#ifndef _PYTHONQTCLASSINFO_H
#define _PYTHONQTCLASSINFO_H

/*
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#include <QMetaObject>
#include <QMetaMethod>
#include <QHash>
#include <QByteArray>
#include <QList>

class PythonQtSlotInfo;

//! a class that stores all required information about a Qt object (and an optional associated C++ class name)
/*! for fast lookup of slots when calling the object from Python
*/
class PythonQtClassInfo {

public:
  PythonQtClassInfo(const QMetaObject* meta, const QByteArray& wrappedClassName);

  //! get the Python method definition for a given slot name (without return type and signature)
  PythonQtSlotInfo* slot(const char* slot);

  //! get the Qt classname
  const char* className();

  //! get the classname of the wrapped C++ class
  const QByteArray& wrappedCPPClassName();

  //! returns if the object is a CPP wrapper
  bool isCPPWrapper() { return !_wrappedClassName.isEmpty(); }

  //! get the meta object
  const QMetaObject* metaObject() { return _meta; }

  //! returns if the meta object inherits the given classname
  bool inherits(const char* name);

  //! get help string for the metaobject
  QString help();

private:
  //! init the caching
  void initCache();

  bool _initialized;

  QHash<QByteArray, PythonQtSlotInfo*> _slots;
  const QMetaObject*              _meta;
  QByteArray                      _wrappedClassName;
};

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#endif