#ifndef _PYTHONQTSIGNALRECEIVER_H
#define _PYTHONQTSIGNALRECEIVER_H

/*
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//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/*!
// \file    PythonQtSignalReceiver.h
// \author  Florian Link
// \author  Last changed by $Author: florian $
// \date    2006-05
*/
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

#include "PythonQt.h"
class PythonQtMethodInfo;

//! stores information about a signal target
/*! copy construction and assignment works fine with the C++ standard behaviour and are thus not implemented
*/
class PythonQtSignalTarget {
public:
  PythonQtSignalTarget() {
    _signalId = -1;
    _methodInfo = NULL;
    _slotId = -1;
  }

  PythonQtSignalTarget(int signalId,const PythonQtMethodInfo* methodInfo, int slotId, PyObject* callable)
  {
    _signalId = signalId;
    _slotId = slotId;
    _methodInfo = methodInfo;
    _callable = callable;
  };

  ~PythonQtSignalTarget() {
  };

  //! get the id of the original signal
  int signalId() const { return _signalId; }

  //! get the id that was assigned to this simulated slot
  int slotId()  const { return _slotId; }

  //! get the signals parameter info
  const PythonQtMethodInfo* methodInfo()  const { return _methodInfo; }

  //! call the python callable with the given arguments (as defined in methodInfo)
  void call(void **arguments) const;

  //! check if it is the same signal target
  bool isSame(int signalId, PyObject* callable) const { return callable==_callable && signalId==_signalId; }

private:
  int       _signalId;
  int       _slotId;
  const PythonQtMethodInfo* _methodInfo;
  PythonQtObjectPtr _callable;
};

//! base class for signal receivers
/*!
*/
class PythonQtSignalReceiverBase : public QObject {
  Q_OBJECT
public:
  PythonQtSignalReceiverBase(QObject* obj):QObject(obj) {};
};

//! receives all signals for one QObject
/*! we derive from our base but do not declare the QObject macro because we want to reimplement qt_metacall only.
*/
class PythonQtSignalReceiver : public PythonQtSignalReceiverBase {

public:
  PythonQtSignalReceiver(QObject* obj);
  ~PythonQtSignalReceiver();

  //! add a signal handler
  bool addSignalHandler(const char* signal, PyObject* callable);

  //! remove a signal handler
  bool removeSignalHandler(const char* signal, PyObject* callable);

  //! remove all signal handlers
  void removeSignalHandlers();

  //! we implement this method to simulate a number of slots that match the ids in _targets
  virtual int qt_metacall(QMetaObject::Call c, int id, void **arguments);

private:
  //! get the index of the signal
  int getSignalIndex(const char* signal);

  QObject* _obj;
  int _slotCount;
  // linear list may get slow on multiple targets, but I think typically we have many objects and just a few signals
  QList<PythonQtSignalTarget> _targets;
};


#endif