/*
    specialjob.h

    This file is part of libkleopatra, the KDE keymanagement library
    Copyright (c) 2004 Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB

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*/

#ifndef __KLEO_SPECIALJOB_H__
#define __KLEO_SPECIALJOB_H__

#include "job.h"

namespace GpgME {
  class Error;
}

namespace Kleo {

  /**
     @short An abstract base class for protocol-specific jobs

     To use a SpecialJob, first obtain an instance from the
     CryptoBackend implementation, connect progress() and result()
     signals to suitable slots and then start the job with a call to
     start(). This call might fail, in which case the SpecialJob
     instance will have schedules its own destruction with a call to
     QObject::deleteLater().

     After result() is emitted, the SpecialJob will schedule its own
     destruction by calling QObject::deleteLater().

     Parameters are set using the Qt property system. More general, or
     constructor parameters are given in the call to
     Kleo::CryptoBackend::Protocol::specialJob().

     The result is made available through the result signal, and
     through the read-only result property, the latter of which needs
     to be defined in each SpecialJob subclass.
  */
  class SpecialJob : public Job {
    Q_OBJECT
  protected:
    SpecialJob( QObject * parent, const char * name );

  public:
   ~SpecialJob();

    /**
       Starts the special operation.
    */
    virtual GpgME::Error start() = 0;

    virtual GpgME::Error exec() = 0;

  signals:
    void result( const GpgME::Error & result, const QVariant & data );
  };

}

#endif // __KLEO_SPECIALJOB_H__
