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#pragma once

#include <QtGui/QSlider>
#include <QtGui/QApplication>
#include <ICLQt/SliderUpdateEvent.h>
#include <ICLUtils/Macros.h>
#include <ICLUtils/Function.h>

namespace icl{
  namespace qt{
    
    /// Compability class 
    /** This class provides a compability function for asyncronous updating
        of a QWidget.
        As QWidget::update() has shown to be not as threadsafe as expected, 
        the new updateFromOtherThread function fixes this problem.
        
        updateFromOtherThread used QApplication::postEvent, to post a UserType
        QEvent to this object, which is caught in the overloaded event() function
    */
    class ThreadedUpdatableSlider : public QSlider{
      Q_OBJECT;
      
      /// internally callback type
      struct CB{
        /// associated event 
        enum Event{ press,release,move,value,all } event;
        utils::Function<void> f; //!< associated 'void f()' -function
      };
      
      /// internal list of callbacks
      std::vector<CB> callbacks;
      
      public:
      
      /// Base constructor
      ThreadedUpdatableSlider(QWidget *parent = 0);
  
      ThreadedUpdatableSlider(Qt::Orientation o, QWidget *parent = 0);
      
      /// call this function to update a widget's UI from an external thread
      void setValueFromOtherThread(int value){
        QApplication::postEvent(this,new SliderUpdateEvent(value),Qt::HighEventPriority);
      }
      
      /// automatically called by Qt's event processing mechanism
      virtual bool event ( QEvent * event ){
        ICLASSERT_RETURN_VAL(event,false);
        if(event->type() == SliderUpdateEvent::EVENT_ID){
          setValue(reinterpret_cast<SliderUpdateEvent*>(event)->value);
          return true;
        }else{
          return QSlider::event(event);
        }
      } 
      
      /// registers a void-callback function to the given event names
      /** allowed event names are
          - press (when the slider is pressed)
          - release (when the slider is released)
          - move (when the slider is moved)
          - value (when the value is changed)
          - all (for all events)
      */
      void registerCallback(const utils::Function<void> &cb, const std::string &events="value");
  
      /// removes all callbacks associated to this slider component
      void removeCallbacks();
  
      protected slots:
      /// for collecting slider singnals
      void collectValueChanged(int);
  
      /// for collecting slider singnals
      void collectSliderPressed();
  
      /// for collecting slider singnals
      void collectSliderMoved(int);
  
      /// for collecting slider singnals
      void collectSliderReleased();
      
    };
  
  } // namespace qt
}