//##################################################################################################
//
//   Custom Visualization Core library
//   Copyright (C) 2011-2012 Ceetron AS
//    
//   This library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify 
//   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by 
//   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or 
//   (at your option) any later version. 
//    
//   This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY 
//   WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or 
//   FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.   
//    
//   See the GNU General Public License at <<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>> 
//   for more details. 
//
//##################################################################################################

#pragma once
#include <vector>
#include <QString>
#include <QWidget>
#include <QPointer>
#include "cafPdmUiEditorHandle.h"
#include "cafPdmPointer.h"

namespace caf 
{

class PdmObject;

//==================================================================================================
/// Abstract class to handle editors for complete PdmObjects
//==================================================================================================

class PdmUiObjectEditorHandle: public PdmUiEditorHandle
{
public:
    PdmUiObjectEditorHandle() {}
    ~PdmUiObjectEditorHandle() {}
   
    QWidget*            getOrCreateWidget(QWidget* parent);
    QWidget*            widget() { return m_widget; }

    void                setPdmObject(PdmObject* object);
    PdmObject*          pdmObject();

protected:
    virtual QWidget*    createWidget(QWidget* parent) = 0;

protected:
    QPointer<QWidget>           m_widget;
};



} // End of namespace caf