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  • from ..Qt import QtGui, QtCore
    
    import os, weakref, re
    
    from ..pgcollections import OrderedDict
    
    from .ParameterItem import ParameterItem
    
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    PARAM_NAMES = {}
    
    
    def registerParameterType(name, cls, override=False):
        global PARAM_TYPES
        if name in PARAM_TYPES and not override:
            raise Exception("Parameter type '%s' already exists (use override=True to replace)" % name)
        PARAM_TYPES[name] = cls
    
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        PARAM_NAMES[cls] = name
    
    
    
    
    class Parameter(QtCore.QObject):
    
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        A Parameter is the basic unit of data in a parameter tree. Each parameter has
        a name, a type, a value, and several other properties that modify the behavior of the 
        Parameter. Parameters may have parent / child / sibling relationships to construct
        organized hierarchies. Parameters generally do not have any inherent GUI or visual
        interpretation; instead they manage ParameterItem instances which take care of
        display and user interaction.
        
        Note: It is fairly uncommon to use the Parameter class directly; mostly you 
        will use subclasses which provide specialized type and data handling. The static
        pethod Parameter.create(...) is an easy way to generate instances of these subclasses.
    
           
        For more Parameter types, see ParameterTree.parameterTypes module.
    
        
        ===================================  =========================================================
        **Signals:**
        sigStateChanged(self, change, info)  Emitted when anything changes about this parameter at 
                                             all.
                                             The second argument is a string indicating what changed 
                                             ('value', 'childAdded', etc..)
                                             The third argument can be any extra information about 
                                             the change
        sigTreeStateChanged(self, changes)   Emitted when any child in the tree changes state
                                             (but only if monitorChildren() is called)
                                             the format of *changes* is [(param, change, info), ...]
        sigValueChanged(self, value)         Emitted when value is finished changing
        sigValueChanging(self, value)        Emitted immediately for all value changes, 
                                             including during editing.
        sigChildAdded(self, child, index)    Emitted when a child is added
        sigChildRemoved(self, child)         Emitted when a child is removed
        sigParentChanged(self, parent)       Emitted when this parameter's parent has changed
        sigLimitsChanged(self, limits)       Emitted when this parameter's limits have changed
        sigDefaultChanged(self, default)     Emitted when this parameter's default value has changed
        sigNameChanged(self, name)           Emitted when this parameter's name has changed
        sigOptionsChanged(self, opts)        Emitted when any of this parameter's options have changed
        ===================================  =========================================================
    
        """
        ## name, type, limits, etc.
        ## can also carry UI hints (slider vs spinbox, etc.)
        
        sigValueChanged = QtCore.Signal(object, object)  ## self, value   emitted when value is finished being edited
        sigValueChanging = QtCore.Signal(object, object)  ## self, value  emitted as value is being edited
        
        sigChildAdded = QtCore.Signal(object, object, object)  ## self, child, index
        sigChildRemoved = QtCore.Signal(object, object)  ## self, child
        sigParentChanged = QtCore.Signal(object, object)  ## self, parent
        sigLimitsChanged = QtCore.Signal(object, object)  ## self, limits
        sigDefaultChanged = QtCore.Signal(object, object)  ## self, default
        sigNameChanged = QtCore.Signal(object, object)  ## self, name
        sigOptionsChanged = QtCore.Signal(object, object)  ## self, {opt:val, ...}
        
        ## Emitted when anything changes about this parameter at all.
        ## The second argument is a string indicating what changed ('value', 'childAdded', etc..)
        ## The third argument can be any extra information about the change
        sigStateChanged = QtCore.Signal(object, object, object) ## self, change, info
        
        ## emitted when any child in the tree changes state
        ## (but only if monitorChildren() is called)
        sigTreeStateChanged = QtCore.Signal(object, object)  # self, changes
                                                             # changes = [(param, change, info), ...]
        
        # bad planning.
        #def __new__(cls, *args, **opts):
            #try:
                #cls = PARAM_TYPES[opts['type']]
            #except KeyError:
                #pass
            #return QtCore.QObject.__new__(cls, *args, **opts)
        
        @staticmethod
        def create(**opts):
            """
    
            Static method that creates a new Parameter (or subclass) instance using 
            opts['type'] to select the appropriate class.
    
