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It is split into - /libgnucash (for the non-gui bits) - /gnucash (for the gui) - /common (misc source files used by both) - /bindings (currently only holds python bindings) This is the first step in restructuring the code. It will need much more fine tuning later on.
169 lines
6.1 KiB
C
169 lines
6.1 KiB
C
/***************************************************************************
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* qofchoice.h
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*
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* Thu Jul 7 12:25:24 2005
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* Copyright 2005 Neil Williams
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* linux@codehelp.co.uk
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****************************************************************************/
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/*
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* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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* (at your option) any later version.
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*
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* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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* GNU General Public License for more details.
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*
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* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
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*/
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#ifndef _QOFCHOICE_H
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#define _QOFCHOICE_H
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/** @addtogroup Choice
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Objects can be linked together one-to-one by simply using the name of
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the related object as the parameter type in the QofClass parameter list.
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\verbatim
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{ FOO_PARAM, BAR_ID, (QofAccessFunc)qofFooGetBar, (QofSetterFunc)qofFooSetBar },
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\endverbatim
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This is limited as each FOO entity can contain only one reference to a
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single BAR entity per parameter. Also, this parameter cannot be used to
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link to a similar object, OBJ. This requires "one to many" links.
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There are two types of one-to-many links in QOF.
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-# ::QOF_TYPE_COLLECT - one to many entities all of only one type.
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- Handles links between one object and a series of objects
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that are \b all of the same type, e.g. a simple list.
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-# ::QOF_TYPE_CHOICE - one to a single entity of many possible types.
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- Handles links between one object and a series of
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\b dissimilar objects, one of each type.
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Currently, there is no explicit way to support many-to-many links
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but existing methods can be combined to give approximately the same results.
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A QOF_TYPE_CHOICE object is like a C++ template. QOF_TYPE_CHOICE doesn't
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really exist by itself:
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\verbatim
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QOF_TYPE_CHOICE<QOF_X, QOF_Y, QOF_Z>
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\endverbatim
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It holds a single entity of type X, Y, or Z for the purposes of QOF.
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For querying the object it queries as if it's an X, Y, or Z.
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Each choice type has it's own definition of the allowable objects -
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each of which need to be registered as normal. Objects can declare
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themselves to be one option of a particular choice. There is no
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requirement for any object to be either a choice or an option for a
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choice object.
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-# Each ::QOF_TYPE_CHOICE parameter provides access to \b ONE entity of
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a pre-determined set of object types.
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-# The entity type within the choice can be determined at run time.
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-# Each entity can have a different *type* of entity to it's siblings,
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provided that it is one of the pre-determined object types.
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-# Objects declare themselves as containing choices and other objects
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can add themselves to the list of acceptable choices of suitable objects.
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-# QOF_TYPE_CHOICE is transparent - objects should retrieve the e_type of
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the received entity and handle the entity appropriately.
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-# The number of different entity types that can be pre-determined for
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any one QOF_TYPE_CHOICE parameter is not fixed. You can have as many
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types as the ::QofAccessFunc and ::QofSetterFunc can handle.
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-# Any one parameter can only have one QOF type. You cannot have a parameter
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that is both ::QOF_TYPE_COLLECT and QOF_TYPE_CHOICE any more than you can have
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one parameter that is both ::QOF_TYPE_BOOLEAN and ::QOF_TYPE_NUMERIC.
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-# When setting references using QOF_TYPE_CHOICE, QOF passes a single entity
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to the QofSetterFunc and it is left to the function to determine how to
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handle that entity type. When retrieving references using QOF_TYPE_CHOICE,
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the object must return a single entity matching one of the choice types.
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@{
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*/
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/** @file qofchoice.h
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@brief Linking one entity to other entities of many possible types.
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@author Copyright (c) 2005 Neil Williams <linux@codehelp.co.uk>
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*/
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#include "qofclass.h"
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#include "qofobject.h"
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#ifdef __cplusplus
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extern "C"
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{
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#endif
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#define QOF_MOD_CHOICE "qof.choice"
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/** \note Choice
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@{
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*/
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/** \brief Identify an object as containing a choice. */
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#define QOF_TYPE_CHOICE "choice"
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/** \brief Does this object contain a choice parameter?
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Returns TRUE if any parameter in the object definition
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uses a choice of elements, whether or not those
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parameters contain any data.
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@param type Type of object/entity.
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@return TRUE if one or more choice parameters has been
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registered using the object definition, otherwise FALSE.
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*/
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gboolean qof_object_is_choice(QofIdTypeConst type);
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/** \brief Set an object as using QOF_TYPE_CHOICE. */
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gboolean qof_choice_create(char* type);
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/** \brief Add the choices for this parameter to the object.
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@param choice The choice object.
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@param add The object to be added as an option.
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@param param_name The parameter that will be used to get or set options.
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@return FALSE if object is not a choice object or on error
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otherwise TRUE.
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*/
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gboolean qof_choice_add_class(const char* choice, char* add, char* param_name);
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/** \brief Return the list of all object types usable with this parameter.
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@param type The choice object type.
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@param param The name of the parameter that will be used to
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get or set options.
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@return NULL on error or if no options exist for this parameter,
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otherwise a GList of all QofIdType object type(s) available
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via this choice object using this parameter.
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*/
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GList* qof_object_get_choices(QofIdType type, QofParam *param);
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/** \brief Is the choice valid for this param_name?
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@param choice_obj The object containing the QOF_TYPE_CHOICE parameter.
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@param param_name The name of a QOF_TYPE_CHOICE parameter in this object.
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@param choice The QofIdType to look for in the list of choices.
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@return TRUE if choice is found in the list of allowed choices for
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this parameter of this object. Otherwise, FALSE
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*/
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gboolean qof_choice_check(const char* choice_obj,
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const char *param_name,
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const char* choice);
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/** @} */
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/** @} */
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#ifdef __cplusplus
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}
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#endif
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#endif /* _QOFCHOICE_H */
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