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+#  SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+#    Copyright (c) 2022 Philipp Le <philipp@philipple.de>.
+#  This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+#  License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+#  file, You can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import Type, Callable, List, Optional
+from tkinter import ttk
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+
+
+class ConfigWidget:
+    MODEL_TYPE: Type
+    FLAVOUR: Optional[str] = None
+
+    def listen_change(self, cb: Callable[[BaseModel, str, ConfigWidget], None]) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def notify_change(self) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def sync_out(self) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def sync_in(self) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def set_value(self, val) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    @classmethod
+    def make_ui_create_method(cls, tp: Type, name: str):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def get_widget(self) -> ttk.Widget:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+
+def make_config_widget_base(base: Type[ttk.Widget]) -> Type[ttk.Widget, ConfigWidget]:
+    # The Pythonic way for generics
+
+    class ConfigWidgetBase(base, ConfigWidget):
+        def __init__(self, model: BaseModel, model_key: str, tp: Type, parent, *args, **kwargs):
+            super().__init__(parent, *args, **kwargs)
+            self.parent = parent
+            self._listeners: List[Callable[[BaseModel, str, ConfigWidget], None]] = []
+            self.model = model
+            self.model_key = model_key
+            self.type_ = tp
+
+        def listen_change(self, cb: Callable[[BaseModel, str, ConfigWidget], None]) -> None:
+            self._listeners.append(cb)
+
+        def notify_change(self) -> None:
+            for cb in self._listeners:
+                cb(self.model, self.model_key, self)
+
+        def sync_out(self) -> None:
+            raise NotImplementedError
+
+        def sync_in(self) -> None:
+            raise NotImplementedError
+
+        @classmethod
+        def make_ui_create_method(cls, tp: Type, name: str):
+            def create(self: BaseModel, parent, *args, **kwargs):
+                widget = cls(self, name, tp, parent, *args, **kwargs)
+                widget._config_widget()
+                return widget
+            return create
+
+        def _config_widget(self) -> None:
+            pass
+
+        def get_widget(self) -> ttk.Widget:
+            return self
+
+    return ConfigWidgetBase