annotate align/Aligner.h @ 771:1d6cca5a5621 pitch-align

Allow use of proper sparse models (i.e. retaining event time info) in alignment; use this to switch to note alignment, which is what we have most recently been doing in the external program. Not currently producing correct results, though

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#ifndef SV_ALIGNER_H
#define SV_ALIGNER_H

#include <QString>

#include "data/model/Model.h"

class Aligner : public QObject
{
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    virtual ~Aligner() { }

public slots:
    virtual void begin() = 0;

signals:
    /**
     * Emitted when alignment is successfully completed. The reference
     * and toAlign models can be queried from the alignment
     * model. This should be emitted as the last thing the aligner
     * does, as the recipient may delete the aligner during the call.
     */
    void complete(ModelId alignmentModel); // an AlignmentModel

    /**
     * Emitted when alignment fails. This should be emitted as the
     * last thing the aligner does, as the recipient may delete the
     * aligner during the call.
     */
    void failed(ModelId toAlign, QString errorText); // the toAlign model
};

#endif