/*

 * Hedgewars, a free turn based strategy game

 * Copyright (c) 2006-2007 Igor Ulyanov <iulyanov@gmail.com>

 * Copyright (c) 2007-2011 Andrey Korotaev <unC0Rr@gmail.com>

 *

 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify

 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

 * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License

 *

 * This program 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 General Public License for more details.

 *

 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License

 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software

 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA

 */

#ifndef HEDGEWARS_HWDATAMANAGER_H

#define HEDGEWARS_HWDATAMANAGER_H

#include <QDir>

#include <QFile>

#include <QStringList>

class QDir;

class QFile;

class QStringList;

/**

 * @brief Offers access to the data files of hedgewars.

 * 

 * @see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singleton_pattern">singleton pattern</a>

 * 

 * @author sheepluva

 * @since 0.9.17

 */

class HWDataManager

{

public:

    /**

     * @brief Returns a pointer to the <i>singleton</i> instance of this class.

     * 

     * @see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singleton_pattern">singleton pattern</a>

     * 

     * @return pointer to the instance.

     */

    static HWDataManager & instance();

    /**

     * @brief Returns a pointer to the <i>singleton</i> instance of this class.

     * 

     * @param subDirectory sub-directory to search.

     * @param filters filters for entry type.

     * @param nameFilters filters by name patterns.

     * @return a sorted list of matches in the subDirectory of data directory.

     */

    QStringList entryList(const QString & subDirectory,

                          QDir::Filters filters = QDir::NoFilter,

                          const QStringList & nameFilters = QStringList("*")

                         ) const;

    /**

     * @brief Creates a file object for the desired data path and

     * returns a pointer to it.

     * 

     * Use this method if you want to read an existing data file.

     * 

     * @param relativeDataFilePath path to the data file.

     * @return respective <code>QFile</code> pointer, the file may not exist.

     */

    QFile * findFileForRead(const QString & relativeDataFilePath) const;

    /**

     * @brief Creates a file object for the desired data path and

     * returns a pointer to it.

     * 

     * Use this method if you want to create or write into a data file.

     * 

     * @param relativeDataFilePath path to the data file.

     * @return respective <code>QFile</code> pointer.

     */

    QFile * findFileForWrite(const QString & relativeDataFilePath) const;

private:

    /**

     * @brief Class constructor of the <i>singleton</i>.

     * 

     * Not to be used from outside the class,

     * use the static {@link HWDataManager::instance()} instead.

     * 

     * @see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singleton_pattern">singleton pattern</a>

     */

    HWDataManager();

};

#endif // HEDGEWARS_HWDATAMANAGER_H