kdepimlibs5-dev 4:4.13.0-0ubuntu1 / usr / include / akonadi / servermanager.h

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

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*/

#ifndef AKONADI_SERVERMANAGER_H
#define AKONADI_SERVERMANAGER_H

#include "akonadi_export.h"

#include <QtCore/QObject>
#include <QtCore/QMetaType>

namespace Akonadi {

class ServerManagerPrivate;

/**
 * @short Provides methods to control the Akonadi server process.
 *
 * Asynchronous, low-level control of the Akonadi server.
 * Akonadi::Control provides a synchronous interface to some of the methods in here.
 *
 * @author Volker Krause <vkrause@kde.org>
 * @see Akonadi::Control
 * @since 4.2
 */
class AKONADI_EXPORT ServerManager : public QObject
{
  Q_OBJECT
  public:
    /**
     * Enum for the various states the server can be in.
     * @since 4.5
     */
    enum State {
      NotRunning, ///< Server is not running, could be no one started it yet or it failed to start.
      Starting, ///< Server was started but is not yet running.
      Running, ///< Server is running and operational.
      Stopping, ///< Server is shutting down.
      Broken, ///< Server is not operational and an error has been detected.
      Upgrading ///< Server is performing a database upgrade as part of a new startup.
    };

    /**
     * Starts the server. This method returns imediately and does not wait
     * until the server is actually up and running.
     * @return @c true if the start was possible (which not necessarily means
     * the server is really running though) and @c false if an immediate error occurred.
     * @see Akonadi::Control::start()
     */
    static bool start();

    /**
     * Stops the server. This methods returns immediately after the shutdown
     * command has been send and does not wait until the server is actually
     * shut down.
     * @return @c true if the shutdown command was sent successfully, @c false
     * otherwise
     */
    static bool stop();

    /**
     * Shows the Akonadi self test dialog, which tests Akonadi for various problems
     * and reports these to the user if.
     * @param parent the parent widget for the dialog
     */
    static void showSelfTestDialog( QWidget *parent );

    /**
     * Checks if the server is available currently. For more detailed status information
     * see state().
     * @see state()
     */
    static bool isRunning();

    /**
     * Returns the state of the server.
     * @since 4.5
     */
    static State state();

    /**
     * Returns the identifier of the Akonadi instance we are connected to. This is usually
     * an empty string (representing the default instance), unless you have explicitly set
     * the AKONADI_INSTANCE environment variable to connect to a different one.
     * @since 4.10
     */
    static QString instanceIdentifier();

    /**
     * Returns @c true if we are connected to a non-default Akonadi server instance.
     * @since 4.10
     */
    static bool hasInstanceIdentifier();

    /**
     * Types of known D-Bus services.
     * @since 4.10
     */
    enum ServiceType {
      Server,
      Control,
      ControlLock,
      UpgradeIndicator
    };

    /**
     * Returns the namespaced D-Bus service name for @p serviceType.
     * Use this rather the raw service name strings in order to support usage of a non-default
     * instance of the Akonadi server.
     * @param serviceType the service type for which to return the D-Bus name
     * @since 4.10
     */
    static QString serviceName( ServiceType serviceType );

    /**
     * Known agent types.
     * @since 4.10
     */
    enum ServiceAgentType {
      Agent,
      Resource,
      Preprocessor
    };

    /**
     * Returns the namespaced D-Bus service name for an agent of type @p agentType with agent
     * identifier @p identifier.
     * @param agentType the agent type to use for D-Bus base name
     * @param identifier the agent identifier to include in the D-Bus name
     * @since 4.10
     */
    static QString agentServiceName( ServiceAgentType agentType, const QString &identifier );

    /**
     * Adds the multi-instance namespace to @p string if required (with '_' as separator).
     * Use whenever a multi-instance safe name is required (configfiles, identifiers, ...).
     * @param string the string to adapt
     * @since 4.10
     */
    static QString addNamespace( const QString &string );

    /**
     * Returns the singleton instance of this class, for connecting to its
     * signals
     */
    static ServerManager* self();

  Q_SIGNALS:
    /**
     * Emitted whenever the server becomes fully operational.
     */
    void started();

    /**
     * Emitted whenever the server becomes unavailable.
     */
    void stopped();

    /**
     * Emitted whenever the server state changes.
     * @param state the new server state
     * @since 4.5
     */
    void stateChanged( Akonadi::ServerManager::State state );

  private:
    //@cond PRIVATE
    friend class ServerManagerPrivate;
    ServerManager( ServerManagerPrivate *dd );
    ServerManagerPrivate* const d;
    Q_PRIVATE_SLOT( d, void serviceOwnerChanged( const QString&, const QString&, const QString& ) )
    Q_PRIVATE_SLOT( d, void checkStatusChanged() )
    Q_PRIVATE_SLOT( d, void timeout() )
    //@endcond
};

}

Q_DECLARE_METATYPE( Akonadi::ServerManager::State )

#endif