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             //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             /*!
             // \file    PythonQt.cpp
             // \author  Florian Link
             // \author  Last changed by $Author: florian $
             // \date    2006-05
             */
             //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             #include "PythonQt.h"
             #include "PythonQtImporter.h"
             #include "PythonQtClassInfo.h"
             #include "PythonQtMethodInfo.h"
             #include "PythonQtSignalReceiver.h"
             #include "PythonQtConversion.h"
             #include "PythonQtStdIn.h"
             #include "PythonQtStdOut.h"
             #include "PythonQtCppWrapperFactory.h"
             #include "PythonQtVariants.h"
             #include "PythonQtStdDecorators.h"
             #include "PythonQtQFileImporter.h"
             #include <pydebug.h>
             #include <vector>
             PythonQt* PythonQt::_self = NULL;
             int       PythonQt::_uniqueModuleCount = 0;
             void PythonQt_init_QtGuiBuiltin(PyObject*);
             void PythonQt_init_QtCoreBuiltin(PyObject*);
             void PythonQt::init(int flags, const QByteArray& pythonQtModuleName)
             {
               if (!_self) {
                 _self = new PythonQt(flags, pythonQtModuleName);
                 PythonQtMethodInfo::addParameterTypeAlias("QObjectList", "QList<QObject*>");
                 qRegisterMetaType<QList<QObject*> >("QList<void*>");
                 PythonQtRegisterToolClassesTemplateConverter(int);
                 PythonQtRegisterToolClassesTemplateConverter(float);
                 PythonQtRegisterToolClassesTemplateConverter(double);
                 PythonQtRegisterToolClassesTemplateConverter(qint32);
                 PythonQtRegisterToolClassesTemplateConverter(quint32);
                 PythonQtRegisterToolClassesTemplateConverter(qint64);
                 PythonQtRegisterToolClassesTemplateConverter(quint64);
                 // TODO: which other POD types should be available for QList etc.
                 PythonQt::self()->addDecorators(new PythonQtStdDecorators());
                 PythonQt_init_QtCoreBuiltin(NULL);
                 PythonQt_init_QtGuiBuiltin(NULL);
                 PythonQtRegisterToolClassesTemplateConverter(QByteArray);
                 PythonQtRegisterToolClassesTemplateConverter(QDate);
                 PythonQtRegisterToolClassesTemplateConverter(QTime);
                 PythonQtRegisterToolClassesTemplateConverter(QDateTime);
                 PythonQtRegisterToolClassesTemplateConverter(QUrl);
                 PythonQtRegisterToolClassesTemplateConverter(QLocale);
                 PythonQtRegisterToolClassesTemplateConverter(QRect);
                 PythonQtRegisterToolClassesTemplateConverter(QRectF);
                 PythonQtRegisterToolClassesTemplateConverter(QSize);
                 PythonQtRegisterToolClassesTemplateConverter(QSizeF);
                 PythonQtRegisterToolClassesTemplateConverter(QLine);
                 PythonQtRegisterToolClassesTemplateConverter(QLineF);
                 PythonQtRegisterToolClassesTemplateConverter(QPoint);
                 PythonQtRegisterToolClassesTemplateConverter(QPointF);
                 PythonQtRegisterToolClassesTemplateConverter(QRegExp);
                 PythonQtRegisterToolClassesTemplateConverter(QFont);
                 PythonQtRegisterToolClassesTemplateConverter(QPixmap);
                 PythonQtRegisterToolClassesTemplateConverter(QBrush);
                 PythonQtRegisterToolClassesTemplateConverter(QColor);
                 PythonQtRegisterToolClassesTemplateConverter(QPalette);
                 PythonQtRegisterToolClassesTemplateConverter(QIcon);
                 PythonQtRegisterToolClassesTemplateConverter(QImage);
                 PythonQtRegisterToolClassesTemplateConverter(QPolygon);
                 PythonQtRegisterToolClassesTemplateConverter(QRegion);
                 PythonQtRegisterToolClassesTemplateConverter(QBitmap);
                 PythonQtRegisterToolClassesTemplateConverter(QCursor);
                 PythonQtRegisterToolClassesTemplateConverter(QSizePolicy);
                 PythonQtRegisterToolClassesTemplateConverter(QKeySequence);
                 PythonQtRegisterToolClassesTemplateConverter(QPen);
                 PythonQtRegisterToolClassesTemplateConverter(QTextLength);
                 PythonQtRegisterToolClassesTemplateConverter(QTextFormat);
                 PythonQtRegisterToolClassesTemplateConverter(QMatrix);
                 PyObject* pack = PythonQt::priv()->packageByName("QtCore");
                 PyObject* pack2 = PythonQt::priv()->packageByName("Qt");
                 PyObject* qtNamespace = PythonQt::priv()->getClassInfo("Qt")->pythonQtClassWrapper();
                 const char* names[16] = {"SIGNAL", "SLOT", "qAbs", "qBound","qDebug","qWarning","qCritical","qFatal"
                                     ,"qFuzzyCompare", "qMax","qMin","qRound","qRound64","qVersion","qrand","qsrand"};
                 for (unsigned int i = 0;i<16; i++) {
                   PyObject* obj = PyObject_GetAttrString(qtNamespace, names[i]);
                   if (obj) {
                     PyModule_AddObject(pack, names[i], obj);
                     Py_INCREF(obj);
                     PyModule_AddObject(pack2, names[i], obj);
                   } else {
                     std::cerr << "method not found " << names[i];
                   }
                 }
               }
             }
             void PythonQt::cleanup()
             {
               if (_self) {
                 delete _self;
                 _self = NULL;
               }
             }
             PythonQt* PythonQt::self() { return _self; }
             PythonQt::PythonQt(int flags, const QByteArray& pythonQtModuleName)
             {
               _p = new PythonQtPrivate;
               _p->_initFlags = flags;
               _p->_PythonQtObjectPtr_metaId = qRegisterMetaType<PythonQtObjectPtr>("PythonQtObjectPtr");
               if ((flags & PythonAlreadyInitialized) == 0) {
                 Py_SetProgramName(const_cast<char*>("PythonQt"));
                 if (flags & IgnoreSiteModule) {
                   // this prevents the automatic importing of Python site files
                   Py_NoSiteFlag = 1;
                 }
                 Py_Initialize();
               }
               // add our own python object types for qt object slots
               if (PyType_Ready(&PythonQtSlotFunction_Type) < 0) {
                 std::cerr << "could not initialize PythonQtSlotFunction_Type" << ", in " << __FILE__ << ":" << __LINE__ << std::endl;
               }
               Py_INCREF(&PythonQtSlotFunction_Type);
               // according to Python docs, set the type late here, since it can not safely be stored in the struct when declaring it
               PythonQtClassWrapper_Type.tp_base = &PyType_Type;
               // add our own python object types for classes
               if (PyType_Ready(&PythonQtClassWrapper_Type) < 0) {
                 std::cerr << "could not initialize PythonQtClassWrapper_Type" << ", in " << __FILE__ << ":" << __LINE__ << std::endl;
               }
               Py_INCREF(&PythonQtClassWrapper_Type);
               // add our own python object types for CPP instances
               if (PyType_Ready(&PythonQtInstanceWrapper_Type) < 0) {
                 PythonQt::handleError();
                 std::cerr << "could not initialize PythonQtInstanceWrapper_Type" << ", in " << __FILE__ << ":" << __LINE__ << std::endl;
               }
               Py_INCREF(&PythonQtInstanceWrapper_Type);
               // add our own python object types for redirection of stdout
               if (PyType_Ready(&PythonQtStdOutRedirectType) < 0) {
                 std::cerr << "could not initialize PythonQtStdOutRedirectType" << ", in " << __FILE__ << ":" << __LINE__ << std::endl;
               }
               Py_INCREF(&PythonQtStdOutRedirectType);
               // add our own python object types for redirection of stdin
               if (PyType_Ready(&PythonQtStdInRedirectType) < 0) {
                 std::cerr << "could not initialize PythonQtStdInRedirectType" << ", in " << __FILE__ << ":" << __LINE__ << std::endl;
               }
               Py_INCREF(&PythonQtStdInRedirectType);
               initPythonQtModule(flags & RedirectStdOut, pythonQtModuleName);
               _p->setupSharedLibrarySuffixes();
             }
             PythonQt::~PythonQt() {
               delete _p;
               _p = NULL;
             }
             PythonQtPrivate::~PythonQtPrivate() {
               delete _defaultImporter;
               _defaultImporter = NULL;
               {
                 QHashIterator<QByteArray, PythonQtClassInfo *> i(_knownClassInfos);
                 while (i.hasNext()) {
                   delete i.next().value();
                 }
               }
               PythonQtConv::global_valueStorage.clear();
               PythonQtConv::global_ptrStorage.clear();
               PythonQtConv::global_variantStorage.clear();
               PythonQtMethodInfo::cleanupCachedMethodInfos();
             }
             void PythonQt::setRedirectStdInCallback(PythonQtInputChangedCB* callback, void * callbackData)
             {
               if (!callback)
                 {
                 std::cerr << "PythonQt::setRedirectStdInCallback - callback parameter is NULL !" << std::endl;
                 return;
                 }
               PythonQtObjectPtr sys;
               PythonQtObjectPtr in;
               sys.setNewRef(PyImport_ImportModule("sys"));
               // Backup original 'sys.stdin' if not yet done
               PyRun_SimpleString("if not hasattr(sys, 'pythonqt_original_stdin'):"
                                  "sys.pythonqt_original_stdin = sys.stdin");
               in = PythonQtStdInRedirectType.tp_new(&PythonQtStdInRedirectType, NULL, NULL);
               ((PythonQtStdInRedirect*)in.object())->_cb = callback;
               ((PythonQtStdInRedirect*)in.object())->_callData = callbackData;
               // replace the built in file objects with our own objects
               PyModule_AddObject(sys, "stdin", in);
               // Backup custom 'stdin' into 'pythonqt_stdin'
               PyRun_SimpleString("sys.pythonqt_stdin = sys.stdin");
             }
             void PythonQt::setRedirectStdInCallbackEnabled(bool enabled)
             {
               if (enabled)
                 {
                 PyRun_SimpleString("if hasattr(sys, 'pythonqt_stdin'):"
                                    "sys.stdin = sys.pythonqt_stdin");
                 }
               else
                 {
                 PyRun_SimpleString("if hasattr(sys,'pythonqt_original_stdin'):"
                                    "sys.stdin = sys.pythonqt_original_stdin");
                 }
             }
             PythonQtImportFileInterface* PythonQt::importInterface()
             {
               return _self->_p->_importInterface?_self->_p->_importInterface:_self->_p->_defaultImporter;
             }
             void PythonQt::qObjectNoLongerWrappedCB(QObject* o)
             {
               if (_self->_p->_noLongerWrappedCB) {
                 (*_self->_p->_noLongerWrappedCB)(o);
               };
             }
             void PythonQt::registerClass(const QMetaObject* metaobject, const char* package, PythonQtQObjectCreatorFunctionCB* wrapperCreator, PythonQtShellSetInstanceWrapperCB* shell)
             {
               _p->registerClass(metaobject, package, wrapperCreator, shell);
             }
             void PythonQtPrivate::registerClass(const QMetaObject* metaobject, const char* package, PythonQtQObjectCreatorFunctionCB* wrapperCreator, PythonQtShellSetInstanceWrapperCB* shell, PyObject* module, int typeSlots)
             {
               // we register all classes in the hierarchy
               const QMetaObject* m = metaobject;
               bool first = true;
               while (m) {
                 PythonQtClassInfo* info = lookupClassInfoAndCreateIfNotPresent(m->className());
                 if (!info->pythonQtClassWrapper()) {
                   info->setTypeSlots(typeSlots);
                   info->setupQObject(m);
                   createPythonQtClassWrapper(info, package, module);
                   if (m->superClass()) {
                     PythonQtClassInfo* parentInfo = lookupClassInfoAndCreateIfNotPresent(m->superClass()->className());
                     info->addParentClass(PythonQtClassInfo::ParentClassInfo(parentInfo));
                   }
                 } else if (first && module) {
                   // There is a wrapper already, but if we got a module, we want to place the wrapper into that module as well,
                   // since it might have been placed into "private" earlier on.
                   // If the wrapper was already added to module before, it is just readded, which does no harm.
                   PyObject* classWrapper = info->pythonQtClassWrapper();
                   // AddObject steals a reference, so we need to INCREF
                   Py_INCREF(classWrapper);
                   PyModule_AddObject(module, info->className(), classWrapper);
                 }
                 if (first) {
                   first = false;
                   if (wrapperCreator) {
                     info->setDecoratorProvider(wrapperCreator);
                   }
                   if (shell) {
                     info->setShellSetInstanceWrapperCB(shell);
                   }
                 }
                 m = m->superClass();
               }
             }
             void PythonQtPrivate::createPythonQtClassWrapper(PythonQtClassInfo* info, const char* package, PyObject* module)
             {
               PyObject* pack = module?module:packageByName(package);
               PyObject* pyobj = (PyObject*)createNewPythonQtClassWrapper(info, pack);
               PyModule_AddObject(pack, info->className(), pyobj);
               if (!module && package && strncmp(package,"Qt",2)==0) {
                 // since PyModule_AddObject steals the reference, we need a incref once more...
                 Py_INCREF(pyobj);
                 // put all qt objects into Qt as well
                 PyModule_AddObject(packageByName("Qt"), info->className(), pyobj);
               }
               info->setPythonQtClassWrapper(pyobj);
             }
             PyObject* PythonQtPrivate::wrapQObject(QObject* obj)
             {
               if (!obj) {
                 Py_INCREF(Py_None);
                 return Py_None;
               }
               PythonQtInstanceWrapper* wrap = findWrapperAndRemoveUnused(obj);
               if (!wrap) {
                 // smuggling it in...
