// This contains definitions related to the support for Python objects and Qt's
// meta-type system.
//
// Copyright (c) 2015 Riverbank Computing Limited <info@riverbankcomputing.com>
// 
// This file is part of PyQt4.
// 
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// 
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#ifndef _QPYCORE_PYQTPYOBJECT_H
#define _QPYCORE_PYQTPYOBJECT_H


#include <Python.h>

#include <QMetaType>
#include <QDataStream>


// This class is used to wrap a PyObject so it can be passed around Qt's
// meta-type system while maintaining its reference count.
class PyQt_PyObject
{
public:
    PyQt_PyObject(PyObject *py);
    PyQt_PyObject();
    PyQt_PyObject(const PyQt_PyObject &other);
    ~PyQt_PyObject();

    PyQt_PyObject &operator=(const PyQt_PyObject &other);

    // The Python object being wrapped.
    PyObject *pyobject;
    
    // The Qt meta-type id.
    static int metatype;
};

QDataStream &operator<<(QDataStream &out, const PyQt_PyObject &obj);
QDataStream &operator>>(QDataStream &in, PyQt_PyObject &obj);

Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(PyQt_PyObject)


#endif