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#ifndef __pqComparativeChartView_h 
#define __pqComparativeChartView_h

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

class vtkSMComparativeViewProxy;

/// pqComparativeChartView is the abstract base class for comparative-chart
/// views. It handles the laying out of the individual plot views in the
/// comparative view.
class PQCORE_EXPORT pqComparativeChartView : public pqChartView
{
  Q_OBJECT
  typedef pqChartView Superclass;
public:
  virtual ~pqComparativeChartView();

  /// Return a widget associated with this view.
  virtual QWidget* getWidget();

  /// Returns the internal vtkQtChartView which provide the implementation for
  /// the chart rendering.
  virtual vtkQtChartView* getVTKChartView() const;

  /// Returns the comparative view proxy.
  vtkSMComparativeViewProxy* getComparativeViewProxy() const;

  /// Returns the proxy of the root plot view in the comparative view.
  virtual vtkSMViewProxy* getViewProxy() 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. 
  virtual void setDefaultPropertyValues();

protected slots:
  /// Called when the layout on the comparative vis changes.
  void onComparativeVisLayoutChanged();

  ///// This method may be used to adjust the chart title
  ///// text by inserting comparative variable values or
  ///// time values.
  //virtual void adjustTitleText(const pqPlotView *, QString &);

protected:
  /// On creation of the view, we need to layout the initial plots. Hence, we
  /// override this method. 
  virtual void initialize();

protected:
  /// Constructor:
  /// \c type  :- view type.
  /// \c group :- SManager registration group.
  /// \c name  :- SManager registration name.
  /// \c view  :- View proxy.
  /// \c server:- server on which the proxy is created.
  /// \c parent:- QObject parent.
  pqComparativeChartView(const QString& type,
    const QString& group, 
    const QString& name, 
    vtkSMComparativeViewProxy* view, 
    pqServer* server, 
    QObject* parent=NULL);

  QPointer<QWidget> Widget;

private:
  pqComparativeChartView(const pqComparativeChartView&); // Not implemented.
  void operator=(const pqComparativeChartView&); // Not implemented.
};

#endif


