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+/*  Copyright (C) 2013 VATSIM Community / contributors
+ *  This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ *  License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ *  file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+#ifndef BLACKGUI_VIEWBASE_H
+#define BLACKGUI_VIEWBASE_H
+
+#include <QTableView>
+
+namespace BlackGui
+{
+    /*!
+     * \brief List model
+     */
+    template <class ModelClass> class CViewBase : public QTableView
+    {
+
+    protected:
+
+        //! Constructor
+        CViewBase(QWidget *parent) : QTableView(parent)
+        {
+            this->setSortingEnabled(true);
+            this->horizontalHeader()->setStretchLastSection(true);
+        }
+
+        //! Destructor
+        virtual ~CViewBase() {}
+
+        ModelClass *m_model; //!< corresponding model
+
+    public:
+
+        //! Model
+        ModelClass *derivedModel() { return this->m_model; }
+
+        //! Model
+        const ModelClass *derivedModel() const { return this->m_model; }
+
+        //! Clear
+        void clear() { Q_ASSERT(this->m_model); this->m_model->clear(); }
+
+        //! Update
+        template<class ContainerType> int update(const ContainerType &container, bool resize = true)
+        {
+            Q_ASSERT(this->m_model);
+            int c = this->m_model->update(container);
+            if (!resize) return c;
+            this->resizeColumnsToContents();
+            this->resizeRowsToContents();
+            return c;
+        }
+
+        //! Insert
+        template<class ObjectType> void insert(const ObjectType &value, bool resize = true)
+        {
+            Q_ASSERT(this->m_model);
+            this->m_model->insert(value);
+            if (!resize) return;
+            this->resizeColumnsToContents();
+            this->resizeRowsToContents();
+        }
+
+        //! Value object at
+        template<class ObjectType> const ObjectType &at(const QModelIndex &index) const
+        {
+            Q_ASSERT(this->m_model);
+            return this->m_model->at(index);
+        }
+
+        //! Row count
+        int rowCount() const
+        {
+            Q_ASSERT(this->m_model);
+            return this->m_model->rowCount();
+        }
+    };
+}
+#endif // guard