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 *   forkotov02@ya.ru                                                      *
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#ifndef COMMANDLINEOPTION_H
#define COMMANDLINEOPTION_H

#include "qmmpui_export.h"

class CommandLineManager;
class QTranslator;
class QString;
class QObject;
class QStringList;

/*! @brief Abstract base class of the command line plugins.
 * @author Vladimir Kuznetsov <vovanec@gmail.ru>
 */
class QMMPUI_EXPORT CommandLineOption
{
public:
    /*!
     * Returns \b true if \b opt_str string can be processed,
     * otherise \b false
     */
    virtual bool identify(const QString& opt_str) const = 0;
    /*!
     * Command line option name
     */
    virtual const QString name() const = 0;
    /*!
     * A list of specially formatted help strings.
     * Example: "--help||Display this text and exit".
     */
    virtual const QStringList helpString() const = 0;
    /*!
     * Parses \b opt_str args(if needed), executes command.
     * @param opt_str Command to execute
     * @param args Command arguments
     * @return Command output
     */
    virtual QString executeCommand(const QString &opt_str, const QStringList &args) = 0;
    /*!
     * Creates translator with parent object \b parent
     */
    virtual QTranslator *createTranslator(QObject *parent) = 0;
    /*!
     * Object destructor
     */
    virtual ~CommandLineOption() {}
};

Q_DECLARE_INTERFACE(CommandLineOption,"CommandLineOptionInterface/1.0")

#endif