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 *   Copyright (C) 2008 by Ilya Kotov                                      *
 *   forkotov02@hotmail.ru                                                 *
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#ifndef COMMANDLINEOPTION_H
#define COMMANDLINEOPTION_H


class CommandLineManager;
class Control;
class QTranslator;
class QString;
class QObject;

/**
    @author Vladimir Kuznetsov <vovanec@gmail.ru>
 */
class 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;

    /*!
     * Help string.
     */
    virtual const QString helpString()const = 0;

    /*!
     * Parses \b opt_str args(if needed), executes command.
     */
    virtual void executeCommand(const QString& opt_str, CommandLineManager* clm, Control* ctrl) = 0;
    /*!
     * Creates translator with parent object \b parent
     */
    virtual QTranslator *createTranslator(QObject *parent) = 0;

    virtual ~CommandLineOption() {}
};

Q_DECLARE_INTERFACE(CommandLineOption,"CommandLineOptionInterface/1.0");

#endif