libmusicbrainz3-dev 3.0.2-2.1 / usr / include / musicbrainz3 / artist.h

/*
 * MusicBrainz -- The Internet music metadatabase
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2006 Lukas Lalinsky
 *	
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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 *
 * $Id: artist.h 8472 2006-09-05 14:32:41Z luks $
 */
 
#ifndef __MUSICBRAINZ3_ARTIST_H__
#define __MUSICBRAINZ3_ARTIST_H__

#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <musicbrainz3/musicbrainz.h>
#include <musicbrainz3/entity.h>
#include <musicbrainz3/lists.h>

namespace MusicBrainz
{

	/**
	 * Represents an artist.
	 *
	 * Artists in MusicBrainz can have a type. Currently, this type can
	 * be either Person or Group for which the following URIs are assigned:
	 *
	 *	- \a "http://musicbrainz.org/ns/mmd-1.0#Person"
	 *	- \a "http://musicbrainz.org/ns/mmd-1.0#Group"
	 *
	 * Use the \a Artist::TYPE_PERSON and \a Artist::TYPE_GROUP constants for comparison. 
	 */
	class MB_API Artist : public Entity
	{
	public:
	
		static const std::string TYPE_PERSON; 
		static const std::string TYPE_GROUP;
	
		/**
		 * Constructor.
		 *
		 * @param id a string containing an absolute URI
		 * @param type a string containing an absolute URI
		 * @param name a string containing the artist's name
		 * @param sortName a string containing the artist's sort name 
		 */
		Artist(const std::string &id = "", const std::string &type = "",
			   const std::string &name = "", const std::string &sortName = "");
		
		/**
		 * Destructor.
		 */
		virtual ~Artist();
		
		/**
		 * Returns the artist's type.
		 *
		 * @return a string containing an absolute URI	
		 */
		std::string getType() const;
		
		/**
		 * Sets the artist's type.
		 *
		 * @param type a string containing an absolute URI 
		 */
		void setType(const std::string &type);
		
		/**
		 * Returns the artist's name.
		 * 
		 * @return a string containing the artist's name, or empty string
		 */ 
		std::string getName() const;
		
		/**
		 * Sets the artist's name.
		 *
		 * @param name a string containing the artist's name
		 */
		void setName(const std::string &name);

		/**
		 * Returns the artist's sort name.
		 *
		 * <p>The sort name is the artist's name in a special format which
		 * is better suited for lexicographic sorting. The MusicBrainz
		 * style guide specifies this format.</p>
		 * 
		 * @see <a href="http://musicbrainz.org/style.html">The MusicBrainz Style Guidelines</a>
		 */ 
		std::string getSortName() const;
		
		/**
		 * Sets the artist's sort name.
		 *
		 * @param sortName: a string containing the artist's sort name
		 *
		 * @see #getSortName		 
		 */
		void setSortName(const std::string &sortName);

		/**
		 * Returns the disambiguation attribute.
		 *
		 * This attribute may be used if there is more than one artist
		 * with the same name. In this case, disambiguation attributes
		 * are added to the artists' names to keep them apart.
		 *
		 * For example, there are at least three bands named 'Vixen'.
		 * Each band has a different disambiguation in the MusicBrainz
		 * database, like 'Hip-hop' or 'all-female rock/glam band'.
		 *
		 * @return a disambiguation string
		 *
		 * @see getUniqueName
		 */
		std::string getDisambiguation() const;
		
		/**
		 * Sets the disambiguation attribute.
		 *
		 * @param disambiguation a disambiguation string
		 *
		 * @see getDisambiguation, getUniqueName 
		 */
		void setDisambiguation(const std::string &disambiguation);
		
		/**
		 * Returns a unique artist name (using disambiguation).
		 *
		 * This method returns the artist name together with the
		 * disambiguation attribute in parenthesis if it exists.
		 * Example: 'Vixen (Hip-hop)'.
		 *
		 * @return a string containing the unique name
		 *
		 * @see getDisambiguation
		 */
		std::string getUniqueName() const;
		
