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#ifndef FILELOADER_H
#define FILELOADER_H

#include <QObject>
#include <QDir>
#include <QThread>

class PlayListItem;

/*! @internal
 * @brief File loader class.
 *
 * This class represents fileloader object that
 * processes file list in separate thread and emits
 * \b newPlayListItem(PlayListItem*) signal for every newly
 * created media file.
 * @author Ilya Kotov <forkotov02@hotmail.ru>
 */
class FileLoader : public QThread
{
    Q_OBJECT
public:
    /*!
     * Constructs FileLoader object.
     * @param parent QObject parent
     */
    FileLoader(QObject *parent = 0);
    /*!
     * Object destructor.
     */
    ~FileLoader();
    /*!
     * Call this method when you want to notify the thread about finishing
     */
    void finish();
    /*!
     * Sets filelist to load( directory to load will be cleaned )
     */
    void setFilesToLoad(const QStringList&);
    /*!
     * Sets directory to load( filelist to load will be cleaned )
     */
    void setDirectoryToLoad(const QString&);
signals:
    /*!
     * Emitted when new playlist item is available.
     * @param item Pointer of the new PlayListItem object.
     */
    void newPlayListItem(PlayListItem *item);

protected:
    virtual void run();
    void addFiles(const QStringList &files);
    void addDirectory(const QString& s);

private:
    QStringList m_filters;
    QStringList m_files_to_load;
    QString m_directory;
    bool m_finished;
};

#endif