            All options are passed directly to the new Parameter's __init__ method.
    
            Use registerParameterType() to add new class types.
            """
    
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            typ = opts.get('type', None)
            if typ is None:
                cls = Parameter
            else:
                cls = PARAM_TYPES[opts['type']]
    
            return cls(**opts)
        
        def __init__(self, **opts):
    
            """
            Initialize a Parameter object. Although it is rare to directly create a
            Parameter instance, the options available to this method are also allowed
            by most Parameter subclasses.
            
    
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            =======================      =========================================================
    
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            name                         The name to give this Parameter. This is the name that
                                         will appear in the left-most column of a ParameterTree
                                         for this Parameter.
            value                        The value to initially assign to this Parameter.
            default                      The default value for this Parameter (most Parameters
                                         provide an option to 'reset to default').
            children                     A list of children for this Parameter. Children
                                         may be given either as a Parameter instance or as a
                                         dictionary to pass to Parameter.create(). In this way,
                                         it is possible to specify complex hierarchies of
                                         Parameters from a single nested data structure.
            readonly                     If True, the user will not be allowed to edit this
                                         Parameter. (default=False)
            enabled                      If False, any widget(s) for this parameter will appear
                                         disabled. (default=True)
            visible                      If False, the Parameter will not appear when displayed
                                         in a ParameterTree. (default=True)
            renamable                    If True, the user may rename this Parameter.
                                         (default=False)
            removable                    If True, the user may remove this Parameter.
                                         (default=False)
            expanded                     If True, the Parameter will appear expanded when
                                         displayed in a ParameterTree (its children will be
                                         visible). (default=True)
            =======================      =========================================================
    
            QtCore.QObject.__init__(self)
            
            self.opts = {
    
                'readonly': False,
                'visible': True,
                'enabled': True,
                'renamable': False,
                'removable': False,
                'strictNaming': False,  # forces name to be usable as a python variable
    
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                #'limits': None,  ## This is a bad plan--each parameter type may have a different data type for limits.
    
            }
            self.opts.update(opts)
            
            self.childs = []
            self.names = {}   ## map name:child
            self.items = weakref.WeakKeyDictionary()  ## keeps track of tree items representing this parameter
            self._parent = None
            self.treeStateChanges = []  ## cache of tree state changes to be delivered on next emit
            self.blockTreeChangeEmit = 0
            #self.monitoringChildren = False  ## prevent calling monitorChildren more than once
            
            if 'value' not in self.opts:
                self.opts['value'] = None
            
            if 'name' not in self.opts or not isinstance(self.opts['name'], basestring):
                raise Exception("Parameter must have a string name specified in opts.")
            self.setName(opts['name'])
            
    
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            self.addChildren(self.opts.get('children', []))
    
                
            if 'value' in self.opts and 'default' not in self.opts:
                self.opts['default'] = self.opts['value']
        
            ## Connect all state changed signals to the general sigStateChanged
            self.sigValueChanged.connect(lambda param, data: self.emitStateChanged('value', data))
            self.sigChildAdded.connect(lambda param, *data: self.emitStateChanged('childAdded', data))
            self.sigChildRemoved.connect(lambda param, data: self.emitStateChanged('childRemoved', data))
            self.sigParentChanged.connect(lambda param, data: self.emitStateChanged('parent', data))
            self.sigLimitsChanged.connect(lambda param, data: self.emitStateChanged('limits', data))
            self.sigDefaultChanged.connect(lambda param, data: self.emitStateChanged('default', data))
            self.sigNameChanged.connect(lambda param, data: self.emitStateChanged('name', data))
            self.sigOptionsChanged.connect(lambda param, data: self.emitStateChanged('options', data))
            
            #self.watchParam(self)  ## emit treechange signals if our own state changes
            
        def name(self):
    
            """Return the name of this Parameter."""
    
