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+/* This file is part of the KDE libraries
+ Copyright (C) 2004 Frans Englich <frans.englich@telia.com>
+
+ 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 __KCMODULEPROXYIFACE_H__
+#define __KCMODULEPROXYIFACE_H__
+
+#include <dcopobject.h>
+
+/**
+ * @ingroup kcmodule
+ * @brief DCOP Interface for KCModule.
+ *
+ * A module (which is loaded via KCModuleProxy) does always have
+ * this DCOP interface, whether it's in root mode or not.
+ *
+ * @since 3.4
+ * @internal
+ * @author Frans Englich <frans.englich@telia.com>
+ */
+class KCModuleProxyIface : virtual public DCOPObject
+{
+ K_DCOP
+
+k_dcop:
+
+ /**
+ * Return the caption of the host application which the module
+ * is part in. This is the application name, or similar.
+ *
+ * @returns the host's name
+ */
+ virtual QString applicationName() = 0;
+
+ /**
+ * Save settings.
+ */
+ virtual void save() = 0;
+
+ /**
+ * Load settings.
+ */
+ virtual void load() = 0;
+
+ /**
+ * Load defaults.
+ */
+ virtual void defaults() = 0;
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the module's quick help.
+ */
+ virtual QString quickHelp() = 0;
+
+ /**
+ * @returns true if the module has unsaved
+ * data, typically.
+ */
+ virtual bool changed() = 0;
+
+k_dcop_signals:
+
+ /**
+ * Emitted when the state of the module changes. @p c
+ * is true when the content is changed, otherwise false.
+ *
+ * @param c true if the module is modified, false if its not.
+ * @param module a string identifying the module which was changed. This
+ * is typically "KCModuleProx-X" where X is the module's name.
+ */
+ virtual void changed( bool c );
+
+ virtual void quickHelpChanged();
+
+};
+
+/**
+ * @ingroup kcmodule
+ * @brief DCOP interface for communicating with the real module running in root mode.
+ *
+ * When a KCModuleProxy tells kcmshell to load "itself" and embed into the
+ * KCModuleProxy, this DCOP interface is used to communicate to the real KCModuleProxy, since
+ * the KCModuleProxy which told kcmshell to load itself, is nothing but a shell.
+ *
+ * Currently is only the changed signal routed, but it's possible to proxy
+ * the rest of the KCModuleProxy API, if it turns out necessary.
+ *
+ * @since 3.4
+ * @internal
+ * @author Frans Englich <frans.englich@telia.com>
+ */
+class KCModuleProxyRootDispatcher : virtual public DCOPObject
+{
+ K_DCOP
+
+k_dcop:
+
+ /**
+ * KCModuleProxyIface::changed() gets connected to this.
+ */
+ virtual void changed( bool c ) = 0;
+
+ virtual void quickHelpChanged() = 0;
+};
+
+#endif // __KCMODULEPROXYIFACE_H__