diff -r 459f0a2d5485 -r f83abc1f75b4 attribute.h
--- a/attribute.h	Mon Dec 17 15:40:14 2007 +0000
+++ b/attribute.h	Mon Jan 07 14:52:49 2008 +0000
@@ -2,50 +2,85 @@
 #define ATTRIBUTE_H
 
 #include <QStringList>
+#include <QVariant>
 
 #include "xmlobj.h"
 
 class AttributeTable;
+class AttributeDef;
 
-/*! \brief A key and a value
+enum AttributeType {
+	Undefined,	//!< Undefined type
+	StringList, //!< List of strings, one can be attribute value
+	FreeString,	//!< Any string can be attribute value, not unique
+	UniqueString//!< UniqueString, e.g. for IDs
+};
+
+/*! \brief A key and a value 
+    The data itself is stored in Attribute Definitions (AttributeDef). A list of these tables
+	AttributeTable is maintained for every MapEditor.
 */
-
 class Attribute:public XMLObj {
 public:
 	Attribute();
-	void setKey (const QString &k);
+	void setKey (const QString &k, const AttributeType &t);
 	QString getKey ();
 	void setValue (const QString &v);
-	QString getValue();
+	QVariant getValue ();
+	void setType (const AttributeType &t);
+	AttributeType getType ();
+	QString getTypeString ();
 	void setTable (AttributeTable *at);
 	AttributeTable* getTable();
 	QString getDataXML();
 protected:
+	AttributeTable *table;
+	AttributeDef *definition;
+	QString freeString;		//!< String value for type FreeString
+};
+
+
+/*! \brief 
+	Attribute definition, defines possible values and type of attribute.
+*/
+class AttributeDef {
+public:
+	AttributeDef();
+	~AttributeDef();
+	void setType (const AttributeType &t);
+	AttributeType getType();
+	QString getTypeString ();
+	void setKey (const QString &k);
+	QString getKey ();
+	void setValue (const QString &v);
+	void setValue (const QVariant &v);
+	QVariant getValue ();
+private:
 	QString key;
-	QString value;
-	AttributeTable *table;
+	AttributeType type;
+
+	QVariant value;				//!< value (except FreeString, FreeInt ...
 };
 
 /*! \brief A table containing a list of keys and each of these keys has
    a list of default values. The keys and the values for each key are
    unique.
 */
+
 class AttributeTable:public XMLObj{
 public:
 	AttributeTable();
 	~AttributeTable();
 	void clear();
-	void addKey (const QString &k);		//!< Adds a key to the table
+	AttributeDef* addKey (const QString &k, const AttributeType &t);	//!< Adds a key to the table
 	void removeKey (const QString &k);	//!< Removes key and its default values
+	AttributeDef* getDef(const QString &k);	//!< Get defintion of attribute
 	int countKeys();					//!< Return number of keys
-	void addValue (const QString &k, const QString &v);	//!< Adds key and value
 	QStringList getKeys ();
-	QStringList getValues(const QString &k);
 	QString getDataXML();
 
 protected:
-	QStringList keys;
-	QList <QStringList> values;
+	QList <AttributeDef*> attdefs;
 };