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+/***************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (C) 2006 by Sebastien Laout *
+ * slaout@linux62.org *
+ * *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify *
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as *
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the *
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version. *
+ * *
+ * This program 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 General Public License for more details. *
+ * *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public *
+ * License along with this program; if not, write to the *
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., *
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef LIKEBACK_H
+#define LIKEBACK_H
+
+#include <qobject.h>
+
+class KConfig;
+class KAboutData;
+class KAction;
+class KActionCollection;
+
+class LikeBackPrivate;
+class LikeBackBar;
+class LikeBackDialog;
+
+/**
+ * @short System to Get Quick Feedback from Beta-Testers
+ *
+ * This system allows users to communicate theire liking of the application to its developers.
+ * Thus, developers know what theire users prefer of theire applications, what should be enhanced, etc.
+ *
+ * Basically, how does it work?
+ * Whenever the user notice something good he appreciate or something he do not like, do not understand, do not find polished...
+ * he can send a few short words to the developers to tell them what he like or do not like. It is only two or three clicks away.
+ * It is fast and efficient.
+ *
+ * This greatly lowers the communication barrier between the application developers and the application users.
+ * It makes the developers understand and satisfy better the needs of the users.
+ *
+ * The LikeBack system has 5 components:
+ * @li In the application: The comment dialog, where the user write a comment, select a type of comment, etc.
+ * @li In the application: The KAction to plug in the Help menu. This action displays the comment dialog.
+ * @li In the application: The button-bar, that floats bellow titlebar of every windows of the application, and let the user to quickly show the comment dialog.
+ * The button-bar can be hidden.
+ * @li On the server: A PHP script that collects every comments that users send. The LikeBack object should be configured to contact that server.
+ * @li On the server: The developer interface. It lists every comments that were sent, let you sort them, add remarks to them, and mark them as fixed or another status.
+ *
+ * Here is an example of code to call to quickly setup LikeBack on the client:
+ * @code
+ * // Instanciate the LikeBack system, and show the first-use information dialog if the button-bar is shown:
+ * LikeBack *likeBack = new LikeBack(LikeBack::AllButtons, LikeBack::isDevelopmentVersion(kapp->aboutData->version())); // Show button-bar only in beta-versions
+ * likeBack->setServer("myapp.kde.org", "/likeback/send.php");
+ * likeBack->setAcceptedLanguages(QStringList::split(";", "en;fr"), i18n("Please write in English or French."));
+ *
+ * // Comment the following line once you are sure all your windows have a name:
+ * likeBack->setWindowNamesListing(LikeBack::WarnUnnamedWindows);
+ *
+ * // This line should be called early in your KMainWindow constructor because it references actionCollection().
+ * // It should be called before createGUI() for the action to be plugged in the Help menu:
+ * likeBack->sendACommentAction(actionCollection());
+ * @endcode
+ *
+ * @see Visit http://basket.kde.org/likeback.php for more information, screenshots, a tutorial, hints, return of experiences, and to download the server-side developer interface...
+ * @author Sebastien Laout <slaout@linux62.org>
+ */
+class LikeBack : public QObject
+{
+ Q_OBJECT
+ public:
+ /**
+ * Ids of every LikeBack buttons the button-bar can have.
+ * The four first values are each individual buttons you can enable or not.
+ * The next ones are combinations: all buttons at once, and the default set of buttons (Like, Dislike).
+ * Those values are used in the constructor, to set the allowed type of comments, and when triggering the comment dialog, to set the default checked type.
+ * @See The LikeBack constructor and execCommentDialog().
+ */
+ enum Button {
+ Like = 0x01, /// The user select that option to report a positive experience he got with the application.
+ Dislike = 0x02, /// The user select that option to report a frustrating experience he got with the application.
+ Bug = 0x04, /// The user select that option to report a bug in the application.
+ Feature = 0x10, /// The user select that option to ask for a new feature he desire.
+ /// If not enabled, the user is explicitely informed she cannot ask for new features.
+ AllButtons = Like | Dislike | Bug | Feature, /// Usable in the constructor to enable every posible buttons.
+ DefaultButtons = Like | Dislike /// Usable in the constructor to enable only the recommended default set of buttons.
+ };
+
+ /**
+ * Flags letting LikeBack print out name and path of each window you show during execution, for debugging purpose.
+ * @See The method setWindowNamesListing() explains how to use those values.
+ */
+ enum WindowListing {
+ NoListing = 0, /// Do not print out any window name. For release time.
+ WarnUnnamedWindows = 1, /// Each time the user option a window, print out a message if the window is unnamed. For development needs, to check windows.
+ AllWindows = 2 /// Print out the window hierarchy of each opened windows during execution. For development needs, to check every windows have an understandable name.
+ };
+
+ /**
+ * You only need to call the constructor once, typically in main.cpp.
+ * Even if you do not show the button-bar by default, you should instanciate LikeBack,
+ * to include its action in the Help menu of your application, to let the users send comments or activate the bar.
+ * @param buttons The types of comments you want to get. Determine which radio-buttons are shown in the comment dialog,
+ * and which ones are displayed in the button-bar. Default buttons do not show the Bug and Feature buttons because you are
+ * likely to already have a way to get bug and feature reports (most of the time, it is a bugs.kde.org account).
+ * If you do not have that, then use the value LikeBack::AllButtons to show every possible buttons.
+ * @param showBarByDefault Determines if the floating button-bar should also be shown, in addition to the action in the Help menu.
+ * Advise: to avoid getting too much noise, enable it only if it is a small application or a development release.
+ * Notes: This is only a default value, the user will be able to enable or disabled the bar afterward.
+ * The button-bar display is stored by version. On a new version, your default value will take effect again.
+ * This allow you to disable the button-bar once the version is stable enought to be released as final.
+ * @param config Set the configuration file where to store the user email address and if the button-bar should be shown.
+ * By default (null), the KApplication configuration object is used.
+ * @param aboutData Set the KAboutData instance used to get the application name and version. By default (null), the KApplication about data object is used.
+ * The application name is only used in the first-use information message.
+ * The version is used to store the button-bar visibility per version (can be shown in a development version but not in a final one...)
+ * and to send with the comment, so you can filter per version and know if a comment refers the latest version of the application or not.
+ */
+ LikeBack(Button buttons = DefaultButtons, bool showBarByDefault = false, KConfig *config = 0, const KAboutData *aboutData = 0);
+
+ /**
+ * Destructor.
+ * Also hide the button-bar, if it was shown.
+ * Be careful, the KAction is deleted. Do not use it afterward, and take care to unplug it before destroying this LikeBack instance.
+ */
+ ~LikeBack();
+
+ /**
+ * This method is interesting while setting up the system for the first time.
+ * LikeBack send the current window name (and hierarchy) with the comment. This allows you to put the comments in theire context.
+ * So, of course, you are encouraged to give a name to your windows. It is done in the constructor of the widgets.
+ * This method allows to output the name of the current window to the standard output.
+ * So you can use the application, open all the windows, and when you see a warning, you know which window you should assign a name.
+ * @see The WindowListing flags for an enumeration and explaining of every possibilities.
+ * @Note If you do not name your windows, the name of the classes will be sent. So it is not that grave.
+ */
+ void setWindowNamesListing(WindowListing windowListing);
+
+ /**
+ * @Returns The window listing flag.
+ * @see setWindowNamesListing()
+ */
+ WindowListing windowNamesListing();
+
+ /**
+ * By default, only English comments are accepted. The user is informed she must write in this language by a sentence placed in the comment dialog.
+ * If you have people talking other languages in your development team, it can be interesting to call this method to define the accepted locales (languages),
+ * and provide a message to inform users. The developer interface on the server let developers view comments in theire locale.
+ * Note that no verification is done to check if the user used the right language, it would be impossible.
+ * The list of locales is there to make it possible to NOT show the message for users of the accepted languages.
+ * For instance, if you accept only English and French, and that the application run in a French environment,
+ * it is likely the user is French and will write comments using French. Telling him he should write in French is unnecessary and redundant.
+ * Passing an empty list and an empty string to the method will make LikeBack display the default message telling the user only English is accepted.
+ * Example of call you can quickly copy, paste and adapt:
+ * @code
+ * likeBack->setAcceptedLanguages(QStringList::split(";", "en;fr"), i18n("Please write in English or French."));
+ * @endcode
+ * @Note During tests, if you do not see the sentence, it is because you are running the application with an "accepted language": do not be surprised ;-)
+ * @param locales The list of locales where the message does not need to be shown. See TODO TODO for a list of available locales for you to choose.
