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+/*
+  Copyright © 2017 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/>.
+*/
+
+#ifndef CHANNELINFOMODEL_H
+#define CHANNELINFOMODEL_H
+
+#include <QAbstractTableModel>
+#include <QStringList>
+
+class ChannelInfoModel : public QAbstractTableModel
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+
+public:
+    explicit ChannelInfoModel(unsigned numberOfChannels, QObject *parent = 0);
+
+    // implemented from QAbstractItemModel
+    int      rowCount(const QModelIndex &parent = QModelIndex()) const;
+    int      columnCount(const QModelIndex &parent = QModelIndex()) const;
+    QVariant data(const QModelIndex &index, int role = Qt::DisplayRole) const;
+    bool     setData(const QModelIndex &index, const QVariant &value, int role = Qt::EditRole);
+
+    void setNumOfChannels(unsigned number);
+
+private:
+    struct ChannelInfo
+    {
+        QString name;
+        bool visibility;
+    };
+
+    unsigned _numOfChannels;     ///< @note this is not necessarily the length of `infos`
+
+    /**
+     * Channel info is added here but never removed so that we can
+     * remember user entered names.
+     */
+    QList<ChannelInfo> infos;
+};
+
+#endif // CHANNELINFOMODEL_H