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   Program:   ParaView
   Module:    pqApplicationCore.cxx

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#include "pqApplicationCore.h"

#include <vtksys/SystemTools.hxx>

// Qt includes.
#include <QApplication>
#include <QDebug>
#include <QFile>
#include <QHelpEngine>
#include <QMainWindow>
#include <QMap>
#include <QPointer>
#include <QSize>
#include <QtDebug>
#include <QTemporaryFile>

// ParaView includes.
#include "pq3DWidgetFactory.h"
#include "pqAnimationScene.h"
#include "pqCoreInit.h"
#include "pqCoreTestUtility.h"
#include "pqCoreUtilities.h"
#include "pqDisplayPolicy.h"
#include "pqEventDispatcher.h"
#include "pqInterfaceTracker.h"
#include "pqLinksModel.h"
#include "pqLookupTableManager.h"
#include "pqObjectBuilder.h"
#include "pqOptions.h"
#include "pqOutputWindowAdapter.h"
#include "pqOutputWindow.h"
#include "pqPipelineFilter.h"
#include "pqPluginManager.h"
#include "pqProgressManager.h"
#include "pqRecentlyUsedResourcesList.h"
#include "pqRenderView.h"
#include "pqServerConfigurationCollection.h"
#include "pqServer.h"
#include "pqServerManagerModel.h"
#include "pqServerManagerObserver.h"
#include "pqSettings.h"
#include "pqSMAdaptor.h"
#include "pqStandardServerManagerModelInterface.h"
#include "pqStandardViewModules.h"
#include "pqUndoStack.h"
#include "pqXMLUtil.h"
#include "vtkInitializationHelper.h"
#include "vtkProcessModuleAutoMPI.h"
#include "vtkProcessModule.h"
#include "vtkPVPluginTracker.h"
#include "vtkPVXMLElement.h"
#include "vtkPVXMLParser.h"
#include "vtkSmartPointer.h"
#include "vtkSMGlobalPropertiesManager.h"
#include "vtkSMInputArrayDomain.h"
#include "vtkSMProperty.h"
#include "vtkSMPropertyHelper.h"
#include "vtkSMPropertyIterator.h"
#include "vtkSMProxy.h"
#include "vtkSMProxyManager.h"
#include "vtkSMSessionProxyManager.h"
#include "vtkSMSession.h"
#include "vtkSMReaderFactory.h"
#include "vtkSMWriterFactory.h"
#include "vtkSMSession.h"

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
class pqApplicationCore::pqInternals
{
public:
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkSMGlobalPropertiesManager> GlobalPropertiesManager;
  QMap<QString, QPointer<QObject> > RegisteredManagers;
};

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
pqApplicationCore* pqApplicationCore::Instance = 0;

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
pqApplicationCore* pqApplicationCore::instance()
{
  return pqApplicationCore::Instance;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
pqApplicationCore::pqApplicationCore(int& argc, char** argv, pqOptions* options,
  QObject* parentObject)
  : QObject(parentObject)
{
  vtkSmartPointer<pqOptions> defaultOptions;
  if (!options)
    {
    defaultOptions = vtkSmartPointer<pqOptions>::New();
    options = defaultOptions;
    }
  this->Options = options;

  // Create output window before initializing server manager.
  this->createOutputWindow();
  vtkInitializationHelper::Initialize(argc, argv,
    vtkProcessModule::PROCESS_CLIENT, options);
  this->constructor();
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
void pqApplicationCore::constructor()
{
  // Only 1 pqApplicationCore instance can be created.
  Q_ASSERT(pqApplicationCore::Instance == NULL);
  pqApplicationCore::Instance = this;

  this->LookupTableManager = NULL;
  this->UndoStack = NULL;
  this->RecentlyUsedResourcesList = NULL;
  this->ServerConfigurations = NULL;
  this->Settings = NULL;
  this->HelpEngine = NULL;

  // initialize statics in case we're a static library
  pqCoreInit();

  this->Internal = new pqInternals();

  // *  Create pqServerManagerObserver first. This is the vtkSMProxyManager observer.
  this->ServerManagerObserver = new pqServerManagerObserver(this);

  // *  Make signal-slot connections between ServerManagerObserver and ServerManagerModel.
  this->ServerManagerModel = new pqServerManagerModel(
    this->ServerManagerObserver, this);

