//  Clint - Source code checker for C++
//  Copyright (C) 2001  David Pashley
//
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#ifndef __PLUGIN_H__ 
#define __PLUGIN_H__

#include <vector> 
#include <string>
#include "rule.h"

// base class for all shapes 
class Plugin { 
   public:
      virtual void initialize()=0;
      virtual void finalize()=0;
      // TODO add a RuleList as a member and get use load_rules to fill
      // that list and then use register_rules to copy them into the
      // main list
      virtual void register_rules(RuleList & rules)=0;
};

// our global factory 
extern std::vector<Plugin *> plugins;

#endif // __PLUGIN_H__

//! \todo Create a REGISTER macro to ease registering plugins.