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   Program: ParaView
   Module:    pqProxyPanel.h

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#ifndef _pqProxyPanel_h
#define _pqProxyPanel_h

#include "pqComponentsExport.h"

#include <QWidget>
#include <QPointer>
#include "pqComponentsExport.h"
class pqProxy;
class pqView;
class pqPropertyManager;
class vtkSMProxy;

/// Base class for Widget which provides an editor for editing properties
/// of a proxy
class PQCOMPONENTS_EXPORT pqProxyPanel : public QWidget
{
  Q_OBJECT
public:
  /// constructor
  pqProxyPanel(vtkSMProxy* proxy, QWidget* p);
  /// destructor
  ~pqProxyPanel();

  /// get the proxy for which properties are displayed
  vtkSMProxy* proxy() const;
  
  /// get the view that this object panel works with.
  pqView* view() const;
  
  /// size hint for this widget
  QSize sizeHint() const;
  
  /// property manager belongs to this panel
  pqPropertyManager* propertyManager();

  /// returns whether selected
  bool selected() const;

public slots:
  /// accept the changes made to the properties
  /// changes will be propogated down to the server manager
  /// subclasses should only change properties when accept is called to work
  /// properly with undo/redo
  virtual void accept();

  /// reset the changes made
  /// editor will query properties from the server manager
  virtual void reset();

  /// Called when the panel becomes active. Default implemnetation does
  /// nothing.
  virtual void select();

  /// Called when the panel becomes inactive. Default implemnetation does
  /// nothing.
  virtual void deselect();

  /// Set the view that this panel works with
  virtual void setView(pqView*);
  
  /// Fires modified
  virtual void setModified();
  
private slots:
  /// Called when the vtkSMProxy fires ModifiedEvent.
  /// It implies that the proxy information properties (and domains
  /// depending on those) may now be obsolete.
  void proxyModifiedEvent();


signals:
  void modified();
  void onaccept();
  void onreset();
  void onselect();
  void ondeselect();
  void viewChanged(pqView*);

protected slots:
  /// This method gets called to referesh all domains 
  /// and information properties. Subclassess can override
  /// this to update any domain related entities.
  /// Since this is not a particularly fast operation, we update 
  /// the information and domains only when the panel is selected 
  /// or an already active panel is accepted. 
  virtual void updateInformationAndDomains();

private:
  class pqImplementation;
  pqImplementation* const Implementation;

};

#endif
