class QgsSnappingUtils : QObject
{
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#include <qgssnappingutils.h>
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  public:
    QgsSnappingUtils( QObject* parent /TransferThis/ = 0 );
    ~QgsSnappingUtils();

    // main actions

    /** get a point locator for the given layer. If such locator does not exist, it will be created */
    QgsPointLocator* locatorForLayer( QgsVectorLayer* vl );

    /** snap to map according to the current configuration (mode). Optional filter allows to discard unwanted matches. */
    QgsPointLocator::Match snapToMap( const QPoint& point, QgsPointLocator::MatchFilter* filter = 0 );
    QgsPointLocator::Match snapToMap( const QgsPoint& pointMap, QgsPointLocator::MatchFilter* filter = 0 );

    /** snap to current layer */
    QgsPointLocator::Match snapToCurrentLayer( const QPoint& point, int type, QgsPointLocator::MatchFilter* filter = 0 );

    // environment setup

    /** assign current map settings to the utils - used for conversion between screen coords to map coords */
    void setMapSettings( const QgsMapSettings& settings );
    const QgsMapSettings& mapSettings() const;

    /** set current layer so that if mode is SnapCurrentLayer we know which layer to use */
    void setCurrentLayer( QgsVectorLayer* layer );
    QgsVectorLayer* currentLayer() const;


    // configuration

    //! modes for "snap to background"
    enum SnapToMapMode
    {
      SnapCurrentLayer,    //!< snap just to current layer (tolerance and type from defaultSettings())
      SnapAllLayers,       //!< snap to all rendered layers (tolerance and type from defaultSettings())
      SnapAdvanced,        //!< snap according to the configuration set in setLayers()
    };

    /** Set how the snapping to map is done */
    void setSnapToMapMode( SnapToMapMode mode );
    /** Find out how the snapping to map is done */
    SnapToMapMode snapToMapMode() const;

    enum IndexingStrategy
    {
      IndexAlwaysFull,    //!< For all layers build index of full extent. Uses more memory, but queries are faster.
      IndexNeverFull,     //!< For all layers only create temporary indexes of small extent. Low memory usage, slower queries.
      IndexHybrid         //!< For "big" layers using IndexNeverFull, for the rest IndexAlwaysFull. Compromise between speed and memory usage.
    };

    /** Set a strategy for indexing geometry data - determines how fast and memory consuming the data structures will be */
    void setIndexingStrategy( IndexingStrategy strategy );
    /** Find out which strategy is used for indexing - by default hybrid indexing is used */
    IndexingStrategy indexingStrategy() const;

    /** configure options used when the mode is snap to current layer */
    void setDefaultSettings( int type, double tolerance, QgsTolerance::UnitType unit );
    /** query options used when the mode is snap to current layer */
    void defaultSettings( int& type /Out/, double& tolerance /Out/, QgsTolerance::UnitType& unit /Out/ );

    struct LayerConfig
    {
      LayerConfig( QgsVectorLayer* l, int t, double tol, QgsTolerance::UnitType u );

      QgsVectorLayer* layer;
      int type;
      double tolerance;
      QgsTolerance::UnitType unit;
    };

    /** Set layers which will be used for snapping */
    void setLayers( const QList<QgsSnappingUtils::LayerConfig>& layers );
    /** Query layers used for snapping */
    QList<QgsSnappingUtils::LayerConfig> layers() const;

    /** Set whether to consider intersections of nearby segments for snapping */
    void setSnapOnIntersections( bool enabled );
    /** Query whether to consider intersections of nearby segments for snapping */
    bool snapOnIntersections() const;

  public slots:
    /** Read snapping configuration from the project */
    void readConfigFromProject();

};