// Copyright (C)  2002  Dominique Devriese <devriese@kde.org>

// 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
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// 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
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#ifndef KIG_OBJECTS_OBJECT_IMP_FACTORY_H
#define KIG_OBJECTS_OBJECT_IMP_FACTORY_H

#include "common.h"

class ObjectImpFactory
{
  ObjectImpFactory();
  ~ObjectImpFactory();
public:
  static const ObjectImpFactory* instance();
  /**
   * loads data from \p parent , and returns a new ObjectImp from the type
   * string \p type .
   */
  ObjectImp* deserialize( const QString& type, const QDomElement& parent, QString& error ) const;
  /**
   * adds data to \p parent , and returns a type string..
   */
  QString serialize( const ObjectImp& d, QDomElement& parent, QDomDocument& doc ) const;
};

#endif