+ * @param message The message to displays to the user to tell him what languages are accepted to write his comments.
+ */
+ void setAcceptedLanguages(const QStringList &locales, const QString &message);
+
+ /**
+ * @Returns The list of accepted locales for the user to write comments.
+ * @see setAcceptedLanguages()
+ */
+ QStringList acceptedLocales();
+
+ /**
+ * @Returns The message displayed to users who are not running the application in an accepted locale.
+ * @see setAcceptedLanguages()
+ */
+ QString acceptedLanguagesMessage();
+
+ /**
+ * Set the path where LikeBack should send every comments.
+ * It is composed of the server host name, the path to the PHP script used to send comments, and optionnaly a port number if it is not 80.
+ * This call is mandatory for LikeBack to work.
+ * @param hostName The server host name to contact when sending comments. For instance "myapp.kde.org".
+ * @param remotePath The path to the send script on the server. For instance, "/likeback/send.php".
+ * @param hostPort Optionnal port used to contact the server using the HTTP protocol. By default, it is port 80.
+ */
+ void setServer(const QString &hostName, const QString &remotePath, Q_UINT16 hostPort = 80);
+
+ /**
+ * @Returns The server host name to contact when sending comments.
+ * @see setServer()
+ */
+ QString hostName();
+
+ /**
+ * @Returns The path to the send script on the server.
+ * @see setServer()
+ */
+ QString remotePath();
+
+ /**
+ * @Returns The port used to contact the server using the HTTP protocol.
+ * @see setServer()
+ */
+ Q_UINT16 hostPort();
+
+ /**
+ * Get the KAction letting user to show the comment dialog.
+ * You should plug it in your Help menu, just bellow the "Report a Bug" action, or replace it.
+ * Adding the action below "Report a Bug" or replacing "Report a Bug" depends on your application and if you have a Bugzilla account.
+ * If you do not have a Bugzilla account, LikeBack is a good way for your small application to get bug reports: remove "Report a Bug".
+ * For more information about how to configure LikeBack depending on your application size and settings, see the constructor documentation.
+ * @Note The action is named "likeback_send_a_comment". So you should add the following XML in the *ui.rc file of your application:
+ * @code
+ * <Action name="likeback_send_a_comment" />
+ * @endcode
+ */
+ KAction* sendACommentAction(KActionCollection *parent = 0);
+
+ /**
+ * @Returns The path of the currently active window. Each windows are separated with "~~".
+ * Normally, you should not need to call this method since it is used to send the window path.
+ * But if you call execCommentDialog(), you could need to use it.
+ */
+ static QString activeWindowPath();
+
+ /**
+ * @Returns The combination of buttons that are shown in the comment dialog and the button-bar.
+ */
+ Button buttons();
+
+ /**
+ * @Returns true if the button-bar is currently enabled. Ie, if it has been re-enabled as many times as it has been disabled.
+ * @see The method disableBar() for more information on how enabling/disabling works.
+ */
+ bool enabledBar();
+
+ public slots:
+
+ /**
+ * Temporarily disable the button-bar: it is hiden from the screen if it was shown.
+ * Does not affect anything if the user has not choosen to show the button-bar.
+ * @Note Calls to enableBar() and disableBar() are ref-counted.
+ * This means that the number of times disableBar() is called is memorized,
+ * and enableBar() will only have effect after it has been called as many times as disableBar() was called before.
+ * So, make sure to always call enableBar() the same number of times ou called disableBar().
+ * And please make sure to ALWAYS call disableBar() BEFORE enableBar().
+ * In the counter-case, another code could call disableBar() and EXCPECT the bar to be disabled. But it will not, because its call only canceled yours.
+ * @Note Sometimes, you will absolutely need to call enableBar() before disableBar().
+ * For instance, MyWindow::show() calls enableBar() and MyWindow::hide() calls disableBar().
+ * This is the trick used to show the LikeBack button-bar of a Kontact plugin only when the main widget of that plugin is active.
+ * In this case, call disableBar() at the begin of your program, so the disable count will never be negative.