  // *  Create the pqObjectBuilder. This is used to create pipeline objects.
  this->ObjectBuilder = new pqObjectBuilder(this);

  this->InterfaceTracker = new pqInterfaceTracker(this);

  this->PluginManager = new pqPluginManager(this);

  // * Create various factories.
  this->WidgetFactory = new pq3DWidgetFactory(this);

  this->DisplayPolicy = new pqDisplayPolicy(this);

  this->ProgressManager = new pqProgressManager(this);

  // add standard server manager model interface
  this->InterfaceTracker->addInterface(
    new pqStandardServerManagerModelInterface(this->InterfaceTracker));

  this->LinksModel = new pqLinksModel(this);

  this->LoadingState = false;
  QObject::connect(this->ServerManagerObserver,
    SIGNAL(stateLoaded(vtkPVXMLElement*, vtkSMProxyLocator*)),
    this, SLOT(onStateLoaded(vtkPVXMLElement*, vtkSMProxyLocator*)));
  QObject::connect(this->ServerManagerObserver,
    SIGNAL(stateSaved(vtkPVXMLElement*)),
    this, SLOT(onStateSaved(vtkPVXMLElement*)));
  // CAUTION: We do not want to connect this slot to aboutToQuit()
  //  => See prepareForQuit() for more details.
  QObject::connect(QCoreApplication::instance(),SIGNAL(lastWindowClosed()),
    this, SLOT(prepareForQuit()));

  // this has to happen after the construction of pqInterfaceTracker since if
  // the plugin initialization code itself may request access to  the interface
  // tracker.
  this->InterfaceTracker->initialize();
  this->PluginManager->loadPluginsFromSettings();
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
pqApplicationCore::~pqApplicationCore()
{
  // Ensure that startup plugins get a chance to cleanup before pqApplicationCore is gone.
  delete this->PluginManager;
  this->PluginManager = 0;

  delete this->InterfaceTracker;
  this->InterfaceTracker = 0;

  // give chance to save before pqApplicationCore is gone
  delete this->ServerConfigurations;
  this->ServerConfigurations = 0;

  // Ensure that all managers are deleted.
  delete this->WidgetFactory;
  this->WidgetFactory = 0;

  delete this->LinksModel;
  this->LinksModel = 0;

  delete this->ObjectBuilder;
  this->ObjectBuilder = 0;

  delete this->ProgressManager;
  this->ProgressManager = 0;

  delete this->ServerManagerModel;
  this->ServerManagerModel = 0;

  delete this->ServerManagerObserver;
  this->ServerManagerObserver = 0;

  delete this->RecentlyUsedResourcesList;
  this->RecentlyUsedResourcesList= 0;

  delete this->Settings;
  this->Settings = 0;

  if (this->HelpEngine)
    {
    QString collectionFile = this->HelpEngine->collectionFile();
    delete this->HelpEngine;
    QFile::remove(collectionFile);
    }
  this->HelpEngine = NULL;

  // We don't call delete on these since we have already setup parent on these
  // correctly so they will be deleted. It's possible that the user calls delete
  // on these explicitly in which case we end up with segfaults.
  this->LookupTableManager = 0;
  this->DisplayPolicy = 0;
  this->UndoStack = 0;

  // Delete all children, which clears up all managers etc. before the server
  // manager application is finalized.
  delete this->Internal;

  delete this->TestUtility;

  if (pqApplicationCore::Instance == this)
    {
    pqApplicationCore::Instance = 0;
    }

