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#ifndef MONITORINGSIMULATIONDRIVER_H
#define MONITORINGSIMULATIONDRIVER_H

#include <QObject>
#include <qtimer.h>

#include "MonitoringGuiManager.h"

/**
 * @ingroup group_cepmodeling_libraries_mml
 *
 * @brief
 * TODO Comment class here
 *
 **/
class MonitoringDriver : public QObject {

    Q_OBJECT

public:

    /// Constructor
    MonitoringDriver(MonitoringGuiManager* guiManager);

    /// Destructor
    ~MonitoringDriver() override;

    void init();

    /// starts the timer that will repeatedly call play and emit doOneStep
    void startTimer();

    /// stop the timer
    void stopTimer();

    /// is the timer currently running
    bool isTimerActive();

signals:

    /// signal call when one step is to be performed
    void doOneStep();

public slots:

    /// Slot called when at each timer tick (i.e. after the same interval of time)
    void play();

private:
    /// the monitoring manager
    MonitoringGuiManager* guiManager;

    /// the simulation timer
    QTimer* timer;



};

#endif