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#ifndef QSOBJECTFACTORY_H
#define QSOBJECTFACTORY_H

#include <qsaglobal.h>
#include <qsargument.h>

class QObject;
class QSInterpreter;
class QSObjectFactoryPrivate;



class QSA_EXPORT QSObjectFactory
{
    friend class QSInterpreter;
public:
    QSObjectFactory();
    virtual ~QSObjectFactory();

    virtual QObject *create( const QString &className,
			     const QSArgumentList &arguments,
			     QObject *context );

    void registerClass( const QString &className,
			QObject *staticInstance = 0 );

    void registerClass( const QString &className,
			const QString &cppClassName,
			QObject *staticInstance = 0 );

    QMap<QString,QObject*> staticDescriptors() const;
    QMap<QString,QString> instanceDescriptors() const;

    void throwError( const QString &message );

protected:
    QSInterpreter *interpreter() const;

private:
    void setInterpreter( QSInterpreter *ip );

    QSObjectFactoryPrivate *d;
};

#endif