+ * @Note If the bar is enabled, it does not mean the bar is shown. For that, the developer (using showBarByDefault in the construcor)
+ * or the user (by checking the checkbox in the comment dialog) have to explicitely show the bar.
+ */
+ void disableBar();
+
+ /**
+ * Re-enable the button-bar one time.
+ * @see The method disableBar() for more information on how enabling/disabling works.
+ */
+ void enableBar();
+
+ /**
+ * Show the first-use information dialog telling the user the meaning of the LikeBack system and giving examples of every comment types.
+ */
+ void showInformationMessage();
+
+ /**
+ * Popup the comment dialog.
+ * With no parameter, it popups in the default configuration: the first type is checked, empty message, current window path, and empty context.
+ * You can use the following parameters to customize how it should appears:
+ * @param type Which radiobutton should be checked when poping up. AllButton, the default value, means the first available type will be checked.
+ * @param initialComment The text to put in the comment text area. Allows you to popup the dialog in some special circumstances,
+ * like to let the user report an internal error by populating the comment area with technical details useful for you to debug.
+ * @param windowPath The window path to send with the comment. If empty (the default), the current window path is took.
+ * Separate window names with "~~". For instance "MainWindow~~NewFile~~FileOpen".
+ * If you popup the dialog after an error occurred, you can put the error name in that field (if the window path has no sense in that context).
+ * When the dialog is popuped up from the sendACommentAction() KAction, this value is "HelpMenu", because there is no way to know if the user
+ * is commenting a thing he found/thinked about in a sub-dialog.
+ * @param context Not used for the moment. Will allow more fine-grained application status report.
+ */
+ void execCommentDialog(Button type = AllButtons, const QString &initialComment = "", const QString &windowPath = "", const QString &context = "");
+
+ /**
+ * Popups the dialog for the user to set his email address.
+ * The popup will always be shown, even if the user already provided an email address.
+ */
+ void askEmailAddress();
+
+ private:
+ LikeBackPrivate *d;
+
+ /**
+ * Get the user email address from KControl.
+ */
+ void fetchUserEmail();
+
+ private slots:
+ /**
+ * Slot triggered by the "Help -> Send a Comment to Developers" KAction.
+ * It popups the comment dialog, and set the window path to "HelpMenuAction",
+ * because current window path has no meaning in that case.
+ */
+ void execCommentDialogFromHelp();
+
+ public:
+
+ /**
+ * @Returns true if the user has enabled the LikeBack bar for this version.
+ */
+ bool userWantsToShowBar();
+
+ /**
+ * Explicitely set if the floating button-bar should be shown or not.
+ * Tehorically, this choice should only be left to the user,
+ * and to the developers for the default value, already provided in the constructor.
+ */
+ void setUserWantsToShowBar(bool showBar);
+
+ /**
+ * @Returns A pointer to the KAboutData used to determin the application name and version.
+ * @See The LikeBack constructor for more information.
+ */
+ const KAboutData *aboutData();
+
+ /**
+ * @Returns A pointer to the KConfig used to store user configuration (email address, if the button-bar should be shown).
+ * @See The LikeBack constructor for more information.
+ */
+ KConfig *config();
+
+ /**
+ * During the first comment sending, the user is invited to enter his email address for the developers to be able to contact him back.
+ * He is only asked once, or he can set or change it by using the bottom-left button in the comment dialog.
+ * @Returns true if the user has already configured his email address.
+ */
+ bool emailAddressAlreadyProvided();
+
+ /**
+ * @Returns The email user address, or ask it to the user if he have not provided or ignored it.
+ * @Returns An empty string if the user cancelled the request dialog.
+ */
+ QString emailAddress();
+
+ /**
+ * Define or re-define the user email address.
+ * LikeBack will not ask it again to the user, unless you set @p userProvided to false.
+ * Then, this call can be considered as setting the default email address, that the user should confirm later.
+ */
+ void setEmailAddress(const QString &address, bool userProvided = true);
+
+ /**
+ * @Returns true if @p version is an Alpha, Beta, RC, SVN or CVS version.
+ * You can use this static method in the constructor to enable the button-bar by default only during beta-releases.
+ */
+ static bool isDevelopmentVersion(const QString &version);
+};
+
+#endif // LIKEBACK_H