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/// \file pqProxy.h
///
/// \date 11/16/2005

#ifndef _pqPipelineObject_h
#define _pqPipelineObject_h

#include "pqServerManagerModelItem.h"
class pqProxyInternal;
class pqServer;
class vtkPVXMLElement;
class vtkSMProxy;

/// This class represents any registered Server Manager proxy.
/// It keeps essential information to locate the proxy as well as
/// additional metadata such as user-specified label.
class PQCORE_EXPORT pqProxy : public pqServerManagerModelItem
{
  Q_OBJECT
public:

  /// The modification state of this proxy
  enum ModifiedState { UNINITIALIZED, MODIFIED, UNMODIFIED };

  pqProxy(const QString& group, const QString& name,
    vtkSMProxy* proxy, pqServer* server, QObject* parent=NULL);
  virtual ~pqProxy();

  /// Get the server on which this proxy exists.
  pqServer *getServer() const
    { return this->Server; }

  /// This is a convenience method. It re-registers the underlying proxy
  /// with the requested new name under the same group. Then it unregisters
  /// the proxy from the group with the old name. This operation is
  /// understood as renaming the proxy, since as a consequence, this
  /// pqProxy's \c SMName changes.
  void rename(const QString& newname);

  /// Get the name with which this proxy is registered on the
  /// server manager. A proxy can be registered with more than
  /// one name on the Server Manager. This is the name/group which
  /// this pqProxy stands for. 
  const QString& getSMName();
  const QString& getSMGroup();

  /// Get the vtkSMProxy this object stands for.
  /// This can never be null. A pqProxy always represents
  /// one and only one Server Manager proxy.
  vtkSMProxy* getProxy() const;
  
  /// \brief
  ///   Gets whether or not the source has been modified.
  /// \return
  ///   True if the source has been modified.
  ModifiedState modifiedState() const {return this->Modified;}

  /// \brief
  ///   Sets whether or not the source has been modified.
  /// \param modified True if the source has been modified.
  void setModifiedState(ModifiedState modified);

  /// Returns the hints for this proxy, if any. May returns NULL
  /// if no hints are defined.
  vtkPVXMLElement* getHints() const;

  /// Sets default values for the underlying proxy. 
  /// This is during the initialization stage of the pqProxy 
  /// for proxies created by the GUI itself i.e.
  /// for proxies loaded through state or created by python client
  /// this method won't be called. 
  /// The default implementation iterates over all properties
  /// of the proxy and sets them to default values. 
  virtual void setDefaultPropertyValues();

  /// Returns a list of all helper proxies.
  QList<vtkSMProxy*> getHelperProxies() const;

  /// Returns a list of all the helper proxies added with a given key.
  QList<vtkSMProxy*> getHelperProxies(const QString& key) const;

  /// Returns the keys for helper proxies.
  QList<QString> getHelperKeys() const;

  /// Concept of helper proxies:
  /// A pqProxy is created for every important vtkSMProxy registered. Many a times, 
  /// there may be other proxies associated with that proxy, eg. lookup table proxies,
  /// implicit function proxies may be associated with a filter/source proxy. 
  /// The GUI can create "associated" proxies and add them as helper proxies.
  /// Helper proxies get registered under special groups, so that they are 
  /// undo/redo-able, and state save-restore-able. The pqProxy makes sure that 
  /// the helper proxies are unregistered when the main proxy is unregistered.
  virtual void addHelperProxy(const QString& key, vtkSMProxy*);
  void removeHelperProxy(const QString& key, vtkSMProxy*);

  /// Unregisters all helper proxies.
  void clearHelperProxies();

signals:
  /// Fired when the name of the proxy is changed.
  void nameChanged(pqServerManagerModelItem*);

  /// Fired when the modified status changes for the proxy.
  void modifiedStateChanged(pqServerManagerModelItem*);

protected:
  friend class pqServerManagerModel;

  /// Make this pqProxy take on a new identity. This is following case:
  /// Proxy A registered as (gA, nA), then is again registered as (gA, nA2).
  /// pqServerManagerModel does not create a new pqProxy for (gA, nA2). 
  /// However, if (gA, nA) is now unregistered, the same old instace of pqProxy
  /// which represented (gA, nA) will now "take on a new identity" and 
  /// represent proxy (gA, nA2). This method will trigger the
  /// nameChanged() signal.
  void setSMName(const QString& new_name);

  // Use this method to initialize the pqObject state using the
  // underlying vtkSMProxy. This needs to be done only once,
  // after the object has been created. 
  virtual void initialize() { };

private:
  pqServer *Server;           ///< Stores the parent server.
  QString SMName;
  QString SMGroup;
  pqProxyInternal* Internal;
  ModifiedState Modified;
};

#endif
