/***************************************************************************
 UndoTransactionGuard.h  -  guard class for undo transactions
			     -------------------
    begin                : Sat May 26, 2001
    copyright            : (C) 2001 by Thomas Eschenbacher
    email                : Thomas Eschenbacher <thomas.eschenbacher@gmx.de>

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 *                                                                         *
 *   This program 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 2 of the License, or     *
 *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
 *                                                                         *
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#ifndef UNDO_TRANSACTION_GUARD_H
#define UNDO_TRANSACTION_GUARD_H

#include "config.h"

#include <QtGlobal>

class QString;

namespace Kwave {

    class SignalManager;
    class UndoAction;
    class Plugin;

    /**
     * @class UndoTransactionGuard
     * A simple guard class for opening and closing an undo transaction
     * operating on a SignalManager. Several nested UndoTransactionGuards
     * (or undo transactions) are allowed.
     */
    class Q_DECL_EXPORT UndoTransactionGuard
    {

    public:
	/**
	 * Constructor. Also determines the name of the transaction if
	 * it is the first of several nested transactions.
	 * @param manager reference to the SignalManager we operate on
	 * @param name the name of the transaction as a user-readable and
	 *        localized string. [optional]
	 */
	explicit UndoTransactionGuard(Kwave::SignalManager &manager,
	                              const QString &name = QString());

	/**
	 * Constructor for use from a plugin. Also determines the name of the
	 * transaction if it is the first of several nested transactions.
	 * @param plugin reference to the plugin (you should pass
	 *               <code>*this</code>.
	 * @param name the name of the transaction as a user-readable and
	 *        localized string. [optional] If you pass null or omit this
	 *        parameter, the name of the plugin will be used instead.
	 */
	explicit UndoTransactionGuard(Kwave::Plugin &plugin,
	                              const QString &name = QString());

	/** Destructor. */
	virtual ~UndoTransactionGuard();

	/**
	 * Tries to free memory for a new undo action and stores all needed
	 * data if successful.
	 * @param action UndoAction to that is to be registered
	 * @return true if the action is allowed, false if the user has
	 *         chosen to abort the operation if the memory limit of
	 *         the undo buffer would be exceeded. The return value
	 *         will also be false if the action is null.
	 * @note If undo is currently not enabled, the passed UndoAction
	 *       will be ignored and not freed, the return value will
	 *       be false. So it is safer not to call this function if
	 *       undo is not enabled.
	 */
	bool registerUndoAction(UndoAction *action);

    private:
	/** Reference to the responsible SignalManager */
	Kwave::SignalManager &m_manager;

    };

}

#endif /* UNDO_TRANSACTION_GUARD_H */

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