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+/* This file is part of the KDE project
+   Copyright (C) 2001 Ian Reinhart Geiser  (geiseri@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.
+*/
+
+/**
+*	\section Generic interface for building scripting engines
+*
+*	This interface will create a generic API for implementing script engines.
+*	These engines can then be accessed from any application that supports this interface.
+*
+*
+**/
+#ifndef __scriptinterface_h__
+#define __scriptinterface_h__
+#include <qvariant.h>
+#include <qobject.h>
+#include <kdemacros.h>
+
+//#include <scripclientinterface.h>
+class QString;
+class QObject;
+class KScriptClientInterface;
+
+
+//namespace KScriptInterface
+//{
+	/**
+	*	This class is the base for all script engines.
+	*	@author Ian Reinhart Geiser <geiseri@kde.org>
+	*
+	**/
+	class KDE_EXPORT KScriptInterface : public QObject
+	{
+	Q_OBJECT
+	public:
+		/**
+		*	Return the current script code data
+		*	@returns QString containing the currenly runable code
+		**/
+		virtual QString script() const = 0;
+		/**
+		*	Sets the path to the script library that we are going to embed.
+		**/
+		virtual void setScript( const QString &scriptFile ) = 0;
+		/**
+		*	Sets the path to the script library that we are going to embed.
+		*	The second argument is the function from the script library that
+		*	we wish to call.
+		**/
+		virtual void setScript( const QString &scriptLibFile, const QString &method ) = 0;
+		/**
+		*	Run the actual script code
+		*	This can both take a context object that will be shared between the
+		*	main application and a variant that will contain the arguments.
+		**/
+		virtual void run(QObject *context = 0, const QVariant &arg = 0) = 0;
+		/**
+		*	Abort the scripts run
+		**/
+		virtual void kill() =0;
+	public:
+		/**
+		*	This is the method for sending feedback to applications.
+		*	example of how this works:
+		*	\code
+		*		ScriptClientInterface->error( message_to_send_back_to_the_main_application );
+		*	\endcode
+		*	Will send the error message back to the main application.
+		**/
+		KScriptClientInterface	*ScriptClientInterface;
+	};
+//};
+#endif