/*
* Copyright (C) 2010 Collabora Ltd.
* Copyright (C) 2011 Philip Withnall
*
* This library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 2.1 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* along with this library. If not, see .
*
* Authors:
* Travis Reitter
* Philip Withnall
*/
using GLib;
/**
* Interface for classes which represent contacts which have an avatar
* (pictorial representation), such as {@link Persona} and {@link Individual}.
*/
public interface Folks.AvatarDetails : Object
{
/**
* An avatar for the contact.
*
* An avatar is a small image file which represents the contact. It may be
* `null` if unset. Otherwise, the image data may be asynchronously loaded
* using the methods of the {@link GLib.LoadableIcon} implementation.
*
* @since 0.6.0
*/
public abstract LoadableIcon? avatar { get; set; }
/**
* Change the contact's avatar.
*
* It's preferred to call this rather than setting
* {@link AvatarDetails.avatar} directly, as this method gives error
* notification and will only return once the avatar has been written to the
* relevant backing store (or the operation's failed).
*
* @param avatar the new avatar (or `null` to unset the avatar)
* @throws PropertyError if setting the avatar failed
* @since 0.6.2
*/
public virtual async void change_avatar (LoadableIcon? avatar)
throws PropertyError
{
/* Default implementation. */
throw new PropertyError.NOT_WRITEABLE (
_("Avatar is not writeable on this contact."));
}
}