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#ifndef __IWREMOTE_CLASSPROVIDER_H
#define __IWREMOTE_CLASSPROVIDER_H

#include <iwremote/protocol.h>
#include <iwremote/rootartano.h>

extern "C"
{
#include <stdint.h>
}

namespace iwear
{
    namespace net
    {
class RemoteObject;
/**
 * The class provider is a class that is intended to beeing instantiated
 * statically so that its constructor will fill in information needed by the RootArtano.
 *
 * It is mainly to provide a mechanism, that when we have a classid, we can
 * properly instantiate a Client class. In the future this might be usefuly for
 * dynamic server class instantiation as well, in case just a classid is requested
 *
 * @exp This is experimental and will change rapidly and heavily
 */
class ClassProvider
{
private:
protected:
    cid_t cid;
public:
    ClassProvider( cid_t _cid, RemoteObject* (*fp) ( CallManager* ), void (*init)() )
        : cid(_cid)
    {
	RootArtano::provide_client(_cid, fp );
	if( init != 0 )
	{
	    init(); // Call the static initialization of the class (experimental)
	}
    }

    virtual ~ClassProvider()
    {
	RootArtano::remove_client(cid);
    }
};

}
}
#endif