            return self.opts['name']
    
        def setName(self, name):
            """Attempt to change the name of this parameter; return the actual name. 
            (The parameter may reject the name change or automatically pick a different name)"""
            if self.opts['strictNaming']:
                if len(name) < 1 or re.search(r'\W', name) or re.match(r'\d', name[0]):
                    raise Exception("Parameter name '%s' is invalid. (Must contain only alphanumeric and underscore characters and may not start with a number)" % name)
            parent = self.parent()
            if parent is not None:
                name = parent._renameChild(self, name)  ## first ask parent if it's ok to rename
            if self.opts['name'] != name:
                self.opts['name'] = name
                self.sigNameChanged.emit(self, name)
            return name
    
    
            """Return the type string for this Parameter."""
    
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        def isType(self, typ):
            """
            Return True if this parameter type matches the name *typ*.
            This can occur either of two ways:
            
            - If self.type() == *typ*
            - If this parameter's class is registered with the name *typ*
            """
            if self.type() == typ:
                return True
            global PARAM_TYPES
            cls = PARAM_TYPES.get(typ, None)
            if cls is None:
                raise Exception("Type name '%s' is not registered." % str(typ))
            return self.__class__ is cls
            
    
        def childPath(self, child):
    
            """
            Return the path of parameter names from self to child.
            If child is not a (grand)child of self, return None.
            """
    
            path = []
            while child is not self:
                path.insert(0, child.name())
                child = child.parent()
    
                if child is None:
                    return None
    
            return path
    
        def setValue(self, value, blockSignal=None):
    
            """
            Set the value of this Parameter; return the actual value that was set.
            (this may be different from the value that was requested)
            """
    
            try:
                if blockSignal is not None:
                    self.sigValueChanged.disconnect(blockSignal)
                if self.opts['value'] == value:
                    return value
                self.opts['value'] = value
                self.sigValueChanged.emit(self, value)
            finally:
                if blockSignal is not None:
                    self.sigValueChanged.connect(blockSignal)
                
            return value
    
        def value(self):
    
            """
            Return the value of this Parameter.
            """
    
            return self.opts['value']
    
        def getValues(self):
            """Return a tree of all values that are children of this parameter"""
    
            vals = OrderedDict()
    
            for ch in self:
                vals[ch.name()] = (ch.value(), ch.getValues())
            return vals
        
        def saveState(self):
    
            """
            Return a structure representing the entire state of the parameter tree.
            The tree state may be restored from this structure using restoreState()
            """
    
            state = self.opts.copy()
    
            state['children'] = OrderedDict([(ch.name(), ch.saveState()) for ch in self])
    
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            if state['type'] is None:
                global PARAM_NAMES
                state['type'] = PARAM_NAMES.get(type(self), None)
    
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        def restoreState(self, state, recursive=True, addChildren=True, removeChildren=True, blockSignals=True):
    
            """
            Restore the state of this parameter and its children from a structure generated using saveState()
            If recursive is True, then attempt to restore the state of child parameters as well.
            If addChildren is True, then any children which are referenced in the state object will be
            created if they do not already exist.
            If removeChildren is True, then any children which are not referenced in the state object will 
            be removed.
    
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            If blockSignals is True, no signals will be emitted until the tree has been completely restored. 
            This prevents signal handlers from responding to a partially-rebuilt network.
    
            """
            childState = state.get('children', [])
            
    
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            ## list of children may be stored either as list or dict.
            if isinstance(childState, dict):
                childState = childState.values()
                
    
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            if blockSignals:
                self.blockTreeChangeSignal()
    
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            try:
                self.setOpts(**state)
    
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                if not recursive:
                    return
    
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                ptr = 0  ## pointer to first child that has not been restored yet
                foundChilds = set()
                #print "==============", self.name()
                
                for ch in childState:
                    name = ch['name']
                    typ = ch['type']
                    #print('child: %s, %s' % (self.name()+'.'+name, typ))
                    
