libs-base/Headers/Foundation/NSKeyValueObserving.h

/* Interface for NSKeyValueObserving for GNUStep
   Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

   Written by:  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
   Date:	2005
   
   This file is part of the GNUstep Base Library.

   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
   version 3 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 Lesser General Public
   License along with this library; if not, write to the Free
   Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
   Boston, MA 02111 USA.
   */ 

#ifndef __NSKeyValueObserving_h_GNUSTEP_BASE_INCLUDE
#define __NSKeyValueObserving_h_GNUSTEP_BASE_INCLUDE
#import	<GNUstepBase/GSVersionMacros.h>

#if OS_API_VERSION(100300,GS_API_LATEST) && GS_API_VERSION(010200,GS_API_LATEST)

#import	<Foundation/NSObject.h>
#import	<Foundation/NSArray.h>

#if	defined(__cplusplus)
extern "C" {
#endif

@class NSIndexSet;
@class NSSet;
@class NSString;

typedef enum {
  NSKeyValueObservingOptionNew = 1,
  NSKeyValueObservingOptionOld = 2
} NSKeyValueObservingOptions;

typedef enum {
  NSKeyValueChangeSetting = 1,
  NSKeyValueChangeInsertion = 2,
  NSKeyValueChangeRemoval = 3,
  NSKeyValueChangeReplacement = 4
} NSKeyValueChange;

typedef enum {
  NSKeyValueUnionSetMutation = 1,
  NSKeyValueMinusSetMutation = 2,
  NSKeyValueIntersectSetMutation = 3,
  NSKeyValueSetSetMutation = 4
} NSKeyValueSetMutationKind;

GS_EXPORT NSString *const NSKeyValueChangeIndexesKey;
GS_EXPORT NSString *const NSKeyValueChangeKindKey;
GS_EXPORT NSString *const NSKeyValueChangeNewKey;
GS_EXPORT NSString *const NSKeyValueChangeOldKey;

/* Given that the receiver has been registered as an observer
 * of the value at a key path relative to an object,
 * be notified that the value has changed.
 * The change dictionary always contains an NSKeyValueChangeKindKey entry
 * whose value is an NSNumber wrapping an NSKeyValueChange
 * (use [NSNumber-intValue]). The meaning of NSKeyValueChange
 * depends on what sort of property is identified by the key path:
 *
 * For any sort of property (attribute, to-one relationship,
 * or ordered or unordered to-many relationship) NSKeyValueChangeSetting
 * indicates that the observed object has received a -setValue:forKey:
 * message, or that the key-value coding-compliant set method for the
 * key has been invoked, or that a -willChangeValueForKey: or
 * -didChangeValueForKey: pair has otherwise been invoked.
 *
 * For an _ordered_ to-many relationship, NSKeyValueChangeInsertion,
 * NSKeyValueChangeRemoval, and NSKeyValueChangeReplacement indicate
 * that a mutating message has been sent to the array returned by
 * a -mutableArrayValueForKey: message sent to the object, or that
 * one of the key-value coding-compliant array mutation methods for
 * the key has been invoked, or that a -willChange:valuesAtIndexes:forKey:
 * or -didChange:valuesAtIndexes:forKey: pair has otherwise been invoked.
 *
 * For an _unordered_ to-many relationship (introduced in Mac OS 10.4),
 * NSKeyValueChangeInsertion, NSKeyValueChangeRemoval,
 * and NSKeyValueChangeReplacement indicate that a mutating
 * message has been sent to the set returned by a -mutableSetValueForKey:
 * message sent to the object, or that one of the key-value
 * coding-compliant set mutation methods for the key has been invoked,
 * or that a -willChangeValueForKey:withSetMutation:usingObjects:
 * or -didChangeValueForKey:withSetMutation:usingObjects: pair has
 * otherwise been invoked.
 *
 * For any sort of property, the change dictionary always contains
 * an NSKeyValueChangeNewKey entry if NSKeyValueObservingOptionNew
 * was specified at observer-registration time, likewise for
 * NSKeyValueChangeOldKey if NSKeyValueObservingOptionOld was specified.
 * See the comments for the NSKeyValueObserverNotification informal
 * protocol methods for what the values of those entries will be.
 * For an _ordered_ to-many relationship, the change dictionary
 * always contains an NSKeyValueChangeIndexesKey entry whose value
 * is an NSIndexSet containing the indexes of the inserted, removed,
 * or replaced objects, unless the change is an NSKeyValueChangeSetting.
 * context is always the same pointer that was passed in at
 * observer-registration time.
 */

