1 /* This file is part of the KDE libraries
3 Copyright (c) 2001 Martin R. Jones <mjones@kde.org>
4 Copyright 2006 David Faure <faure@kde.org>
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22 #ifndef KSCREENSAVER_H
23 #define KSCREENSAVER_H
25 #include <QtGui/QWidget>
27 #include <kdemacros.h>
28 #include <kaboutdata.h> // needed by all users of this header, so no point in a forward declaration
30 class KScreenSaverPrivate
;
31 class KBlankEffectPrivate
;
34 * Provides a QWidget for a screensaver to draw into.
36 * You should derive from this widget and implement your screensaver's
39 * @see KScreenSaverInterface
41 * @short Provides a QWidget for a screensaver to draw into.
42 * @author Martin R. Jones <mjones@kde.org>
44 class KDE_EXPORT KScreenSaver
: public QWidget
49 * @param id The winId() of the widget to draw the screensaver into.
51 KScreenSaver( WId id
=0 );
56 * You cannot create a new widget with this widget as parent, since this
57 * widget may not be owned by your application. In order to create
58 * widgets with a KScreenSaver as parent, create the widget with no parent,
59 * call embed(), and then show() the widget.
61 * @param widget The widget to embed in the screensaver widget.
63 void embed( QWidget
*widget
);
66 KScreenSaverPrivate
*d
;
71 * To use libkscreensaver, derive from KScreenSaverInterface and reimplement
72 * its virtual methods. Then write
74 * int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
76 * MyKScreenSaverInterface kssi;
77 * return kScreenSaverMain( argc, argv, kssi );
81 * In order to convert a KDE-3 screensaver (which used to export kss_* symbols and had no main function)
82 * to KDE-4, you can use the following python script
83 * kdebase/workspace/kscreensaver/libkscreensaver/kscreensaver-kde3to4-porting.py
85 class KDE_EXPORT KScreenSaverInterface
91 virtual ~KScreenSaverInterface();
93 * Reimplement this method to return the KAboutData instance describing your screensaver
95 virtual KAboutData
*aboutData() = 0;
97 * Reimplement this method to return your KScreenSaver-derived screensaver
99 virtual KScreenSaver
* create( WId id
) = 0;
101 * Reimplement this method to return your modal setup dialog
103 virtual QDialog
* setup();
107 * The entry point for the program's main()
108 * @see KScreenSaverInterface
110 KDE_EXPORT
int kScreenSaverMain( int argc
, char** argv
, KScreenSaverInterface
& screenSaverInterface
);
114 * Blanks a widget using various effects.
116 * @short Blanks a widget using various effects.
117 * @author Martin R. Jones <mjones@kde.org>
119 class KBlankEffect
: public QObject
123 KBlankEffect( QObject
*parent
=0 );
126 enum Effect
{ Random
=-1, Blank
=0, SweepRight
, SweepDown
, Blocks
,
130 * Blank a widget using the specified effect.
131 * Some blanking effects take some time, so you should connect to
132 * doneBlank() to know when the blanking is complete.
134 * @param w The widget to blank.
135 * @param effect The type of effect to use.
137 void blank( QWidget
*w
, Effect effect
=Random
);
139 typedef void (KBlankEffect::*BlankEffect
)();
143 * emitted when a blanking effect has completed.
154 void blankSweepRight();
155 void blankSweepDown();
159 static BlankEffect effects
[];
160 KBlankEffectPrivate
*d
;