class QgsRenderContext
{

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#include <qgsrendercontext.h>
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  public:
    QgsRenderContext();
    ~QgsRenderContext();

    //getters

    QPainter* painter();
    const QPainter* constPainter() const;

    const QgsCoordinateTransform* coordinateTransform() const;

    const QgsRectangle& extent() const;

    const QgsMapToPixel& mapToPixel() const;

    double scaleFactor() const;

    double rasterScaleFactor() const;

    bool renderingStopped() const;

    bool forceVectorOutput() const;

    bool drawEditingInformation() const;

    double rendererScale() const;

    //! Added in QGIS v1.4
    QgsLabelingEngineInterface* labelingEngine();

    //setters

    /**Sets coordinate transformation. QgsRenderContext takes ownership and deletes if necessary*/
    void setCoordinateTransform( QgsCoordinateTransform* t /Transfer/ );
    void setMapToPixel( const QgsMapToPixel& mtp );
    void setExtent( const QgsRectangle& extent );
    void setDrawEditingInformation( bool b );
    void setRenderingStopped( bool stopped );
    void setScaleFactor( double factor );
    void setRasterScaleFactor( double factor );
    void setRendererScale( double scale );
    void setPainter( QPainter* p );
    //! Added in QGIS v1.5
    void setForceVectorOutput( bool force );
    //! Added in QGIS v1.4
    void setLabelingEngine(QgsLabelingEngineInterface* iface);
};