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#ifndef QQMLPROPERTY_H
#define QQMLPROPERTY_H

#include <QtQml/qtqmlglobal.h>
#include <QtCore/qmetaobject.h>

QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE


class QObject;
class QVariant;
class QQmlContext;
class QQmlEngine;

class QQmlPropertyPrivate;
class Q_QML_EXPORT QQmlProperty
{
public:
    enum PropertyTypeCategory {
        InvalidCategory,
        List,
        Object,
        Normal
    };

    enum Type { 
        Invalid,
        Property,
        SignalProperty
    };

    QQmlProperty();
    ~QQmlProperty();

    QQmlProperty(QObject *);
    QQmlProperty(QObject *, QQmlContext *);
    QQmlProperty(QObject *, QQmlEngine *);

    QQmlProperty(QObject *, const QString &);
    QQmlProperty(QObject *, const QString &, QQmlContext *);
    QQmlProperty(QObject *, const QString &, QQmlEngine *);

    QQmlProperty(const QQmlProperty &);
    QQmlProperty &operator=(const QQmlProperty &);

    bool operator==(const QQmlProperty &) const;

    Type type() const;
    bool isValid() const;
    bool isProperty() const;
    bool isSignalProperty() const;

    int propertyType() const;
    PropertyTypeCategory propertyTypeCategory() const;
    const char *propertyTypeName() const;

    QString name() const;

    QVariant read() const;
    static QVariant read(const QObject *, const QString &);
    static QVariant read(const QObject *, const QString &, QQmlContext *);
    static QVariant read(const QObject *, const QString &, QQmlEngine *);

    bool write(const QVariant &) const;
    static bool write(QObject *, const QString &, const QVariant &);
    static bool write(QObject *, const QString &, const QVariant &, QQmlContext *);
    static bool write(QObject *, const QString &, const QVariant &, QQmlEngine *);

    bool reset() const;

    bool hasNotifySignal() const;
    bool needsNotifySignal() const;
    bool connectNotifySignal(QObject *dest, const char *slot) const;
    bool connectNotifySignal(QObject *dest, int method) const;

    bool isWritable() const;
    bool isDesignable() const;
    bool isResettable() const;
    QObject *object() const;

    int index() const;
    QMetaProperty property() const;
    QMetaMethod method() const;

private:
    friend class QQmlPropertyPrivate;
    QQmlPropertyPrivate *d;
};
typedef QList<QQmlProperty> QQmlProperties;

inline uint qHash (const QQmlProperty &key)
{
    return qHash(key.object()) + qHash(key.name());
}

Q_DECLARE_TYPEINFO(QQmlProperty, Q_MOVABLE_TYPE);

QT_END_NAMESPACE

#endif // QQMLPROPERTY_H
