* prerequisites are in place (e.g. we have an appropriate DB driver etc.).
* \return True if and only if the storage class can be successfully used.
*/
- static bool isAvailable() { return false; }
+ virtual bool isAvailable() const = 0;
//! Returns the display name of the storage backend
- /** \return A string that can be used by the GUI to describe the storage backend */
- static QString displayName() { return ""; }
+ /** \return A string that can be used by the client to name the storage backend */
+ virtual QString displayName() const = 0;
+
+ //! Returns a description of this storage backend
+ /** \return A string that can be displayed by the client to describe the storage backend */
+ virtual QString description() const = 0;
//! Setup the storage provider.
/** This prepares the storage provider (e.g. create tables, etc.) for use within Quassel.
* \param settings Hostname, port, username, password, ...
* \return True if and only if the storage provider was initialized successfully.
*/
- virtual bool setup(const QVariantMap &settings = QVariantMap()) { Q_UNUSED(settings); return false; }
-
+ virtual bool setup(const QVariantMap &settings = QVariantMap()) = 0;
+
//! Initialize the storage provider
/** \param settings Hostname, port, username, password, ...
* \return True if and only if the storage provider was initialized successfully.
*/
virtual bool init(const QVariantMap &settings = QVariantMap()) = 0;
-
+
+ //! Makes temp data persistent
+ /** This Method is periodically called by the Quassel Core to make temporary
+ * data persistant. This reduces the data loss drastically in the
+ * unlikely case of a Core crash.
+ */
+ virtual void sync() = 0;
+
// TODO: Add functions for configuring the backlog handling, i.e. defining auto-cleanup settings etc
/* User handling */