                 PythonQtClassInfo* classInfo = _knownClassInfos.value(obj->metaObject()->className());
                 if (!classInfo || classInfo->pythonQtClassWrapper()==NULL) {
                   registerClass(obj->metaObject());
                   classInfo = _knownClassInfos.value(obj->metaObject()->className());
                 }
                 wrap = createNewPythonQtInstanceWrapper(obj, classInfo);
                 //    mlabDebugConst("MLABPython","new qobject wrapper added " << " " << wrap->_obj->className() << " " << wrap->classInfo()->wrappedClassName().latin1());
               } else {
                 Py_INCREF(wrap);
                 //    mlabDebugConst("MLABPython","qobject wrapper reused " << wrap->_obj->className() << " " << wrap->classInfo()->wrappedClassName().latin1());
               }
               return (PyObject*)wrap;
             }
             PyObject* PythonQtPrivate::wrapPtr(void* ptr, const QByteArray& name)
             {
               if (!ptr) {
                 Py_INCREF(Py_None);
                 return Py_None;
               }
               PythonQtInstanceWrapper* wrap = findWrapperAndRemoveUnused(ptr);
               if (!wrap) {
                 PythonQtClassInfo* info = _knownClassInfos.value(name);
                 if (!info) {
                   // maybe it is a PyObject, which we can return directly
                   if (name == "PyObject") {
                     PyObject* p = (PyObject*)ptr;
                     Py_INCREF(p);
                     return p;
                   }
                   // we do not know the metaobject yet, but we might know it by it's name:
                   if (_knownQObjectClassNames.find(name)!=_knownQObjectClassNames.end()) {
                     // yes, we know it, so we can convert to QObject
                     QObject* qptr = (QObject*)ptr;
                     registerClass(qptr->metaObject());
                     info = _knownClassInfos.value(qptr->metaObject()->className());
                   }
                 }
                 if (info && info->isQObject()) {
                   QObject* qptr = (QObject*)ptr;
                   // if the object is a derived object, we want to switch the class info to the one of the derived class:
                   if (name!=(qptr->metaObject()->className())) {
                     registerClass(qptr->metaObject());
                     info = _knownClassInfos.value(qptr->metaObject()->className());
                   }
                   wrap = createNewPythonQtInstanceWrapper(qptr, info);
                   //    mlabDebugConst("MLABPython","new qobject wrapper added " << " " << wrap->_obj->className() << " " << wrap->classInfo()->wrappedClassName().latin1());
                   return (PyObject*)wrap;
                 }
+                // not a known QObject, try to wrap via foreign wrapper factories
+                PyObject* foreignWrapper = NULL;
+                for (int i=0; i<_foreignWrapperFactories.size(); i++) {
+                  foreignWrapper = _foreignWrapperFactories.at(i)->wrap(name, ptr);
+                  if (foreignWrapper) {
+                    return foreignWrapper;
+                  }
+                }
                 // not a known QObject, so try our wrapper factory:
                 QObject* wrapper = NULL;
                 for (int i=0; i<_cppWrapperFactories.size(); i++) {
                   wrapper = _cppWrapperFactories.at(i)->create(name, ptr);
                   if (wrapper) {
                     break;
                   }
                 }
                 if (info) {
                   // try to downcast in the class hierarchy, which will modify info and ptr if it is successfull
                   ptr  = info->castDownIfPossible(ptr, &info);
                 }
                 if (!info || info->pythonQtClassWrapper()==NULL) {
                   // still unknown, register as CPP class
                   registerCPPClass(name.constData());
                   info = _knownClassInfos.value(name);
                 }
                 if (wrapper && (info->metaObject() != wrapper->metaObject())) {
                   // if we a have a QObject wrapper and the metaobjects do not match, set the metaobject again!
                   info->setMetaObject(wrapper->metaObject());
                 }
-                // TODO XXX: delegate wrapping via CB here (pass name and ptr)
                 wrap = createNewPythonQtInstanceWrapper(wrapper, info, ptr);
                 //          mlabDebugConst("MLABPython","new c++ wrapper added " << wrap->_wrappedPtr << " " << wrap->_obj->className() << " " << wrap->classInfo()->wrappedClassName().latin1());
               } else {
                 Py_INCREF(wrap);
                 //mlabDebugConst("MLABPython","c++ wrapper reused " << wrap->_wrappedPtr << " " << wrap->_obj->className() << " " << wrap->classInfo()->wrappedClassName().latin1());
               }
               return (PyObject*)wrap;
             }
             PyObject* PythonQtPrivate::dummyTuple() {
               static PyObject* dummyTuple = NULL;
               if (dummyTuple==NULL) {
                 dummyTuple = PyTuple_New(1);
                 PyTuple_SET_ITEM(dummyTuple, 0 , PyString_FromString("dummy"));
               }
               return dummyTuple;
             }
             PythonQtInstanceWrapper* PythonQtPrivate::createNewPythonQtInstanceWrapper(QObject* obj, PythonQtClassInfo* info, void* wrappedPtr) {
               // call the associated class type to create a new instance...
               PythonQtInstanceWrapper* result = (PythonQtInstanceWrapper*)PyObject_Call(info->pythonQtClassWrapper(), dummyTuple(), NULL);
               result->setQObject(obj);
               result->_wrappedPtr = wrappedPtr;
               result->_ownedByPythonQt = false;
               result->_useQMetaTypeDestroy = false;
               if (wrappedPtr) {
                 _wrappedObjects.insert(wrappedPtr, result);
               } else {
                 _wrappedObjects.insert(obj, result);
                 if (obj->parent()== NULL && _wrappedCB) {
                   // tell someone who is interested that the qobject is wrapped the first time, if it has no parent
                   (*_wrappedCB)(obj);
                 }
               }
               return result;
             }
             PythonQtClassWrapper* PythonQtPrivate::createNewPythonQtClassWrapper(PythonQtClassInfo* info, PyObject* parentModule) {
               PythonQtClassWrapper* result;
               PyObject* className = PyString_FromString(info->className());
               PyObject* baseClasses = PyTuple_New(1);
               PyTuple_SET_ITEM(baseClasses, 0, (PyObject*)&PythonQtInstanceWrapper_Type);
               PyObject* typeDict = PyDict_New();
               PyObject* moduleName = PyObject_GetAttrString(parentModule, "__name__");
               PyDict_SetItemString(typeDict, "__module__", moduleName);
               PyObject* args  = Py_BuildValue("OOO", className, baseClasses, typeDict);
               // set the class info so that PythonQtClassWrapper_new can read it
               _currentClassInfoForClassWrapperCreation = info;
               // create the new type object by calling the type
               result = (PythonQtClassWrapper *)PyObject_Call((PyObject *)&PythonQtClassWrapper_Type, args, NULL);
               Py_DECREF(baseClasses);
               Py_DECREF(typeDict);
               Py_DECREF(args);
               Py_DECREF(className);
               return result;
             }
             PyObject*  PythonQtPrivate::createEnumValueInstance(PyObject* enumType, unsigned int enumValue)
             {
               PyObject* args = Py_BuildValue("(i)", enumValue);
               PyObject* result = PyObject_Call(enumType, args, NULL);
               Py_DECREF(args);
               return result;
             }
             PyObject* PythonQtPrivate::createNewPythonQtEnumWrapper(const char* enumName, PyObject* parentObject) {
               PyObject* result;
               PyObject* className = PyString_FromString(enumName);
               PyObject* baseClasses = PyTuple_New(1);
               PyTuple_SET_ITEM(baseClasses, 0, (PyObject*)&PyInt_Type);
               PyObject* module = PyObject_GetAttrString(parentObject, "__module__");
               PyObject* typeDict = PyDict_New();
               PyDict_SetItemString(typeDict, "__module__", module);
               PyObject* args  = Py_BuildValue("OOO", className, baseClasses, typeDict);
               // create the new int derived type object by calling the core type
               result = PyObject_Call((PyObject *)&PyType_Type, args, NULL);
               Py_DECREF(baseClasses);
               Py_DECREF(typeDict);
               Py_DECREF(args);
               Py_DECREF(className);
               return result;
             }
             PythonQtSignalReceiver* PythonQt::getSignalReceiver(QObject* obj)
             {
               PythonQtSignalReceiver* r = _p->_signalReceivers[obj];
               if (!r) {
                 r = new PythonQtSignalReceiver(obj);
                 _p->_signalReceivers.insert(obj, r);
               }
               return r;
             }
             bool PythonQt::addSignalHandler(QObject* obj, const char* signal, PyObject* module, const QString& objectname)
             {
               bool flag = false;
               PythonQtObjectPtr callable = lookupCallable(module, objectname);
               if (callable) {
                 PythonQtSignalReceiver* r = getSignalReceiver(obj);
                 flag = r->addSignalHandler(signal, callable);
                 if (!flag) {
                   // signal not found
                 }
               } else {
                 // callable not found
               }
               return flag;
             }
             bool PythonQt::addSignalHandler(QObject* obj, const char* signal, PyObject* receiver)
             {
               bool flag = false;
               PythonQtSignalReceiver* r = getSignalReceiver(obj);
               if (r) {
                 flag = r->addSignalHandler(signal, receiver);
               }
               return flag;
             }
             bool PythonQt::removeSignalHandler(QObject* obj, const char* signal, PyObject* module, const QString& objectname)
             {
               bool flag = false;
               PythonQtObjectPtr callable = lookupCallable(module, objectname);
               if (callable) {
                 PythonQtSignalReceiver* r = _p->_signalReceivers[obj];
                 if (r) {
                   flag = r->removeSignalHandler(signal, callable);
                 }
               } else {
                 // callable not found
               }
               return flag;
             }
             bool PythonQt::removeSignalHandler(QObject* obj, const char* signal, PyObject* receiver)
             {
               bool flag = false;
               PythonQtSignalReceiver* r = _p->_signalReceivers[obj];
               if (r) {
                 flag = r->removeSignalHandler(signal, receiver);
               }
               return flag;
             }
             PythonQtObjectPtr PythonQt::lookupCallable(PyObject* module, const QString& name)
             {
               PythonQtObjectPtr p = lookupObject(module, name);
               if (p) {
                 if (PyCallable_Check(p)) {
                   return p;
                 }
               }
               PyErr_Clear();
               return NULL;
             }
             PythonQtObjectPtr PythonQt::lookupObject(PyObject* module, const QString& name)
             {
               QStringList l = name.split('.');
               PythonQtObjectPtr p = module;
               PythonQtObjectPtr prev;
               QString s;
               QByteArray b;
               for (QStringList::ConstIterator i = l.begin(); i!=l.end() && p; ++i) {
                 prev = p;
                 b = (*i).toLatin1();
                 if (PyDict_Check(p)) {
                   p = PyDict_GetItemString(p, b.data());
                 } else {
                   p.setNewRef(PyObject_GetAttrString(p, b.data()));
                 }
               }
               PyErr_Clear();
               return p;
             }
             PythonQtObjectPtr PythonQt::getMainModule() {
               //both borrowed
               PythonQtObjectPtr dict = PyImport_GetModuleDict();
               return PyDict_GetItemString(dict, "__main__");
             }
             PythonQtObjectPtr PythonQt::importModule(const QString& name)
             {
               PythonQtObjectPtr mod;
               mod.setNewRef(PyImport_ImportModule(name.toLatin1().constData()));
               return mod;
             }
             QVariant PythonQt::evalCode(PyObject* object, PyObject* pycode) {
               QVariant result;
               if (pycode) {
                 PyObject* dict = NULL;
                 if (PyModule_Check(object)) {
                   dict = PyModule_GetDict(object);
                 } else if (PyDict_Check(object)) {
                   dict = object;
                 }
                 PyObject* r = NULL;
                 if (dict) {
                   r = PyEval_EvalCode((PyCodeObject*)pycode, dict , dict);
                 }
                 if (r) {
                   result = PythonQtConv::PyObjToQVariant(r);
                   Py_DECREF(r);
                 } else {
                   handleError();
                 }
               } else {
                 handleError();
               }
               return result;
             }
             QVariant PythonQt::evalScript(PyObject* object, const QString& script, int start)
             {
               QVariant result;
               PythonQtObjectPtr p;
               PyObject* dict = NULL;
               if (PyModule_Check(object)) {
                 dict = PyModule_GetDict(object);
               } else if (PyDict_Check(object)) {
                 dict = object;
               }
               if (dict) {
                 p.setNewRef(PyRun_String(script.toLatin1().data(), start, dict, dict));
               }
               if (p) {
                 result = PythonQtConv::PyObjToQVariant(p);
               } else {
                 handleError();
               }
               return result;
             }
             void PythonQt::evalFile(PyObject* module, const QString& filename)
             {
               PythonQtObjectPtr code = parseFile(filename);
               if (code) {
                 evalCode(module, code);
               } else {
                 handleError();
               }
             }
             PythonQtObjectPtr PythonQt::parseFile(const QString& filename)
             {
               PythonQtObjectPtr p;
               p.setNewRef(PythonQtImport::getCodeFromPyc(filename));
               if (!p) {
                 handleError();
               }
               return p;
             }
             PythonQtObjectPtr PythonQt::createModuleFromFile(const QString& name, const QString& filename)
             {
               PythonQtObjectPtr code = parseFile(filename);
               PythonQtObjectPtr module = _p->createModule(name, code);
               return module;
             }
             PythonQtObjectPtr PythonQt::createModuleFromScript(const QString& name, const QString& script)
             {
               PyErr_Clear();
               QString scriptCode = script;
               if (scriptCode.isEmpty()) {
                 // we always need at least a linefeed
                 scriptCode = "\n";
               }
               PythonQtObjectPtr pycode;
               pycode.setNewRef(Py_CompileString((char*)scriptCode.toLatin1().data(), "",  Py_file_input));
               PythonQtObjectPtr module = _p->createModule(name, pycode);
               return module;
             }
             PythonQtObjectPtr PythonQt::createUniqueModule()
             {
               static QString pyQtStr("PythonQt_module");
               QString moduleName = pyQtStr+QString::number(_uniqueModuleCount++);
               return createModuleFromScript(moduleName);
             }
             void PythonQt::addObject(PyObject* object, const QString& name, QObject* qObject)
             {
               if (PyModule_Check(object)) {
                 PyModule_AddObject(object, name.toLatin1().data(), _p->wrapQObject(qObject));
               } else if (PyDict_Check(object)) {
                 PyDict_SetItemString(object, name.toLatin1().data(), _p->wrapQObject(qObject));
               } else {
                 PyObject_SetAttrString(object, name.toLatin1().data(), _p->wrapQObject(qObject));
               }
             }
             void PythonQt::addVariable(PyObject* object, const QString& name, const QVariant& v)
             {
               if (PyModule_Check(object)) {
                 PyModule_AddObject(object, name.toLatin1().data(), PythonQtConv::QVariantToPyObject(v));
               } else if (PyDict_Check(object)) {
                 PyDict_SetItemString(object, name.toLatin1().data(), PythonQtConv::QVariantToPyObject(v));
               } else {
                 PyObject_SetAttrString(object, name.toLatin1().data(), PythonQtConv::QVariantToPyObject(v));
               }
             }
             void PythonQt::removeVariable(PyObject* object, const QString& name)
             {
               if (PyDict_Check(object)) {
                 PyDict_DelItemString(object, name.toLatin1().data());
               } else {
                 PyObject_DelAttrString(object, name.toLatin1().data());
               }
             }
             QVariant PythonQt::getVariable(PyObject* object, const QString& objectname)
             {
               QVariant result;
               PythonQtObjectPtr obj = lookupObject(object, objectname);
               if (obj) {
                 result = PythonQtConv::PyObjToQVariant(obj);
               }
               return result;
             }
             QStringList PythonQt::introspection(PyObject* module, const QString& objectname, PythonQt::ObjectType type)
             {
               QStringList results;
               PythonQtObjectPtr object;
               if (objectname.isEmpty()) {
                 object = module;
               } else {
                 object = lookupObject(module, objectname);
                 if (!object && type == CallOverloads) {
                   PyObject* dict = lookupObject(module, "__builtins__");
                   if (dict) {
                     object = PyDict_GetItemString(dict, objectname.toLatin1().constData());
                   }
                 }
               }
               if (object) {
                 if (type == CallOverloads) {
                   if (PythonQtSlotFunction_Check(object)) {
                     PythonQtSlotFunctionObject* o = (PythonQtSlotFunctionObject*)object.object();
                     PythonQtSlotInfo* info = o->m_ml;
                     while (info) {
                       results << info->fullSignature();
                       info = info->nextInfo();
                     }
                   } else if (object->ob_type == &PythonQtClassWrapper_Type) {
                     PythonQtClassWrapper* o = (PythonQtClassWrapper*)object.object();
                     PythonQtSlotInfo* info = o->classInfo()->constructors();
                     while (info) {
                       results << info->fullSignature();
                       info = info->nextInfo();
                     }
                   } else {
                     //TODO: use pydoc!