@interface NSObject (NSKeyValueObserving)
- (void) observeValueForKeyPath: (NSString*)aPath
		       ofObject: (id)anObject
			 change: (NSDictionary*)aChange
		        context: (void*)aContext;

@end

@interface NSObject (NSKeyValueObserverRegistration)

- (void) addObserver: (NSObject*)anObserver
	  forKeyPath: (NSString*)aPath
	     options: (NSKeyValueObservingOptions)options
	     context: (void*)aContext;

- (void) removeObserver: (NSObject*)anObserver
	     forKeyPath: (NSString*)aPath;

@end

@interface NSArray (NSKeyValueObserverRegistration)

- (void) addObserver: (NSObject*)anObserver
  toObjectsAtIndexes: (NSIndexSet*)indexes
	  forKeyPath: (NSString*)aPath
	     options: (NSKeyValueObservingOptions)options
	     context: (void*)aContext;

- (void) removeObserver: (NSObject*)anObserver
   fromObjectsAtIndexes: (NSIndexSet*)indexes
	     forKeyPath: (NSString*)aPath;

@end

/**
 * These methods are sent to the receiver when observing it active
 * for a key and the key is about to be (or has just been) changed.
 */
@interface NSObject (NSKeyValueObserverNotification)

/** <override-dummy />
 */
- (void) didChangeValueForKey: (NSString*)aKey;

/** <override-dummy />
 */
- (void) didChange: (NSKeyValueChange)changeKind
   valuesAtIndexes: (NSIndexSet*)indexes
	    forKey: (NSString*)aKey;

/** <override-dummy />
 */
- (void) willChangeValueForKey: (NSString*)aKey;

/** <override-dummy />
 */
- (void) willChange: (NSKeyValueChange)changeKind
    valuesAtIndexes: (NSIndexSet*)indexes
	     forKey: (NSString*)aKey;

#if OS_API_VERSION(100400,GS_API_LATEST)

/** <override-dummy />
 */
- (void) didChangeValueForKey: (NSString*)aKey
	      withSetMutation: (NSKeyValueSetMutationKind)mutationKind
		 usingObjects: (NSSet*)objects;

/** <override-dummy />
 */
- (void) willChangeValueForKey: (NSString*)aKey
	       withSetMutation: (NSKeyValueSetMutationKind)mutationKind
		  usingObjects: (NSSet*)objects;

#endif

@end

/**
 * These methods permit modifications to the observing system.
 */
@interface NSObject(NSKeyValueObservingCustomization)

/**
 * Specifies whether the class should send the notification methods of
 * the NSKeyValueObserverNotification protocol when instances of the
 * class receive messages to change the value for the key.<br />
 * The default implementation returns YES.
 */
+ (BOOL) automaticallyNotifiesObserversForKey: (NSString*)aKey;

/**
 * Tells the observing system that when NSKeyValueObserverNotification
 * protocol messages are sent for any key in the triggerKeys array,
 * they should also be sent for dependentKey.
 */
+ (void) setKeys: (NSArray*)triggerKeys
triggerChangeNotificationsForDependentKey: (NSString*)dependentKey;

/**
 * Returns a reference to the observation information for the receiver
 * as stored using the -setObservationInfo: method.<br />
 * The default implementation returns information from a global table.
 */
- (void*) observationInfo;

/**
 * Stores observation information for the receiver.  By default this is
 * done in a global table, but classes may implement storage in an instance
 * variable or some other scheme (for improved performance).
 */
- (void) setObservationInfo: (void*)observationInfo;

@end

#if	defined(__cplusplus)
}
#endif

#endif	/* 100300 */

#endif	/* __NSKeyValueObserving_h_GNUSTEP_BASE_INCLUDE */