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#ifndef QSTIMEOUTTRIGGER_H
#define QSTIMEOUTTRIGGER_H

#include <qobject.h>
#include <qdatetime.h>

class QSTimeoutTrigger : public QObject
{
    Q_OBJECT
public:
    QSTimeoutTrigger() : QObject() { }
    inline void start() { time.start(); lastTimeout = 0; }
    inline void fireTimeout()
    {
	if (time.elapsed()-lastTimeout >= ival) {
	    lastTimeout = time.elapsed();
	    emit timeout(lastTimeout);
	}
    }

    void setInterval(int i) { ival = i; }
    int interval() const { return ival; }

signals:
    void timeout(int runningTime);

private:
    QTime time;
    int lastTimeout;
    int ival;
};

#endif // QSTIMEOUTTRIGGER_H
