QGCCore.h

/*=====================================================================

PIXHAWK Micro Air Vehicle Flying Robotics Toolkit

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/**
 * @file
 *   @brief Definition of main class
 *
 *   @author Lorenz Meier <mavteam@student.ethz.ch>
 *
 */


#ifndef QGC_CORE_H
#define QGC_CORE_H

#include <QApplication>

#include "MainWindow.h"
#include "UASManager.h"
#include "LinkManager.h"
#ifdef QGC_RTLAB_ENABLED
#include "OpalLink.h"
#endif

/**
 * @brief The main application and management class.
 *
 * This class is started by the main method and provides
 * the central management unit of the groundstation application.
 *
 **/
class QGCCore : public QApplication
{
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    QGCCore(int &argc, char* argv[]);
    ~QGCCore();
    
    /// @brief Initialize the applicaation.
    /// @return false: init failed, app should exit
    bool init(void);
    
    static const char* deleteAllSettingsKey;

protected:
    void startLinkManager();

    /**
     * @brief Start the robot managing system
     *
     * The robot manager keeps track of the configured robots.
     **/
    void startUASManager();

private:
    MainWindow* _mainWindow;
    static const char* _settingsVersionKey;
};

#endif /* _CORE_H_ */