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+/*
+  Copyright © 2016 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 CHANNELMANAGER_H
+#define CHANNELMANAGER_H
+
+#include <QObject>
+#include <QStringListModel>
+#include <QModelIndex>
+#include <QVector>
+
+#include "framebuffer.h"
+
+class ChannelManager : public QObject
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+public:
+    explicit ChannelManager(unsigned numberOfChannels, unsigned numberOfSamples, QObject *parent = 0);
+    ~ChannelManager();
+
+    unsigned numOfChannels();
+    unsigned numOfSamples();
+    FrameBuffer* channelBuffer(unsigned channel);
+    QStringListModel* channelNames();
+    QString channelName(unsigned channel);
+
+signals:
+    void numOfChannelsChanged(unsigned value);
+    void numOfSamplesChanged(unsigned value);
+    void channelNameChanged(unsigned channel, QString name);
+
+public slots:
+    void setNumOfChannels(unsigned number);
+    void setNumOfSamples(unsigned number);
+    void setChannelName(unsigned channel, QString name);
+    void addChannelData(unsigned channel, double* data, unsigned size);
+
+private:
+    unsigned _numOfChannels;
+    unsigned _numOfSamples;
+    QList<FrameBuffer*> channelBuffers;
+    QStringListModel _channelNames;
+
+    void addChannelName(QString name); ///< appends a new channel name at the end of list
+
+private slots:
+    void onChannelNameDataChange(const QModelIndex & topLeft,
+                                 const QModelIndex & bottomRight,
+                                 const QVector<int> & roles = QVector<int> ());
+};
+
+#endif // CHANNELMANAGER_H