/* This file is part of qjson

 *

 * Copyright (C) 2009 Frank Osterfeld <osterfeld@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 SERIALIZERRUNNABLE_H

#define SERIALIZERRUNNABLE_H

#include "qjson_export.h"

#include <QtCore/QObject>

#include <QtCore/QRunnable>

class QByteArray;

class QString;

class QVariant;

namespace QJson {

  /**

  * @brief Convenience class for converting JSON data to QVariant objects using a dedicated thread

  */

  class QJSON_EXPORT SerializerRunnable  : public QObject, public QRunnable

  {

    Q_OBJECT

    public:

      /**

      * This signal is emitted when the conversion process has been completed

      * @param data contains the JSON data that has to be converted

      * @param parent parent of the object

      **/

      explicit SerializerRunnable(QObject* parent = 0);

      ~SerializerRunnable();

      /**

       * Sets the json object to serialize.

       *

       * @param json QVariant containing the json representation to be serialized

       */

      void setJsonObject( const QVariant& json );

      /* reimp */ void run();

    Q_SIGNALS:

      /**

      * This signal is emitted when the serialization process has been completed

      * @param serialized contains the result of the serialization

      * @param ok if a serialization error occurs ok is set to false, otherwise it's set to true.

      * @param error_msg contains a string explaining the failure reason

      **/

      void parsingFinished(const QByteArray& serialized, bool ok, const QString& error_msg);

    private:

      Q_DISABLE_COPY(SerializerRunnable)

      class Private;

      Private* const d;

  };

}

#endif // SERIALIZERRUNNABLE_H