varianthandler.h

/*
  varianthandler.h

  This file is part of GammaRay, the Qt application inspection and
  manipulation tool.

  Copyright (C) 2013-2015 Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB, a KDAB Group company, info@kdab.com
  Author: Volker Krause <volker.krause@kdab.com>

  Licensees holding valid commercial KDAB GammaRay licenses may use this file in
  accordance with GammaRay Commercial License Agreement provided with the Software.

  Contact info@kdab.com if any conditions of this licensing are not clear to you.

  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.

  This program 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 General Public License for more details.

  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/

#ifndef GAMMARAY_VARIANTHANDLER_H
#define GAMMARAY_VARIANTHANDLER_H

#include "gammaray_core_export.h"

#include <QVariant>

namespace GammaRay {

namespace VariantHandler
{
  template <typename RetT> struct Converter
  {
    virtual RetT operator() (const QVariant &v) = 0;
  };

  template <typename RetT, typename InputT, typename FuncT> struct ConverterImpl
    : public Converter<RetT>
  {
    explicit inline ConverterImpl(FuncT converter) : f(converter)
    {
    }

    /*override*/
    inline RetT operator() (const QVariant &v)
    {
      return f(v.value<InputT>());
    }
    FuncT f;
  };

  GAMMARAY_CORE_EXPORT QString displayString(const QVariant &value);

  template <typename T>
  inline QString displayString(T value) { return displayString(QVariant::fromValue<T>(value)); }

  GAMMARAY_CORE_EXPORT QVariant decoration(const QVariant &value);

  GAMMARAY_CORE_EXPORT void registerStringConverter(int type, Converter<QString> *converter);

  template <typename T, typename FuncT>
  inline void registerStringConverter(FuncT f)
  {
    Converter<QString> *converter = new ConverterImpl<QString, T, FuncT>(f);
    registerStringConverter(qMetaTypeId<T>(), converter);
  }

  typedef QString(*GenericStringConverter)(const QVariant &value, bool *ok);
  GAMMARAY_CORE_EXPORT void registerGenericStringConverter(GenericStringConverter converter);

  GAMMARAY_CORE_EXPORT QVariant serializableVariant(const QVariant &value);
}

}

#endif // GAMMARAY_VARIANTHANDLER_H