sneedmc/libmultimc/include/instversion.h

/* Copyright 2013 MultiMC Contributors
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#ifndef INSTVERSION_H
#define INSTVERSION_H

#include <QObject>

#include "libmmc_config.h"

class InstVersionList;

class LIBMULTIMC_EXPORT InstVersion : public QObject
{
	Q_OBJECT
public:
	/*!
	 * \brief Constructs a new InstVersion with the given parent. 
	 * The parent *must* be the InstVersionList that contains this InstVersion. 
	 * The InstVersion should be added to the list immediately after being created.
	 */
	explicit InstVersion(InstVersionList *parent = 0);
	
	//! Gets the string used to identify this version in config files.
	virtual QString descriptor() const = 0;
	
	/*!
	 * \breif Returns this InstVersion's name. 
	 *  This is displayed to the user in the GUI and is usually just the version number ("1.4.7"), for example.
	 */
	
	virtual QString name() const = 0;
	
	/*!
	 * \brief Returns this InstVersion's name. 
	 * This is usually displayed to the user in the GUI and specifies what 
	 * kind of version this is. For example: it could be "Snapshot", 
	 * "Latest Version", "MCNostalgia", etc.
	 */
	virtual QString type() const = 0;
	
	//! Returns the version list that this InstVersion is a part of.
	virtual InstVersionList *versionList() const;
};

#endif // INSTVERSION_H