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# Gramps - a GTK+/GNOME based genealogy program
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# Copyright (C) 2008  Zsolt Foldvari
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# $Id$

"ValueAction class."

__all__ = ["ValueAction"]

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# Python modules
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import logging
_LOG = logging.getLogger(".widgets.valueaction")

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# GTK modules
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from gi.repository import GObject
from gi.repository import Gtk

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# GRAMPS modules
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from .valuetoolitem import ValueToolItem

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# ValueAction class
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class ValueAction(Gtk.Action):
    """Value action class.
    
    (A ValueAction with menu item doesn't make any sense.)
    
    """
    __gtype_name__ = "ValueAction"
    
    __gsignals__ = {
        'changed': (GObject.SignalFlags.RUN_FIRST, 
                    None, #return value
                    ()), # arguments
    }    

    def __init__(self, name, tooltip, default, itemtype, *args):
        """Create a new ValueAction instance.
        
        @param name: the name of the action
        @type name: str
        @param tooltip: tooltip string
        @type tooltip: str
        @param default: default value for the action, it will set the type of
        the action and thus the type of all the connected proxies.
        @type default: set by itemtype
        @param itemtype: default tool item class
        @type itemtype: ValueToolItem subclass
        @param args: arguments to be passed to the default toolitem class 
        at creation. see: L{do_create_tool_item}
        @type args: list
        
        """
        GObject.GObject.__init__(self, name=name, label='', tooltip=tooltip,
                                 stock_id=None)
        
        self._value = default
        self._data_type = type(default)
        
        # have to be remembered, because we can't access
        # GtkAction->toolbar_item_type later.
        self._default_toolitem_type = itemtype
##TODO GTK3: following is deprecated, must be replaced by 
##        itemtype.set_related_action(ValueAction) in calling class?
##        self.set_tool_item_type(itemtype)
        self._args_for_toolitem = args
        
        self._handlers = {}
        
    def do_changed(self):
        """Default signal handler for 'changed' signal.
        
        Synchronize all the proxies with the active value.
        
        """
        for proxy in self.get_proxies():
            proxy.handler_block(self._handlers[proxy])
            proxy.set_value(self._value)
            proxy.handler_unblock(self._handlers[proxy])
    
    def do_create_tool_item(self):
        """Create a 'default' toolbar item widget.
        
        Override the default method, to be able to pass the required
        parameters to the proxy's constructor.
        
        This method is called from Gtk.UIManager.ensure_update(), when a
        'toolitem' is found in the UI definition with a name refering to a
        ValueAction. Thus, to use the action via the UIManager a 'default'
        toolitem type has to be set with the Gtk.Action.set_tool_item_type()
        method, before invoking the Gtk.UIManager.ensure_update() method.
        
        Widgets other than the default type has to be created and added
        manually with the Gtk.Action.connect_proxy() method.        
        
        @returns: a toolbar item connected to the action.
        @returntype: L{ValueToolItem} subclass
        
        """
        proxy = self._default_toolitem_type(self._data_type,
                                            self._args_for_toolitem)
        self.connect_proxy(proxy)
        return proxy

    def _on_proxy_changed(self, proxy):
        """Signal handler for the proxies' 'changed' signal."""
        value = proxy.get_value()
        if value is not None:
            self.set_value(value)
        
    def connect_proxy(self, proxy):
        """Connect a widget to an action object as a proxy.
        
        @param proxy: widget to be connected
        @type proxy: L{ValueToolItem} subclass
        
        """
        if not isinstance(proxy, ValueToolItem):
            raise TypeError
        
        # do this before connecting, so that we don't call the handler
        proxy.set_value(self._value)
        self._handlers[proxy] = proxy.connect('changed', self._on_proxy_changed)

        # if this is called the proxy will appear on the proxy list twice. why?
        #Gtk.Action.connect_proxy(self, proxy)

    def set_value(self, value):
        """Set value to action."""
        if not isinstance(value, self._data_type):
            raise TypeError
        
        self._value = value
        self.emit('changed')
    
    def get_value(self):
        """Get the value from the action."""
        return self._value
