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+/*  aKode: PluginHandler parent-type
+
+    Copyright (C) 2004 Allan Sandfeld Jensen <kde@carewolf.com>
+
+    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+    modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+    version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+    Library General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
+    along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
+    the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Steet, Fifth Floor,
+    Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+*/
+
+#ifndef _AKODE_PLUGINHANDLER_H
+#define _AKODE_PLUGINHANDLER_H
+
+#include <string>
+#include <list>
+
+#include "akode_export.h"
+
+namespace aKode {
+
+using std::string;
+using std::list;
+
+//! The parent class of all plugin-handlers
+
+/*!
+ * Handles the loading and unloading of plugins, must be inherited from by all
+ * specialized plugins-handlers.
+ */
+class AKODE_EXPORT PluginHandler {
+public:
+    static list<string> listPlugins();
+
+    /*!
+     * Default constructor that loads no library.
+     */
+    PluginHandler();
+    /*!
+     * The constructor loads the akode-library name \a lib.
+     */
+    PluginHandler(const string lib);
+    /*!
+     * The destructor unloads the library.
+     */
+    virtual ~PluginHandler();
+    /*!
+     * Try to load the library \a lib
+     * Returns true if succesfull.
+     */
+    virtual bool load(const string lib);
+    /*!
+     * Unloads the library
+     */
+    virtual void unload();
+    /*!
+     * Ask for a plugin in the library named \a plugin.
+     * Returns 0 on failure.
+     */
+    void* loadPlugin(const string plugin);
+    /*!
+     * Returns whether the library was succesfully loaded or not
+     */
+    bool isLoaded() { return library_loaded; };
+protected:
+    bool library_loaded;
+    void* handle;
+};
+
+} // namespace
+
+#endif