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+/*  -*- c++ -*-
+    This file is part of libtdepim.
+
+    Copyright (c) 2002,2004 Marc Mutz <mutz@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.
+*/
+
+#ifndef __LIBKDEPIM_PLUGINLOADERBASE_H__
+#define __LIBKDEPIM_PLUGINLOADERBASE_H__
+
+#include <tqstring.h>
+#include <tqmap.h>
+
+#include <tdepimmacros.h>
+
+class KLibrary;
+class TQStringList;
+
+namespace KPIM {
+
+  class KDE_EXPORT PluginMetaData {
+  public:
+    PluginMetaData() {}
+    PluginMetaData( const TQString & lib, const TQString & name,
+		    const TQString & comment )
+      : library( lib ), nameLabel( name ),
+	descriptionLabel( comment ), loaded( false ) {}
+    TQString library;
+    TQString nameLabel;
+    TQString descriptionLabel;
+    mutable bool loaded;
+  };
+
+  class KDE_EXPORT PluginLoaderBase {
+  protected:
+    PluginLoaderBase();
+    virtual ~PluginLoaderBase();
+
+  public:
+    /** Returns a list of all available plugin objects (of kind @p T) */
+    TQStringList types() const;
+
+    /** Returns the @ref PluginMetaData structure for a given type */
+    const PluginMetaData * infoForName( const TQString & type ) const;
+
+    /** Overload this method in subclasses to call @ref doScan with
+        the right @p path argument */
+    virtual void scan() = 0;
+
+  protected:
+    /** Rescans the plugin directory to find any newly installed
+	plugins. Extend this method in subclasses to add any
+	builtins. Subclasses must call this explicitely. It's not
+	called for them in the constructor.
+    **/
+    void doScan( const char * path );
+
+    /** Returns a pointer to symbol @p main_func in the library that
+        implements the plugin of type @p type */
+    void * mainFunc( const TQString & type, const char * main_func ) const;
+
+  private:
+    const KLibrary * openLibrary( const TQString & libName ) const;
+    TQMap< TQString, PluginMetaData > mPluginMap;
+
+    class Private;
+    Private * d;
+  };
+
+} // namespace KMime
+
+#endif // __LIBKDEPIM_PLUGINLOADERBASE_H__