifactory.cpp.

Referenced by resetContainer().

void KXMLGUIFactory::reset  ) 
 

Use this method to free all memory allocated by the KXMLGUIFactory.

This deletes the internal node tree and therefore resets the internal state of the class. Please note that the actual GUI is NOT touched at all, meaning no containers are deleted nor any actions unplugged. That is something you have to do on your own. So use this method only if you know what you are doing :-)

(also note that this will call KXMLGUIClient::setFactory( 0L ) for all inserted clients)

Definition at line 406 of file kxmlguifactory.cpp.

void KXMLGUIFactory::resetContainer const QString containerName,
bool  useTagName = false
 

Use this method to free all memory allocated by the KXMLGUIFactory for a specific container, including all child containers and actions.

This deletes the internal node subtree for the specified container. The actual GUI is not touched, no containers are deleted or any actions unplugged. Use this method only if you know what you are doing :-)

(also note that this will call KXMLGUIClient::setFactory( 0L ) for all clients of the container)

Definition at line 413 of file kxmlguifactory.cpp.

References container(), QString::isEmpty(), and QObject::parent().

Referenced by KMainWindow::createGUI().

int KXMLGUIFactory::configureShortcuts bool  bAllowLetterShortcuts = true,
bool  bSaveSettings = true
[slot]
 

Show a standard configure shortcut for every action in this factory.

This slot can be connected dirrectly to the action to configure shortcuts. This is very simple to do that by adding a single line

 KStdAction::keyBindings( guiFactory(), SLOT( configureShortcuts() ), actionCollection() );

Parameters:
bAllowLetterShortcuts Set to false if unmodified alphanumeric keys ('A', '1', etc.) are not permissible shortcuts.
bSaveSettings if true, the settings will also be saved back to the *uirc file which they were intially read from.
Since:
3.3

Definition at line 553 of file kxmlguifactory.cpp.

References KXMLGUIClient::actionCollection(), KKeyDialog::configure(), QPtrListIterator::current(), KKeyDialog::insert(), QString::isEmpty(), QObject::parent(), and KXMLGUIClient::xmlFile().


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