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+/*
+  Copyright © 2015 Hasan Yavuz Özderya
+
+  This file is part of serialplot.
+
+  serialplot 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.
+
+  serialplot 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 for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  along with serialplot.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#include <QStandardItemModel>
+#include <QStandardItem>
+#include <QList>
+#include <QSerialPortInfo>
+
+enum PortListRoles
+{
+    PortNameRole = Qt::UserRole  // portName as QString
+};
+
+class PortListItem : public QStandardItem
+{
+public:
+    PortListItem(QString name, QString description="", quint16 vid=0, quint16 pid=0);
+    PortListItem(QSerialPortInfo* portInfo);
+
+    QString name(); // returns only the port name
+
+private:
+    // common constructor
+    void construct(QString name, QString description="", quint16 vid=0, quint16 pid=0);
+};
+
+class PortList : public QStandardItemModel
+{
+public:
+    PortList(QObject* parent=0);
+
+    void loadPortList();
+
+private:
+    QList<PortListItem*> userEnteredPorts;
+};