/*!
  @header ECXMLControl
  @abstract Module of Encore
 
  @availability OS X, GNUstep
  @copyright 2004, 2005, 2006 Oliver Langer

  Author: Oliver Langer

  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 2.1 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
  Lesser 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  02110-1301 USA

  <pre>
  -------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Modification history

  27.11.05 ola     initial version
  04.08.06 ola     -ruleSelector added
  22.08.06 ola     license changed
  -------------------------------------------------------------------------
  </pre>
*/

#if !defined(__ECXMLControl_H)
#define __ECXMLControl_H

#include <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#include <Encore/ECObject.h>

@class ECXMLControlState;
@class ECXMLControlRuleSelector;
/*!
 * @class ECXMLControl
 * @abstract Constructs a graph of objects based on an XML stream.
 */
@interface ECXMLControl : ECObject {
  @private
    NSXMLParser *parser;
    ECXMLControlState *state;
    ECXMLControlRuleSelector *ruleSelector;
    
    BOOL defaultRulesAdded;
    BOOL defaultRulesEnabled;
    
    id  errorHandler;
    SEL errorHandlerMethod;
}

/*!
 * @method initWithContentsOfURL
 * @abstract initializes using a specified file
 * @param anURL URL to read the XML data from
 * @result self
 */
- initWithContentsOfURL: (NSURL *) anURL;


/*!
 * @method initWithData
 * @abstract Initializes using the specified data
 * @param data data to be intepreted as XML
 * @result self
 */
- initWithData: (NSData *) data;

- (void) dealloc;


/*!
 * @method addDefaultRules
 * @abstract Method used to add the default rules to this controller.
 * These rules are ECXMLControlDefaultAllocatorRule, 
 *   ECXMLControlReferenceRule, ECXMLControlSetAttributeRule, 
 *   ECXMLControlLinkObjectRule
 * @discussion This method is automatically been called by the implementation
 *   before the parsing process if not one before.
 * @result self
 */
- addDefaultRules;


/*!
 * @method enableDefaultRules
 * @abstract By default the default rules are enabled. Using this method they
 *   may be disabled.
 * @param enable if NO then default rules are disabled.
 * @result self
 */
- enableDefaultRules: (BOOL) enable;


/*!
 * @method userObjects
 * @result returns all allocated user objects in the order of their 
 *   allocation.an empty array  may be returned if no object has been allocated.
 */
- (NSArray *) userObjects;


/*!
 * @method parseXML
 * @abstract starts parsing the given XML
 * @result resulting root object
 */
- parseXML;


/*!
 * @method rootUserObject
 * @result returns the first allocated user object, which normally represents
 *   the root object. nil may be returned if no object has been allocated.
 */
- (id) rootUserObject;


/*!
 * @method ruleSelector
 * @abstract returns the underlying rule selector. this instance may be used to
 *   install own rules
 * @discussion Note: Modifying the rule selector during the parsing process is
 *   undefined.
 * @result underlying rule selector
 */
- (ECXMLControlRuleSelector *) ruleSelector;


/*!
 * @method delegateErrorsTo
 * @abstract Specifies the method used to call in case of an parsing error
 * @discussion This method has to conform to
   <pre>
   - (void)parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser parseErrorOccurred:(NSError *)parseError
   </pre>
 * @param anErrorHandler error handling getting the underlying NSXMLParser
 *   instance and an error code 
 * @result self
 */
- delegateErrorsTo: (id) receiver usingMethod: (SEL) anErrorHandler;

@end
#endif