                     PyObject* doc = PyObject_GetAttrString(object, "__doc__");
                     if (doc) {
                       results << PyString_AsString(doc);
                       Py_DECREF(doc);
                     }
                   }
                 } else {
                   PyObject* keys = NULL;
                   bool isDict = false;
                   if (PyDict_Check(object)) {
                     keys = PyDict_Keys(object);
                     isDict = true;
                   } else {
                     keys = PyObject_Dir(object);
                   }
                   if (keys) {
                     int count = PyList_Size(keys);
                     PyObject* key;
                     PyObject* value;
                     QString keystr;
                     for (int i = 0;i<count;i++) {
                       key = PyList_GetItem(keys,i);
                       if (isDict) {
                         value = PyDict_GetItem(object, key);
                         Py_INCREF(value);
                       } else {
                         value = PyObject_GetAttr(object, key);
                       }
                       if (!value) continue;
                       keystr = PyString_AsString(key);
                       static const QString underscoreStr("__tmp");
                       if (!keystr.startsWith(underscoreStr)) {
                         switch (type) {
                         case Anything:
                           results << keystr;
                           break;
                         case Class:
                           if (value->ob_type == &PyClass_Type) {
                             results << keystr;
                           }
                           break;
                         case Variable:
                           if (value->ob_type != &PyClass_Type
                             && value->ob_type != &PyCFunction_Type
                             && value->ob_type != &PyFunction_Type
                             && value->ob_type != &PyModule_Type
                             ) {
                             results << keystr;
                           }
                           break;
                         case Function:
                           if (value->ob_type == &PyFunction_Type ||
                             value->ob_type == &PyMethod_Type
                             ) {
                             results << keystr;
                           }
                           break;
                         case Module:
                           if (value->ob_type == &PyModule_Type) {
                             results << keystr;
                           }
                           break;
                         default:
                           std::cerr << "PythonQt: introspection: unknown case" << ", in " << __FILE__ << ":" << __LINE__ << std::endl;
                         }
                       }
                       Py_DECREF(value);
                     }
                     Py_DECREF(keys);
                   }
                 }
               }
               return results;
             }
             QVariant PythonQt::call(PyObject* object, const QString& name, const QVariantList& args)
             {
               PythonQtObjectPtr callable = lookupCallable(object, name);
               if (callable) {
                 return call(callable, args);
               } else {
                 return QVariant();
               }
             }
             QVariant PythonQt::call(PyObject* callable, const QVariantList& args)
             {
               QVariant r;
               PythonQtObjectPtr result;
               result.setNewRef(callAndReturnPyObject(callable, args));
               if (result) {
                 r = PythonQtConv::PyObjToQVariant(result);
               } else {
                 PythonQt::self()->handleError();
               }
               return r;
             }
             PyObject* PythonQt::callAndReturnPyObject(PyObject* callable, const QVariantList& args)
             {
               PyObject* result = NULL;
               if (callable) {
                 PythonQtObjectPtr pargs;
                 int count = args.size();
                 if (count>0) {
                   pargs.setNewRef(PyTuple_New(count));
                 }
                 bool err = false;
                 // transform QVariants to Python
                 for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
                   PyObject* arg = PythonQtConv::QVariantToPyObject(args.at(i));
                   if (arg) {
                     // steals reference, no unref
                     PyTuple_SetItem(pargs, i,arg);
                   } else {
                     err = true;
                     break;
                   }
                 }
                 if (!err) {
                   PyErr_Clear();
                   result = PyObject_CallObject(callable, pargs);
                 }
               }
               return result;
             }
             void PythonQt::addInstanceDecorators(QObject* o)
             {
               _p->addDecorators(o, PythonQtPrivate::InstanceDecorator);
             }
             void PythonQt::addClassDecorators(QObject* o)
             {
               _p->addDecorators(o, PythonQtPrivate::StaticDecorator | PythonQtPrivate::ConstructorDecorator | PythonQtPrivate::DestructorDecorator);
             }
             void PythonQt::addDecorators(QObject* o)
             {
               _p->addDecorators(o, PythonQtPrivate::AllDecorators);
             }
             void PythonQt::registerQObjectClassNames(const QStringList& names)
             {
               _p->registerQObjectClassNames(names);
             }
             void PythonQt::setImporter(PythonQtImportFileInterface* importInterface)
             {
               _p->_importInterface = importInterface;
               PythonQtImport::init();
             }
             void PythonQt::setImporterIgnorePaths(const QStringList& paths)
             {
               _p->_importIgnorePaths = paths;
             }
             const QStringList& PythonQt::getImporterIgnorePaths()
             {
               return _p->_importIgnorePaths;
             }
             void PythonQt::addWrapperFactory(PythonQtCppWrapperFactory* factory)
             {
               _p->_cppWrapperFactories.append(factory);
             }
+            void PythonQt::addWrapperFactory( PythonQtForeignWrapperFactory* factory )
+            {
+              _p->_foreignWrapperFactories.append(factory);
+            }
             //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             PythonQtPrivate::PythonQtPrivate()
             {
               _importInterface = NULL;
               _defaultImporter = new PythonQtQFileImporter;
               _noLongerWrappedCB = NULL;
               _wrappedCB = NULL;
               _currentClassInfoForClassWrapperCreation = NULL;
               _profilingCB = NULL;
             }
             void PythonQtPrivate::setupSharedLibrarySuffixes()
             {
               _sharedLibrarySuffixes.clear();
               PythonQtObjectPtr imp;
               imp.setNewRef(PyImport_ImportModule("imp"));
               int cExtensionCode = imp.getVariable("C_EXTENSION").toInt();
               QVariant result = imp.call("get_suffixes");
             #ifdef __linux
               #ifdef _DEBUG
               // First look for shared libraries with the '_d' suffix in debug mode on Linux.
               // This is a workaround, because python does not append the '_d' suffix on Linux
               // and would always load the release library otherwise.
               _sharedLibrarySuffixes << "_d.so";
               #endif
             #endif
               foreach (QVariant entry, result.toList()) {
                 QVariantList suffixEntry = entry.toList();
                 if (suffixEntry.count()==3) {
                   int code = suffixEntry.at(2).toInt();
                   if (code == cExtensionCode) {
                     _sharedLibrarySuffixes << suffixEntry.at(0).toString();
                   }
                 }
               }
             }
             PythonQtClassInfo* PythonQtPrivate::currentClassInfoForClassWrapperCreation()
             {
               PythonQtClassInfo* info = _currentClassInfoForClassWrapperCreation;
               _currentClassInfoForClassWrapperCreation = NULL;
               return info;
             }
             void PythonQtPrivate::addDecorators(QObject* o, int decoTypes)
             {
               o->setParent(this);
               int numMethods = o->metaObject()->methodCount();
               for (int i = 0; i < numMethods; i++) {
                 QMetaMethod m = o->metaObject()->method(i);
                 if ((m.methodType() == QMetaMethod::Method ||
                   m.methodType() == QMetaMethod::Slot) && m.access() == QMetaMethod::Public) {
                   if (qstrncmp(m.signature(), "new_", 4)==0) {
                     if ((decoTypes & ConstructorDecorator) == 0) continue;
                     const PythonQtMethodInfo* info = PythonQtMethodInfo::getCachedMethodInfo(m, NULL);
                     if (info->parameters().at(0).pointerCount == 1) {
                       QByteArray signature = m.signature();
                       QByteArray nameOfClass = signature.mid(4, signature.indexOf('(')-4);
                       PythonQtClassInfo* classInfo = lookupClassInfoAndCreateIfNotPresent(nameOfClass);
                       PythonQtSlotInfo* newSlot = new PythonQtSlotInfo(NULL, m, i, o, PythonQtSlotInfo::ClassDecorator);
                       classInfo->addConstructor(newSlot);
                     }
                   } else if (qstrncmp(m.signature(), "delete_", 7)==0) {
                     if ((decoTypes & DestructorDecorator) == 0) continue;
                     QByteArray signature = m.signature();
                     QByteArray nameOfClass = signature.mid(7, signature.indexOf('(')-7);
                     PythonQtClassInfo* classInfo = lookupClassInfoAndCreateIfNotPresent(nameOfClass);
                     PythonQtSlotInfo* newSlot = new PythonQtSlotInfo(NULL, m, i, o, PythonQtSlotInfo::ClassDecorator);
                     classInfo->setDestructor(newSlot);
                   } else if (qstrncmp(m.signature(), "static_", 7)==0) {
                     if ((decoTypes & StaticDecorator) == 0) continue;
                     QByteArray signature = m.signature();
                     QByteArray nameOfClass = signature.mid(signature.indexOf('_')+1);
                     nameOfClass = nameOfClass.mid(0, nameOfClass.indexOf('_'));
                     PythonQtClassInfo* classInfo = lookupClassInfoAndCreateIfNotPresent(nameOfClass);
                     PythonQtSlotInfo* newSlot = new PythonQtSlotInfo(NULL, m, i, o, PythonQtSlotInfo::ClassDecorator);
                     classInfo->addDecoratorSlot(newSlot);
                   } else {
                     if ((decoTypes & InstanceDecorator) == 0) continue;
                     const PythonQtMethodInfo* info = PythonQtMethodInfo::getCachedMethodInfo(m, NULL);
                     if (info->parameters().count()>1) {
                       PythonQtMethodInfo::ParameterInfo p = info->parameters().at(1);
                       if (p.pointerCount==1) {
                         PythonQtClassInfo* classInfo = lookupClassInfoAndCreateIfNotPresent(p.name);
                         PythonQtSlotInfo* newSlot = new PythonQtSlotInfo(NULL, m, i, o, PythonQtSlotInfo::InstanceDecorator);
                         classInfo->addDecoratorSlot(newSlot);
                       }
                     }
                   }
                 }
               }
             }
             void PythonQtPrivate::registerQObjectClassNames(const QStringList& names)
             {
               foreach(QString name, names) {
                 _knownQObjectClassNames.insert(name.toLatin1(), true);
               }
             }
             void PythonQtPrivate::removeSignalEmitter(QObject* obj)
             {
               _signalReceivers.remove(obj);
             }
             bool PythonQt::handleError()
             {
               bool flag = false;
               if (PyErr_Occurred()) {
                 // currently we just print the error and the stderr handler parses the errors
                 PyErr_Print();
                 /*
                 // EXTRA: the format of the ptype and ptraceback is not really documented, so I use PyErr_Print() above
                 PyObject *ptype;
                 PyObject *pvalue;
                 PyObject *ptraceback;
                 PyErr_Fetch( &ptype, &pvalue, &ptraceback);
                   Py_XDECREF(ptype);
                   Py_XDECREF(pvalue);
                   Py_XDECREF(ptraceback);
                 */
                 PyErr_Clear();
                 flag = true;
               }
               return flag;
             }
             void PythonQt::addSysPath(const QString& path)
             {
               PythonQtObjectPtr sys;
               sys.setNewRef(PyImport_ImportModule("sys"));
               PythonQtObjectPtr obj = lookupObject(sys, "path");
               PyList_Insert(obj, 0, PythonQtConv::QStringToPyObject(path));
             }
             void PythonQt::overwriteSysPath(const QStringList& paths)
             {
               PythonQtObjectPtr sys;
               sys.setNewRef(PyImport_ImportModule("sys"));
               PyModule_AddObject(sys, "path", PythonQtConv::QStringListToPyList(paths));
             }
             void PythonQt::setModuleImportPath(PyObject* module, const QStringList& paths)
             {
               PyModule_AddObject(module, "__path__", PythonQtConv::QStringListToPyList(paths));
             }
             void PythonQt::stdOutRedirectCB(const QString& str)
             {
               if (!PythonQt::self()) {
                 std::cout << str.toLatin1().data() << std::endl;
                 return;
               }
               emit PythonQt::self()->pythonStdOut(str);
             }
             void PythonQt::stdErrRedirectCB(const QString& str)
             {
               if (!PythonQt::self()) {
                 std::cerr << str.toLatin1().data() << std::endl;
                 return;
               }
               emit PythonQt::self()->pythonStdErr(str);
             }
             void PythonQt::setQObjectWrappedCallback(PythonQtQObjectWrappedCB* cb)
             {
               _p->_wrappedCB = cb;
             }
             void PythonQt::setQObjectNoLongerWrappedCallback(PythonQtQObjectNoLongerWrappedCB* cb)
             {
               _p->_noLongerWrappedCB = cb;
             }
             void PythonQt::setProfilingCallback(ProfilingCB* cb)
             {
               _p->_profilingCB = cb;
             }
             static PyMethodDef PythonQtMethods[] = {
               {NULL, NULL, 0, NULL}
             };
             void PythonQt::initPythonQtModule(bool redirectStdOut, const QByteArray& pythonQtModuleName)
             {
               QByteArray name = "PythonQt";
               if (!pythonQtModuleName.isEmpty()) {
                 name = pythonQtModuleName;
               }
               _p->_pythonQtModule = Py_InitModule(name.constData(), PythonQtMethods);
               _p->_pythonQtModuleName = name;
               if (redirectStdOut) {
                 PythonQtObjectPtr sys;
                 PythonQtObjectPtr out;
                 PythonQtObjectPtr err;
                 sys.setNewRef(PyImport_ImportModule("sys"));
                 // create a redirection object for stdout and stderr
                 out = PythonQtStdOutRedirectType.tp_new(&PythonQtStdOutRedirectType,NULL, NULL);
                 ((PythonQtStdOutRedirect*)out.object())->_cb = stdOutRedirectCB;
                 err = PythonQtStdOutRedirectType.tp_new(&PythonQtStdOutRedirectType,NULL, NULL);
                 ((PythonQtStdOutRedirect*)err.object())->_cb = stdErrRedirectCB;
                 // replace the built in file objects with our own objects
                 PyModule_AddObject(sys, "stdout", out);
                 PyModule_AddObject(sys, "stderr", err);
               }
             }
             void PythonQt::registerCPPClass(const char* typeName, const char* parentTypeName, const char* package, PythonQtQObjectCreatorFunctionCB* wrapperCreator,  PythonQtShellSetInstanceWrapperCB* shell)
             {
               _p->registerCPPClass(typeName, parentTypeName, package, wrapperCreator, shell);
             }
             PythonQtClassInfo* PythonQtPrivate::lookupClassInfoAndCreateIfNotPresent(const char* typeName)
             {
               PythonQtClassInfo* info = _knownClassInfos.value(typeName);
               if (!info) {
                 info = new PythonQtClassInfo();
                 info->setupCPPObject(typeName);
                 _knownClassInfos.insert(typeName, info);
               }
               return info;
             }
             void PythonQt::addPolymorphicHandler(const char* typeName, PythonQtPolymorphicHandlerCB* cb)
             {
               _p->addPolymorphicHandler(typeName, cb);
             }
             void PythonQtPrivate::addPolymorphicHandler(const char* typeName, PythonQtPolymorphicHandlerCB* cb)
             {
               PythonQtClassInfo* info = lookupClassInfoAndCreateIfNotPresent(typeName);
               info->addPolymorphicHandler(cb);
             }
             bool PythonQt::addParentClass(const char* typeName, const char* parentTypeName, int upcastingOffset)
             {
               return _p->addParentClass(typeName, parentTypeName, upcastingOffset);
             }
             bool PythonQtPrivate::addParentClass(const char* typeName, const char* parentTypeName, int upcastingOffset)
             {
               PythonQtClassInfo* info = _knownClassInfos.value(typeName);
               if (info) {
                 PythonQtClassInfo* parentInfo = lookupClassInfoAndCreateIfNotPresent(parentTypeName);
                 info->addParentClass(PythonQtClassInfo::ParentClassInfo(parentInfo, upcastingOffset));
                 return true;
               } else {
                 return false;
               }
             }
             void PythonQtPrivate::registerCPPClass(const char* typeName, const char* parentTypeName, const char* package, PythonQtQObjectCreatorFunctionCB* wrapperCreator,  PythonQtShellSetInstanceWrapperCB* shell, PyObject* module, int typeSlots)
             {
               PythonQtClassInfo* info = lookupClassInfoAndCreateIfNotPresent(typeName);
               if (!info->pythonQtClassWrapper()) {
                 info->setTypeSlots(typeSlots);
                 info->setupCPPObject(typeName);
                 createPythonQtClassWrapper(info, package, module);
               }
               if (parentTypeName && strcmp(parentTypeName,"")!=0) {
                 addParentClass(typeName, parentTypeName, 0);
               }
               if (wrapperCreator) {
                 info->setDecoratorProvider(wrapperCreator);
               }
               if (shell) {
                 info->setShellSetInstanceWrapperCB(shell);
               }
             }
             PyObject* PythonQtPrivate::packageByName(const char* name)
             {
               if (name==NULL || name[0]==0) {
                 name = "private";
               }
               PyObject* v = _packages.value(name);
               if (!v) {
                 v = PyImport_AddModule((_pythonQtModuleName + "." + name).constData());
                 _packages.insert(name, v);
                 // AddObject steals the reference, so increment it!
