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 *
 * This file is part of The iWear Framework.
 * In particular this file is part of the Framework Core Library
 *
 * The iWear Framework 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 as in version 2 of the License.

 * 
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 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
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 * 
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 */

#ifndef __IWEAR_DEBUGMODULE_H
#define __IWEAR_DEBUGMODULE_H

#ifndef __IWEAR_THREADLOCKED_H
#include <iwear/threadlocked.h>
#endif

namespace iwear
{
class debugmanager;
/**
 * Base class for debug output modules. They will be attached to the manager at construction time.
 */
class debugmodule: public virtual ThreadLocked
{
private:
protected:
   /**
    * This is the debugmanager we are attached to.
    */
    debugmanager& DbgMan;
public:

   /**
    * The manager we are attached to.
    * @param dbman is the debugmanager this module should attach itself to.
    * This causes every module to be attached to a manager.
    */
    debugmodule( debugmanager& dbman);
    
   /**
    * This also detaches from the manager, so it won't poke into nothing.
    */
    virtual ~debugmodule( );

   /**
    * Every derived class will have to handle c-string log messages. Where they
    * are logged, is their part.
    */
    virtual int log( const char * ) = 0;
};

}
#endif