/***************************************************************************
                          qgsexpressionfieldbuffer.h
                          ---------------------------
    begin                : May 27, 2014
    copyright            : (C) 2014 by Matthias Kuhn
    email                : matthias at opengis dot ch
 ***************************************************************************/

/***************************************************************************
 *                                                                         *
 *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
 *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
 *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
 *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
 *                                                                         *
 ***************************************************************************/

#ifndef QGSEXPRESSIONFIELDBUFFER_H
#define QGSEXPRESSIONFIELDBUFFER_H

#include <QString>
#include <QList>
#include <QDomNode>

#include "qgsfield.h"

/**
 * Buffers information about expression fields for a vector layer.
 *
 * @note added in 2.6
 */
class CORE_EXPORT QgsExpressionFieldBuffer
{
  public:
    typedef struct ExpressionField
    {
      ExpressionField() {}
      ExpressionField( const QString& exp, const QgsField& fld ) : expression( exp ), field( fld ) {}

      QString expression;
      QgsField field;
    } ExpressionField;

    QgsExpressionFieldBuffer();

    /**
     * Add an expression to the buffer
     *
     * @param exp expression to add
     * @param fld field to add
     */
    void addExpression( const QString& exp, const QgsField& fld );

    /**
     * Remove an expression from the buffer
     *
     * @param index index of expression to remove
     */
    void removeExpression( int index );

    /**
     * Changes the expression at a given index
     *
     * @param index The index of the expression to change
     * @param exp   The new expression to set
     *
     * @note added in 2.9
     */
    void updateExpression( int index, const QString& exp );

    /**
     * Saves expressions to xml under the layer node
     */
    void writeXml( QDomNode& layer_node, QDomDocument& document ) const;

    /**
     * Reads expressions from project file
     */
    void readXml( const QDomNode& layer_node );

    /**
     * Adds fields with the expressions buffered in this object to a QgsFields object
     *
     * @param flds The fields to be updated
     */
    void updateFields( QgsFields& flds );

    const QList<ExpressionField>& expressions() const { return mExpressions; }

  private:
    QList<ExpressionField> mExpressions;
};

#endif // QGSEXPRESSIONFIELDBUFFER_H