                 Py_INCREF(v);
                 PyModule_AddObject(_pythonQtModule, name, v);
               }
               return v;
             }
             void PythonQtPrivate::handleVirtualOverloadReturnError(const char* signature, const PythonQtMethodInfo* methodInfo, PyObject* result)
             {
               QString error = "Return value '" + PythonQtConv::PyObjGetString(result) + "' can not be converted to expected C++ type '" + methodInfo->parameters().at(0).name + "' as return value of virtual method " + signature;
               PyErr_SetString(PyExc_AttributeError, error.toLatin1().data());
               PythonQt::self()->handleError();
             }
             PyObject* PythonQt::helpCalled(PythonQtClassInfo* info)
             {
               if (_p->_initFlags & ExternalHelp) {
                 emit pythonHelpRequest(QByteArray(info->className()));
                 return Py_BuildValue("");
               } else {
                 return PyString_FromString(info->help().toLatin1().data());
               }
             }
             void PythonQt::clearNotFoundCachedMembers()
             {
               foreach(PythonQtClassInfo* info, _p->_knownClassInfos) {
                 info->clearNotFoundCachedMembers();
               }
             }
             void PythonQtPrivate::removeWrapperPointer(void* obj)
             {
               _wrappedObjects.remove(obj);
             }
             void PythonQtPrivate::addWrapperPointer(void* obj, PythonQtInstanceWrapper* wrapper)
             {
               _wrappedObjects.insert(obj, wrapper);
             }
             PythonQtInstanceWrapper* PythonQtPrivate::findWrapperAndRemoveUnused(void* obj)
             {
               PythonQtInstanceWrapper* wrap = _wrappedObjects.value(obj);
               if (wrap && !wrap->_wrappedPtr && wrap->_obj == NULL) {
                 // this is a wrapper whose QObject was already removed due to destruction
                 // so the obj pointer has to be a new QObject with the same address...
                 // we remove the old one and set the copy to NULL
                 wrap->_objPointerCopy = NULL;
                 removeWrapperPointer(obj);
                 wrap = NULL;
               }
               return wrap;
             }
             PythonQtObjectPtr PythonQtPrivate::createModule(const QString& name, PyObject* pycode)
             {
               PythonQtObjectPtr result;
               if (pycode) {
                 result.setNewRef(PyImport_ExecCodeModule((char*)name.toLatin1().data(), pycode));
               } else {
                 PythonQt::self()->handleError();
               }
               return result;
             }
+            void* PythonQtPrivate::unwrapForeignWrapper( const QByteArray& classname, PyObject* obj )
+            {
+              void* foreignObject = NULL;
+              for (int i=0; i<_foreignWrapperFactories.size(); i++) {
+                foreignObject = _foreignWrapperFactories.at(i)->unwrap(classname, obj);
+                if (foreignObject) {
+                  return foreignObject;
+                }
+              }
+              return NULL;
+            }
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src/PythonQt.h +9 0

             #ifndef _PYTHONQT_H
             #define _PYTHONQT_H
             /*
              *
              *  Copyright (C) 2010 MeVis Medical Solutions AG All Rights Reserved.
              *
              *  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
              *  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
              *  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
              *  version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
              *
              *  This library 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
              *  Lesser General Public License for more details.
              *
              *  Further, this software is distributed without any warranty that it is
              *  free of the rightful claim of any third person regarding infringement
              *  or the like.  Any license provided herein, whether implied or
              *  otherwise, applies only to this software file.  Patent licenses, if
              *  any, provided herein do not apply to combinations of this program with
              *  other software, or any other product whatsoever.
              *
              *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
              *  License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
              *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
              *
              *  Contact information: MeVis Medical Solutions AG, Universitaetsallee 29,
              *  28359 Bremen, Germany or:
              *
              *  http://www.mevis.de
              *
              */
             //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             /*!
             // \file    PythonQt.h
             // \author  Florian Link
             // \author  Last changed by $Author: florian $
             // \date    2006-05
             */
             //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             #include "PythonQtSystem.h"
             #include "PythonQtInstanceWrapper.h"
             #include "PythonQtClassWrapper.h"
             #include "PythonQtSlot.h"
             #include "PythonQtObjectPtr.h"
             #include "PythonQtStdIn.h"
             #include <QObject>
             #include <QVariant>
             #include <QList>
             #include <QHash>
             #include <QByteArray>
             #include <QStringList>
             #include <QtDebug>
             #include <iostream>
             class PythonQtClassInfo;
             class PythonQtPrivate;
             class PythonQtMethodInfo;
             class PythonQtSignalReceiver;
             class PythonQtImportFileInterface;
             class PythonQtCppWrapperFactory;
+            class PythonQtForeignWrapperFactory;
             class PythonQtQFileImporter;
             typedef void  PythonQtQObjectWrappedCB(QObject* object);
             typedef void  PythonQtQObjectNoLongerWrappedCB(QObject* object);
             typedef void* PythonQtPolymorphicHandlerCB(const void *ptr, const char **class_name);
             typedef void PythonQtShellSetInstanceWrapperCB(void* object, PythonQtInstanceWrapper* wrapper);
             template<class T> void PythonQtSetInstanceWrapperOnShell(void* object, PythonQtInstanceWrapper* wrapper) {
               (reinterpret_cast<T*>(object))->_wrapper = wrapper;
             }
             //! returns the offset that needs to be added to upcast an object of type T1 to T2
             template<class T1, class T2> int PythonQtUpcastingOffset() {
               return ((reinterpret_cast<char*>(static_cast<T2*>(reinterpret_cast<T1*>(0x100))))
                       - (reinterpret_cast<char*>(reinterpret_cast<T1*>(0x100))));
             }
             //! callback to create a QObject lazily
             typedef QObject* PythonQtQObjectCreatorFunctionCB();
             //! helper template to create a derived QObject class
             template<class T> QObject* PythonQtCreateObject() { return new T(); };
             //! The main interface to the Python Qt binding, realized as a singleton
             /*!
              Use PythonQt::init() to initialize the singleton and PythonQt::self() to access it.
              While there can be only one PythonQt instance, you can have any number of Python context to do scripting in.
              One possibility is to use createModuleFromFile(), createModuleFromScript() or createUniqueModule() to get a context
              that is separated from the other contexts. Alternatively you can use Python dicts as contexts for script evaluation,
              but you will need to populate the dict with the __builtins__ instance to have all Pythons available when running
              code in the scope of a dict.
              */
             class PYTHONQT_EXPORT PythonQt : public QObject {
               Q_OBJECT
             public:
               //! flags that can be passed to PythonQt::init()
               enum InitFlags {
                 RedirectStdOut = 1,   //!<< sets if the std out/err is redirected to pythonStdOut() and pythonStdErr() signals
                 IgnoreSiteModule = 2, //!<< sets if Python should ignore the site module
                 ExternalHelp = 4,     //!<< sets if help() calls on PythonQt modules are forwarded to the pythonHelpRequest() signal
                 PythonAlreadyInitialized = 8 //!<< sets that PythonQt should not can PyInitialize, since it is already done
               };
               //! flags that tell PythonQt which operators to expect on the registered type
               enum TypeSlots {
                 Type_Add = 1,
                 Type_Subtract = 1 << 1,
                 Type_Multiply = 1 << 2,
                 Type_Divide = 1 << 3,
                 Type_Mod = 1 << 4,
                 Type_And = 1 << 5,
                 Type_Or = 1 << 6,
                 Type_Xor = 1 << 7,
                 Type_LShift = 1 << 8,
                 Type_RShift = 1 << 9,
                 Type_InplaceAdd = 1 << 10,
                 Type_InplaceSubtract = 1 << 11,
                 Type_InplaceMultiply = 1 << 12,
                 Type_InplaceDivide = 1 << 13,
                 Type_InplaceMod = 1 << 14,
                 Type_InplaceAnd = 1 << 15,
                 Type_InplaceOr = 1 << 16,
                 Type_InplaceXor = 1 << 17,
                 Type_InplaceLShift = 1 << 18,
                 Type_InplaceRShift = 1 << 19,
                 // Not yet needed/nicely mappable/generated...
                 //Type_Positive = 1 << 29,
                 //Type_Negative = 1 << 29,
                 //Type_Abs = 1 << 29,
                 //Type_Hash = 1 << 29,
                 Type_Invert = 1 << 29,
                 Type_RichCompare = 1 << 30,
                 Type_NonZero     = 1 << 31,
               };
               //! enum for profiling callback
               enum ProfilingCallbackState {
                 Enter = 1,
                 Leave = 2
               };
               //! callback for profiling. className and methodName are only passed when state == Enter, otherwise
               //! they are NULL.
               typedef void ProfilingCB(ProfilingCallbackState state, const char* className, const char* methodName);
               //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
               //! \name Singleton Initialization
               //@{
               //! initialize the python qt binding (flags are a or combination of PythonQt::InitFlags), if \c pythonQtModuleName is given
               //! it defines the name of the python module that PythonQt will add, otherwise "PythonQt" is used.
               //! This can be used to e.g. pass in PySide or PyQt4 to make it more compatible.
               static void init(int flags = IgnoreSiteModule | RedirectStdOut, const QByteArray& pythonQtModuleName = QByteArray());
               //! cleanup of the singleton
               static void cleanup();
               //! get the singleton instance
               static PythonQt* self();
               //@}
               //! defines the object types for introspection
               enum ObjectType {
                 Class,
                 Function,
                 Variable,
                 Module,
                 Anything,
                 CallOverloads
               };
               //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
               //! \name Standard input handling
               //@{
               //! Overwrite default handling of stdin using a custom callback. It internally backup
               //! the original 'sys.stdin' into 'sys.pythonqt_original_stdin'
               void setRedirectStdInCallback(PythonQtInputChangedCB* callback, void * callbackData = 0);
               //! Enable or disable stdin custom callback. It resets 'sys.stdin' using either 'sys.pythonqt_stdin'
               //! or 'sys.pythonqt_original_stdin'
               void setRedirectStdInCallbackEnabled(bool enabled);
               //@}
               //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
               //! \name Modules
               //@{
               //! get the __main__ module of python
               PythonQtObjectPtr getMainModule();
               //! import the given module and return a reference to it (useful to import e.g. "sys" and call something on it)
               //! If a module is already imported, this returns the already imported module.
               PythonQtObjectPtr importModule(const QString& name);
               //! creates the new module \c name and evaluates the given file in the context of that module
               //! If the \c script is empty, the module contains no initial code. You can use evalScript/evalCode to add code
               //! to a module later on.
               //! The user needs to make sure that the \c name is unique in the python module dictionary.
               PythonQtObjectPtr createModuleFromFile(const QString& name, const QString& filename);
               //! creates the new module \c name and evaluates the given script in the context of that module.
               //! If the \c script is empty, the module contains no initial code. You can use evalScript/evalCode to add code
               //! to a module later on.
               //! The user needs to make sure that the \c name is unique in the python module dictionary.
               PythonQtObjectPtr createModuleFromScript(const QString& name, const QString& script = QString());
               //! create a uniquely named module, you can use evalFile or evalScript to populate the module with
               //! script code
               PythonQtObjectPtr createUniqueModule();
               //@}
               //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
               //! \name Importing/Paths
               //@{
               //! overwrite the python sys path (call this directly after PythonQt::init() if you want to change the std python sys path)
               void overwriteSysPath(const QStringList& paths);
               //! prepend a path to sys.path to allow importing from it
               void addSysPath(const QString& path);
               //! sets the __path__ list of a module to the given list (important for local imports)
               void setModuleImportPath(PyObject* module, const QStringList& paths);
               //@}
               //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
               //! \name Registering Classes
               //@{
               //! registers a QObject derived class to PythonQt (this is implicitly called by addObject as well)
               /* Since Qt4 does not offer a way to detect if a given classname is derived from QObject and thus has a QMetaObject,
                you MUST register all your QObject derived classes here when you want them to be detected in signal and slot calls */
               void registerClass(const QMetaObject* metaobject, const char* package = NULL, PythonQtQObjectCreatorFunctionCB* wrapperCreator = NULL, PythonQtShellSetInstanceWrapperCB* shell = NULL);
               //! add a wrapper object for the given QMetaType typeName, also does an addClassDecorators() to add constructors for variants
               //! (ownership of wrapper is passed to PythonQt)
               /*! Make sure that you have done a qRegisterMetaType first, if typeName is a user type!
                This will add a wrapper object that is used to make calls to the given classname \c typeName.
                All slots that take a pointer to typeName as the first argument will be callable from Python on
                a variant object that contains such a type.
                */
               void registerCPPClass(const char* typeName, const char* parentTypeName = NULL, const char* package = NULL, PythonQtQObjectCreatorFunctionCB* wrapperCreator = NULL, PythonQtShellSetInstanceWrapperCB* shell = NULL);
               //! as an alternative to registerClass, you can tell PythonQt the names of QObject derived classes
               //! and it will register the classes when it first sees a pointer to such a derived class
               void registerQObjectClassNames(const QStringList& names);
               //! add a parent class relation to the \c given typeName, the upcastingOffset is needed for multiple inheritance
               //! and can be calculated using PythonQtUpcastingOffset<type,parentType>(), which also verifies that
               //! type is really derived from parentType.
               //! Returns false if the typeName was not yet registered.
               bool addParentClass(const char* typeName, const char* parentTypeName, int upcastingOffset=0);
               //! add a handler for polymorphic downcasting
               void addPolymorphicHandler(const char* typeName, PythonQtPolymorphicHandlerCB* cb);
               //@}
               //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
               //! \name Script Parsing and Evaluation
               //@{
               //! parses the given file and returns the python code object, this can then be used to call evalCode()
               PythonQtObjectPtr parseFile(const QString& filename);
               //! evaluates the given code and returns the result value (use Py_Compile etc. to create pycode from string)
               //! If pycode is NULL, a python error is printed.
               QVariant evalCode(PyObject* object, PyObject* pycode);
               //! evaluates the given script code and returns the result value
               QVariant evalScript(PyObject* object, const QString& script, int start = Py_file_input);
               //! evaluates the given script code from file
               void evalFile(PyObject* object, const QString& filename);
               //@}
               //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
               //! \name Signal Handlers
               //@{
               //! add a signal handler to the given \c signal of \c obj  and connect it to a callable \c objectname in module
               bool addSignalHandler(QObject* obj, const char* signal, PyObject* module, const QString& objectname);
               //! remove a signal handler from the given \c signal of \c obj
               bool removeSignalHandler(QObject* obj, const char* signal, PyObject* module, const QString& objectname);
               //! add a signal handler to the given \c signal of \c obj  and connect it to a callable \c receiver
               bool addSignalHandler(QObject* obj, const char* signal, PyObject* receiver);
               //! remove a signal handler from the given \c signal of \c obj
               bool removeSignalHandler(QObject* obj, const char* signal, PyObject* receiver);
               //@}
               //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
               //! \name Variable access
               //@{
               //! add the given \c qObject to the python \c object as a variable with \c name (it can be removed via clearVariable)
               void addObject(PyObject* object, const QString& name, QObject* qObject);
               //! add the given variable to the object
               void addVariable(PyObject* object, const QString& name, const QVariant& v);
               //! remove the given variable
               void removeVariable(PyObject* module, const QString& name);
               //! get the variable with the \c name of the \c object, returns an invalid QVariant on error
               QVariant getVariable(PyObject* object, const QString& name);
               //! read vars etc. in scope of an \c object, optional looking inside of an object \c objectname
               QStringList introspection(PyObject* object, const QString& objectname, ObjectType type);
               //! returns the found callable object or NULL
               //! @return new reference
               PythonQtObjectPtr lookupCallable(PyObject* object, const QString& name);
               //@}
               //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
               //! \name Calling Python Objects
               //@{
               //! call the given python \c callable in the scope of object, returns the result converted to a QVariant
               QVariant call(PyObject* object, const QString& callable, const QVariantList& args = QVariantList());
               //! call the given python object, returns the result converted to a QVariant
               QVariant call(PyObject* callable, const QVariantList& args = QVariantList());
               //! call the given python object, returns the result as new PyObject
               PyObject* callAndReturnPyObject(PyObject* callable, const QVariantList& args = QVariantList());
               //@}
               //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
               //! \name Decorations, Constructors, Wrappers...
