WSJT-X/MultiSettings.hpp
Bill Somerville 093d1a5bf5 Support for a startup configuration
The --config <configuration> (-c for short) command line option can be
used  to  select  an  existing  configuration  at  start  up.  If  the
configuration does not exist the last configuration used is selected.

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#ifndef MULTISETTINGS_HPP__
#define MULTISETTINGS_HPP__
#include <QObject>
#include <QVariant>
#include <QString>
#include "pimpl_h.hpp"
class QSettings;
class QMainWindow;
class QMenu;
//
// MultiSettings - Manage multiple configuration names
//
// Responsibilities:
//
// MultiSettings allows a Qt application to be run with alternative
// settings as stored in a QSettings INI style file. As far as the
// application is concerned it uses the QSettings instance returned
// by the MultiSettings::settings() method as if it were the one and
// only QSettings object. The alternative settings are stored as
// QSettings groups which are children of a root level group called
// MultiSettings. The current settings are themselves stored at the
// root so the QSettings group name MultiSettings is reserved. Also
// at the root level a key called CurrentMultiSettingsConfiguration
// is reserved to store the current configuration name.
//
//
// Example Usage:
//
// #include <QApplication>
// #include "MultiSettings.hpp"
// #include "MyMainWindow.hpp"
//
// int main (int argc, char * argv[]) {
// QApplication a {argc, argv};
// MultiSettings multi_settings;
// int result;
// do {
// MyMainWindow main_window {&multi_settings};
// main_window.show ();
// result = a.exec ();
// } while (!result && !multi_settings.exit ());
// return result;
// }
//
// In the main window call MultiSettings::create_menu_actions() to
// populate an existing QMenu widget with the configuration switching
// and maintenance actions. This would normally be done in the main
// window class constructor:
//
// MyMainWindow::MyMainWindow (MultiSettings * multi_settings) {
// QSettings * settings {multi_settings->settings ()};
// // ...
// multi_settings->create_menu_actions (this, ui->configurations_menu);
// // ...
// }
//
class MultiSettings
: public QObject
{
Q_OBJECT
public:
// config_name will be selected if it is an existing configuration
// name otherwise the last used configuration will be selected or
// the default configuration if none exist
explicit MultiSettings (QString const& config_name = QString {});
MultiSettings (MultiSettings const&) = delete;
MultiSettings& operator = (MultiSettings const&) = delete;
~MultiSettings ();
// Add multiple configurations navigation and maintenance actions to
// a provided menu. The provided main window object instance will
// have its close() function called when a "Switch To" configuration
// action is triggered.
void create_menu_actions (QMainWindow *, QMenu *);
// Access to the QSettings object instance.
QSettings * settings ();
// Access to values in a common section
QVariant common_value (QString const& key, QVariant const& default_value = QVariant {}) const;
void set_common_value (QString const& key, QVariant const& value);
void remove_common_value (QString const& key);
// Call this to determine if the application is terminating, if it
// returns false then the application main window should be
// recreated, shown and the application exec() function called
// again.
bool exit ();
// emitted when the name of the current configuration changes
Q_SIGNAL void configurationNameChanged (QString name) const;
private:
class impl;
pimpl<impl> m_;
};
#endif