/************************************************************************
**
**  Copyright (C) 2011  John Schember <john@nachtimwald.com>
**
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**
*************************************************************************/


#pragma once
#ifndef PCRECACHE_H
#define PCRECACHE_H

#include "SPCRE.h"
#include <QCache>
#include <QString>

/**
 * Singleton. A cache of SPCRE regular expression objects.
 *
 * The SPCRE's are cached to improve performance.
 */
class PCRECache
{
public:
    /**
     * The accessor function to access the cache.
     */
    static PCRECache *instance();
    ~PCRECache();

    /**
     * Insert an SPCRE into the cache. The key is the regular expression
     * pattern by the SPCRE as a string.
     *
     * @param key The key associated with the SPCRE.
     * @param object The SPCRE to store.
     *
     * @return True if the object was successfully inserted.
     */
    bool insert(const QString &key, SPCRE *object);
    /**
     * Retrieve the SPCRE object from the cache.
     *
     * If the object does not exist it is created and inserted into te cache
     * then returned.
     *
     * @param key The key associated with the SPCRE.
     */
    SPCRE *getObject(const QString &key);

private:
    /**
     * Private constructor.
     */
    PCRECache();

    // The cache that we store the SPCRE's.
    QCache<QString, SPCRE> m_cache;
    // The single instance of the cache.
    static PCRECache *m_instance;
};

#endif // PCRECACHE_H
