/*  ____  _          _ _          __  __
 * / ___|| | ___   _| (_)_   _____\ \/ /
 * \___ \| |/ / | | | | \ \ / / _ \\  / 
 *  ___) |   <| |_| | | |\ V /  __//  \ Remote Telescopes
 * |____/|_|\_\\__, |_|_| \_/ \___/_/\_\ For the masses
 *             |___/               
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2013 Franco (nextime) Lanza <nextime@nexlab.it>
 * Copyright (C) 2013 Ivan Bellia <skylive@skylive.it>
 *
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * This file is part of SkyliveX.
 *
 * SkyliveX is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * Foobar 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 General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with Foobar.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 *
 ********************************************************************
 *
 * File: main.cpp
 * 
 * Purpose: Core file for the SkyliveX client. It provide core
 * functionality as the enter point of the client and
 * to load plugins and make them communicate.
 *
 */
#include <QApplication>
#include <QString>
#include <QTimer>
#include "mainwin.h"
#include "skylivex.h"
#include "ipcmsg.h"


/*
 * main loop.
 * Here lives some objects: 
 *  - the initial splash screen
 *  - the plugin messages emitter/receiver
 *  - the main window
 *  - the plugin manager
 *  - the config parser
 */
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{

   // Start our application object
   QApplication skylivexapp(argc, argv);

   // Start the splash screen. also
   // the splash screen is a (transparent) webkit object
   QString splashfile("gui/splash.html");
   MainWin mainw(splashfile);
   mainw.show();
   
   // Instance of the core ITC/IPC messasing
   SkyliveX *skx = new SkyliveX(&skylivexapp);

   // connect the "finished" signal coming from the ITC/IPC to the qui call
   QObject::connect(skx, SIGNAL(finished()), &skylivexapp, SLOT(quit()), Qt::QueuedConnection);

   // and give a slot to the ITC/IPC in the main loop
   QTimer::singleShot(0, skx, SLOT(initialize()));

   // connect core with the mainwin
   QObject::connect(skx, SIGNAL(msgForGui(SKMessage&)), &mainw, SLOT(msgFromCore(SKMessage&)));
   QObject::connect(&mainw, SIGNAL(putMessage(SKMessage&)), skx, SLOT(receiveFromGui(SKMessage&)));

   // and then.. go!
   return skylivexapp.exec();

}