/* -*- Mode: C; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 8 -*- */
/*
 *  liboaf: A library for accessing oafd in a nice way.
 *
 *  Copyright (C) 1999, 2000 Red Hat, Inc.
 *  Copyright (C) 2000 Eazel, Inc.
 *
 *  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 *  modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
 *  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 *  version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *  This library 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
 *  Library General Public License for more details.
 *
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
 *  License along with this library; if not, write to the Free
 *  Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
 *
 *  Author: Elliot Lee <sopwith@redhat.com>
 *
 */

#ifndef OAF_PLUGIN_H
#define OAF_PLUGIN_H


typedef struct {
	const char *iid;

	/* This routine should call oaf_plugin_use(servant, impl_ptr), 
         * as should all routines which activate CORBA objects
	 * implemented by this shared library. This needs to be done 
         * before making any CORBA calls on the object, or
	 * passing that object around. First thing after servant creation 
         * always works. :) 
         */

        CORBA_Object (*activate) (PortableServer_POA poa,
                                  const char *iid, 
                                  gpointer impl_ptr,	/* This pointer should be stored by the implementation
                                                         * to be passed to oaf_plugin_unuse() in the 
                                                         * implementation's destruction routine. */
				  CORBA_Environment * ev);
} OAFPluginObject;

typedef struct {
	const OAFPluginObject *plugin_object_list;
	const char *description;
} OAFPlugin;

void  oaf_plugin_use    (PortableServer_Servant servant, 
			 gpointer impl_ptr);
void  oaf_plugin_unuse  (gpointer impl_ptr);


CORBA_Object oaf_server_activate_shlib (OAF_ActivationResult * sh, 
                                        CORBA_Environment * ev);


#endif /* OAF_PLUGIN_H */