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   Program: ParaView
   Module:    pqAutoLoadPluginXMLBehavior.h

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#ifndef __pqAutoLoadPluginXMLBehavior_h 
#define __pqAutoLoadPluginXMLBehavior_h

#include <QObject>
#include <QSet>
#include "pqApplicationComponentsExport.h"

/// @ingroup Behaviors
/// ParaView plugins can load gui configuration xmls eg. xmls for defining the
/// filters menu, readers etc. This behavior ensures that as soon as such
/// plugins are loaded if they provide any XMLs in the ":/.*/ParaViewResources/"
/// resource location, then such xmls are parsed and an attempt is made to load
/// them (by calling pqApplicationCore::loadConfiguration()).
///
/// Without going into too much detail, if you want your application to
/// automatically load GUI configuration XMLs from plugins, instantiate this
/// behavior.
class PQAPPLICATIONCOMPONENTS_EXPORT pqAutoLoadPluginXMLBehavior : public QObject
{
  Q_OBJECT
  typedef QObject Superclass;
public:
  pqAutoLoadPluginXMLBehavior(QObject* parent=0);

protected slots:
  void updateResources();

private:
  Q_DISABLE_COPY(pqAutoLoadPluginXMLBehavior)
  QSet<QString> PreviouslyParsedResources;
};

#endif


