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+/*
+  This file is part of Ingen.
+  Copyright 2007-2012 David Robillard <http://drobilla.net/>
+
+  Ingen is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+  terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free
+  Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or any later version.
+
+  Ingen 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 Affero General Public License for details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+  along with Ingen.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#ifndef INGEN_MODULE_HPP
+#define INGEN_MODULE_HPP
+
+#include <glibmm/module.h>
+
+namespace Ingen {
+
+class World;
+
+/** A dynamically loaded Ingen module.
+ *
+ * All components of Ingen reside in one of these.
+ * @ingroup IngenShared
+ */
+struct Module {
+	Module() : library(NULL) {}
+	virtual ~Module() {}
+
+	virtual void load(Ingen::World* world) = 0;
+	virtual void run(Ingen::World* world) {}
+
+	/** Library implementing this module.
+	 *
+	 * This is managed by the World and not this class, since closing the library
+	 * in this destructor could possibly reference code from the library
+	 * afterwards and cause a segfault on exit.
+	 */
+	Glib::Module* library;
+
+private:
+	Module(const Module& noncopyable);
+	Module& operator=(const Module& noncopyable);
+};
+
+} // namespace Ingen
+
+#endif // INGEN_MODULE_HPP