static QStandardItemModel* buildModel(QWidget* parent) {
        QStandardItemModel* model = new QStandardItemModel(parent);
        model->setColumnCount(5);
        for (int i = 0; i < 8; ++i) {
            QList<QStandardItem*> row;
            for (int c = 0; c < 5; ++c) {
                row.append(new QStandardItem(QString("%1 %2").arg(i).arg(c)));
            }
            model->insertRow(model->rowCount(), row);
        }
        BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(5, model->columnCount());
        BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(8, model->rowCount());
        return model;
    }

    BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(testTableView) {

        // test the persistence
        QString headerState;
        {
            QTableView view;
            view.setSortingEnabled(true);
            QStandardItemModel* model = buildModel(&view);
            QSortFilterProxyModel* proxy = new QSortFilterProxyModel(&view);
            proxy->setSourceModel(model);
            view.setModel(proxy);
            BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(proxy, view.model());
            BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(5, proxy->columnCount());

            QHeaderView* header = view.horizontalHeader();
            BOOST_REQUIRE(header);
            header->moveSection(2, 1);
            header->setSortIndicator(1, Qt::DescendingOrder);
            header->resizeSection(3, 20);
            header->setSectionHidden(3, true);

            BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(1, header->visualIndex(2));
            BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(1, header->sortIndicatorSection());
            BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(Qt::DescendingOrder, header->sortIndicatorOrder());
            BOOST_REQUIRE(header->isSectionHidden(3));

            headerState = header->saveState().toHex();
        }

        {
            QTableView res_view;
            res_view.setSortingEnabled(true);
            QStandardItemModel* res_model = buildModel(&res_view);
            QSortFilterProxyModel* res_proxy = new QSortFilterProxyModel(&res_view);
            res_proxy->setSourceModel(res_model);
            res_view.setModel(res_proxy);
            BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(res_proxy, res_view.model());
            BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(5, res_proxy->columnCount());

            QHeaderView* res_header = res_view.horizontalHeader();
            BOOST_REQUIRE(res_header);
            res_header->restoreState(QByteArray::fromHex(headerState.toLatin1()));

            BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(1, res_header->visualIndex(2));
            BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(1, res_header->sortIndicatorSection());
            BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(Qt::DescendingOrder, res_header->sortIndicatorOrder());
            BOOST_REQUIRE(res_header->isSectionHidden(3));

            QString res_state = res_header->saveState().toHex();
            BOOST_CHECK(headerState == res_state); // BROKEN QT 5.9.4: the size of the hidden section was reset to
                                                   // 0 when the sortIndicator was changed
                                                   // QHeaderViewPrivate::_q_layoutChanged() rebuilds hiddenSectionSize 
                                                   // and resets all stored sizes to 0
        }

        {
            // test hidden section size
            QTableView view;
            view.setSortingEnabled(true);
            QStandardItemModel* model = buildModel(&view);
            QSortFilterProxyModel* proxy = new QSortFilterProxyModel(&view);
            proxy->setSourceModel(model);
            view.setModel(proxy);
            BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(proxy, view.model());
            BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(5, proxy->columnCount());

            QHeaderView* header = view.horizontalHeader();
            BOOST_REQUIRE(header);
            header->moveSection(2, 1);
            header->setSortIndicator(1, Qt::DescendingOrder);
            header->resizeSection(3, 20);
            BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(20, header->sectionSize(3));
            header->setSectionHidden(3, true);
            BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(0, header->sectionSize(3));
            header->setSectionHidden(3, false);
            BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(20, header->sectionSize(3));


            header->setSectionHidden(3, true);
            BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(0, header->sectionSize(3));
            header->setSortIndicator(2, Qt::DescendingOrder);
            header->setSectionHidden(3, false);
            BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(20, header->sectionSize(3)); // BROKEN QT 5.9.4: the size of the hidden section was reset to
                                                   // 0 when the sortIndicator was changed
                                                   // QHeaderViewPrivate::_q_layoutChanged() rebuilds hiddenSectionSize 
                                                   // and resets all stored sizes to 0

        }
    }