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#ifndef _HISTORY_KEEPER_H_
#define _HISTORY_KEEPER_H_

#include <QObject>
#include <QDebug>
#include <QString>
#include <QStringList>

#include "IMHistoryItem.h"

//! An engine for instant messaging history management

//!     This class holds history for instant messages. It stores all messages
//! in xml file. Something like
//! <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
//! <!DOCTYPE history_file>
//! <history_file format_version="1.0">
//!   <message dt="10000" sender="ALL" receiver="THIS">manual message</message>
//!   ...
//!   other messages in <message..> ... </message> tags
//!   ...
//! </history_file>
//! 
//! The class loads all messages from the file after creation, and saves them
//! at destruction. This means, the more history user has, the more memory
//! will be used. Maybe it's not good, but it isn't so large, I think 
class IMHistoryKeeper//: public QObject
{
//    Q_OBJECT
public:
    IMHistoryKeeper();
    
    IMHistoryKeeper(QString historyFileName);

    //! A destructor

    //! Warning: history messages will be saved to the file here. This means,
    //! a IMHistoryKeeper object must be deleted properly.
    virtual ~IMHistoryKeeper();
    
    //! last error description
    QString errorMessage();

    //! Select messages from history

    //! Fills given list with html-decorated messages (see formStringList(..))
    //! Takes no more then messageText messages from history, where messages
    //! were sent from fromID to toID, or from toID to fromID. Also, if
    //! fromID id ""(empty string), all messages, sent to toID, will be
    //! extracted
    int getMessages(QStringList& messagesList,
                    const QString fromID, const QString toID,
                    const int messagesCount = 5);

    //! Adds new message to the history

    //! Adds new message to the history, but the message will be saved to
    //! file only after destroing the object
    void addMessage(const QString fromID, const QString toID,
                    const QString messageText);
            
protected:
    int loadHistoryFile(QString fileName);
    void formStringList(QList<IMHistoryItem>& itemList, QStringList& strList);

    QList<IMHistoryItem> hitems;
    QString hfName ; //! history file name
    QString lastErrorMessage;

};

#endif //  _HISTORY_KEEPER_H_