  vtkInitializationHelper::Finalize();
  vtkOutputWindow::SetInstance(NULL);
  delete this->OutputWindow;
  this->OutputWindow = NULL;
  this->OutputWindowAdapter->Delete();
  this->OutputWindowAdapter= 0;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
void pqApplicationCore::createOutputWindow()
{
  // Set up error window.
  pqOutputWindowAdapter* owAdapter = pqOutputWindowAdapter::New();
  this->OutputWindow = new pqOutputWindow(0);
  this->OutputWindow->setAttribute(Qt::WA_QuitOnClose, false);
  this->OutputWindow->connect(owAdapter,
    SIGNAL(displayText(const QString&)), SLOT(onDisplayText(const QString&)));
  this->OutputWindow->connect(owAdapter,
    SIGNAL(displayErrorText(const QString&)), SLOT(onDisplayErrorText(const QString&)));
  this->OutputWindow->connect(owAdapter,
    SIGNAL(displayWarningText(const QString&)), SLOT(onDisplayWarningText(const QString&)));
  this->OutputWindow->connect(owAdapter,
    SIGNAL(displayGenericWarningText(const QString&)),
    SLOT(onDisplayGenericWarningText(const QString&)));
  this->OutputWindow->connect(owAdapter,
    SIGNAL(displayTextInWindow(const QString&)),
    SLOT(onDisplayTextInWindow(const QString&)));
  this->OutputWindow->connect(owAdapter,
    SIGNAL(displayErrorTextInWindow(const QString&)),
    SLOT(onDisplayErrorTextInWindow(const QString&)));
  vtkOutputWindow::SetInstance(owAdapter);
  this->OutputWindowAdapter = owAdapter;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
void pqApplicationCore::setLookupTableManager(pqLookupTableManager* mgr)
{
  this->LookupTableManager = mgr;
  if (mgr)
    {
    mgr->setParent(this);
    }
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
void pqApplicationCore::setUndoStack(pqUndoStack* stack)
{
  if (stack != this->UndoStack)
    {
    this->UndoStack = stack;
    if (stack)
      {
      stack->setParent(this);
      }
    emit this->undoStackChanged(stack);
    }
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
void pqApplicationCore::setDisplayPolicy(pqDisplayPolicy* policy)
{
  delete this->DisplayPolicy;
  this->DisplayPolicy = policy;
  if (policy)
    {
    policy->setParent(this);
    }
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
vtkSMGlobalPropertiesManager* pqApplicationCore::getGlobalPropertiesManager()
{
  // FIXME: Global properties can not properly handle accross several ProxyManager
  if (!this->Internal->GlobalPropertiesManager)
    {
    // Setup the application's "GlobalProperties" proxy.
    // This is used to keep track of foreground color etc.
    this->Internal->GlobalPropertiesManager =
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkSMGlobalPropertiesManager>::New();

    // Need to attach to a session
    vtkSMProxyManager* pxm = vtkSMProxyManager::GetProxyManager();
    vtkSMSessionProxyManager* spxm = pxm->GetActiveSessionProxyManager();
    this->Internal->GlobalPropertiesManager->SetSession(spxm->GetSession());

    this->Internal->GlobalPropertiesManager->InitializeProperties(
        "misc", "GlobalProperties");
    spxm->SetGlobalPropertiesManager("ParaViewProperties",
                                     this->Internal->GlobalPropertiesManager);

    // load settings.
    this->loadGlobalPropertiesFromSettings();

    this->Internal->GlobalPropertiesManager->Modified();
    }
  return this->Internal->GlobalPropertiesManager;
}

#define SET_COLOR_MACRO(settingkey, defaultvalue, propertyname)\
  color = _settings->value(settingkey, defaultvalue).value<QColor>();\
  rgb[0] = color.redF();\
  rgb[1] = color.greenF();\
  rgb[2] = color.blueF();\
  vtkSMPropertyHelper(mgr, propertyname).Set(rgb, 3);

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
void pqApplicationCore::loadGlobalPropertiesFromSettings()
{
  vtkSMGlobalPropertiesManager* mgr = this->getGlobalPropertiesManager();
  QColor color;
  double rgb[3];
  pqSettings* _settings = this->settings();
  SET_COLOR_MACRO(
    "GlobalProperties/ForegroundColor",
    QColor::fromRgbF(1, 1, 1),
    "ForegroundColor");
  SET_COLOR_MACRO(
    "GlobalProperties/SurfaceColor",
    QColor::fromRgbF(1, 1, 1),
    "SurfaceColor");
  SET_COLOR_MACRO(
    "GlobalProperties/BackgroundColor",
    QColor::fromRgbF(0.32, 0.34, 0.43),
    "BackgroundColor");
  SET_COLOR_MACRO(
    "GlobalProperties/TextAnnotationColor",
    QColor::fromRgbF(1, 1, 1),
    "TextAnnotationColor");
  SET_COLOR_MACRO(
    "GlobalProperties/SelectionColor",
    QColor::fromRgbF(1, 0, 1),
    "SelectionColor");
  SET_COLOR_MACRO(
    "GlobalProperties/EdgeColor",
    QColor::fromRgbF(0.0, 0, 0.5),
    "EdgeColor");

