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   Program: ParaView
   Module:    pqComboBoxDomain.h

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#ifndef pq_ComboBoxDomain_h
#define pq_ComboBoxDomain_h

#include <QObject>
#include "pqComponentsExport.h"

class QComboBox;
class vtkSMProperty;

/// combo box domain 
/// observers the domain for a combo box and updates accordingly
/// the list of values in the combo box is automatically 
/// updated when the domain changes
class PQCOMPONENTS_EXPORT pqComboBoxDomain : public QObject
{
  Q_OBJECT
public:
  /// constructor requires a QComboBox, 
  /// and the property with the domain to observe
  /// optionally pass in a domainName if a specific one 
  /// needs to be watched
  pqComboBoxDomain(QComboBox* p, vtkSMProperty* prop,
                   const QString& domainName = QString());
  ~pqComboBoxDomain();

  // explicitly trigger a domain change.
  // simply calls internalDomainChanged();
  void forceDomainChanged() 
    { this->internalDomainChanged(); }

  /// Provides a mechanism to always add a set of strings to the combo box
  /// irrespective of what the domain tells us.
  void addString(const QString&);
  void removeAllStrings();
public slots:
  void domainChanged();
protected slots:
  void internalDomainChanged();
protected:
  class pqInternal;
  pqInternal* Internal;
};

#endif

