diff --git a/src/libs/cplusplus/BackwardsScanner.cpp b/src/libs/cplusplus/BackwardsScanner.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..df2916a6d757f1249a9ba61f2431f90ff5fedd32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libs/cplusplus/BackwardsScanner.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+/**************************************************************************
+**
+** This file is part of Qt Creator
+**
+** Copyright (c) 2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+**
+** Contact: Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com)
+**
+** Commercial Usage
+**
+** Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this file in
+** accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the
+** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
+** a written agreement between you and Nokia.
+**
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+**
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
+** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
+** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+**
+** If you are unsure which license is appropriate for your use, please
+** contact the sales department at http://qt.nokia.com/contact.
+**
+**************************************************************************/
+#include "BackwardsScanner.h"
+#include <QtGui/QTextCursor>
+
+using namespace CPlusPlus;
+
+BackwardsScanner::BackwardsScanner(const QTextCursor &cursor, int maxBlockCount)
+    : _offset(0)
+    , _blocksTokenized(0)
+    , _block(cursor.block())
+    , _maxBlockCount(maxBlockCount)
+{
+    _tokenize.setSkipComments(true);
+    _text = _block.text().left(cursor.position() - cursor.block().position());
+    _tokens.append(_tokenize(_text, previousBlockState(_block)));
+}
+
+QList<SimpleToken> BackwardsScanner::tokens() const
+{ return _tokens; }
+
+const SimpleToken &BackwardsScanner::operator[](int i)
+{
+    while (_offset + i < 0) {
+        _block = _block.previous();
+        if (_blocksTokenized == _maxBlockCount || !_block.isValid()) {
+            ++_offset;
+            _tokens.prepend(SimpleToken()); // sentinel
+            break;
+        } else {
+            ++_blocksTokenized;
+
+            QString blockText = _block.text();
+            _text.prepend(blockText);
+            QList<SimpleToken> adaptedTokens;
+            for (int i = 0; i < _tokens.size(); ++i) {
+                const SimpleToken &t = _tokens.at(i);
+                const int position = t.position() + blockText.length();
+                adaptedTokens.append(SimpleToken(t.kind(),
+                                                 position,
+                                                 t.length(),
+                                                 _text.midRef(position, t.length())));
+            }
+
+            _tokens = _tokenize(blockText, previousBlockState(_block));
+            _offset += _tokens.size();
+            _tokens += adaptedTokens;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return _tokens.at(_offset + i);
+}
+
+int BackwardsScanner::startPosition() const
+{ return _block.position(); }
+
+const QString &BackwardsScanner::text() const
+{ return _text; }
+
+QString BackwardsScanner::text(int begin, int end) const
+{
+    const SimpleToken &firstToken = _tokens.at(begin + _offset);
+    const SimpleToken &lastToken = _tokens.at(end + _offset - 1);
+    return _text.mid(firstToken.begin(), lastToken.end() - firstToken.begin());
+}
+
+int BackwardsScanner::previousBlockState(const QTextBlock &block)
+{
+    const QTextBlock prevBlock = block.previous();
+
+    if (prevBlock.isValid()) {
+        int state = prevBlock.userState();
+
+        if (state != -1)
+            return state;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/libs/cplusplus/BackwardsScanner.h b/src/libs/cplusplus/BackwardsScanner.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c38060040bc3e62d9047bebde8b8d0b321f28913
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libs/cplusplus/BackwardsScanner.h
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/**************************************************************************
+**
+** This file is part of Qt Creator
+**
+** Copyright (c) 2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+**
+** Contact: Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com)
+**
+** Commercial Usage
+**
+** Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this file in
+** accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the
+** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
+** a written agreement between you and Nokia.
+**
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+**
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
+** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
+** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+**
+** If you are unsure which license is appropriate for your use, please
+** contact the sales department at http://qt.nokia.com/contact.
+**
+**************************************************************************/
+#ifndef BACKWARDSSCANNER_H
+#define BACKWARDSSCANNER_H
+
+#include "SimpleLexer.h"
+
+#include <QtGui/QTextCursor>
+#include <QtGui/QTextBlock>
+
+namespace CPlusPlus {
+
+class CPLUSPLUS_EXPORT BackwardsScanner
+{
+    enum { MAX_BLOCK_COUNT = 10 };
+
+public:
+    BackwardsScanner(const QTextCursor &cursor, int maxBlockCount = MAX_BLOCK_COUNT);
+
+    QList<SimpleToken> tokens() const;
+    int startPosition() const;
+    const QString &text() const;
+
+    const SimpleToken &operator[](int i);
+    QString text(int begin, int end) const;
+    int previousBlockState(const QTextBlock &block);
+
+private:
+    QList<SimpleToken> _tokens;
+    int _offset;
+    int _blocksTokenized;
+    QTextBlock _block;
+    QString _text;
+    SimpleLexer _tokenize;
+    int _maxBlockCount;
+};
+
+} // end of namespace CPlusPlus
+
+#endif // BACKWARDSSCANNER_H
diff --git a/src/libs/cplusplus/ExpressionUnderCursor.cpp b/src/libs/cplusplus/ExpressionUnderCursor.cpp
index b51026b58573a699855257d07907f171b0466c36..1cc546de2265068f5919ab932468e2699eeacb5f 100644
--- a/src/libs/cplusplus/ExpressionUnderCursor.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/cplusplus/ExpressionUnderCursor.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 #include "ExpressionUnderCursor.h"
 #include "SimpleLexer.h"
+#include "BackwardsScanner.h"
 #include <Token.h>
 
