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+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 2013 John Donoghue
+
+This file is part of Octave.
+
+Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your
+option) any later version.
+
+Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, see
+<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+*/
+#if !defined (find_files_model_h)
+#define find_files_model_h
+
+#include <QAbstractListModel>
+#include <QStringList>
+#include <QList>
+#include <QFileInfo>
+#include <QIcon>
+
+
+class find_files_model : public QAbstractListModel
+{
+public:
+  find_files_model(QObject *p=0);
+  ~find_files_model ();
+
+  void clear();
+
+  void addFile(const QFileInfo &info);
+
+  int rowCount(const QModelIndex & p=QModelIndex()) const;
+
+  int columnCount(const QModelIndex & p=QModelIndex()) const;
+
+  QVariant data (const QModelIndex& idx, int role) const;
+
+  QVariant headerData (int section, Qt::Orientation orientation,
+                       int role = Qt::DisplayRole) const;
+
+  QFileInfo fileInfo (const QModelIndex & p) const;
+  QIcon     fileIcon (const QModelIndex &p) const;
+private:
+  QList<QFileInfo> _files;
+  QStringList _columnNames;
+};
+
+#endif // find_files_model_h
+