                    ## First, see if there is already a child with this name and type
                    gotChild = False
                    for i, ch2 in enumerate(self.childs[ptr:]):
                        #print "  ", ch2.name(), ch2.type()
                        if ch2.name() != name or not ch2.isType(typ):
                            continue
                        gotChild = True
                        #print "    found it"
                        if i != 0:  ## move parameter to next position
                            #self.removeChild(ch2)
                            self.insertChild(ptr, ch2)
                            #print "  moved to position", ptr
                        ch2.restoreState(ch, recursive=recursive, addChildren=addChildren, removeChildren=removeChildren)
                        foundChilds.add(ch2)
                        
                        break
                    
                    if not gotChild:
                        if not addChildren:
                            #print "  ignored child"
                            continue
                        #print "    created new"
                        ch2 = Parameter.create(**ch)
                        self.insertChild(ptr, ch2)
                        foundChilds.add(ch2)
                        
                    ptr += 1
    
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                if removeChildren:
                    for ch in self.childs[:]:
                        if ch not in foundChilds:
                            #print "  remove:", ch
                            self.removeChild(ch)
            finally:
                if blockSignals:
                    self.unblockTreeChangeSignal()
    
        def defaultValue(self):
    
            """Return the default value for this parameter."""
    
            return self.opts['default']
            
        def setDefault(self, val):
    
            """Set the default value for this parameter."""
    
            if self.opts['default'] == val:
                return
    
            self.opts['default'] = val
            self.sigDefaultChanged.emit(self, val)
    
        def setToDefault(self):
    
            """Set this parameter's value to the default."""
    
            if self.hasDefault():
                self.setValue(self.defaultValue())
    
        def hasDefault(self):
    
            """Returns True if this parameter has a default value."""
    
            return 'default' in self.opts
            
        def valueIsDefault(self):
    
            """Returns True if this parameter's value is equal to the default value."""
    
            return self.value() == self.defaultValue()
            
        def setLimits(self, limits):
    
            """Set limits on the acceptable values for this parameter. 
            The format of limits depends on the type of the parameter and
            some parameters do not make use of limits at all."""
    
            if 'limits' in self.opts and self.opts['limits'] == limits:
                return
            self.opts['limits'] = limits
            self.sigLimitsChanged.emit(self, limits)
            return limits
    
        def writable(self):
    
            """
            Returns True if this parameter's value can be changed by the user.
            Note that the value of the parameter can *always* be changed by
            calling setValue().
            """
    
            return not self.opts.get('readonly', False)
    
    
        def setWritable(self, writable=True):
    
            """Set whether this Parameter should be editable by the user. (This is 
            exactly the opposite of setReadonly)."""
    
            self.setOpts(readonly=not writable)
            
        def setReadonly(self, readonly=True):
    
            """Set whether this Parameter's value may be edited by the user."""
    
            self.setOpts(readonly=readonly)
            
    
        def setOpts(self, **opts):
    
            """
            Set any arbitrary options on this parameter.
            The exact behavior of this function will depend on the parameter type, but
            most parameters will accept a common set of options: value, name, limits,
    
            default, readonly, removable, renamable, visible, enabled, and expanded.
            
            See :func:`Parameter.__init__ <pyqtgraph.parametertree.Parameter.__init__>`
            for more information on default options.
    
            changed = OrderedDict()
    
            for k in opts:
                if k == 'value':
                    self.setValue(opts[k])
                elif k == 'name':
                    self.setName(opts[k])
                elif k == 'limits':
                    self.setLimits(opts[k])
                elif k == 'default':
                    self.setDefault(opts[k])
                elif k not in self.opts or self.opts[k] != opts[k]:
                    self.opts[k] = opts[k]
                    changed[k] = opts[k]
                    
            if len(changed) > 0:
                self.sigOptionsChanged.emit(self, changed)
            
        def emitStateChanged(self, changeDesc, data):
            ## Emits stateChanged signal and 
            ## requests emission of new treeStateChanged signal
            self.sigStateChanged.emit(self, changeDesc, data)
            #self.treeStateChanged(self, changeDesc, data)
            self.treeStateChanges.append((self, changeDesc, data))
            self.emitTreeChanges()
    
        def makeTreeItem(self, depth):
    
            """
            Return a TreeWidgetItem suitable for displaying/controlling the content of 
            this parameter. This is called automatically when a ParameterTree attempts
            to display this Parameter.
    
