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+// Copyright (c) 2000-2001 Charles Samuels <charles@kde.org>
+//                         Neil Stevens <neil@qualityassistant.com>
+//
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+// of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+// in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+// to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+// copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+// furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+//
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+// all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+//
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+// IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+// AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIAB\ILITY, WHETHER IN
+// AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+// CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+#ifndef KARTSSERVER_H
+#define KARTSSERVER_H
+
+#include "kmedia2.h"
+#include <qobject.h>
+#include "soundserver.h"
+#include <kdelibs_export.h>
+
+/**
+ * KArtsServer is a wrapper to conveniently get a reference to a SoundServer,
+ * and restart artsd when necessary, using the kcontrol settings.
+ *
+ * Of course we'd rather that artsd never crashed, and that all users start
+ * artsd on KDE startup, but at the very least there will always be third
+ * party PlayObjects that will crash.  So, this is necessary.
+ */
+class KDE_ARTS_EXPORT KArtsServer : public QObject
+{
+Q_OBJECT
+
+public:
+	/**
+	 * Create a new KArtsServer. Don't forget to create a KArtsDispatcher
+	 * before using KArtsServer.
+	 */
+	KArtsServer(QObject *parent = 0, const char *name = 0);
+	virtual ~KArtsServer(void);
+
+	/**
+	 * Get a verified reference to the SoundServerV2, (re)starting artsd
+	 * using the kcontrol-specified settings if necessary.
+	 *
+	 * If the soundserver has changed since you called this method the last
+	 * time (meaning artsd was restarted) restartedServer() will be emitted.
+	 */
+	Arts::SoundServerV2 server(void);
+
+signals:
+	/**
+	 * This is emitted when the soundserver has been restarted (by this
+	 * KArtsServer instance or outside). It is not
+	 * emitted automatically when the soundserver comes up but only after
+	 * your code calls server().
+	 */
+	void restartedServer(void);
+
+private:
+	KArtsServer(const KArtsServer &rhs);
+	KArtsServer &operator=(const KArtsServer &rhs);
+
+	struct Data;
+	Data *d;
+};
+
+#endif