/************************************************************************
 **
 **  @file   vemptyproperty.h
 **  @author hedgeware <internal(at)hedgeware.net>
 **  @date
 **
 **  @brief
 **  @copyright
 **  All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 **  are made available under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 **  (LGPL) version 2.1 which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 **  http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html
 **
 **  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
 **  Lesser General Public License for more details.
 **
 *************************************************************************/

#ifndef VEMPTYPROPERTY_H
#define VEMPTYPROPERTY_H

#include "vproperty.h"

namespace VPE {

class VPROPERTYEXPLORERSHARED_EXPORT VEmptyProperty : public VProperty
{
public:
    //! Standard constructor, takes a name and a parent property as argument
    explicit VEmptyProperty(const QString& name);

    //! Destructor
    virtual ~VEmptyProperty();

    //! Get the data how it should be displayed
    virtual QVariant data (int column = DPC_Name, int role = Qt::DisplayRole) const;

    //! Returns an editor widget, or NULL if it doesn't supply one
    //! \param parent The widget to which the editor will be added as a child
    //! \options Render options
    //! \delegate A pointer to the QAbstractItemDelegate requesting the editor. This can be used to connect signals and slots.
    virtual QWidget* createEditor(QWidget* parent, const QStyleOptionViewItem& options, const QAbstractItemDelegate* delegate);

    //! Gets the data from the widget
    virtual QVariant getEditorData(QWidget* editor) const;

    //! Returns item flags
    virtual Qt::ItemFlags flags(int column = DPC_Name) const;

    //! Returns a string containing the type of the property
    virtual QString type() const;

    //! Clones this property
    //! \param include_children Indicates whether to also clone the children
    //! \param container If a property is being passed here, no new VProperty is being created but instead it is tried to fill all the data into container. This can also be used when subclassing this function.
    //! \return Returns the newly created property (or container, if it was not NULL)
    virtual VProperty* clone(bool include_children = true, VProperty* container = NULL) const;

protected:
    //! Protected constructor
    VEmptyProperty(VPropertyPrivate* d);
};

}

#endif // VEMPTYPROPERTY_H