/*
  Copyright (C) 2005 SKYRIX Software AG

  This file is part of OpenGroupware.org.

  OGo 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, or (at your option) any
  later version.

  OGo 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 OGo; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
  Free Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
  02111-1307, USA.
*/

#ifndef	__AgenorUserDefaults_H_
#define	__AgenorUserDefaults_H_

#import <Foundation/NSObject.h>

/*
  AgenorUserDefaults
  
  An object with the same API like NSUserDefaults which retrieves profile
  information for users in the database.
*/

@class NSString, NSURL, NSUserDefaults, NSArray, NSDictionary, NSData;
@class NSCalendarDate, NSMutableDictionary;

@interface AgenorUserDefaults : NSObject
{
  NSUserDefaults *parent;
  NSURL    *url;
  NSString *uid;
  
  NSArray             *fieldNames;
  NSDictionary        *attributes;
  NSMutableDictionary *values;
  NSCalendarDate      *lastFetch;

  struct {
    int modified:1;
    int isNew:1;
    int reserved:30;
  } defFlags;
}

- (id)initWithTableURL:(NSURL *)_url uid:(NSString *)_uid;

/* value access */

- (void)setObject:(id)_value forKey:(NSString *)_key;
- (id)objectForKey:(NSString *)_key;
- (void)removeObjectForKey:(NSString *)_key;

/* typed accessors */

- (NSArray *)arrayForKey:(NSString *)_key;
- (NSDictionary *)dictionaryForKey:(NSString *)_key;
- (NSData *)dataForKey:(NSString *)_key;
- (NSArray *)stringArrayForKey:(NSString *)_key;
- (NSString *)stringForKey:(NSString *)_key;
- (BOOL)boolForKey:(NSString *)_key;
- (float)floatForKey:(NSString *)_key;
- (int)integerForKey:(NSString *)_key;

- (void)setBool:(BOOL)value   forKey:(NSString *)_key;
- (void)setFloat:(float)value forKey:(NSString *)_key;
- (void)setInteger:(int)value forKey:(NSString *)_key;

/* saving changes */

- (BOOL)synchronize;

@end

#endif /* __AgenorUserDefaults_H_ */