               //@{
               //! add an object whose slots will be used as decorator slots for
               //! other QObjects or CPP classes. The slots need to follow the
               //! convention that the first argument is a pointer to the wrapped object.
               //! (ownership is passed to PythonQt)
               /*!
               Example:
               A slot with the signature
               \code
               bool doSomething(QWidget* w, int a)
               \endcode
               will extend QWidget instances (and derived classes) with a "bool doSomething(int a)" slot
               that will be called with the concrete instance as first argument.
               So in Python you can now e.g. call
               \code
               someWidget.doSomething(12)
               \endcode
               without QWidget really having this method. This allows to easily make normal methods
               of Qt classes callable by forwarding them with such decorator slots
               or to make CPP classes (which are not derived from QObject) callable from Python.
               */
               void addInstanceDecorators(QObject* o);
               //! add an object whose slots will be used as decorator slots for
               //! class objects (ownership is passed to PythonQt)
               /*!
               The slots need to follow the following convention:
               - SomeClass* new_SomeClass(...)
               - QVariant new_SomeClass(...)
               - void delete_SomeClass(SomeClass*)
               - ... static_SomeClass_someName(...)
               This will add:
               - a constructor
               - a constructor which generates a QVariant
               - a destructor (only useful for CPP objects)
               - a static decorator slot which will be available on the MetaObject (visible in PythonQt module)
               */
               void addClassDecorators(QObject* o);
               //! this will add the object both as class and instance decorator (ownership is passed to PythonQt)
               void addDecorators(QObject* o);
               //! add the given factory to PythonQt (ownership stays with caller)
               void addWrapperFactory(PythonQtCppWrapperFactory* factory);
+              //! add the given factory to PythonQt (ownership stays with caller)
+              void addWrapperFactory(PythonQtForeignWrapperFactory* factory);
               //@}
               //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
               //! \name Custom Importer
               //@{
               //! replace the internal import implementation and use the supplied interface to load files (both py and pyc files)
               //! (this method should be called directly after initialization of init() and before calling overwriteSysPath().
               //! On the first call to this method, it will install a generic PythonQt importer in Pythons "path_hooks".
               //! This is not reversible, so even setting setImporter(NULL) afterwards will
               //! keep the custom PythonQt importer with a QFile default import interface.
               //! Subsequent python import calls will make use of the passed importInterface
               //! which forwards all import calls to the given \c importInterface.
               //! Passing NULL will install a default QFile importer.
               //! (\c importInterface ownership stays with caller)
               void setImporter(PythonQtImportFileInterface* importInterface);
               //! this installs the default QFile importer (which effectively does a setImporter(NULL))
               //! (without calling setImporter or installDefaultImporter at least once, the default python import
               //! mechanism is in place)
               //! the default importer allows to import files from anywhere QFile can read from,
               //! including the Qt resource system using ":". Keep in mind that you need to extend
               //! "sys.path" with ":" to be able to import from the Qt resources.
               void installDefaultImporter() { setImporter(NULL); }
               //! set paths that the importer should ignore
               void setImporterIgnorePaths(const QStringList& paths);
               //! get paths that the importer should ignore
               const QStringList& getImporterIgnorePaths();
               //! get access to the file importer (if set)
               static PythonQtImportFileInterface* importInterface();
               //@}
               //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
               //! \name Other Stuff
               //@{
               //! get access to internal data (should not be used on the public API, but is used by some C functions)
               static PythonQtPrivate* priv() { return _self->_p; }
               //! handle a python error, call this when a python function fails. If no error occurred, it returns false.
               //! The error is currently just output to the python stderr, future version might implement better trace printing
               bool handleError();
               //! clear all NotFound entries on all class infos, to ensure that
               //! newly loaded wrappers can add methods even when the object was wrapped by PythonQt before the wrapper was loaded
               void clearNotFoundCachedMembers();
               //! set a callback that is called when a QObject with parent == NULL is wrapped by pythonqt
               void setQObjectWrappedCallback(PythonQtQObjectWrappedCB* cb);
               //! set a callback that is called when a QObject with parent == NULL is no longer wrapped by pythonqt
               void setQObjectNoLongerWrappedCallback(PythonQtQObjectNoLongerWrappedCB* cb);
               //! call the callback if it is set
               static void qObjectNoLongerWrappedCB(QObject* o);
               //! called by internal help methods
               PyObject* helpCalled(PythonQtClassInfo* info);
               //! returns the found object or NULL
               //! @return new reference
               PythonQtObjectPtr lookupObject(PyObject* module, const QString& name);
               //! sets a callback that is called before and after function calls for profiling
               void setProfilingCallback(ProfilingCB* cb);
               //@}
             signals:
               //! emitted when python outputs something to stdout (and redirection is turned on)
               void pythonStdOut(const QString& str);
               //! emitted when python outputs something to stderr (and redirection is turned on)
               void pythonStdErr(const QString& str);
               //! emitted when help() is called on a PythonQt object and \c ExternalHelp is enabled
               void pythonHelpRequest(const QByteArray& cppClassName);
             private:
               void initPythonQtModule(bool redirectStdOut, const QByteArray& pythonQtModuleName);
               //! callback for stdout redirection, emits pythonStdOut signal
               static void stdOutRedirectCB(const QString& str);
               //! callback for stderr redirection, emits pythonStdErr signal
               static void stdErrRedirectCB(const QString& str);
               //! get (and create if not available) the signal receiver of that QObject, signal receiver is made child of the passed \c obj
               PythonQtSignalReceiver* getSignalReceiver(QObject* obj);
               PythonQt(int flags, const QByteArray& pythonQtModuleName);
               ~PythonQt();
               static PythonQt* _self;
               static int _uniqueModuleCount;
               PythonQtPrivate* _p;
             };
             //! internal PythonQt details
             class PYTHONQT_EXPORT PythonQtPrivate : public QObject {
               Q_OBJECT
             public:
               PythonQtPrivate();
               ~PythonQtPrivate();
               enum DecoratorTypes {
                 StaticDecorator = 1,
                 ConstructorDecorator = 2,
                 DestructorDecorator = 4,
                 InstanceDecorator = 8,
                 AllDecorators = 0xffff
               };
               //! get the suffixes that are used for shared libraries
               const QStringList& sharedLibrarySuffixes() { return _sharedLibrarySuffixes; }
               //! returns if the id is the id for PythonQtObjectPtr
               bool isPythonQtObjectPtrMetaId(int id) { return _PythonQtObjectPtr_metaId == id; }
               //! add the wrapper pointer (for reuse if the same obj appears while wrapper still exists)
               void addWrapperPointer(void* obj, PythonQtInstanceWrapper* wrapper);
               //! remove the wrapper ptr again
               void removeWrapperPointer(void* obj);
+              //! try to unwrap the given object to a C++ pointer using the foreign wrapper factories
+              void* unwrapForeignWrapper(const QByteArray& classname, PyObject* obj);
               //! add parent class relation
               bool addParentClass(const char* typeName, const char* parentTypeName, int upcastingOffset);
               //! add a handler for polymorphic downcasting
               void addPolymorphicHandler(const char* typeName, PythonQtPolymorphicHandlerCB* cb);
               //! lookup existing classinfo and return new if not yet present
               PythonQtClassInfo* lookupClassInfoAndCreateIfNotPresent(const char* typeName);
               //! called when a signal emitting QObject is destroyed to remove the signal handler from the hash map
               void removeSignalEmitter(QObject* obj);
               //! wrap the given QObject into a Python object (or return existing wrapper!)
               PyObject* wrapQObject(QObject* obj);
               //! wrap the given ptr into a Python object (or return existing wrapper!) if there is a known QObject of that name or a known wrapper in the factory
               PyObject* wrapPtr(void* ptr, const QByteArray& name);
               //! registers a QObject derived class to PythonQt (this is implicitly called by addObject as well)
               /* Since Qt4 does not offer a way to detect if a given classname is derived from QObject and thus has a QMetaObject,
                  you MUST register all your QObject derived classes here when you want them to be detected in signal and slot calls */
               void registerClass(const QMetaObject* metaobject, const char* package = NULL, PythonQtQObjectCreatorFunctionCB* wrapperCreator = NULL, PythonQtShellSetInstanceWrapperCB* shell = NULL, PyObject* module = NULL, int typeSlots = 0);
               //! add a wrapper object for the given QMetaType typeName, also does an addClassDecorators() to add constructors for variants
               //! (ownership of wrapper is passed to PythonQt)
               /*! Make sure that you have done a qRegisterMetaType first, if typeName is a user type!
                This will add a wrapper object that is used to make calls to the given classname \c typeName.
                All slots that take a pointer to typeName as the first argument will be callable from Python on
                a variant object that contains such a type.
                */
               void registerCPPClass(const char* typeName, const char* parentTypeName = NULL, const char* package = NULL, PythonQtQObjectCreatorFunctionCB* wrapperCreator = NULL, PythonQtShellSetInstanceWrapperCB* shell = NULL, PyObject* module = NULL, int typeSlots = 0);
               //! as an alternative to registerClass, you can tell PythonQt the names of QObject derived classes
               //! and it will register the classes when it first sees a pointer to such a derived class
               void registerQObjectClassNames(const QStringList& names);
               //! add a decorator object
               void addDecorators(QObject* o, int decoTypes);
               //! helper method that creates a PythonQtClassWrapper object  (returns a new reference)
               PythonQtClassWrapper* createNewPythonQtClassWrapper(PythonQtClassInfo* info, PyObject* module);
               //! create a new instance of the given enum type with given value (returns a new reference)
               static PyObject*  createEnumValueInstance(PyObject* enumType, unsigned int enumValue);
               //! helper that creates a new int derived class that represents the enum of the given name  (returns a new reference)
               static PyObject* createNewPythonQtEnumWrapper(const char* enumName, PyObject* parentObject);
               //! helper method that creates a PythonQtInstanceWrapper object and registers it in the object map
               PythonQtInstanceWrapper* createNewPythonQtInstanceWrapper(QObject* obj, PythonQtClassInfo* info, void* wrappedPtr = NULL);
               //! get the class info for a meta object (if available)
               PythonQtClassInfo* getClassInfo(const QMetaObject* meta) { return _knownClassInfos.value(meta->className()); }
               //! get the class info for a meta object (if available)
               PythonQtClassInfo* getClassInfo(const QByteArray& className) { return _knownClassInfos.value(className); }
               //! creates the new module from the given pycode
               PythonQtObjectPtr createModule(const QString& name, PyObject* pycode);
               //! get the current class info (for the next PythonQtClassWrapper that is created) and reset it to NULL again
               PythonQtClassInfo* currentClassInfoForClassWrapperCreation();
               //! the dummy tuple (which is empty and may be used to detected that a wrapper is called from internal wrapper creation
               static PyObject* dummyTuple();
               //! called by virtual overloads when a python return value can not be converted to the required Qt type
               void handleVirtualOverloadReturnError(const char* signature, const PythonQtMethodInfo* methodInfo, PyObject* result);
               //! get access to the PythonQt module
               PythonQtObjectPtr pythonQtModule() const { return _pythonQtModule; }
               //! returns the profiling callback, which may be NULL
               PythonQt::ProfilingCB* profilingCB() const { return _profilingCB; }
             private:
               //! Setup the shared library suffixes by getting them from the "imp" module.
               void setupSharedLibrarySuffixes();
               //! create a new pythonqt class wrapper and place it in the pythonqt module
               void createPythonQtClassWrapper(PythonQtClassInfo* info, const char* package, PyObject* module = NULL);
               //! get/create new package module (the returned object is a borrowed reference)
               PyObject* packageByName(const char* name);
               //! get the wrapper for a given pointer (and remove a wrapper of an already destroyed qobject)
               PythonQtInstanceWrapper* findWrapperAndRemoveUnused(void* obj);
               //! stores pointer to PyObject mapping of wrapped QObjects AND C++ objects
               QHash<void* , PythonQtInstanceWrapper *> _wrappedObjects;
               //! stores the meta info of known Qt classes
               QHash<QByteArray, PythonQtClassInfo *>   _knownClassInfos;
               //! names of qobject derived classes that can be casted to qobject savely
               QHash<QByteArray, bool> _knownQObjectClassNames;
               //! stores signal receivers for QObjects
               QHash<QObject* , PythonQtSignalReceiver *> _signalReceivers;
               //! the PythonQt python module
               PythonQtObjectPtr _pythonQtModule;
               //! the name of the PythonQt python module
               QByteArray _pythonQtModuleName;
               //! the importer interface (if set)
               PythonQtImportFileInterface* _importInterface;
               //! the default importer
               PythonQtQFileImporter* _defaultImporter;
               PythonQtQObjectNoLongerWrappedCB* _noLongerWrappedCB;
               PythonQtQObjectWrappedCB* _wrappedCB;
               QStringList _importIgnorePaths;
               QStringList _sharedLibrarySuffixes;
               //! the cpp object wrapper factories
               QList<PythonQtCppWrapperFactory*> _cppWrapperFactories;
+              QList<PythonQtForeignWrapperFactory*> _foreignWrapperFactories;
               QHash<QByteArray, PyObject*> _packages;
               PythonQtClassInfo* _currentClassInfoForClassWrapperCreation;
               PythonQt::ProfilingCB* _profilingCB;
               int _initFlags;
               int _PythonQtObjectPtr_metaId;
               friend class PythonQt;
             };
             #endif

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             /*
             *
             *  Copyright (C) 2010 MeVis Medical Solutions AG All Rights Reserved.
             *
             *  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
             *  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
             *  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
             *  version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
             *
             *  This library 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
             *  Lesser General Public License for more details.
             *
             *  Further, this software is distributed without any warranty that it is
             *  free of the rightful claim of any third person regarding infringement
             *  or the like.  Any license provided herein, whether implied or
             *  otherwise, applies only to this software file.  Patent licenses, if
             *  any, provided herein do not apply to combinations of this program with
             *  other software, or any other product whatsoever.
             *
             *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
             *  License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
             *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
             *
             *  Contact information: MeVis Medical Solutions AG, Universitaetsallee 29,
             *  28359 Bremen, Germany or:
             *
             *  http://www.mevis.de
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             */
             //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             /*!
             // \file    PythonQtConversion.cpp
             // \author  Florian Link
             // \author  Last changed by $Author: florian $
             // \date    2006-05
             */
             //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             #include "PythonQtConversion.h"
             #include "PythonQtVariants.h"
             #include <QDateTime>
             #include <QTime>
             #include <QDate>
             PythonQtValueStorage<qint64, 128>  PythonQtConv::global_valueStorage;
             PythonQtValueStorage<void*, 128>   PythonQtConv::global_ptrStorage;
             PythonQtValueStorageWithCleanup<QVariant, 128> PythonQtConv::global_variantStorage;
             QHash<int, PythonQtConvertMetaTypeToPythonCB*> PythonQtConv::_metaTypeToPythonConverters;
             QHash<int, PythonQtConvertPythonToMetaTypeCB*> PythonQtConv::_pythonToMetaTypeConverters;
             PyObject* PythonQtConv::GetPyBool(bool val)
             {
               PyObject* r = val?Py_True:Py_False;
               Py_INCREF(r);
               return r;
             }
             PyObject* PythonQtConv::ConvertQtValueToPython(const PythonQtMethodInfo::ParameterInfo& info, const void* data) {
               // is it an enum value?
               if (info.enumWrapper) {
                 if (info.pointerCount==0) {
                   return PythonQtPrivate::createEnumValueInstance(info.enumWrapper, *((unsigned int*)data));
                 } else {
                   // we do not support pointers to enums (who needs them?)
