- virtual void showTaskSelection(pkgCache::PkgIterator const &pkg, std::string const &pattern);
- virtual void showRegExSelection(pkgCache::PkgIterator const &pkg, std::string const &pattern);
-#if (APT_PKG_MAJOR >= 4 && APT_PKG_MINOR >= 13)
- virtual void showFnmatchSelection(pkgCache::PkgIterator const &pkg, std::string const &pattern);
-#endif
- virtual void showSelectedVersion(pkgCache::PkgIterator const &Pkg, pkgCache::VerIterator const Ver,
- std::string const &ver, bool const verIsRel);
+ enum PkgSelector { UNKNOWN, PACKAGENAME, REGEX, TASK, FNMATCH };
+
+ /** \brief be notified about the package being selected via pattern
+ *
+ * Main use is probably to show a message to the user what happened
+ *
+ * \param pkg is the package which was selected
+ * \param select is the selection method which choose the package
+ * \param pattern is the string used by the selection method to pick the package
+ */
+ virtual void showPackageSelection(pkgCache::PkgIterator const &pkg, PkgSelector const select, std::string const &pattern);
+ // use the method above instead, react only on the type you need and let the base handle the rest if need be
+ // this allows use to add new selection methods without breaking the ABI constantly with new virtual methods
+ APT_DEPRECATED virtual void showTaskSelection(pkgCache::PkgIterator const &pkg, std::string const &pattern);
+ APT_DEPRECATED virtual void showRegExSelection(pkgCache::PkgIterator const &pkg, std::string const &pattern);
+ APT_DEPRECATED virtual void showFnmatchSelection(pkgCache::PkgIterator const &pkg, std::string const &pattern);
+
+ /** \brief be notified if a package can't be found via pattern
+ *
+ * Can be used to show a message as well as to try something else to make it match
+ *
+ * \param select is the method tried for selection
+ * \param pci is the container the package should be inserted in
+ * \param Cache is the package universe available
+ * \param pattern is the string not matching anything
+ */
+ virtual void canNotFindPackage(enum PkgSelector const select, PackageContainerInterface * const pci, pkgCacheFile &Cache, std::string const &pattern);
+ // same as above for showPackageSelection
+ APT_DEPRECATED virtual void canNotFindTask(PackageContainerInterface * const pci, pkgCacheFile &Cache, std::string pattern);
+ APT_DEPRECATED virtual void canNotFindRegEx(PackageContainerInterface * const pci, pkgCacheFile &Cache, std::string pattern);
+ APT_DEPRECATED virtual void canNotFindFnmatch(PackageContainerInterface * const pci, pkgCacheFile &Cache, std::string pattern);
+ APT_DEPRECATED virtual void canNotFindPackage(PackageContainerInterface * const pci, pkgCacheFile &Cache, std::string const &str);
+
+ /** \brief specifies which version(s) we want to refer to */
+ enum VerSelector {
+ /** by release string */
+ RELEASE,
+ /** by version number string */
+ VERSIONNUMBER,
+ /** All versions */
+ ALL,
+ /** Candidate and installed version */
+ CANDANDINST,
+ /** Candidate version */
+ CANDIDATE,
+ /** Installed version */
+ INSTALLED,
+ /** Candidate or if non installed version */
+ CANDINST,
+ /** Installed or if non candidate version */
+ INSTCAND,
+ /** Newest version */
+ NEWEST
+ };