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#ifndef __pq3DWidgetFactory_h
#define __pq3DWidgetFactory_h

#include "pqCoreExport.h"
#include <QObject>

class pq3DWidgetFactoryInternal;
class pqServer;

class vtkSMNewWidgetRepresentationProxy;
class vtkSMProxy;

/// This is 3DWidget Factory. One can request a 3D widget of any type
/// from this class on the given server. If a 3D widget is available,
/// it will be reused, and marked \c in-use. When the caller is done
/// using the 3D widget, it must call free3DWidget(), which makes 
/// the widget available for reuse.
class PQCORE_EXPORT pq3DWidgetFactory : public QObject
{
  Q_OBJECT
public:
  pq3DWidgetFactory(QObject* parent=NULL);
  virtual ~pq3DWidgetFactory();
 
  /// Use this method to obtain a 3D widget of the given
  /// \c name on the given \c server. If no 3D widget is available,
  /// a new one will be created on the server and returned. The caller
  /// can call free3DWidget() when it is done with the 3D Widget, that 
  /// way it can be used by others.
  vtkSMNewWidgetRepresentationProxy* get3DWidget(const QString& name,
    pqServer* server);

  /// Call this method when done with using a 3D widget, this makes
  /// the 3DWidget available for reuse.
  void free3DWidget(vtkSMNewWidgetRepresentationProxy* widget);

private slots:
  /// When the 3D widget proxy is unregistered, we must release the internal
  /// reference as well. Eventually, once this class starts using pqProxy
  /// objects to manage the 3D widget proxies, the pqProxy objects will
  /// deleted by the pqServerManagerModel, thus letting go for the vtkSMProxy
  /// reference. This class will keep QPointers to the pqProxy objects,
  /// hence there will be no dangling pointers. But until then, just
  /// notice every unregister event and do the cleanup.
  void proxyUnRegistered(QString group, QString name, vtkSMProxy* proxy);

protected:
  pq3DWidgetFactoryInternal* Internal;
};

#endif

