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+/*
+    This file is part of Akregator.
+
+    Copyright (C) 2005 Frank Osterfeld <frank.osterfeld@kdemail.net>
+
+    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 02110-1301, USA.
+
+    As a special exception, permission is given to link this program
+    with any edition of Qt, and distribute the resulting executable,
+    without including the source code for Qt in the source distribution.
+*/
+
+#ifndef AKREGATOR_BACKEND_STORAGEFACTORY_H
+#define AKREGATOR_BACKEND_STORAGEFACTORY_H
+
+#include "akregator_export.h"
+
+class QString;
+class QStringList;
+class QWidget;
+namespace Akregator {
+namespace Backend {
+
+class Storage;
+
+class AKREGATOR_EXPORT StorageFactory
+{
+    public:
+    
+    /** identifier of the storage type, like "metakit", "postgres" etc. For use in
+        configuration files. Must not contain spaces or special characters.
+     */
+    virtual QString key() const = 0;
+    
+    /** returns the (i18n'd) name of the storage type. */
+    virtual QString name() const = 0;
+
+    /** true if the plugin is configurable via a config dialog */
+    virtual bool isConfigurable() const = 0;
+    
+    /** shows the plugin's configuration dialog */
+    virtual void configure() = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * returns wether the backend allows multiple writers at the same time
+     * If not, Akregator must use a lock to ensure that only one process gains
+     * write access.
+     */
+    virtual bool allowsMultipleWriteAccess() const = 0;
+    
+    /** creates a storage object with given parameters
+        @param params list of implementation-specific parameters
+     */
+	virtual Storage* createStorage(const QStringList& params) const = 0;
+};
+
+}
+}
+
+#endif