  bool convert =_settings->value(
    "GlobalProperties/AutoConvertProperties",false).toBool();
  vtkSMInputArrayDomain::SetAutomaticPropertyConversion(convert);
  emit this->forceFilterMenuRefresh();
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
/// loads palette i.e. global property values given the name of the palette.
void pqApplicationCore::loadPalette(const QString& paletteName)
{
  vtkSMSessionProxyManager* pxm =
      vtkSMProxyManager::GetProxyManager()->GetActiveSessionProxyManager();
  vtkSMProxy* prototype = pxm->GetPrototypeProxy("palettes",
    paletteName.toAscii().data());
  if (!prototype)
    {
    qCritical() << "No such palette " << paletteName;
    return;
    }

  vtkSMGlobalPropertiesManager* mgr = this->getGlobalPropertiesManager();
  vtkSMPropertyIterator * iter = mgr->NewPropertyIterator();
  for (iter->Begin(); !iter->IsAtEnd(); iter->Next())
    {
    if (prototype->GetProperty(iter->GetKey()))
      {
      iter->GetProperty()->Copy(
        prototype->GetProperty(iter->GetKey()));
      }
    }
  iter->Delete();
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
/// loads palette i.e. global property values given the name XML state for a
/// palette.
void pqApplicationCore::loadPalette(vtkPVXMLElement* xml)
{
  vtkSMGlobalPropertiesManager* mgr = this->getGlobalPropertiesManager();
  mgr->LoadXMLState(xml, NULL);
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
/// save the current palette as XML. A new reference is returned, so the
/// caller is responsible for releasing memory i.e. call Delete() on the
/// returned value.
vtkPVXMLElement* pqApplicationCore::getCurrrentPalette()
{
  vtkSMGlobalPropertiesManager* mgr = this->getGlobalPropertiesManager();
  return mgr->SaveXMLState(NULL);
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
void pqApplicationCore::registerManager(const QString& function,
  QObject* _manager)
{
  if (this->Internal->RegisteredManagers.contains(function) &&
    this->Internal->RegisteredManagers[function] != 0)
    {
    qDebug() << "Replacing existing manager for function : "
      << function;
    }
  this->Internal->RegisteredManagers[function] = _manager;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
void pqApplicationCore::unRegisterManager(const QString& function)
{
  this->Internal->RegisteredManagers.remove(function);
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
QObject* pqApplicationCore::manager(const QString& function)
{
  QMap<QString, QPointer<QObject> >::iterator iter =
    this->Internal->RegisteredManagers.find(function);
  if (iter != this->Internal->RegisteredManagers.end())
    {
    return iter.value();
    }
  return 0;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
void pqApplicationCore::saveState(const QString& filename)
{
  // * Save the Proxy Manager state.
  vtkSMSessionProxyManager* pxm =
      vtkSMProxyManager::GetProxyManager()->GetActiveSessionProxyManager();

  pxm->SaveXMLState(filename.toAscii().data());
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
vtkPVXMLElement* pqApplicationCore::saveState()
{
  // * Save the Proxy Manager state.
  vtkSMSessionProxyManager* pxm =
      vtkSMProxyManager::GetProxyManager()->GetActiveSessionProxyManager();

  // Eventually proxy manager will save state for each connection separately.
  // For now, we only have one connection, so simply save it.
  return pxm->SaveXMLState();
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
void pqApplicationCore::loadState(const char* filename, pqServer* server)
{
  if (!server || !filename)
    {
    return ;
    }

  vtkPVXMLParser* parser = vtkPVXMLParser::New();
  parser->SetFileName(filename);
  parser->Parse();
  this->loadState(parser->GetRootElement(), server);
  parser->Delete();
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
void pqApplicationCore::loadState(
  vtkPVXMLElement* rootElement, pqServer* server)
{
  if (!server || !rootElement)
    {
    return ;
    }

