/***************************************************************************
    qgsifeatureselectionmanager.h
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    Date                 : 6.6.2013
    Copyright            : (C) 2013 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 QGSIFEATURESELECTIONMANAGER_H
#define QGSIFEATURESELECTIONMANAGER_H

#include <QObject>

#include "qgsfeature.h"

/**
 * Is an interface class to abstract feature selection handling.
 *
 * e.g. { @link QgsVectorLayer } implements this interface to manage its selections.
 */

class GUI_EXPORT QgsIFeatureSelectionManager : public QObject
{
    Q_OBJECT

  public:
    QgsIFeatureSelectionManager( QObject* parent )
        : QObject( parent ) {}

    /**
     * The number of features that are selected in this layer
     *
     * @return See description
     */
    virtual int selectedFeatureCount() = 0;

    /**
     * Select features
     *
     * @param ids            Feature ids to select
     */
    virtual void select( const QgsFeatureIds& ids ) = 0;

    /**
     * Deselect features
     *
     * @param ids            Feature ids to deselect
     */
    virtual void deselect( const QgsFeatureIds& ids ) = 0;

    /**
     * Change selection to the new set of features. Dismisses the current selection.
     * Will emit the { @link selectionChanged( const QgsFeatureIds&, const QgsFeatureIds&, bool ) } signal with the
     * clearAndSelect flag set.
     *
     * @param ids   The ids which will be the new selection
     */
    virtual void setSelectedFeatures( const QgsFeatureIds& ids ) = 0;

    /**
     * Return reference to identifiers of selected features
     *
     * @return A list of { @link QgsFeatureId } 's
     * @see selectedFeatures()
     */
    virtual const QgsFeatureIds &selectedFeaturesIds() const = 0;

  signals:
    /**
     * This signal is emitted when selection was changed
     *
     * @param selected        Newly selected feature ids
     * @param deselected      Ids of all features which have previously been selected but are not any more
     * @param clearAndSelect  In case this is set to true, the old selection was dismissed and the new selection corresponds to selected
     */
    void selectionChanged( const QgsFeatureIds& selected, const QgsFeatureIds& deselected, const bool clearAndSelect );
};

#endif // QGSIFEATURESELECTIONMANAGER_H
