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#ifndef GRADIENTUTILS_H
#define GRADIENTUTILS_H

#include <QGradient>
#include <QPainter>

QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE

class QtGradientManager;

class QtGradientUtils
{
public:
    static QString styleSheetCode(const QGradient &gradient);
    // utils methods, they could be outside of this class
    static QString saveState(const QtGradientManager *manager);
    static void restoreState(QtGradientManager *manager, const QString &state);

    static QPixmap gradientPixmap(const QGradient &gradient, const QSize &size = QSize(64, 64), bool checkeredBackground = false);

};

QT_END_NAMESPACE

#endif
