/***************************************************************************
    File                 : DateTime2StringFilter.h
    Project              : LabPlot
    --------------------------------------------------------------------
    Copyright            : (C) 2007 by Tilman Benkert (thzs@gmx.net)
    Copyright            : (C) 2007 by Knut Franke (knut.franke@gmx.de)
    Description          : Conversion filter QDateTime -> QString.

 ***************************************************************************/

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#ifndef DATE_TIME2STRING_FILTER_H
#define DATE_TIME2STRING_FILTER_H

#include "backend/core/AbstractSimpleFilter.h"

class DateTime2StringFilterSetFormatCmd;

//! Conversion filter QDateTime -> QString.
class DateTime2StringFilter : public AbstractSimpleFilter
{
	Q_OBJECT

	public:
		//! Standard constructor.
		explicit DateTime2StringFilter(QString format="yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss.zzz") : m_format(format) {}
		//! Set the format string to be used for conversion.
		void setFormat(const QString& format);

		//! Return the format string
		/**
		 * The default format string is "yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss.zzz".
		 * \sa QDate::toString()
		 */
		QString format() const { return m_format; }

		//! Return the data type of the column
		virtual AbstractColumn::ColumnMode columnMode() const { return AbstractColumn::Text; }

	signals:
		void formatChanged();

	private:
		friend class DateTime2StringFilterSetFormatCmd;
		//! The format string.
		QString m_format;

	public:
		virtual QString textAt(int row) const;

		//! \name XML related functions
		//@{
		virtual void writeExtraAttributes(QXmlStreamWriter * writer) const;
		virtual bool load(XmlStreamReader * reader);
		//@}

	protected:
		//! Using typed ports: only DateTime inputs are accepted.
		virtual bool inputAcceptable(int, const AbstractColumn *source);
};

#endif // ifndef DATE_TIME2STRING_FILTER_H

