/* This file is part of the KDE project
   Copyright (C) 2000 Waldo Bastian <bastian@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 version 2as published by the Free Software Foundation.

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

#ifndef __k_build_service_group_factory_h__
#define __k_build_service_group_factory_h__

#include <kservicegroupfactory.h>
#include <qdict.h>

/**
 * @internal
 * Service group factory for building ksycoca
 */
class KBuildServiceGroupFactory : public KServiceGroupFactory
{
public:
  /**
   * Create factory
   */
  KBuildServiceGroupFactory();

  virtual ~KBuildServiceGroupFactory();

  /**
   * Create new entry.
   */
  virtual KServiceGroup * createEntry(const QString &, const char *);

  virtual KServiceGroup * createEntry(int) { assert(0); return 0L; }

  /**
   * Adds the entry newEntry to the correct group, creating the group if
   * necassery. If newEntry is 0, only the group is created.
   */
  KServiceGroup *addNewEntry( const QString& file, const char *resource, KSycocaEntry *newEntry);

  /**
   * Add a new entry
   */
  virtual void addEntry( KSycocaEntry *newEntry, const char *resource );

  /**
   * Write out servicegroup  specific index files.
   */
  virtual void save(QDataStream &str);

  /**
   * Write out header information
   */
  virtual void saveHeader(QDataStream &str);

};

#endif
