modifying pattern methods to throw exceptions

[blast.git] / Dispatcher.h

diff --git a/Dispatcher.h b/Dispatcher.h
index 8ffce457a598e488e5a284f13407b1e66882f9f6..75583d435c768e611990038cc0330cf4dbceaef1 100644 (file)
--- a/Dispatcher.h
+++ b/Dispatcher.h
@@ -15,14 +15,22 @@ class GroupScene;
 class AbstractBoxItem;
 class GroupItem;
 class BoxItem;
+class SourceItem;
 class ConnectionItem;
 class InterfaceItem;
+class GroupBlock;
+class FunctionalBlock;
 
 
 
 using namespace std;
 using namespace Qt;
 
+/*!
+ * \brief The Dispatcher class
+ * The Dispatcher class represents the control part (in MVC) of the application. It relays
+ * user's interactions with the GUI into model's modifications and feeds back them onto the view.
+ */
 class Dispatcher {
 
 public:
@@ -32,8 +40,7 @@ public:
   GroupWidget* loadProject(const QString& filename);
 
   inline int getNumberOfScenes() { return groupList.length(); }
-  bool connect(InterfaceItem *iface1, InterfaceItem *iface2);
-  void checkSelection();
+  
   void unselectAllItems(int direction=0);
   void setCurrentGroupWidget(GroupWidget *win);
   void changeConnectionMode(int mode = -1);
@@ -56,17 +63,22 @@ public:
 
 public slots:
   QMap<int, QString> getAllGroupNames();
-  GroupScene* searchSceneById(int id);
-  GroupScene* searchSceneByName(QString name);
-  BoxItem* searchBlockItemById(int id);
-  GroupItem* searchGroupItemById(int id);
-  InterfaceItem* searchInterfaceItemById(int id);
+  GroupScene* getSceneById(int id);
+  GroupScene* getSceneByName(QString name);
+  BoxItem* getBoxItemById(int id);
+  GroupItem* getGroupItemById(int id);
+  InterfaceItem* getInterfaceItemById(int id);
+  
 
   // block ops
   void addBlock(int idCategory, int idBlock, int idScene);
-  void removeBlock(BoxItem* item);
-  void duplicateBlock(BoxItem* item);
-  void renameBlockOrGroup(AbstractBoxItem* item);
+  void removeBoxItem(BoxItem* item);
+  void duplicateBoxItem(BoxItem* item);
+  void renameFunctionalBlock(BoxItem* item);
+  void renameGroupBlock(GroupItem* item);
+  void renameSourceBlock(SourceItem* item);
+  void removeSourceItem(SourceItem* item);
+  void duplicateSourceItem(SourceItem* item);
 
   // interface ops
   /*!
@@ -78,17 +90,7 @@ public slots:
    * connect to group in the contextual menu.
    * Thus, parameter item is always owned by a BoxItem
    */
-  void connectInterToGroup(InterfaceItem* item);
-  /*!
-   * \brief disconnectInterFromGroup
-   * \param item item is always owned by a BoxItem
-   *
-   * This method is called only when the user right clicks on an InterfaceItem (that belongs
-   * to a BoxItem and if it IS connected to an InterfaceItem of the GroupItem) and chooses
-   * disconnect from group in the contextual menu.
-   * Thus, parameter item is always owned by a BoxItem
-   */
-  void disconnectInterFromGroup(InterfaceItem* item);
+  void connectInterToGroup(InterfaceItem* item);  
   /*!
    * \brief removeFunctionalInterface
    * \param item item is always owned by a BoxItem
@@ -107,13 +109,14 @@ public slots:
    * Thus, parameter item is always owned by a GroupItem
    */
   void removeGroupInterface(InterfaceItem* item);
-  void duplicateInterface(InterfaceItem* item);
+  void duplicateInterfaceItem(InterfaceItem* item);
   void showProperties(InterfaceItem *inter);
   void renameInterface(InterfaceItem* item);
+  void showPatterns(InterfaceItem* item);
 
   // connection ops
-  ConnectionItem *addConnection(InterfaceItem *input, InterfaceItem *output);
-  void removeAllBlockConnections(BoxItem *item);
+  bool createConnection(InterfaceItem *iface1, InterfaceItem *iface2);    
+  void removeAllBlockConnections(AbstractBoxItem *item);
   void removeConnection(ConnectionItem *conn);