#ifndef MAPITEM_H

#define MAPITEM_H

#include <QPointF>

#include "xmlobj.h"

class LinkableMapObj;

/*! /brief MapItem is used to store information of MapObj and inherited

   classes.

	This is done even while no QGraphicsView is availabe. This is useful

	if e.g. on a small device like a cellphone te full map is not used,

	but just a treeview instead.

*/

class MapItem:public XMLObj

{

public:

	enum PositionMode {Unused,Absolute,Relative};

protected:

	QPointF pos;

	PositionMode posMode;

public:

	MapItem();

	void init();

	/*! Used to save relative position while map is not in QGraphicsView */

	virtual void setRelPos(const QPointF&);	

	/*! Used to save absolute position while map is not in QGraphicsView */

	virtual void setAbsPos(const QPointF&);	

	/*! Tell object to use e.g. absolute positioning for mapcenter. 

	    Defaulst is MapItem::Unused */

	void setPositionMode (PositionMode mode);

protected:

	LinkableMapObj *lmo;

public:

	/*! Returns pointer to related LinkableMapObj in QGraphicsView */

	virtual LinkableMapObj* getLMO();

	/*! Set pointer to related LinkableMapObj in QGraphicsView */

	virtual void setLMO (LinkableMapObj*);

	/*! Initialize LinkableMapObj with data in MapItem */

	virtual void initLMO();

};

#endif