		/**
		 * Returns the birth/foundation date.
		 *
		 * The definition of the \e begin \e date depends on the artist's
		 * type. For persons, this is the day of birth, for groups it
		 * is the day the group was founded.
		 *
		 * The returned date has the format "YYYY", "YYYY-MM", or 
		 * "YYYY-MM-DD", depending on how much detail is known.
		 *
		 * @return a string containing the date
		 *
		 * @see getType
		 */
		std::string getBeginDate() const;
		
		/**
		 * Sets the begin/foundation date.
		 *
		 * @param dateStr a date string
		 *
		 * @see getBeginDate
		 */
		void setBeginDate(const std::string &dateStr);
		
		/**
		 * Get the death/dissolving date.
		 *
		 * The definition of the \e end \e date depends on the artist's
		 * type. For persons, this is the day of death, for groups it
		 * is the day the group was dissolved.
		 *
		 * @return a string containing a date
		 *
		 * @see getBeginDate
		 */
		std::string getEndDate() const;
		
		/**
		 * Sets the death/dissolving date.
		 *
		 * @param dateStr a string containing a date
		 *
		 * @see: setEndDate, getBeginDate
		 */
		void setEndDate(const std::string &dateStr);
		
		/**
		 * Returns a list of releases from this artist.
		 *
		 * This may also include releases where this artist isn't the
		 * \e main artist but has just contributed one or more tracks
		 * (aka VA-Releases).
		 *
		 * @return: a list of pointers to Release objects 
		 */
		ReleaseList &getReleases();
		
		/**
		 * Returns number of releases.
		 *
		 * This is equivalent to \c getReleases().size()
		 *
		 * @return an int containing number of releases
		 *
		 * @see getReleases		 
		 */
		int getNumReleases() const;
		
		/**
		 * Returns an release specified by index.
		 *
		 * This is equivalent to \c getReleases()[index]
		 *
		 * @return a pointer to Release instance
		 *
		 * @see getReleases		 
		 */
		Release *getRelease(int index);
		
		/**
		 * Adds a release to this artist's list of releases.
		 *
		 * @param release a pointer to Release object
		 */
		void addRelease(Release *release);

		/**
		 * Returns the offset of the release list.
		 * 
		 * This is used if the track list is incomplete (ie. the web
		 * service only returned part of the tracks on this release).
		 * Note that the offset value is zero-based, which means track
		 * \a 0 is the first track.
		 *
		 * @return an integer containing the offset
		 *
		 * @see getReleases
		 */
		int getReleasesOffset() const;
		
		/**
		 * Sets the offset of the release list. 
		 *
		 * @param offset an integer containing the offset
		 *
		 * @see getReleasesOffset 
		 */
		void setReleasesOffset(const int offset);
		
		/**
		 * Returns the number of existing releases. 
		 * 
		 * This may or may not match with the number of elements that 
		 * getReleases and getNumReleases returns. If the count is higher than 
		 * the list, it indicates that the list is incomplete. 
		 *
		 * @return an integer containing the count
		 *
		 * @see getReleases 
		 */
		int getReleasesCount() const;
		
		/**
		 * Sets the count of the release list.
		 *
		 * @param count an integer containing the count
		 *
		 * @see getReleasesCount 
		 */
		void setReleasesCount(const int count);
		
		/**
		 * Returns the list of aliases for this artist.
		 *
		 * @return a list of pointers to ArtistAlias objects
		 */
		ArtistAliasList &getAliases();
		
		/**
		 * Returns number of aliases.
		 *
		 * This is equivalent to \c getAliases().size()
		 *
		 * @return an int containing number of aliases
		 *
		 * @see getAliases		 
		 */
		int getNumAliases() const;
		
		/**
		 * Returns alias specified by index.
		 *
		 * This is equivalent to \c getAliases()[index]
		 *
		 * @return a pointer to ArtistAlias instance
		 *
		 * @see getAliases		 
		 */
		ArtistAlias *getAlias(int index);
		
		/**
		 * Adds an alias for this artist.
		 *
		 * @param alias a pointer to ArtistAlias object
		 */
		void addAlias(ArtistAlias *alias);
		
	private:

		class ArtistPrivate;
		ArtistPrivate *d;
	};
	
}

#endif