calamares/src/libcalamaresui/utils/Qml.h

/* === This file is part of Calamares - <https://github.com/calamares> ===
 *
 *   Copyright 2020, Adriaan de Groot <groot@kde.org>
 *
 *   Calamares is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 *   (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *   Calamares is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 *   GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 *   along with Calamares. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

#ifndef UTILS_QML_H
#define UTILS_QML_H

#include "DllMacro.h"

#include "modulesystem/InstanceKey.h"
#include "utils/NamedEnum.h"

class QQuickItem;

namespace CalamaresUtils
{
/** @brief Sets up global Calamares models for QML
 *
 * This needs to be called at least once to make the global Calamares
 * models (Branding, ViewManager, ...) available to QML.
 */
UIDLLEXPORT void registerCalamaresModels();

/** @brief Calls the QML method @p method on @p qmlObject
 *
 * Pass in only the name of the method (e.g. onActivate). This function
 * checks if the method exists (with no arguments) before trying to
 * call it, so that no warnings are printed due to missing methods.
 *
 * If there is a return value from the QML method, it is logged (but not otherwise used).
 */
UIDLLEXPORT void callQMLFunction( QQuickItem* qmlObject, const char* method );

/** @brief Search modes for loading Qml files.
 *
 * A QML file could be compiled into QRC, or it could live
 * in the branding directory (and, in debug-runs, in
 * the current-directory). Modules have some control
 * over where the search is done.
 */
enum class QmlSearch
{
    QrcOnly,
    BrandingOnly,
    Both
};

///@brief Names for the search terms (in config files)
UIDLLEXPORT const NamedEnumTable< QmlSearch >& qmlSearchNames();

/** @brief Find a suitable QML file, given the search method and name hints
 *
 * Returns QString() if nothing is found (which would mean the module
 * is badly configured).
 */
UIDLLEXPORT QString searchQmlFile( QmlSearch method,
                                   const QString& configuredName,
                                   const Calamares::ModuleSystem::InstanceKey& i );

}  // namespace CalamaresUtils

#endif