 #include <QTextCursor>
@@ -36,93 +37,6 @@
 
 using namespace CPlusPlus;
 
-namespace CPlusPlus {
-
-class BackwardsScanner
-{
-    enum { MAX_BLOCK_COUNT = 10 };
-
-public:
-    BackwardsScanner(const QTextCursor &cursor)
-        : _offset(0)
-        , _blocksTokenized(0)
-        , _block(cursor.block())
-    {
-        _tokenize.setSkipComments(true);
-        _text = _block.text().left(cursor.position() - cursor.block().position());
-        _tokens.append(_tokenize(_text, previousBlockState(_block)));
-    }
-
-    QList<SimpleToken> tokens() const { return _tokens; }
-
-    const SimpleToken &operator[](int i)
-    {
-        while (_offset + i < 0) {
-            _block = _block.previous();
-            if (_blocksTokenized == MAX_BLOCK_COUNT || !_block.isValid()) {
-                ++_offset;
-                _tokens.prepend(SimpleToken()); // sentinel
-                break;
-            } else {
-                ++_blocksTokenized;
-
-                QString blockText = _block.text();
-                _text.prepend(blockText);
-                QList<SimpleToken> adaptedTokens;
-                for (int i = 0; i < _tokens.size(); ++i) {
-                    const SimpleToken &t = _tokens.at(i);
-                    const int position = t.position() + blockText.length();
-                    adaptedTokens.append(SimpleToken(t.kind(),
-                                                     position,
-                                                     t.length(),
-                                                     _text.midRef(position, t.length())));
-                }
-
-                _tokens = _tokenize(blockText, previousBlockState(_block));
-                _offset += _tokens.size();
-                _tokens += adaptedTokens;
-            }
-        }
-
-        return _tokens.at(_offset + i);
-    }
-
-    int startPosition() const
-    { return _block.position(); }
-
-    const QString &text() const
-    { return _text; }
-
-    QString text(int begin, int end) const
-    {
-        const SimpleToken &firstToken = _tokens.at(begin + _offset);
-        const SimpleToken &lastToken = _tokens.at(end + _offset - 1);
-        return _text.mid(firstToken.begin(), lastToken.end() - firstToken.begin());
-    }
-
-    int previousBlockState(const QTextBlock &block)
-    {
-        const QTextBlock prevBlock = block.previous();
-        if (prevBlock.isValid()) {
-            int state = prevBlock.userState();
-
-            if (state != -1)
-                return state;
-        }
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-private:
-    QList<SimpleToken> _tokens;
-    int _offset;
-    int _blocksTokenized;
-    QTextBlock _block;
-    QString _text;
-    SimpleLexer _tokenize;
-};
-
-}
-
 ExpressionUnderCursor::ExpressionUnderCursor()
 { }
 
diff --git a/src/libs/cplusplus/cplusplus-lib.pri b/src/libs/cplusplus/cplusplus-lib.pri
index 1df5e996951160f6336bbdd9499ee2c692fd422b..1cc2bd08e10666da9451b4efa2a723194a02fce5 100644
--- a/src/libs/cplusplus/cplusplus-lib.pri
+++ b/src/libs/cplusplus/cplusplus-lib.pri
@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@ HEADERS += \
     $$PWD/Icons.h \
     $$PWD/ExpressionUnderCursor.h \
     $$PWD/TokenUnderCursor.h \
+    $$PWD/BackwardsScanner.h \
     $$PWD/OverviewModel.h
 
 SOURCES += \
     $$PWD/Icons.cpp \
     $$PWD/ExpressionUnderCursor.cpp \
     $$PWD/TokenUnderCursor.cpp \
+    $$PWD/BackwardsScanner.cpp \
     $$PWD/OverviewModel.cpp
 }