  // BUG #12398:
  // This change was added to prevent VisTrails from recording unwanted events.
  // We disable recording view deletion in Undo/Stack
  // In anycase, the stack will be cleared, why bother recording something...
  BEGIN_UNDO_EXCLUDE();
  QList<pqProxy*> proxies =
    this->ServerManagerModel->findItems<pqProxy*>(server);
  QList<QPointer<pqProxy> > to_destroy;
  foreach (pqProxy* proxy, proxies)
    {
    pqView* view = qobject_cast<pqView*>(proxy);
    if (view)
      {
      to_destroy.push_back(view);
      }
    else if (proxy->getSMGroup()=="layouts")
      {
      to_destroy.push_back(proxy);
      }
    }
  foreach (pqProxy* cur, to_destroy)
    {
    pqView* view = qobject_cast<pqView*>(cur);
    if (view)
      {
      this->ObjectBuilder->destroy(view);
      }
    else if (cur)
      {
      this->ObjectBuilder->destroy(cur);
      }
    }
  END_UNDO_EXCLUDE();

  emit this->aboutToLoadState(rootElement);

  // TODO: this->LoadingState cannot be relied upon.
  this->LoadingState = true;
  vtkSMSessionProxyManager* pxm = server->proxyManager();
  pxm->LoadXMLState(rootElement);
  this->LoadingState = false;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
void pqApplicationCore::onStateLoaded(
  vtkPVXMLElement* root, vtkSMProxyLocator* locator)
{
  emit this->stateLoaded(root, locator);

  pqEventDispatcher::processEventsAndWait(1);

  // This is essential since it's possible that the AnimationTime property on
  // the scenes gets pushed before StartTime and EndTime and as a consequence
  // the scene may not even result in the animation time being set as expected.
  QList<pqAnimationScene*> scenes =
    this->getServerManagerModel()->findItems<pqAnimationScene*>();
  foreach (pqAnimationScene* scene, scenes)
    {
    scene->getProxy()->UpdateProperty("AnimationTime", 1);
    }
  this->render();
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
void pqApplicationCore::onStateSaved(vtkPVXMLElement* root)
{
  if (!QApplication::applicationName().isEmpty())
    {
    // Change root element to match the application name.
    QString valid_name =
      QApplication::applicationName().replace(QRegExp("\\W"), "_");
    root->SetName(valid_name.toAscii().data());
    }
  emit this->stateSaved(root);
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
pqRecentlyUsedResourcesList& pqApplicationCore::recentlyUsedResources()
{
  if (!this->RecentlyUsedResourcesList)
    {
    this->RecentlyUsedResourcesList = new pqRecentlyUsedResourcesList(this);
    this->RecentlyUsedResourcesList->load(*this->settings());
    }

  return *this->RecentlyUsedResourcesList;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
pqServerConfigurationCollection& pqApplicationCore::serverConfigurations()
{
  if (!this->ServerConfigurations)
    {
    this->ServerConfigurations = new pqServerConfigurationCollection(this);
    }
  return *this->ServerConfigurations;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
pqSettings* pqApplicationCore::settings()
{
  if ( !this->Settings )
    {
    pqOptions* options = pqOptions::SafeDownCast(
      vtkProcessModule::GetProcessModule()->GetOptions());
    if (options && options->GetDisableRegistry())
      {
      QTemporaryFile tFile;
      tFile.open();
      this->Settings = new pqSettings(tFile.fileName() + ".ini", true, this);
      this->Settings->clear();
      }
    else
      {
      this->Settings = new pqSettings(
        QApplication::organizationName(),
        QApplication::applicationName() + QApplication::applicationVersion(),
        this);
      }
    vtkProcessModuleAutoMPI::SetEnableAutoMPI(this->Settings->value("autoMPI").toBool());
    vtkProcessModuleAutoMPI::SetNumberOfCores(this->Settings->value("autoMPI_NumberOfCores").toInt());
    }
  return this->Settings;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
void pqApplicationCore::render()
{
  QList<pqView*> list =
    this->ServerManagerModel->findItems<pqView*>();
  foreach(pqView* view, list)
    {
    view->render();
    }
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
pqServer* pqApplicationCore::getActiveServer() const
{
  pqServerManagerModel* smmodel = this->getServerManagerModel();
  return smmodel->getItemAtIndex<pqServer*>(0);
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
void pqApplicationCore::prepareForQuit()
{
  foreach(pqServer* server, this->getServerManagerModel()->findChildren<pqServer*>())
    {
    server->session()->PreDisconnection();
    }

