/**
 * Assorted functions for dealing with layer trees.
 *
 * @note added in 2.4
 */
class QgsLayerTreeUtils
{
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#include <qgslayertreeutils.h>
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  public:

    //! Try to load layer tree from \verbatim <legend> \endverbatim tag from project files from QGIS 2.2 and below
    static bool readOldLegend( QgsLayerTreeGroup* root, const QDomElement& legendElem );
    //! Try to load custom layer order from \verbatim <legend> \endverbatim tag from project files from QGIS 2.2 and below
    static bool readOldLegendLayerOrder( const QDomElement& legendElem, bool& hasCustomOrder, QStringList& order );
    //! Return \verbatim <legend> \endverbatim tag used in QGIS 2.2 and below
    static QDomElement writeOldLegend( QDomDocument& doc, QgsLayerTreeGroup* root, bool hasCustomOrder, const QStringList& order );

    //! Convert Qt::CheckState to QString
    static QString checkStateToXml( Qt::CheckState state );
    //! Convert QString to Qt::CheckState
    static Qt::CheckState checkStateFromXml( const QString& txt );

    //! Return true if any of the layers is editable
    static bool layersEditable( const QList<QgsLayerTreeLayer*>& layerNodes );
    //! Return true if any of the layers is modified
    static bool layersModified( const QList<QgsLayerTreeLayer*>& layerNodes );

    //! Remove layer nodes that refer to invalid layers
    static void removeInvalidLayers( QgsLayerTreeGroup* group );

    //! Remove subtree of embedded groups and replaces it with a custom property embedded-visible-layers
    static void replaceChildrenOfEmbeddedGroups( QgsLayerTreeGroup* group );


    //! get invisible layers
    static QStringList invisibleLayerList( QgsLayerTreeNode *node );

    //! Set the expression filter of a legend layer
    static void setLegendFilterByExpression( QgsLayerTreeLayer& layer, const QString& expr, bool enabled = true );
    //! Return the expression filter of a legend layer
    static QString legendFilterByExpression( const QgsLayerTreeLayer& layer, bool* enabled = 0 );
    //! Test if one of the layers in a group has an expression filter
    static bool hasLegendFilterExpression( const QgsLayerTreeGroup& group );

    //! Insert a QgsMapLayer just below another one
    //! @param group the tree group where layers are (can be the root group)
    //! @param refLayer the reference layer
    //! @param layerToInsert the new layer to insert just below the reference layer
    //! @returns the new tree layer
    static QgsLayerTreeLayer* insertLayerBelow( QgsLayerTreeGroup* group, const QgsMapLayer* refLayer, QgsMapLayer* layerToInsert );
};