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   Program: ParaView
   Module:    pqSetData.h

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#ifndef _pqSetData_h
#define _pqSetData_h

#include "pqWidgetsModule.h"
#include <QVariant>

/**
  Using pqSetData, you can create and initialize Qt objects without having to create a bunch of
  temporaries:

  \code
  menu->addAction("Open") << pqSetData("My Private Data");
  \endcode

  \sa pqSetName, pqConnect
*/

struct PQWIDGETS_EXPORT pqSetData
{
  pqSetData(const QVariant& Data);
  const QVariant Data;

private:
  void operator=(const pqSetData&);
};

/**
* Sets custom data for a Qt object
*/
template <typename T>
T* operator<<(T* LHS, const pqSetData& RHS)
{
  LHS->setData(RHS.Data);
  return LHS;
}

#endif // !_pqSetData_h