  // As tempting as it is to connect this slot to
  // aboutToQuit() signal, it doesn't work since that signal is not
  // fired until the event loop exits, which doesn't happen until animation
  // stops playing.
  QList<pqAnimationScene*> scenes =
    this->getServerManagerModel()->findItems<pqAnimationScene*>();
  foreach (pqAnimationScene* scene, scenes)
    {
    scene->pause();
    }
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
void pqApplicationCore::quit()
{
  this->prepareForQuit();
  QCoreApplication::instance()->quit();
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
void pqApplicationCore::showOutputWindow()
{
  this->OutputWindow->show();
  this->OutputWindow->raise();
  this->OutputWindow->activateWindow();
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
void pqApplicationCore::disableOutputWindow()
{
  this->OutputWindowAdapter->setActive(false);
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
void pqApplicationCore::loadConfiguration(const QString& filename)
{
  QFile xml(filename);
  if (!xml.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly))
    {
    qCritical() << "Failed to load " << filename;
    return;
    }

  QByteArray dat = xml.readAll();
  this->loadConfigurationXML(dat.data());
  xml.close();
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
void pqApplicationCore::loadConfigurationXML(const char* xmldata)
{
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkPVXMLParser> parser =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkPVXMLParser>::New();

  if (!parser->Parse(xmldata))
    {
    return;
    }

  // Now, the reader/writer factories cannot be initialized until after a
  // session has been created. So what do we do? Do we save the xml for
  // processing everytime the session startsup?
  vtkPVXMLElement* root = parser->GetRootElement();

  // Load configuration files for server manager components since they don't
  // listen to Qt signals.
  vtkSMProxyManager::GetProxyManager()->GetReaderFactory()->UpdateAvailableReaders();
  vtkSMProxyManager::GetProxyManager()->GetWriterFactory()->UpdateAvailableWriters();

  // Give a warning that if there is ParaViewReaders or ParaViewWriters in root
  // that it has been changed and people should change their code accordingly.
  if(strcmp(root->GetName(), "ParaViewReaders") == 0)
    {
    vtkGenericWarningMacro("Readers have been changed such that the GUI definition is not needed."
                           << " This should now be specified in the Hints section of the XML definition.");
    }
  else if(strcmp(root->GetName(), "ParaViewWriters") == 0)
    {
    vtkGenericWarningMacro("Writers have been changed such that the GUI definition is not needed."
                           << " This should now be specified in the Hints section of the XML definition.");
    }

  emit this->loadXML(root);
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
pqTestUtility* pqApplicationCore::testUtility()
{
  if (!this->TestUtility)
    {
    this->TestUtility = new pqCoreTestUtility(this);
    }
  return this->TestUtility;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
QHelpEngine* pqApplicationCore::helpEngine()
{
  if (!this->HelpEngine)
    {
    QTemporaryFile tFile;
    tFile.open();
    this->HelpEngine = new QHelpEngine(tFile.fileName() + ".qhc", this);
    QObject::connect(this->HelpEngine, SIGNAL(warning(const QString&)),
      this->OutputWindow,
      SLOT(onDisplayGenericWarningText(const QString&)));
    this->HelpEngine->setupData();
    // register the application's qch file. An application specific qch file can
    // be compiled into the executable in the build_paraview_client() cmake
    // function. If this file is provided, then that gets registered as
    // :/${application_name}/Documentation/${qch-filename}.
    // Locate all such registered resources and register them with the help
    // engine.
    QDir dir(QString(":/%1/Documentation").arg(QApplication::applicationName()));
    QStringList help_files;
    if (dir.exists())
      {
      QStringList filters;
      filters << "*.qch";
      help_files = dir.entryList(filters, QDir::Files);
      }
    foreach (const QString& filename, help_files)
      {
      QString qch_file = QString(":/%1/Documentation/%2").arg(
        QApplication::applicationName()).arg(filename);
      this->registerDocumentation(qch_file);
      }
    this->HelpEngine->setupData();
    }

  return this->HelpEngine;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
void pqApplicationCore::registerDocumentation(const QString& filename)
{
  QHelpEngine* engine = this->helpEngine();

  // QHelpEngine doesn't like files from resource space. So we create a local
  // file and use that.
  QTemporaryFile* localFile = QTemporaryFile::createLocalFile(filename);
  if (localFile)
    {
    // localFile has autoRemove ON by default, so the file will be deleted with
    // the application quits.
    localFile->setParent(engine);
    engine->registerDocumentation(localFile->fileName());
    }
  else
    {
    engine->registerDocumentation(filename);
    }
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
void pqApplicationCore::loadDistributedPlugins(const char* vtkNotUsed(filename))
{
}
