#ifndef _PYTHONQTWRAPPER_H
#define _PYTHONQTWRAPPER_H

/*
 *
 *  Copyright (C) 2006 MeVis Research GmbH All Rights Reserved.
 *
 *  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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 *  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 *  version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
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 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 *  Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 *  Further, this software is distributed without any warranty that it is
 *  free of the rightful claim of any third person regarding infringement
 *  or the like.  Any license provided herein, whether implied or
 *  otherwise, applies only to this software file.  Patent licenses, if
 *  any, provided herein do not apply to combinations of this program with
 *  other software, or any other product whatsoever.
 *
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 *  License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 *
 *  Contact information: MeVis Research GmbH, Universitaetsallee 29,
 *  28359 Bremen, Germany or:
 *
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 *
 */

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/*!
// \file    PythonQtWrapper.h
// \author  Florian Link
// \author  Last changed by $Author: florian $
// \date    2006-05
*/
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

#include <Python.h>

#include "PythonQtSystem.h"
#include <QPointer>

#include "structmember.h"
#include "methodobject.h"
#include "compile.h"
#include "eval.h"

class PythonQtClassInfo;
class QObject;

extern PYTHONQT_EXPORT PyTypeObject PythonQtWrapper_Type;

//---------------------------------------------------------------
//! a Python wrapper object for Qt objects and C++ objects (that are themselves wrapped by wrapper QObjects)
typedef struct {
  PyObject_HEAD

  //! set the QObject pointer
  void setQObject(QObject* object) {
    _obj = object;
    _objPointerCopy = object;
  }

  //! pointer to the wrapped Qt object or if _wrappedPtr is set, the Qt object that wraps the C++ Ptr
  QPointer<QObject> _obj;
  //! a copy of the _obj pointer, which is required because the wrapper needs to
  //! deregister itself via the _obj pointer, even when the QPointer<QObject> object was destroyed
  void* _objPointerCopy;

  //! optional C++ object Ptr that is wrapped by the above _obj
  void*    _wrappedPtr;

  //! the class information, this is set even if the _obj or _wrappedPtr is NULL to support typed NULL pointers
  PythonQtClassInfo* _info;

  //! flag that stores if the object is owned by pythonQt
  bool _ownedByPythonQt;

} PythonQtWrapper;


#endif