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#ifndef QUICKDISPATCHOBJECT_H
#define QUICKDISPATCHOBJECT_H

#include <qobject.h>
#include <qptrvector.h>
#include <qvaluelist.h>

class QuickDispatchObjectFactory
{
public:
    virtual bool createInterface( const QCString &className, void *ptr,
				  QPtrVector<QObject> &result ) = 0;
    virtual bool isGlobal( const QCString &className ) const = 0;
    virtual bool isConstructor( const QString &className ) const = 0;
    virtual bool construct( const QString &className,
			    const QValueList<QVariant> &args,
			    QPtrVector<QObject> &result ) const = 0;
    virtual QStringList featureList() const = 0;

    void throwError( const QString &message ) const;
};

class QuickUnnamedObject : public QObject
{
    Q_OBJECT
public:
    QuickUnnamedObject( QObject *p = 0, const char *n = 0 ) : QObject( p, n ) {}
    void throwError( const QString &message ) const;
};

class QuickPtrDispatchObject : public QuickUnnamedObject
{
    Q_OBJECT
public:
    QuickPtrDispatchObject( const char *n, void *p );
    ~QuickPtrDispatchObject();

    void* pointer() const { return ptr; }
    void setPointer( void *p );

    void throwError( const QString &message ) const;

public slots:
    bool isValid() const { return !!ptr; }

private:
    void *ptr;
};

#endif