                   Py_INCREF(Py_None);
                   return Py_None;
                 }
               }
               if (info.typeId == QMetaType::Void) {
                 Py_INCREF(Py_None);
                 return Py_None;
               } else if ((info.pointerCount == 1) && (info.typeId == QMetaType::Char)) {
                 // a char ptr will probably be a null terminated string, so we support that:
                 return PyString_FromString(*((char**)data));
               } else if ((info.typeId == PythonQtMethodInfo::Unknown || info.typeId >= QMetaType::User) &&
                          info.name.startsWith("QList<")) {
                 // it is a QList template:
                 QByteArray innerType = info.name.mid(6,info.name.length()-7);
                 if (innerType.endsWith("*")) {
                   innerType.truncate(innerType.length()-1);
                   QList<void*>* listPtr = NULL;
                   if (info.pointerCount == 1) {
                     listPtr = *((QList<void*>**)data);
                   } else if (info.pointerCount == 0) {
                     listPtr = (QList<void*>*)data;
                   }
                   if (listPtr) {
                     return ConvertQListOfPointerTypeToPythonList(listPtr, innerType);
                   } else {
                     return NULL;
                   }
                 }
               }
               if (info.typeId >= QMetaType::User) {
                 // if a converter is registered, we use is:
                 PythonQtConvertMetaTypeToPythonCB* converter = _metaTypeToPythonConverters.value(info.typeId);
                 if (converter) {
                   return (*converter)(data, info.typeId);
                 }
               }
               // special handling did not match, so we convert the usual way (either pointer or value version):
               if (info.pointerCount == 1) {
                 // convert the pointer to a Python Object (we can handle ANY C++ object, in the worst case we just know the type and the pointer)
                 return PythonQt::priv()->wrapPtr(*((void**)data), info.name);
               } else if (info.pointerCount == 0) {
                 // handle values that are not yet handled and not pointers
                 return ConvertQtValueToPythonInternal(info.typeId, data);
               } else {
                 return NULL;
               }
             }
             PyObject* PythonQtConv::ConvertQtValueToPythonInternal(int type, const void* data) {
               switch (type) {
               case QMetaType::Void:
                 Py_INCREF(Py_None);
                 return Py_None;
               case QMetaType::Char:
                 return PyInt_FromLong(*((char*)data));
               case QMetaType::UChar:
                 return PyInt_FromLong(*((unsigned char*)data));
               case QMetaType::Short:
                 return PyInt_FromLong(*((short*)data));
               case QMetaType::UShort:
                 return PyInt_FromLong(*((unsigned short*)data));
               case QMetaType::Long:
                 return PyInt_FromLong(*((long*)data));
               case QMetaType::ULong:
                 // does not fit into simple int of python
                 return PyLong_FromUnsignedLong(*((unsigned long*)data));
               case QMetaType::Bool:
                 return PythonQtConv::GetPyBool(*((bool*)data));
               case QMetaType::Int:
                 return PyInt_FromLong(*((int*)data));
               case QMetaType::UInt:
                 // does not fit into simple int of python
                 return PyLong_FromUnsignedLong(*((unsigned int*)data));
               case QMetaType::QChar:
                 return PyInt_FromLong(*((short*)data));
               case QMetaType::Float:
                 return PyFloat_FromDouble(*((float*)data));
               case QMetaType::Double:
                 return PyFloat_FromDouble(*((double*)data));
               case QMetaType::LongLong:
                 return PyLong_FromLongLong(*((qint64*)data));
               case QMetaType::ULongLong:
                 return PyLong_FromUnsignedLongLong(*((quint64*)data));
                   // implicit conversion from QByteArray to str has been removed:
               //case QMetaType::QByteArray: {
               //  QByteArray* v = (QByteArray*) data;
               //  return PyString_FromStringAndSize(*v, v->size());
               //                            }
               case QMetaType::QVariantMap:
                 return PythonQtConv::QVariantMapToPyObject(*((QVariantMap*)data));
               case QMetaType::QVariantList:
                 return PythonQtConv::QVariantListToPyObject(*((QVariantList*)data));
               case QMetaType::QString:
                 return PythonQtConv::QStringToPyObject(*((QString*)data));
               case QMetaType::QStringList:
                 return PythonQtConv::QStringListToPyObject(*((QStringList*)data));
               case PythonQtMethodInfo::Variant:
                 return PythonQtConv::QVariantToPyObject(*((QVariant*)data));
               case QMetaType::QObjectStar:
               case QMetaType::QWidgetStar:
                 return PythonQt::priv()->wrapQObject(*((QObject**)data));
               default:
                 if (PythonQt::priv()->isPythonQtObjectPtrMetaId(type)) {
                   // special case, it is a PythonQtObjectPtr which contains a PyObject, take it directly:
                   PyObject* o = ((PythonQtObjectPtr*)data)->object();
                   Py_INCREF(o);
                   return o;
                 } else {
                   if (type > 0) {
                     // if the type is known, we can construct it via QMetaType::construct
                     void* newCPPObject = QMetaType::construct(type, data);
                     // XXX this could be optimized by using metatypeid directly
                     PythonQtInstanceWrapper* wrap = (PythonQtInstanceWrapper*)PythonQt::priv()->wrapPtr(newCPPObject, QMetaType::typeName(type));
                     wrap->_ownedByPythonQt = true;
                     wrap->_useQMetaTypeDestroy = true;
                     return (PyObject*)wrap;
                   }
                   std::cerr << "Unknown type that can not be converted to Python: " << type << ", in " << __FILE__ << ":" << __LINE__ << std::endl;
                 }
             }
             Py_INCREF(Py_None);
             return Py_None;
              }
              void* PythonQtConv::CreateQtReturnValue(const PythonQtMethodInfo::ParameterInfo& info) {
                void* ptr = NULL;
                if (info.pointerCount>1) {
                  return NULL;
                } else if (info.pointerCount==1) {
                  PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE(global_ptrStorage, void*, NULL, ptr);
                } else if (info.enumWrapper) {
                  // create enum return value
                  PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE(PythonQtConv::global_valueStorage, long, 0, ptr);
                } else {
                  switch (info.typeId) {
                  case QMetaType::Char:
                  case QMetaType::UChar:
                  case QMetaType::Short:
                  case QMetaType::UShort:
                  case QMetaType::Long:
                  case QMetaType::ULong:
                  case QMetaType::Bool:
                  case QMetaType::Int:
                  case QMetaType::UInt:
                  case QMetaType::QChar:
                  case QMetaType::Float:
                  case QMetaType::Double:
                    PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE(global_valueStorage, qint64, 0, ptr);
                    break;
                  case PythonQtMethodInfo::Variant:
                    PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE(global_variantStorage, QVariant, 0, ptr);
                    // return the ptr to the variant
                    break;
                  default:
                    if (info.typeId == PythonQtMethodInfo::Unknown) {
                      // check if we have a QList of pointers, which we can circumvent with a QList<void*>
                      if (info.name.startsWith("QList<")) {
                        QByteArray innerType = info.name.mid(6,info.name.length()-7);
                        if (innerType.endsWith("*")) {
                          static int id = QMetaType::type("QList<void*>");
                          PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE(global_variantStorage, QVariant, QVariant::Type(id), ptr);
                          // return the constData pointer that will be filled with the result value later on
                          ptr = (void*)((QVariant*)ptr)->constData();
                        }
                      }
                    }
                   if (!ptr && info.typeId!=PythonQtMethodInfo::Unknown) {
                      // everything else is stored in a QVariant, if we know the meta type...
                      PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE(global_variantStorage, QVariant, QVariant::Type(info.typeId), ptr);
                      // return the constData pointer that will be filled with the result value later on
                      ptr = (void*)((QVariant*)ptr)->constData();
                    }
                  }
                }
                return ptr;
              }
              void* PythonQtConv::castWrapperTo(PythonQtInstanceWrapper* wrapper, const QByteArray& className, bool& ok)
              {
                void* object;
                if (wrapper->classInfo()->isCPPWrapper()) {
                  object = wrapper->_wrappedPtr;
                } else {
                  QObject* tmp = wrapper->_obj;
                  object = tmp;
                }
                if (object) {
                  // if we can be upcasted to the given name, we pass the casted pointer in:
                  object = wrapper->classInfo()->castTo(object, className);
                  ok = object!=NULL;
                } else {
                  // if it is a NULL ptr, we need to check if it inherits, so that we might pass the NULL ptr
                  ok = wrapper->classInfo()->inherits(className);
                }
                return object;
              }
             void* PythonQtConv::handlePythonToQtAutoConversion(int typeId, PyObject* obj, void* alreadyAllocatedCPPObject)
             {
               void* ptr = alreadyAllocatedCPPObject;
               static int penId = QMetaType::type("QPen");
               static int brushId = QMetaType::type("QBrush");
               static int cursorId = QMetaType::type("QCursor");
               static int colorId = QMetaType::type("QColor");
               static PyObject* qtGlobalColorEnum = PythonQtClassInfo::findEnumWrapper("Qt::GlobalColor", NULL);
               if (typeId == cursorId) {
                 static PyObject* qtCursorShapeEnum = PythonQtClassInfo::findEnumWrapper("Qt::CursorShape", NULL);
                 if ((PyObject*)obj->ob_type == qtCursorShapeEnum) {
                   Qt::CursorShape val = (Qt::CursorShape)PyInt_AS_LONG(obj);
                   if (!ptr) {
                     PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE(global_variantStorage, QVariant, QCursor(), ptr);
                     ptr = (void*)((QVariant*)ptr)->constData();
                   }
                   *((QCursor*)ptr) = QCursor(val);
                   return ptr;
                 }
               } else if (typeId == penId) {
                 // brushes can be created from QColor and from Qt::GlobalColor (and from brushes, but that's the default)
                 static PyObject* qtColorClass = PythonQt::priv()->getClassInfo("QColor")->pythonQtClassWrapper();
                 if ((PyObject*)obj->ob_type == qtGlobalColorEnum) {
                   Qt::GlobalColor val = (Qt::GlobalColor)PyInt_AS_LONG(obj);
                   if (!ptr) {
                     PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE(global_variantStorage, QVariant, QPen(), ptr);
                     ptr = (void*)((QVariant*)ptr)->constData();
                   }
                   *((QPen*)ptr) = QPen(QColor(val));
                   return ptr;
                 } else if ((PyObject*)obj->ob_type == qtColorClass) {
                   if (!ptr) {
                     PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE(global_variantStorage, QVariant, QPen(), ptr);
                     ptr = (void*)((QVariant*)ptr)->constData();
                   }
                   *((QPen*)ptr) = QPen(*((QColor*)((PythonQtInstanceWrapper*)obj)->_wrappedPtr));
                   return ptr;
                 }
               } else if (typeId == brushId) {
                 // brushes can be created from QColor and from Qt::GlobalColor (and from brushes, but that's the default)
                 static PyObject* qtColorClass = PythonQt::priv()->getClassInfo("QColor")->pythonQtClassWrapper();
                 if ((PyObject*)obj->ob_type == qtGlobalColorEnum) {
                   Qt::GlobalColor val = (Qt::GlobalColor)PyInt_AS_LONG(obj);
                   if (!ptr) {
                     PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE(global_variantStorage, QVariant, QBrush(), ptr);
                     ptr = (void*)((QVariant*)ptr)->constData();
                   }
                   *((QBrush*)ptr) = QBrush(QColor(val));
                   return ptr;
                 } else if ((PyObject*)obj->ob_type == qtColorClass) {
                   if (!ptr) {
                     PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE(global_variantStorage, QVariant, QBrush(), ptr);
                     ptr = (void*)((QVariant*)ptr)->constData();
                   }
                   *((QBrush*)ptr) = QBrush(*((QColor*)((PythonQtInstanceWrapper*)obj)->_wrappedPtr));
                   return ptr;
                 }
               } else if (typeId == colorId) {
                 // colors can be created from Qt::GlobalColor (and from colors, but that's the default)
                 if ((PyObject*)obj->ob_type == qtGlobalColorEnum) {
                   Qt::GlobalColor val = (Qt::GlobalColor)PyInt_AS_LONG(obj);
                   if (!ptr) {
                     PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE(global_variantStorage, QVariant, QColor(), ptr);
                     ptr = (void*)((QVariant*)ptr)->constData();
                   }
                   *((QColor*)ptr) = QColor(val);
                   return ptr;
                 }
               }
               return NULL;
             }
             void* PythonQtConv::ConvertPythonToQt(const PythonQtMethodInfo::ParameterInfo& info, PyObject* obj, bool strict, PythonQtClassInfo* /*classInfo*/, void* alreadyAllocatedCPPObject)
              {
                bool ok = false;
                void* ptr = NULL;
                // autoconversion of QPen/QBrush/QCursor/QColor from different type
                if (info.pointerCount==0 && !strict) {
                  ptr = handlePythonToQtAutoConversion(info.typeId, obj, alreadyAllocatedCPPObject);
                  if (ptr) {
                    return ptr;
                  }
                }
                if (PyObject_TypeCheck(obj, &PythonQtInstanceWrapper_Type) && info.typeId != PythonQtMethodInfo::Variant) {
                  // if we have a Qt wrapper object and if we do not need a QVariant, we do the following:
                  // (the Variant case is handled below in a switch)
                  // a C++ wrapper (can be passed as pointer or reference)
                  PythonQtInstanceWrapper* wrap = (PythonQtInstanceWrapper*)obj;
                  void* object = castWrapperTo(wrap, info.name, ok);
                  if (ok) {
                    if (info.pointerCount==1) {
                      // store the wrapped pointer in an extra pointer and let ptr point to the extra pointer
                      PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE_IF_NEEDED(alreadyAllocatedCPPObject,global_ptrStorage, void*, object, ptr);
                    } else if (info.pointerCount==0) {
                      // store the wrapped pointer directly, since we are a reference
                      ptr = object;
                    }
                  } else {
                   // not matching
                  }
                } else if (info.pointerCount == 1) {
                  // a pointer
                  if (info.typeId == QMetaType::Char || info.typeId == QMetaType::UChar)
                  {
                    QString str = PyObjGetString(obj, strict, ok);
                    if (ok) {
                      void* ptr2 = NULL;
                      PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE_IF_NEEDED(alreadyAllocatedCPPObject,global_variantStorage, QVariant, QVariant(str.toUtf8()), ptr2);
                      PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE_IF_NEEDED(alreadyAllocatedCPPObject,global_ptrStorage, void*, (((QByteArray*)((QVariant*)ptr2)->constData())->data()), ptr);
                    }
                  } else if (info.name == "PyObject") {
                    // handle low level PyObject directly
                    PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE_IF_NEEDED(alreadyAllocatedCPPObject,global_ptrStorage, void*, obj, ptr);
+                 } else if (obj == Py_None) {
-                 // TODO XXX: pass obj and name and add when it returns a pointer
-                 else if (obj == Py_None) {
                    // None is treated as a NULL ptr
                    PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE_IF_NEEDED(alreadyAllocatedCPPObject,global_ptrStorage, void*, NULL, ptr);
                  } else {
-                   // if we are not strict, we try if we are passed a 0 integer
+                   void* foreignWrapper = PythonQt::priv()->unwrapForeignWrapper(info.name, obj);
-                   if (!strict) {
+                   if (foreignWrapper) {
-                     bool ok;
+                     PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE_IF_NEEDED(alreadyAllocatedCPPObject,global_ptrStorage, void*, foreignWrapper, ptr);
-                     int value = PyObjGetInt(obj, true, ok);
+                   } else {
-                     if (ok && value==0) {
+                     // if we are not strict, we try if we are passed a 0 integer
-                       // TODOXXX is this wise? or should it be expected from the programmer to use None?
