/*
    Copyright (c) 2006 - 2007 Volker Krause <vkrause@kde.org>

    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
    option) any later version.

    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
    ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
    FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Library General Public
    License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
    along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to the
    Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
    02110-1301, USA.
*/

#ifndef AKONADI_ITEMCREATEJOB_H
#define AKONADI_ITEMCREATEJOB_H

#include <akonadi/job.h>

namespace Akonadi {

class Collection;
class Item;
class ItemCreateJobPrivate;

/**
 * @short Job that creates a new item in the Akonadi storage.
 *
 * This job creates a new item with all the set properties in the
 * given target collection.
 *
 * Note that items can not be created in the root collection (Collection::root())
 * and the collection must have Collection::contentMimeTypes() that match the mimetype
 * of the item being created.
 *
 * Example:
 *
 * @code
 *
 * // Create a contact item in the root collection
 *
 * KABC::Addressee addr;
 * addr.setNameFromString( "Joe Jr. Miller" );
 *
 * Akonadi::Item item;
 * item.setMimeType( "text/directory" );
 * item.setPayload<KABC::Addressee>( addr );
 *
 * Akonadi::Collection collection = getCollection();
 *
 * Akonadi::ItemCreateJob *job = new Akonadi::ItemCreateJob( item, collection );
 * connect( job, SIGNAL(result(KJob*)), SLOT(jobFinished(KJob*)) );
 *
 * ...
 *
 * MyClass::jobFinished( KJob *job )
 * {
 *   if ( job->error() )
 *     qDebug() << "Error occurred";
 *   else
 *     qDebug() << "Contact item created successfully";
 * }
 *
 * @endcode
 *
 * @author Volker Krause <vkrause@kde.org>
 */
class AKONADI_EXPORT ItemCreateJob : public Job
{
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    /**
     * Creates a new item create job.
     *
     * @param item The item to create.
     *             @note It must have a mime type set.
     * @param collection The parent collection where the new item shall be located in.
     * @param parent The parent object.
     */
    ItemCreateJob(const Item &item, const Collection &collection, QObject *parent = 0);

    /**
     * Destroys the item create job.
     */
    ~ItemCreateJob();

    /**
     * Returns the created item with the new unique id, or an invalid item if the job failed.
     */
    Item item() const;

    enum MergeOption {
      NoMerge = 0, ///< Don't merge
      RID     = 1, ///< Merge by remote id
      GID     = 2, ///< Merge by GID
      Silent  = 4  ///< Only return the id of the merged/created item.
    };
    Q_DECLARE_FLAGS(MergeOptions, MergeOption)

    /**
     * Merge this item into an existing one if available.
     *
     * If an item with same GID and/or remote ID as the created item exists in
     * specified collection (depending on the provided options), the new item will
     * be merged into the existing one and the merged item will be returned
     * (unless the Silent option is used).
     *
     * If no matching item is found a new item is created.
     *
     * If the item does not have a GID or RID, this option will be
     * ignored and a new item will be created.
     *
     * By default, merging is disabled.
     *
     * @param options Merge options.
     * @since 4.14
     */
    void setMerge(MergeOptions options);

protected:
    virtual void doStart();
    virtual void doHandleResponse(const QByteArray &tag, const QByteArray &data);

private:
    Q_DECLARE_PRIVATE(ItemCreateJob)
};

Q_DECLARE_OPERATORS_FOR_FLAGS(ItemCreateJob::MergeOptions)

}

#endif