MonitorArea.h

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#ifndef MONITORAREA_H
#define MONITORAREA_H

//SpikeStream includes
#include "DBInterface.h"
#include "MonitorWindow.h"
#include "NetworkMonitor.h"
#include "SimulationManager.h"
#include "ArchiveManager.h"
#include "NeuronGroup.h"
#include "SpikeStreamApplication.h"

//Qt includes
#include <qwidget.h>
#include <qdockarea.h>
#include <qstring.h>


//------------------------- Monitor Area ----------------------------------
/*! Extends QDockArea and holds a number of monitor windows with the 
        possibility of arranging them and undocking them, etc.

        NOTE Had problems creating QDockWindows at runtime, so instead create 
        all of them at once and then add NetworkMonitors to them and hide/show
        them as required.This creates a limit on the number of monitoring windows
        that can be used at one time, which is set in GlobalVariables.h. */
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------

class MonitorArea : public QDockArea {
        Q_OBJECT

        public:
                MonitorArea(DBInterface*, SimulationManager*, QWidget *parent);
                MonitorArea(ArchiveManager*, QWidget *parent);
                ~MonitorArea();
                void addMonitorWindow(NeuronGroup neurGrp);
                void connectToManager();
                void dockMonitorWindows();
                void hideMonitorWindows();
                void loadSimulation();
                void resetMonitorWindows();
                void rewindNetworkMonitors();
                void showAllMonitorWindows(bool monitorType);
                void showMonitorWindow(unsigned int neuronGrpID, bool monitorType);
                void undockMonitorWindows();


        private:
                //========================== VARIABLES ===========================
                //References
                DBInterface *networkDBInterface;
                SimulationManager *simulationManager;
                ArchiveManager *archiveManager;
                SpikeStreamApplication *spikeStrApp;
                
                /*! Array holding references to all the monitor windows.*/
                MonitorWindow **monitorWindowArray;

                /*! The insertion point in the monitorWindowArray */
                int endPos;

                /*! Holds references to all the network monitors.*/
                map<unsigned int, NetworkMonitor*> networkMonitorMap;
                
                /*! Records whether this monitor area is monitoring a simulation 
                        or playing back an archive */
                bool simulationMode;

                /*! Used to determine whether the windows should be arranged 
                        automatically, this records whether this is the first undock
                        of the monitor area. */
                bool firstTimeUndock;


                //========================== METHODS =============================
                /*! Declare copy constructor private so it cannot be used inadvertently.*/
                MonitorArea (const MonitorArea&);

                /*! Declare assignment private so it cannot be used inadvertently.*/
                MonitorArea operator = (const MonitorArea&);

};


#endif //MONITORAREA_H

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