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#ifndef MULTIPROPERTY_H
#define MULTIPROPERTY_H

#include <tqptrlist.h>
#include <tqmap.h>
#include <tqvariant.h>

#include "property.h"
#include "childproperty.h"

namespace PropertyLib{

class PropertyList;

/** @file multiproperty.h
@short Contains @ref PropertyLib::MultiProperty class.
*/

/**
@short Holds a list of properties with the same name and type.

It is used by @ref PropertyLib::PropertyList to store properties. Generally, @ref PropertyLib::PropertyList
stores a list of multiproperties instead of properties. This allows working
with many properties of the same name and type at the same type.

MultiProperty is also responsible for storing detailed %property editors (instances
of @ref ChildProperty class. It's too much overhead to store child properties
with their parent properties. MultiProperty provides a way to store child properties
only once for all properties with the same name and same type.
*/
class MultiProperty
{
public:
    /**Constructs multiproperty with one property which is not connected to a property list.*/
    MultiProperty(Property *prop);
    /**Constructs empty multiproperty.*/
    MultiProperty(PropertyList *propertyList);
    /**Constructs multiproperty with one Property in the list.*/
    MultiProperty(PropertyList *propertyList, Property *prop);
    ~MultiProperty();

    /**Compares two multiproperties.*/    
    bool operator ==(const MultiProperty &prop) const;
    /**Compares %multiproperty with %property.*/    
    bool operator ==(const Property &prop) const;

    /**Adds %property to the list.*/
    void addProperty(Property *prop);
    /**Removes %property from the list.*/
    void removeProperty(Property *prop);
    /**Adds all properties from the %multiproperty prop.*/
    void addProperty(MultiProperty *prop);
    /**Removes all properties that exists in the %multiproperty prop.*/
    void removeProperty(MultiProperty *prop);
        
    /**Returns the name of a %property.*/
    TQString name() const;
    /**Returns the type of a %property.*/
    int type() const;
    /**Returns the value of a %property.*/
    TQVariant value() const;
    /**Returns the description of a %property.*/
    TQString description() const;
    /**Returns the readonly attribute of a %property.*/
    bool readOnly() const;
    /**Returns the visibility attribute of a %property.*/
    bool visible() const;
    /**The string-to-value correspondence list of the %property.*/
    TQMap<TQString, TQVariant> valueList() const;
    
    /**Sets the value of a %property.*/
    void setValue(const TQVariant& value);
    /**Sets the value of a %property.
    @param value new value of thus %multiproperty 
    @param emitChange if set to true then %property list which owns this %multiproperty 
    emits propertyValueChanged signal.*/
    void setValue(const TQVariant& value, bool emitChange);
    /**Sets the description of a %property.*/
    void setDescription(const TQString &description);
    /**Sets the list of possible values of a %property.*/
    void setValueList(const TQMap< TQString, TQVariant >& valueList);
    
    /**Finds string description for a value.*/
    TQVariant findValueDescription() const;
    /**Finds string description for a value.*/
    TQVariant findValueDescription(TQVariant val) const;
    
    /**Returns true if the %multiproperty has no properties in the list (i.e. it's invalid).*/
    bool valid() const;
    
    /**Reverts the property value to previous setting.*/
    void undo();
    
    /**The list of child properties.*/
    TQValueList<ChildProperty> details;

private:
    TQPtrList<Property> list;

    PropertyList *m_propertyList;
    
friend class PropertyList;
friend class PropertyBuffer;
};

}

#endif