            Most subclasses will want to override this function.
            """
            if hasattr(self, 'itemClass'):
                #print "Param:", self, "Make item from itemClass:", self.itemClass
                return self.itemClass(self, depth)
            else:
                return ParameterItem(self, depth=depth)
    
    
        def addChild(self, child):
            """Add another parameter to the end of this parameter's child list."""
            return self.insertChild(len(self.childs), child)
    
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        def addChildren(self, children):
            ## If children was specified as dict, then assume keys are the names.
            if isinstance(children, dict):
                ch2 = []
                for name, opts in children.items():
                    if isinstance(opts, dict) and 'name' not in opts:
                        opts = opts.copy()
                        opts['name'] = name
                    ch2.append(opts)
                children = ch2
            
            for chOpts in children:
                #print self, "Add child:", type(chOpts), id(chOpts)
                self.addChild(chOpts)
            
    
            
        def insertChild(self, pos, child):
    
            """
            Insert a new child at pos.
    
            If pos is a Parameter, then insert at the position of that Parameter.
    
            If child is a dict, then a parameter is constructed using
            :func:`Parameter.create <pyqtgraph.parametertree.Parameter.create>`.
    
            """
            if isinstance(child, dict):
                child = Parameter.create(**child)
            
            name = child.name()
    
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            if name in self.names and child is not self.names[name]:
    
                if child.opts.get('autoIncrementName', False):
                    name = self.incrementName(name)
                    child.setName(name)
                else:
                    raise Exception("Already have child named %s" % str(name))
            if isinstance(pos, Parameter):
                pos = self.childs.index(pos)
                
    
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            with self.treeChangeBlocker():
                if child.parent() is not None:
                    child.remove()
                    
                self.names[name] = child
                self.childs.insert(pos, child)
    
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                child.parentChanged(self)
                self.sigChildAdded.emit(self, child, pos)
                child.sigTreeStateChanged.connect(self.treeStateChanged)
    
            return child
            
        def removeChild(self, child):
    
            """Remove a child parameter."""
    
            name = child.name()
            if name not in self.names or self.names[name] is not child:
                raise Exception("Parameter %s is not my child; can't remove." % str(child))
            del self.names[name]
            self.childs.pop(self.childs.index(child))
            child.parentChanged(None)
            self.sigChildRemoved.emit(self, child)
    
            try:
                child.sigTreeStateChanged.disconnect(self.treeStateChanged)
            except TypeError:  ## already disconnected
                pass
    
    
        def clearChildren(self):
    
            """Remove all child parameters."""
    
            for ch in self.childs[:]:
                self.removeChild(ch)
    
    
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        def children(self):  
    
            """Return a list of this parameter's children.
            Warning: this overrides QObject.children
            """
    
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            return self.childs[:]
    
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        def hasChildren(self):
    
            """Return True if this Parameter has children."""
    
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            return len(self.childs) > 0
    
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        def parentChanged(self, parent):
    
            """This method is called when the parameter's parent has changed.
            It may be useful to extend this method in subclasses."""
    
            self._parent = parent
            self.sigParentChanged.emit(self, parent)
            
        def parent(self):
    
            """Return the parent of this parameter."""
    
            return self._parent
            
        def remove(self):
    
            """Remove this parameter from its parent's child list"""
    
            parent = self.parent()
            if parent is None:
                raise Exception("Cannot remove; no parent.")
            parent.removeChild(self)
    
        def incrementName(self, name):
            ## return an unused name by adding a number to the name given
            base, num = re.match('(.*)(\d*)', name).groups()
            numLen = len(num)
            if numLen == 0:
                num = 2
                numLen = 1
            else:
                num = int(num)
            while True:
                newName = base + ("%%0%dd"%numLen) % num
    
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                if newName not in self.names:
    
                    return newName
                num += 1
    
        def __iter__(self):
            for ch in self.childs:
                yield ch
    
        def __getitem__(self, names):
    