+                     if (!strict) {
-                       PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE_IF_NEEDED(alreadyAllocatedCPPObject,global_ptrStorage, void*, NULL, ptr);
+                       bool ok;
+                       int value = PyObjGetInt(obj, true, ok);
+                       if (ok && value==0) {
+                         // TODOXXX is this wise? or should it be expected from the programmer to use None?
+                         PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE_IF_NEEDED(alreadyAllocatedCPPObject,global_ptrStorage, void*, NULL, ptr);
+                       }
                      }
                    }
                  }
                } else if (info.pointerCount == 0) {
                  // not a pointer
                  switch (info.typeId) {
                  case QMetaType::Char:
                    {
                      int val = PyObjGetInt(obj, strict, ok);
                      if (ok) {
                        PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE_IF_NEEDED(alreadyAllocatedCPPObject,global_valueStorage, char, val, ptr);
                      }
                    }
                    break;
                  case QMetaType::UChar:
                    {
                      int val = PyObjGetInt(obj, strict, ok);
                      if (ok) {
                        PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE_IF_NEEDED(alreadyAllocatedCPPObject,global_valueStorage, unsigned char, val, ptr);
                      }
                    }
                    break;
                  case QMetaType::Short:
                    {
                      int val = PyObjGetInt(obj, strict, ok);
                      if (ok) {
                        PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE_IF_NEEDED(alreadyAllocatedCPPObject,global_valueStorage, short, val, ptr);
                      }
                    }
                    break;
                  case QMetaType::UShort:
                    {
                      int val = PyObjGetInt(obj, strict, ok);
                      if (ok) {
                        PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE_IF_NEEDED(alreadyAllocatedCPPObject,global_valueStorage, unsigned short, val, ptr);
                      }
                    }
                    break;
                  case QMetaType::Long:
                    {
                      long val = (long)PyObjGetLongLong(obj, strict, ok);
                      if (ok) {
                        PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE_IF_NEEDED(alreadyAllocatedCPPObject,global_valueStorage, long, val, ptr);
                      }
                    }
                    break;
                  case QMetaType::ULong:
                    {
                      unsigned long val = (unsigned long)PyObjGetLongLong(obj, strict, ok);
                      if (ok) {
                        PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE_IF_NEEDED(alreadyAllocatedCPPObject,global_valueStorage, unsigned long, val, ptr);
                      }
                    }
                    break;
                  case QMetaType::Bool:
                    {
                      bool val = PyObjGetBool(obj, strict, ok);
                      if (ok) {
                        PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE_IF_NEEDED(alreadyAllocatedCPPObject,global_valueStorage, bool, val, ptr);
                      }
                    }
                    break;
                  case QMetaType::Int:
                    {
                      int val = PyObjGetInt(obj, strict, ok);
                      if (ok) {
                        PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE_IF_NEEDED(alreadyAllocatedCPPObject,global_valueStorage, int, val, ptr);
                      }
                    }
                    break;
                  case QMetaType::UInt:
                    {
                      unsigned int val = (unsigned int)PyObjGetLongLong(obj, strict, ok);
                      if (ok) {
                        PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE_IF_NEEDED(alreadyAllocatedCPPObject,global_valueStorage, unsigned int, val, ptr);
                      }
                    }
                    break;
                  case QMetaType::QChar:
                    {
                      int val = PyObjGetInt(obj, strict, ok);
                      if (ok) {
                        PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE_IF_NEEDED(alreadyAllocatedCPPObject,global_valueStorage, short, val, ptr);
                      }
                    }
                    break;
                  case QMetaType::Float:
                    {
                      float val = (float)PyObjGetDouble(obj, strict, ok);
                      if (ok) {
                        PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE_IF_NEEDED(alreadyAllocatedCPPObject,global_valueStorage, float, val, ptr);
                      }
                    }
                    break;
                  case QMetaType::Double:
                    {
                      double val = (double)PyObjGetDouble(obj, strict, ok);
                      if (ok) {
                        PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE_IF_NEEDED(alreadyAllocatedCPPObject,global_valueStorage, double, val, ptr);
                      }
                    }
                    break;
                  case QMetaType::LongLong:
                    {
                      qint64 val = PyObjGetLongLong(obj, strict, ok);
                      if (ok) {
                        PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE_IF_NEEDED(alreadyAllocatedCPPObject,global_valueStorage, qint64, val, ptr);
                      }
                    }
                    break;
                  case QMetaType::ULongLong:
                    {
                      quint64 val = PyObjGetULongLong(obj, strict, ok);
                      if (ok) {
                        PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE_IF_NEEDED(alreadyAllocatedCPPObject,global_valueStorage, quint64, val, ptr);
                      }
                    }
                    break;
                  case QMetaType::QByteArray:
                    {
                      QByteArray bytes = PyObjGetBytes(obj, strict, ok);
                      if (ok) {
                        PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE_IF_NEEDED(alreadyAllocatedCPPObject,global_variantStorage, QVariant, QVariant(bytes), ptr);
                        ptr = (void*)((QVariant*)ptr)->constData();
                      }
                    }
                    break;
                  case QMetaType::QString:
                    {
                      QString str = PyObjGetString(obj, strict, ok);
                      if (ok) {
                        PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE_IF_NEEDED(alreadyAllocatedCPPObject,global_variantStorage, QVariant, QVariant(str), ptr);
                        ptr = (void*)((QVariant*)ptr)->constData();
                      }
                    }
                    break;
                  case QMetaType::QStringList:
                    {
                      QStringList l = PyObjToStringList(obj, strict, ok);
                      if (ok) {
                        PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE_IF_NEEDED(alreadyAllocatedCPPObject,global_variantStorage, QVariant, QVariant(l), ptr);
                        ptr = (void*)((QVariant*)ptr)->constData();
                      }
                    }
                    break;
                  case PythonQtMethodInfo::Variant:
                    {
                      QVariant v = PyObjToQVariant(obj);
                      // the only case where conversion can fail it None and we want to pass that to, e.g. setProperty(),
                      // so we do not check v.isValid() here
                      PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE_IF_NEEDED(alreadyAllocatedCPPObject,global_variantStorage, QVariant, v, ptr);
                    }
                    break;
                    default:
                    {
                      // check for enum case
                      if (info.enumWrapper) {
                        unsigned int val;
                        ok = false;
                        if ((PyObject*)obj->ob_type == info.enumWrapper) {
                          // we have a exact enum type match:
                          val = PyInt_AS_LONG(obj);
                          ok = true;
                        } else if (!strict) {
                          // we try to get any integer, when not being strict. If we are strict, integers are not wanted because
                          // we want an integer overload to be taken first!
                          val = (unsigned int)PyObjGetLongLong(obj, false, ok);
                        }
                        if (ok) {
                          PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE_IF_NEEDED(alreadyAllocatedCPPObject,global_valueStorage, unsigned int, val, ptr);
                          return ptr;
                        } else {
                          return NULL;
                        }
                      }
                      if (info.typeId == PythonQtMethodInfo::Unknown || info.typeId >= QMetaType::User) {
                        // check for QList<AnyPtr*> case, where we will use a QList<void*> QVariant
                        if (info.name.startsWith("QList<")) {
                          QByteArray innerType = info.name.mid(6,info.name.length()-7);
                          if (innerType.endsWith("*")) {
                            innerType.truncate(innerType.length()-1);
                            static int id = QMetaType::type("QList<void*>");
                            if (!alreadyAllocatedCPPObject) {
                              PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE_IF_NEEDED(alreadyAllocatedCPPObject,global_variantStorage, QVariant, QVariant::Type(id), ptr);
                              ptr = (void*)((QVariant*)ptr)->constData();
                            } else {
                              ptr = alreadyAllocatedCPPObject;
                            }
                            ok = ConvertPythonListToQListOfPointerType(obj, (QList<void*>*)ptr, innerType, strict);
                            if (ok) {
                              return ptr;
                            } else {
                              return NULL;
                            }
                          }
                        }
                      }
                      // We only do this for registered type > QMetaType::User for performance reasons.
                      if (info.typeId >= QMetaType::User) {
                        // Maybe we have a special converter that is registered for that type:
                        PythonQtConvertPythonToMetaTypeCB* converter = _pythonToMetaTypeConverters.value(info.typeId);
                        if (converter) {
                          if (!alreadyAllocatedCPPObject) {
                            // create a new empty variant of concrete type:
                            PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE_IF_NEEDED(alreadyAllocatedCPPObject,global_variantStorage, QVariant, QVariant::Type(info.typeId), ptr);
                            ptr = (void*)((QVariant*)ptr)->constData();
                          } else {
                            ptr = alreadyAllocatedCPPObject;
                          }
                          // now call the converter, passing the internal object of the variant
                          ok = (*converter)(obj, ptr, info.typeId, strict);
                          if (ok) {
                            return ptr;
                          } else {
                            return NULL;
                          }
                        }
                      }
                      // if no type id is available, conversion to a QVariant makes no sense/is not possible
                      if (info.typeId != PythonQtMethodInfo::Unknown) {
                        // for all other types, we use the same qvariant conversion and pass out the constData of the variant:
                        QVariant v = PyObjToQVariant(obj, info.typeId);
                        if (v.isValid()) {
                          PythonQtValueStorage_ADD_VALUE_IF_NEEDED(alreadyAllocatedCPPObject,global_variantStorage, QVariant, v, ptr);
                          ptr = (void*)((QVariant*)ptr)->constData();
                        }
                      }
                    }
                 }
               }
               return ptr;
             }
             QStringList PythonQtConv::PyObjToStringList(PyObject* val, bool strict, bool& ok) {
               QStringList v;
               ok = false;
               // if we are strict, we do not want to convert a string to a stringlist
               // (strings in python are detected to be sequences)
               if (strict &&
                 (val->ob_type == &PyString_Type ||
                 PyUnicode_Check(val))) {
                 ok = false;
                 return v;
               }
               if (PySequence_Check(val)) {
                 int count = PySequence_Size(val);
                 for (int i = 0;i<count;i++) {
                   PyObject* value = PySequence_GetItem(val,i);
                   v.append(PyObjGetString(value,false,ok));
                 }
                 ok = true;
               }
               return v;
             }
             QString PythonQtConv::PyObjGetRepresentation(PyObject* val)
             {
               QString r;
               PyObject* str =  PyObject_Repr(val);
               if (str) {
                 r = QString(PyString_AS_STRING(str));
                 Py_DECREF(str);
               }
               return r;
             }
             QString PythonQtConv::PyObjGetString(PyObject* val, bool strict, bool& ok) {
               QString r;
               ok = true;
               if (val->ob_type == &PyString_Type) {
                 r = QString(PyString_AS_STRING(val));
               } else if (PyUnicode_Check(val)) {
                 PyObject *ptmp = PyUnicode_AsUTF8String(val);
                 if(ptmp) {
                   r = QString::fromUtf8(PyString_AS_STRING(ptmp));
                   Py_DECREF(ptmp);
                 }
               } else if (!strict) {
                 // EXTRA: could also use _Unicode, but why should we?
                 PyObject* str =  PyObject_Str(val);
                 if (str) {
                   r = QString(PyString_AS_STRING(str));
                   Py_DECREF(str);
                 } else {
                   ok = false;
                 }
               } else {
                 ok = false;
               }
               return r;
             }
             QByteArray PythonQtConv::PyObjGetBytes(PyObject* val, bool /*strict*/, bool& ok) {
               // TODO: support buffer objects in general
               QByteArray r;
               ok = true;
               if (val->ob_type == &PyString_Type) {
                 long size = PyString_GET_SIZE(val);
                 r = QByteArray(PyString_AS_STRING(val), size);
               } else {
                 ok = false;
               }
               return r;
             }
             bool PythonQtConv::PyObjGetBool(PyObject* val, bool strict, bool &ok) {
               bool d = false;
               ok = false;
               if (val == Py_False) {
                 d = false;
                 ok = true;
               } else if (val == Py_True) {
                 d = true;
                 ok = true;
               } else if (!strict) {
                 d = PyObjGetInt(val, false, ok)!=0;
                 ok = true;
               }
               return d;
             }
             int PythonQtConv::PyObjGetInt(PyObject* val, bool strict, bool &ok) {
               int d = 0;
               ok = true;
               if (val->ob_type == &PyInt_Type) {
                 d = PyInt_AS_LONG(val);
               } else if (!strict) {
                 if (PyObject_TypeCheck(val, &PyInt_Type)) {
                   // support for derived int classes, e.g. for our enums
                   d = PyInt_AS_LONG(val);
                 } else if (val->ob_type == &PyFloat_Type) {
                   d = floor(PyFloat_AS_DOUBLE(val));
                 } else if (val->ob_type == &PyLong_Type) {
                   // handle error on overflow!
                   d = PyLong_AsLong(val);
                 } else if (val == Py_False) {
                   d = 0;
                 } else if (val == Py_True) {
                   d = 1;
                 } else {
                   ok = false;
                 }
               } else {
                 ok = false;
               }
               return d;
             }
             qint64 PythonQtConv::PyObjGetLongLong(PyObject* val, bool strict, bool &ok) {
               qint64 d = 0;
               ok = true;
               if (val->ob_type == &PyInt_Type) {
                 d = PyInt_AS_LONG(val);
               } else if (val->ob_type == &PyLong_Type) {
                 d = PyLong_AsLongLong(val);
               } else if (!strict) {
                 if (PyObject_TypeCheck(val, &PyInt_Type)) {
                   // support for derived int classes, e.g. for our enums
                   d = PyInt_AS_LONG(val);
                 } else if (val->ob_type == &PyFloat_Type) {
                   d = floor(PyFloat_AS_DOUBLE(val));
                 } else if (val == Py_False) {
                   d = 0;
                 } else if (val == Py_True) {
                   d = 1;
                 } else {
                   ok = false;
                 }
               } else {
                 ok = false;
               }
               return d;
             }
             quint64 PythonQtConv::PyObjGetULongLong(PyObject* val, bool strict, bool &ok) {
               quint64 d = 0;
               ok = true;
               if (PyObject_TypeCheck(val, &PyInt_Type)) {
                 d = PyInt_AS_LONG(val);
               } else if (val->ob_type == &PyLong_Type) {
                 d = PyLong_AsLongLong(val);
               } else if (!strict) {
                 if (PyObject_TypeCheck(val, &PyInt_Type)) {
                   // support for derived int classes, e.g. for our enums
                   d = PyInt_AS_LONG(val);
                 } else if (val->ob_type == &PyFloat_Type) {
                   d = floor(PyFloat_AS_DOUBLE(val));
                 } else if (val == Py_False) {
                   d = 0;
                 } else if (val == Py_True) {
                   d = 1;
                 } else {
                   ok = false;
                 }
               } else {
                 ok = false;
               }
               return d;
             }
             double PythonQtConv::PyObjGetDouble(PyObject* val, bool strict, bool &ok) {
               double d = 0;
               ok = true;
               if (val->ob_type == &PyFloat_Type) {
                 d = PyFloat_AS_DOUBLE(val);
               } else if (!strict) {
                 if (PyObject_TypeCheck(val, &PyInt_Type)) {
                   d = PyInt_AS_LONG(val);
                 } else if (val->ob_type == &PyLong_Type) {
                   d = PyLong_AsLong(val);
                 } else if (val == Py_False) {
                   d = 0;
                 } else if (val == Py_True) {
                   d = 1;
                 } else {
                   ok = false;
                 }
               } else {
                 ok = false;
               }
               return d;
             }
             QVariant PythonQtConv::PyObjToQVariant(PyObject* val, int type)
             {
               QVariant v;
               bool ok = true;
               if (type==-1) {
                 // no special type requested
                 if (val->ob_type==&PyString_Type || val->ob_type==&PyUnicode_Type) {
                   type = QVariant::String;
                 } else if (PyObject_TypeCheck(val, &PyInt_Type)) {
                   type = QVariant::Int;
                 } else if (val->ob_type==&PyLong_Type) {
                   type = QVariant::LongLong;
                 } else if (val->ob_type==&PyFloat_Type) {
                   type = QVariant::Double;
                 } else if (val == Py_False || val == Py_True) {
                   type = QVariant::Bool;
                 } else if (PyObject_TypeCheck(val, &PythonQtInstanceWrapper_Type)) {
                   PythonQtInstanceWrapper* wrap = (PythonQtInstanceWrapper*)val;
                   // c++ wrapper, check if the class names of the c++ objects match
                   if (wrap->classInfo()->isCPPWrapper()) {
                     if (wrap->classInfo()->metaTypeId()>0) {
                       // construct a new variant from the C++ object if it has a meta type (this will COPY the object!)
                       v = QVariant(wrap->classInfo()->metaTypeId(), wrap->_wrappedPtr);
                     } else {
                       // TODOXXX we could as well check if there is a registered meta type for "classname*", so that we may pass
                       // the pointer here...
