clipboardmanager.h

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// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Anne Jan Brouwer
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
#ifndef SRC_CLIPBOARDMANAGER_H_
#define SRC_CLIPBOARDMANAGER_H_
 
#include <QMimeData>
#include <QObject>
#include <QString>
#include <QStringList>
#include <QTimer>
#include <optional>

auto buildClipboardMimeData(const QString &text) -> QMimeData *;

static inline auto dwordBytes(quint32 value) -> QByteArray {
  return {reinterpret_cast<const char *>(&value), sizeof(value)};
}

class ClipboardManager : public QObject {
  Q_OBJECT
 
public:
  explicit ClipboardManager(QObject *parent = nullptr);

  void setAutoclearTimer();

  void copyIfAlways(const QString &text, const QString &p_output = QString());

  [[nodiscard]] auto trackedText() const -> QString { return m_clippedText; }
 
public slots:
  void copyText(const QString &text);

  void trackCopied(const QString &text);

  void clear();
 
signals:
  void statusMessage(const QString &message);
 
private:
  QTimer m_clearTimer;
  QString m_clippedText;
  std::optional<QString> m_previousClipboard;
  std::optional<QString> m_previousSelection;
  void forgetIfSaved(const QString &text);
  QStringList m_otherCopies; 
};
 
#endif // SRC_CLIPBOARDMANAGER_H_