            """Get the value of a child parameter. The name may also be a tuple giving
            the path to a sub-parameter::
            
                value = param[('child', 'grandchild')]
            """
    
            if not isinstance(names, tuple):
                names = (names,)
            return self.param(*names).value()
    
        def __setitem__(self, names, value):
    
            """Set the value of a child parameter. The name may also be a tuple giving
            the path to a sub-parameter::
            
                param[('child', 'grandchild')] = value
            """
    
            if isinstance(names, basestring):
                names = (names,)
            return self.param(*names).setValue(value)
    
        def param(self, *names):
            """Return a child parameter. 
            Accepts the name of the child or a tuple (path, to, child)"""
            try:
                param = self.names[names[0]]
            except KeyError:
                raise Exception("Parameter %s has no child named %s" % (self.name(), names[0]))
            
            if len(names) > 1:
                return param.param(*names[1:])
            else:
                return param
            
        def __repr__(self):
            return "<%s '%s' at 0x%x>" % (self.__class__.__name__, self.name(), id(self))
           
        def __getattr__(self, attr):
    
            ## Leaving this undocumented because I might like to remove it in the future..
    
            #print type(self), attr
    
            if 'names' not in self.__dict__:
                raise AttributeError(attr)
    
            if attr in self.names:
    
                import traceback
                traceback.print_stack()
    
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                print("Warning: Use of Parameter.subParam is deprecated. Use Parameter.param(name) instead.")
    
                return self.param(attr)
            else:
                raise AttributeError(attr)
           
        def _renameChild(self, child, name):
            ## Only to be called from Parameter.rename
            if name in self.names:
                return child.name()
            self.names[name] = child
            del self.names[child.name()]
            return name
    
        def registerItem(self, item):
            self.items[item] = None
            
        def hide(self):
    
            """Hide this parameter. It and its children will no longer be visible in any ParameterTree
            widgets it is connected to."""
    
            self.show(False)
            
        def show(self, s=True):
    
            """Show this parameter. """
    
            self.opts['visible'] = s
            self.sigOptionsChanged.emit(self, {'visible': s})
    
    
        def treeChangeBlocker(self):
            """
            Return an object that can be used to temporarily block and accumulate
            sigTreeStateChanged signals. This is meant to be used when numerous changes are 
            about to be made to the tree and only one change signal should be
            emitted at the end.
            
    
                with param.treeChangeBlocker():
                    param.addChild(...)
                    param.removeChild(...)
                    param.setValue(...)
            """
            return SignalBlocker(self.blockTreeChangeSignal, self.unblockTreeChangeSignal)
    
        def blockTreeChangeSignal(self):
            """
            Used to temporarily block and accumulate tree change signals.
            *You must remember to unblock*, so it is advisable to use treeChangeBlocker() instead.
            """
            self.blockTreeChangeEmit += 1
    
        def unblockTreeChangeSignal(self):
            """Unblocks enission of sigTreeStateChanged and flushes the changes out through a single signal."""
            self.blockTreeChangeEmit -= 1
            self.emitTreeChanges()
            
            
        def treeStateChanged(self, param, changes):
            """
            Called when the state of any sub-parameter has changed. 
    
            
            ==========  ================================================================
    
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            Arguments:
    
            param       The immediate child whose tree state has changed.
                        note that the change may have originated from a grandchild.
            changes     List of tuples describing all changes that have been made
                        in this event: (param, changeDescr, data)
            ==========  ================================================================
    
                         
            This function can be extended to react to tree state changes.
            """
            self.treeStateChanges.extend(changes)
            self.emitTreeChanges()
        
        def emitTreeChanges(self):
            if self.blockTreeChangeEmit == 0:
                changes = self.treeStateChanges
                self.treeStateChanges = []
                self.sigTreeStateChanged.emit(self, changes)
    
    
    
        def __init__(self, enterFn, exitFn):
            self.enterFn = enterFn
            self.exitFn = exitFn
            
        def __enter__(self):
            self.enterFn()
            
        def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, tb):
            self.exitFn()