                       // is this worth anything? we loose the knowledge of the cpp object type
                       v = qVariantFromValue(wrap->_wrappedPtr);
                     }
                   } else {
                     // this gives us a QObject pointer
                     QObject* myObject = wrap->_obj;
                     v = qVariantFromValue(myObject);
                   }
                   return v;
                 } else if (val->ob_type==&PyDict_Type) {
                   type = QVariant::Map;
                 } else if (val->ob_type==&PyList_Type || val->ob_type==&PyTuple_Type || PySequence_Check(val)) {
                   type = QVariant::List;
                 } else if (val == Py_None) {
                   // none is invalid
                   type = QVariant::Invalid;
                 } else {
                   // this used to be:
                   // type = QVariant::String;
                   // but now we want to transport the Python Objects directly:
                   PythonQtObjectPtr o(val);
                   v = qVariantFromValue(o);
                   return v;
                 }
               }
               // special type request:
               switch (type) {
               case QVariant::Invalid:
                 return v;
                 break;
               case QVariant::Int:
                 {
                   int d = PyObjGetInt(val, false, ok);
                   if (ok) return QVariant(d);
                 }
                 break;
               case QVariant::UInt:
                 {
                   int d = PyObjGetInt(val, false,ok);
                   if (ok) v = QVariant((unsigned int)d);
                 }
                 break;
               case QVariant::Bool:
                 {
                   int d = PyObjGetBool(val,false,ok);
                   if (ok) v =  QVariant((bool)(d!=0));
                 }
                 break;
               case QVariant::Double:
                 {
                   double d = PyObjGetDouble(val,false,ok);
                   if (ok) v =  QVariant(d);
                   break;
                 }
               case QMetaType::Float:
                 {
                   float d = (float) PyObjGetDouble(val,false,ok);
                   if (ok) v =  qVariantFromValue(d);
                   break;
                 }
               case QMetaType::Long:
                 {
                   long d = (long) PyObjGetLongLong(val,false,ok);
                   if (ok) v =  qVariantFromValue(d);
                   break;
                 }
               case QMetaType::ULong:
                 {
                   unsigned long d = (unsigned long) PyObjGetLongLong(val,false,ok);
                   if (ok) v =  qVariantFromValue(d);
                   break;
                 }
               case QMetaType::LongLong:
                 {
                   qint64 d = PyObjGetLongLong(val, false, ok);
                   if (ok) v =  qVariantFromValue(d);
                 }
                 break;
               case QMetaType::ULongLong:
                 {
                   quint64 d = PyObjGetULongLong(val, false, ok);
                   if (ok) v =  qVariantFromValue(d);
                 }
                 break;
               case QMetaType::Short:
                 {
                   short d = (short) PyObjGetInt(val,false,ok);
                   if (ok) v =  qVariantFromValue(d);
                   break;
                 }
               case QMetaType::UShort:
                 {
                   unsigned short d = (unsigned short) PyObjGetInt(val,false,ok);
                   if (ok) v =  qVariantFromValue(d);
                   break;
                 }
               case QMetaType::Char:
                 {
                   char d = (char) PyObjGetInt(val,false,ok);
                   if (ok) v =  qVariantFromValue(d);
                   break;
                 }
               case QMetaType::UChar:
                 {
                   unsigned char d = (unsigned char) PyObjGetInt(val,false,ok);
                   if (ok) v =  qVariantFromValue(d);
                   break;
                 }
               case QVariant::ByteArray:
               case QVariant::String:
                 {
                   bool ok;
                   v = QVariant(PyObjGetString(val, false, ok));
                 }
                 break;
                 // these are important for MeVisLab
               case QVariant::Map:
                 {
                   if (PyMapping_Check(val)) {
                     QMap<QString,QVariant> map;
                     PyObject* items = PyMapping_Items(val);
                     if (items) {
                       int count = PyList_Size(items);
                       PyObject* value;
                       PyObject* key;
                       PyObject* tuple;
                       for (int i = 0;i<count;i++) {
                         tuple = PyList_GetItem(items,i);
                         key = PyTuple_GetItem(tuple, 0);
                         value = PyTuple_GetItem(tuple, 1);
                         map.insert(PyObjGetString(key), PyObjToQVariant(value,-1));
                       }
                       Py_DECREF(items);
                       v = map;
                     }
                   }
                 }
                 break;
               case QVariant::List:
                 if (PySequence_Check(val)) {
                   QVariantList list;
                   int count = PySequence_Size(val);
                   PyObject* value;
                   for (int i = 0;i<count;i++) {
                     value = PySequence_GetItem(val,i);
                     list.append(PyObjToQVariant(value, -1));
                   }
                   v = list;
                 }
                 break;
               case QVariant::StringList:
                 {
                   bool ok;
                   QStringList l = PyObjToStringList(val, false, ok);
                   if (ok) {
                     v = l;
                   }
                 }
                 break;
               default:
                 if (PyObject_TypeCheck(val, &PythonQtInstanceWrapper_Type)) {
                   PythonQtInstanceWrapper* wrap = (PythonQtInstanceWrapper*)val;
                   if (wrap->classInfo()->isCPPWrapper() && wrap->classInfo()->metaTypeId() == type) {
                     // construct a new variant from the C++ object if it has the same meta type
                     v = QVariant(type, wrap->_wrappedPtr);
                   } else {
                     v = QVariant();
                   }
                 } else {
                   v = QVariant();
                 }
               }
               return v;
             }
             PyObject* PythonQtConv::QStringToPyObject(const QString& str)
             {
               if (str.isNull()) {
                 return PyString_FromString("");
               } else {
                 return PyUnicode_DecodeUTF16((const char*)str.utf16(), str.length()*2, NULL, NULL);
               }
             }
             PyObject* PythonQtConv::QStringListToPyObject(const QStringList& list)
             {
               PyObject* result = PyTuple_New(list.count());
               int i = 0;
               QString str;
               foreach (str, list) {
                 PyTuple_SET_ITEM(result, i, PythonQtConv::QStringToPyObject(str));
                 i++;
               }
               // why is the error state bad after this?
               PyErr_Clear();
               return result;
             }
             PyObject* PythonQtConv::QStringListToPyList(const QStringList& list)
             {
               PyObject* result = PyList_New(list.count());
               int i = 0;
               for (QStringList::ConstIterator it = list.begin(); it!=list.end(); ++it) {
                 PyList_SET_ITEM(result, i, PythonQtConv::QStringToPyObject(*it));
                 i++;
               }
               return result;
             }
             PyObject* PythonQtConv::QVariantToPyObject(const QVariant& v)
             {
               return ConvertQtValueToPythonInternal(v.userType(), (void*)v.constData());
             }
             PyObject* PythonQtConv::QVariantMapToPyObject(const QVariantMap& m) {
               PyObject* result = PyDict_New();
               QVariantMap::const_iterator t = m.constBegin();
               PyObject* key;
               PyObject* val;
               for (;t!=m.end();t++) {
                 key = QStringToPyObject(t.key());
                 val = QVariantToPyObject(t.value());
                 PyDict_SetItem(result, key, val);
                 Py_DECREF(key);
                 Py_DECREF(val);
               }
               return result;
             }
             PyObject* PythonQtConv::QVariantListToPyObject(const QVariantList& l) {
               PyObject* result = PyTuple_New(l.count());
               int i = 0;
               QVariant v;
               foreach (v, l) {
                 PyTuple_SET_ITEM(result, i, PythonQtConv::QVariantToPyObject(v));
                 i++;
               }
               // why is the error state bad after this?
               PyErr_Clear();
               return result;
             }
             PyObject* PythonQtConv::ConvertQListOfPointerTypeToPythonList(QList<void*>* list, const QByteArray& typeName)
             {
               PyObject* result = PyTuple_New(list->count());
               int i = 0;
               foreach (void* value, *list) {
                 PyTuple_SET_ITEM(result, i, PythonQt::priv()->wrapPtr(value, typeName));
                 i++;
               }
               return result;
             }
             bool PythonQtConv::ConvertPythonListToQListOfPointerType(PyObject* obj, QList<void*>* list, const QByteArray& type, bool /*strict*/)
             {
               bool result = false;
               if (PySequence_Check(obj)) {
                 result = true;
                 int count = PySequence_Size(obj);
                 PyObject* value;
                 for (int i = 0;i<count;i++) {
                   value = PySequence_GetItem(obj,i);
                   if (PyObject_TypeCheck(value, &PythonQtInstanceWrapper_Type)) {
                     PythonQtInstanceWrapper* wrap = (PythonQtInstanceWrapper*)value;
                     bool ok;
                     void* object = castWrapperTo(wrap, type, ok);
                     if (ok) {
                       list->append(object);
                     } else {
                       result = false;
                       break;
                     }
                   }
                 }
               }
               return result;
             }
             int PythonQtConv::getInnerTemplateMetaType(const QByteArray& typeName)
             {
               int idx = typeName.indexOf("<");
               if (idx>0) {
                 int idx2 = typeName.indexOf(">");
                 if (idx2>0) {
                   QByteArray innerType = typeName.mid(idx+1,idx2-idx-1);
                   return QMetaType::type(innerType.constData());
                 }
               }
               return QMetaType::Void;
             }
             QString PythonQtConv::CPPObjectToString(int type, const void* data) {
               QString r;
               switch (type) {
                 case QVariant::Size: {
                   const QSize* s = static_cast<const QSize*>(data);
                   r = QString::number(s->width()) + ", " + QString::number(s->height());
                   }
                   break;
                 case QVariant::SizeF: {
                   const QSizeF* s = static_cast<const QSizeF*>(data);
                   r = QString::number(s->width()) + ", " + QString::number(s->height());
                   }
                   break;
                 case QVariant::Point: {
                   const QPoint* s = static_cast<const QPoint*>(data);
                   r = QString::number(s->x()) + ", " + QString::number(s->y());
                   }
                   break;
                 case QVariant::PointF: {
                   const QPointF* s = static_cast<const QPointF*>(data);
                   r = QString::number(s->x()) + ", " + QString::number(s->y());
                   }
                   break;
                 case QVariant::Rect: {
                   const QRect* s = static_cast<const QRect*>(data);
                   r = QString::number(s->x()) + ", " + QString::number(s->y());
                   r += ", " + QString::number(s->width()) + ", " + QString::number(s->height());
                   }
                   break;
                 case QVariant::RectF: {
                   const QRectF* s = static_cast<const QRectF*>(data);
                   r = QString::number(s->x()) + ", " + QString::number(s->y());
                   r += ", " + QString::number(s->width()) + ", " + QString::number(s->height());
                   }
                   break;
                 case QVariant::Date: {
                   const QDate* s = static_cast<const QDate*>(data);
                   r = s->toString(Qt::ISODate);
                   }
                   break;
                 case QVariant::DateTime: {
                   const QDateTime* s = static_cast<const QDateTime*>(data);
                   r = s->toString(Qt::ISODate);
                   }
                   break;
                 case QVariant::Time: {
                   const QTime* s = static_cast<const QTime*>(data);
                   r = s->toString(Qt::ISODate);
                 }
                   break;
                 case QVariant::Pixmap:
                 {
                   const QPixmap* s = static_cast<const QPixmap*>(data);
                   r = QString("Pixmap ") + QString::number(s->width()) + ", " + QString::number(s->height());
                 }
                   break;
                 case QVariant::Image:
                 {
                   const QImage* s = static_cast<const QImage*>(data);
                   r = QString("Image ") + QString::number(s->width()) + ", " + QString::number(s->height());
                 }
                   break;
                 case QVariant::Url:
                   {
                     const QUrl* s = static_cast<const QUrl*>(data);
                     r = s->toString();
                   }
                   break;
                   //TODO: add more printing for other variant types
                 default:
                   // this creates a copy, but that should not be expensive for typical simple variants
                   // (but we do not want to do this for our won user types!
                   if (type>0 && type < (int)QVariant::UserType) {
                     QVariant v(type, data);
                     r = v.toString();
                   }
               }
               return r;
             }

src/PythonQtCppWrapperFactory.h +19 -1

             #ifndef _PYTHONQTCPPWRAPPERFACTORY_H
             #define _PYTHONQTCPPWRAPPERFACTORY_H
             /*
              *
              *  Copyright (C) 2010 MeVis Medical Solutions AG All Rights Reserved.
              *
              *  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
              *  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
              *  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
              *  version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
              *
              *  This library 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
              *  Lesser General Public License for more details.
              *
              *  Further, this software is distributed without any warranty that it is
              *  free of the rightful claim of any third person regarding infringement
              *  or the like.  Any license provided herein, whether implied or
              *  otherwise, applies only to this software file.  Patent licenses, if
              *  any, provided herein do not apply to combinations of this program with
              *  other software, or any other product whatsoever.
              *
              *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
              *  License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
              *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
              *
              *  Contact information: MeVis Medical Solutions AG, Universitaetsallee 29,
              *  28359 Bremen, Germany or:
              *
              *  http://www.mevis.de
              *
              */
             //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             /*!
             // \file    PythonQtCppWrapperFactory.h
             // \author  Florian Link
             // \author  Last changed by $Author: florian $
             // \date    2006-06
             */
             //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             //! Factory interface for C++ classes that can be wrapped by QObject objects
             /*! To create your own factory, derive PythonQtCppWrapperFactory and implement
             the create() method.
             A factory can be added to PythonQt by PythonQt::addCppWrapperFactory().
             */
             class PYTHONQT_EXPORT PythonQtCppWrapperFactory
             {
             public:
               PythonQtCppWrapperFactory() {};
               virtual ~PythonQtCppWrapperFactory() {};
               //! create a wrapper for the given object
-              virtual QObject* create(const QByteArray& name, void *ptr) = 0;
+              virtual QObject* create(const QByteArray& classname, void *ptr) = 0;
+            };
+            //! Factory interface for C++ classes that can be mapped directly from/to
+            //! Python with other means than PythonQt/QObjects.
+            class PYTHONQT_EXPORT PythonQtForeignWrapperFactory
+            {
+            public:
+              PythonQtForeignWrapperFactory() {};
+              virtual ~PythonQtForeignWrapperFactory() {};
+              //! create a Python object (with new reference count), wrapping the given \p ptr as class of type \p classname
+              //! Return NULL (and not Py_None) if the object could not be wrapped.
+              virtual PyObject* wrap(const QByteArray& classname, void *ptr) = 0;
+              //! unwrap the given object to a C++ object of type \p classname if possible
+              //! Return NULL otherwise.
+              virtual void*     unwrap(const QByteArray& classname, PyObject* object) = 0;
             };
             #endif

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