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#ifndef QDECLARATIVEPROPERTY_H

#define QDECLARATIVEPROPERTY_H

#include <QtCore/qmetaobject.h>

QT_BEGIN_HEADER

QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE

QT_MODULE(Declarative)

class QObject;

class QVariant;

class QDeclarativeContext;

class QDeclarativeEngine;

class QDeclarativePropertyPrivate;

class Q_DECLARATIVE_EXPORT QDeclarativeProperty

{

public:

    enum PropertyTypeCategory {

        InvalidCategory,

        List,

        Object,

        Normal

    };

    enum Type { 

        Invalid,

        Property,

        SignalProperty

    };

    QDeclarativeProperty();

    ~QDeclarativeProperty();

    QDeclarativeProperty(QObject *);

    QDeclarativeProperty(QObject *, QDeclarativeContext *);

    QDeclarativeProperty(QObject *, QDeclarativeEngine *);

    QDeclarativeProperty(QObject *, const QString &);

    QDeclarativeProperty(QObject *, const QString &, QDeclarativeContext *);

    QDeclarativeProperty(QObject *, const QString &, QDeclarativeEngine *);

    QDeclarativeProperty(const QDeclarativeProperty &);

    QDeclarativeProperty &operator=(const QDeclarativeProperty &);

    bool operator==(const QDeclarativeProperty &) 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(QObject *, const QString &);

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

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

    bool write(const QVariant &) const;

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

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

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

    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 QDeclarativePropertyPrivate;

    QDeclarativePropertyPrivate *d;

};

typedef QList<QDeclarativeProperty> QDeclarativeProperties;

inline uint qHash (const QDeclarativeProperty &key)

{

    return qHash(key.object()) + qHash(key.name());

}

QT_END_NAMESPACE

QT_END_HEADER

#endif // QDECLARATIVEPROPERTY_H