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+/* This file is part of the KDE project
+ Copyright (C) 2001 Ian Reinhart Geiser (geiseri@kde.org)
+
+ 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 Street, Fifth Floor,
+ Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+*/
+
+/**
+* \section Generic interface for building scripting engines
+*
+* This interface will create a generic API for implementing script engines.
+* These engines can then be accessed from any application that supports this interface.
+*
+*
+**/
+#ifndef __scriptinterface_h__
+#define __scriptinterface_h__
+#include <tqvariant.h>
+#include <tqobject.h>
+#include <kdemacros.h>
+
+//#include <scripclientinterface.h>
+class TQString;
+class TQObject;
+class KScriptClientInterface;
+
+
+//namespace KScriptInterface
+//{
+ /**
+ * This class is the base for all script engines.
+ * @author Ian Reinhart Geiser <geiseri@kde.org>
+ *
+ **/
+ class KDE_EXPORT KScriptInterface : public TQObject
+ {
+ Q_OBJECT
+ public:
+ /**
+ * Return the current script code data
+ * @returns TQString containing the currenly runable code
+ **/
+ virtual TQString script() const = 0;
+ /**
+ * Sets the path to the script library that we are going to embed.
+ **/
+ virtual void setScript( const TQString &scriptFile ) = 0;
+ /**
+ * Sets the path to the script library that we are going to embed.
+ * The second argument is the function from the script library that
+ * we wish to call.
+ **/
+ virtual void setScript( const TQString &scriptLibFile, const TQString &method ) = 0;
+ /**
+ * Run the actual script code
+ * This can both take a context object that will be shared between the
+ * main application and a variant that will contain the arguments.
+ **/
+ virtual void run(TQObject *context = 0, const TQVariant &arg = 0) = 0;
+ /**
+ * Abort the scripts run
+ **/
+ virtual void kill() =0;
+ public:
+ /**
+ * This is the method for sending feedback to applications.
+ * example of how this works:
+ * \code
+ * ScriptClientInterface->error( message_to_send_back_to_the_main_application );
+ * \endcode
+ * Will send the error message back to the main application.
+ **/
+ KScriptClientInterface *ScriptClientInterface;
+ };
+//};
+#endif