/* This file is part of the KDE project
   Copyright (C) 2005 Jaroslaw Staniek <js@iidea.pl>

   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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 * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
*/

#ifndef KEXIDB_DBPROPERTIES_H
#define KEXIDB_DBPROPERTIES_H

#include "connection.h"

namespace KexiDB {

//! @todo implement KConfigBase interface here?

//! A set of storable database properties.
/*! This is a convenience class that allows to store global dabatase properties without a need 
 for creating and maintain custom table. 
 DatabaseProperties object is accessible only using KexiDB::Connection::databaseProperties() method.
 */
class KEXI_DB_EXPORT DatabaseProperties : public KexiDB::Object
{
	public:
		/*! Sets \a value for property \a name. Optional caption can be also set.
		 If there's no such property defined, it will be added. Existing value will be overwritten.
		 Note that to execute this method, database must be opened in read-write mode. 
		 \return true on successful data. Connection */
		bool setValue( const QString& name, const QVariant& value );

		/*! Sets \a caption for for property \a name. 
		 Usually it shouldn't be translated: trnaslation can be performed before displaying. */
		bool setCaption( const QString& name, const QString& caption );

		//! \return property value for \a propeName available for this driver. 
		//! If there's no such property defined for driver, Null QVariant value is returned.
		QVariant value( const QString& name );

		//! \return translated property caption for \a name. 
		//! If there's no such property defined for driver, empty string value is returned.
		QString caption( const QString& name );

		//! \return a list of available property names.
		QStringList names();

	protected:
		DatabaseProperties(Connection *conn);
		~DatabaseProperties();

		QGuardedPtr<Connection> m_conn;
	friend class Connection;
};
}

#endif
