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+/* This file is part of the KDE project
+ * Copyright (C) 2003 Harald Fernengel <harry@kdevelop.org>
+ * Copyright (C) 2004 Alexander Dymo <adymo@kdevelop.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.
+ */
+#include <kgenericfactory.h>
+#include <tdeaboutdata.h>
+
+/**
+@file tdevgenericfactory.h
+KDevelop generic plugin factory.
+*/
+
+/**
+This class provides a generic implementation of a KLibFactory for
+use with TDevelop plugins.
+Usually it is convenient to use K_EXPORT_COMPONENT_FACTORY macro
+to create factories for TDevelop plugins. For example, for DummyPlugin
+the factory can be created (in dummyplugin.cpp file) as:
+@code
+typedef TDevGenericFactory<DummyPlugin> DummyPluginFactory;
+K_EXPORT_COMPONENT_FACTORY(libtdevdummyplugin, DummyPluginFactory( data ) )
+@endcode
+Data should be a const static object. This way it complies with the requirements
+for data objecs of TDevGenericFactory constructor.
+
+<b>Important:</b><br>
+There is no need to create @ref TDEAboutData objects. It is more useful to create 
+a static const @ref TDevPluginInfo object which can be used also in the constructor
+of a plugin.
+
+For example, dummyplugin.cpp file could contain:
+@code
+#include <tdevplugininfo.h>
+
+static const TDevPluginInfo data("KDevDummyPlugin");
+typedef TDevGenericFactory<DummyPlugin> DummyPluginFactory;
+K_EXPORT_COMPONENT_FACTORY(libtdevdummyplugin, DummyPluginFactory( data ) )
+
+DummyPlugin::DummyPlugin(TQObject *parent, const char *name, const TQStringList & )
+    :TDevPlugin(&data, parent, name)
+{
+}
+@endcode
+
+In the example above the duplication of information is avoided as same @ref TDevPluginInfo
+objects are used for plugin and for plugin factory. This is possible because @ref TDevPluginInfo
+class has an operator to cast @ref TDevPluginInfo to @ref TDEAboutData.
+*/
+template <class T, class ParentType = TQObject>
+class TDevGenericFactory: public KGenericFactory<T, ParentType>
+{
+public:
+    /**Constructor.
+    @param data A reference to TDEAboutData with an information about the plugin.
+    Data should have:
+    - plugin name as an application name;
+    - untranslated plugin generic name as a product name;
+    - license type number.
+    .
+    data object should live as long as factory lives.*/
+    TDevGenericFactory(TDEAboutData *data)
+        :KGenericFactory<T, ParentType>(data->appName()), aboutData(data)
+    {
+    }
+
+    /**Creates an instance.*/
+    TDEInstance *createInstance()
+    {
+        return new TDEInstance(aboutData);
+    }
+
+private:
+    TDEAboutData *aboutData;
+
+};
+