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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 FRAMEDREADER_H
+#define FRAMEDREADER_H
+
+#include "abstractreader.h"
+#include "framedreadersettings.h"
+
+/**
+ * Reads data in a customizable framed format.
+ */
+class FramedReader : public AbstractReader
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+
+public:
+    explicit FramedReader(QIODevice* device, ChannelManager* channelMan, QObject *parent = 0);
+    QWidget* settingsWidget();
+    unsigned numOfChannels();
+    void enable(bool enabled = true);
+
+public slots:
+    void pause(bool);
+
+private:
+    /// bit wise fields for `settingsValid` member
+    enum SettingInvalidFlag
+    {
+        SYNCWORD_INVALID = 1,
+        FRAMESIZE_INVALID = 2
+    };
+
+    FramedReaderSettings _settingsWidget;
+    unsigned _numOfChannels;
+    unsigned sampleSize;
+    bool paused;
+    unsigned settingsInvalid;   /// settings are all valid if this is 0, if not no reading is done
+    QByteArray syncWord;
+    bool checksumEnabled;
+    bool hasFrameByte;
+    unsigned frameSize;
+
+    // TODO: create a base class that contains common functionality between binary readers
+
+    /// points to the readSampleAs function for currently selected number format
+    double (FramedReader::*readSample)();
+    template<typename T> double readSampleAs();
+    // `data` contains i th channels data
+    void addChannelData(unsigned int channel, double* data, unsigned size);
+
+    /// Checks the validity of syncWord and frameSize then shows an
+    /// error message. Also updates `settingsInvalid`. If settings are
+    /// valid `settingsInvalid` should be `0`.
+    void checkSettings();
+
+private slots:
+    // void onDataReady();
+
+    void onNumberFormatChanged(NumberFormat numberFormat);
+    void onNumOfChannelsChanged(unsigned value);
+    void onSyncWordChanged(QByteArray);
+    void onFrameSizeChanged(unsigned);
+};
+
+#endif // FRAMEDREADER_H