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 * Icinga 2                                                                   *
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#ifndef COMPONENT_H
#define COMPONENT_H

namespace icinga
{

/**
 * An application extension that can be dynamically loaded
 * at run-time.
 *
 * @ingroup base
 */
class I2_BASE_API Component : public Object
{
public:
	typedef shared_ptr<Component> Ptr;
	typedef weak_ptr<Component> WeakPtr;

	void SetConfig(const ConfigObject::Ptr& componentConfig);
	ConfigObject::Ptr GetConfig(void) const;

	virtual string GetName(void) const = 0;
	virtual void Start(void) = 0;
	virtual void Stop(void) = 0;

private:
	ConfigObject::Ptr m_Config;
};

typedef Component *(*CreateComponentFunction)(void);

#ifdef _WIN32
#	define SYM_CREATECOMPONENT(component) CreateComponent
#else /* _WIN32 */
#	define SYM_CREATECOMPONENT(component) component ## _LTX_CreateComponent
#endif /* _WIN32 */

/**
 * Implements the loader function for a component.
 *
 * @param component The name of the component.
 * @param klass The component class.
 */
#define EXPORT_COMPONENT(component, klass) \
	extern "C" I2_EXPORT icinga::Component *SYM_CREATECOMPONENT(component)(void) \
	{								\
		return new klass();					\
	}

}

#endif /* COMPONENT_H */