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+/* This file is part of the KDE project
+   Copyright (C) 2001 Christoph Cullmann <cullmann@kde.org>
+   Copyright (C) 2002 Joseph Wenninger <jowenn@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 version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+   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 _KATE_PLUGINMANAGER_INCLUDE_
+#define _KATE_PLUGINMANAGER_INCLUDE_
+
+#include <qobject.h>
+#include <kurl.h>
+
+namespace Kate
+{
+/** This interface provides access to the Kate Plugin Manager.
+*/
+class KDE_EXPORT PluginManager : public QObject
+{
+  friend class PrivatePluginManager;
+
+  Q_OBJECT
+
+  public:
+    PluginManager ( void *pluginManager  );
+    virtual ~PluginManager ();
+
+  public:
+    /** if the plugin with the library name "name" is loaded, a pointer to that plugin is returned */
+    class Plugin *plugin(const QString &name);
+
+    /** return true, if plugin is known to kate (either loaded or not loaded)
+     *
+     * This method is not used yet
+     */
+    bool pluginAvailable(const QString &name);
+
+    /** tries loading the specified plugin and returns a pointer to the new plugin or 0
+     *  if permanent is true (default value) the plugin will be loaded at the next kate startup
+     *
+     * This method is not used yet
+     */
+    class Plugin *loadPlugin(const QString &name,bool permanent=true);
+
+    /** unload the specified plugin. If the value permanent is true (default value), the plugin will not be
+     * loaded on kate's next startup. Even if it had been loaded with permanent=true.
+     *
+     * This method is not used yet
+     */
+    void unloadPlugin(const QString &name,bool permanent=true);
+
+  private:
+    class PrivatePluginManager *d;
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif