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/*!
    \example statemachine/factorial
    \title Factorial States Example

    The Factorial States example shows how to use \l{The State Machine
    Framework} to calculate the factorial of an integer.

    The statechart for calculating the factorial looks as follows:

    \img factorial-example.png
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    \caption This is a caption
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    In other words, the state machine calculates the factorial of 6 and prints
    the result.

    \snippet examples/statemachine/factorial/main.cpp 0

    The Factorial class is used to hold the data of the computation, \c x and
    \c fac. It also provides a signal that's emitted whenever the value of \c
    x changes.

    \snippet examples/statemachine/factorial/main.cpp 1

    The FactorialLoopTransition class implements the guard (\c x > 1) and
    calculations (\c fac = \c x * \c fac; \c x = \c x - 1) of the factorial
    loop.

    \snippet examples/statemachine/factorial/main.cpp 2

    The FactorialDoneTransition class implements the guard (\c x <= 1) that
    terminates the factorial computation. It also prints the final result to
    standard output.

    \snippet examples/statemachine/factorial/main.cpp 3

    The application's main() function first creates the application object, a
    Factorial object and a state machine.

    \snippet examples/statemachine/factorial/main.cpp 4

    The \c compute state is created, and the initial values of \c x and \c fac
    are defined. A FactorialLoopTransition object is created and added to the
    state.

    \snippet examples/statemachine/factorial/main.cpp 5

    A final state, \c done, is created, and a FactorialDoneTransition object
    is created with \c done as its target state. The transition is then added
    to the \c compute state.

    \snippet examples/statemachine/factorial/main.cpp 6

    The machine's initial state is set to be the \c compute state. We connect
    the QStateMachine::finished() signal to the QCoreApplication::quit() slot,
    so the application will quit when the state machine's work is
    done. Finally, the state machine is started, and the application's event
    loop is entered.

 */