#ifndef SETTINGS_H

#define SETTINGS_H

#include <qsettings.h>

#include <qstring.h>

#include <qstringlist.h>

#include "misc.h"

// Some helper functions and simplified settings class

// to read and parse settings e.g.  in undo/redo directories

bool loadStringFromDisk (const QString &, QString &);

bool saveStringToDisk (const QString &, const QString &s);

class SimpleSettings

{

public:

    SimpleSettings ();

	~SimpleSettings ();

	void clear();

	void readSettings(const QString &);

	void writeSettings(const QString &);

	QString readEntry (const QString &);

	void setEntry (const QString &,const QString &);

private:	

	QStringList keylist;

	QStringList valuelist;

};

// Overloaded QSettings class, used to save some settings in 

// a map instead of users home directory

class Settings:public QSettings,public xmlObj

{

public:

    Settings ();

	~Settings ();

	void clear();

	void clearLocal (const QString &);

	QString readLocalEntry ( const QString &, const QString &, const QString &);

	void setLocalEntry (const QString &, const QString &, const QString &);

	QString getXMLData (const QString &);

protected:

	QStringList pathlist;

	QStringList keylist;

	QStringList valuelist;

};

#endif