diff -r 202c60d1300f -r 891eea799578 libpurple/plugins.h
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+++ b/libpurple/plugins.h	Mon Jul 29 11:52:27 2013 +0530
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+/**
+ * @file plugins.h Plugins API
+ * @ingroup core
+ */
+
+/* purple
+ *
+ * Purple is the legal property of its developers, whose names are too numerous
+ * to list here.  Please refer to the COPYRIGHT file distributed with this
+ * source distribution.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program 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 General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02111-1301  USA
+ */
+#ifndef _PURPLE_PLUGIN_H_
+#define _PURPLE_PLUGIN_H_
+
+#include <gplugin.h>
+
+#define PURPLE_TYPE_PLUGIN             (purple_plugin_get_type())
+#define PURPLE_PLUGIN(obj)             (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST((obj), PURPLE_TYPE_PLUGIN, PurplePlugin))
+#define PURPLE_PLUGIN_CLASS(klass)     (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST((klass), PURPLE_TYPE_PLUGIN, PurplePluginClass))
+#define PURPLE_IS_PLUGIN(obj)          (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE((obj), PURPLE_TYPE_PLUGIN))
+#define PURPLE_IS_PLUGIN_CLASS(klass)  (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE((klass), PURPLE_TYPE_PLUGIN))
+#define PURPLE_PLUGIN_GET_CLASS(obj)   (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS((obj), PURPLE_TYPE_PLUGIN, PurplePluginClass))
+
+/** @copydoc _PurplePlugin */
+typedef struct _PurplePlugin PurplePlugin;
+/** @copydoc _PurplePluginClass */
+typedef struct _PurplePluginClass PurplePluginClass;
+
+#include "pluginpref.h"
+
+/**
+ * Represents a plugin that can be loaded/unloaded by libpurple.
+ *
+ * #PurplePlugin inherits #GPluginPluginImplementation, which holds the
+ * low-level details about the plugin in a #GPluginPlugin instance.
+ */
+struct _PurplePlugin {
+	/*< private >*/
+	GPluginPluginImplementation parent;
+};
+
+/**
+ * PurplePluginClass:
+ *
+ * The base class for all #PurplePlugin's.
+ */
+struct _PurplePluginClass {
+	/*< private >*/
+	GPluginPluginImplementationClass parent_class;
+
+	void (*_purple_reserved1)(void);
+	void (*_purple_reserved2)(void);
+	void (*_purple_reserved3)(void);
+	void (*_purple_reserved4)(void);
+};
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+/**************************************************************************/
+/** @name Plugin API                                                      */
+/**************************************************************************/
+/*@{*/
+
+/**
+ * Returns the GType for the PurplePlugin object.
+ */
+GType purple_plugin_get_type(void);
+
+/*@}*/
+
+/**************************************************************************/
+/** @name Plugins Subsystem API                                            */
+/**************************************************************************/
+/*@{*/
+
+/**
+ * Returns the plugin subsystem handle.
+ *
+ * @return The plugin sybsystem handle.
+ */
+void *purple_plugins_get_handle(void);
+
+/**
+ * Initializes the plugin subsystem
+ */
+void purple_plugins_init(void);
+
+/**
+ * Uninitializes the plugin subsystem
+ */
+void purple_plugins_uninit(void);
+
+/*@}*/
+
+G_END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* _PURPLE_PLUGIN_H_ */