#ifndef KALZIUMDATAOBJECT_H
#define KALZIUMDATAOBJECT_H
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 *   Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 by Carsten Niehaus                                 *
 *   cniehaus@kde.org                                                      *
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#include <element.h>
#include <QHash>
#include <QPixmap>

class Search;

/**
 * @brief This class contains all Element objects
 *
 * This singleton class collects all the information about the elements of the
 * Periodic Table as list of Element.
 *
 * Use:
 * @code
 * KalziumDataObject::instance()->ElementList;
 * @endcode
 * to get the whole list of Element, while a
 * @code
 * KalziumDataObject::instance()->element( num );
 * @endcode
 * will return you the pointer to the num'th element of the Periodic Table.
 *
 * @author Carsten Niehaus
 */
class KalziumDataObject
  {
  public:
    /**
     * @return the instance of this class
     */
    static KalziumDataObject* instance();

    /**
     * The list of elements
     */
    QList<Element*> ElementList;

    /**
     * Set the main Search to @p srch
     */
    void setSearch ( Search *srch );

    /**
     * @return the main Search
     */
    Search* search() const;

    /**
     * @return the Element with the number @p number
     * @param number the number of the Element which will be returned
     */
    Element* element ( int number );

    /**
     * @return the isotopes of the Element with the number @p number
     */
    QList<Isotope*> isotopes ( int number );

    /**
     * @return the isotopes of the Element @p Element
     */
    QList<Isotope*> isotopes ( Element * element );

    /**
    * @return the Spectrum of the Element with the number @p number
     */
    Spectrum * spectrum ( int number );

    QPixmap pixmap ( int number );

    /**
     * Use this to get the number of elements we have. It is cached
     * so you are strongly suggested to use this instead of hardcode
     * the number of elements.
     * @return the number of elements we have
     */
    int numberOfElements() const { return m_numOfElements; }

  private:
    KalziumDataObject();
    ~KalziumDataObject();

    static void cleanup();

    void loadIconSet();
    void cleanPixmaps();

    QList<QPixmap> PixmapList;

    QHash<int, QList<Isotope*> > m_isotopes;
    QList<Spectrum*> m_spectra;

    /**
     * Caching the number of elements
     */
    int m_numOfElements;

    Search *m_search;

    friend class StaticKalziumDataObject;
  };
#endif // KALZIUMDATAOBJECT_H
