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+/*
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+Copyright: 2010-2015, iMinds-Vision Lab, University of Antwerp
+           2014-2015, CWI, Amsterdam
+
+Contact: astra@uantwerpen.be
+Website: http://sf.net/projects/astra-toolbox
+
+This file is part of the ASTRA Toolbox.
+
+
+The ASTRA Toolbox is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+The ASTRA Toolbox 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 General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with the ASTRA Toolbox. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+$Id$
+*/
+
+#ifndef _INC_ASTRA_PLUGINALGORITHM
+#define _INC_ASTRA_PLUGINALGORITHM
+
+#include "astra/Globals.h"
+
+#include <map>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace astra {
+
+class CAlgorithm;
+
+class _AstraExport CPluginAlgorithmFactory {
+
+public:
+    CPluginAlgorithmFactory() { }
+    virtual ~CPluginAlgorithmFactory() { }
+
+    virtual CAlgorithm * getPlugin(const std::string &name) = 0;
+
+    virtual bool registerPlugin(std::string name, std::string className) = 0;
+    virtual bool registerPlugin(std::string className) = 0;
+
+    virtual std::map<std::string, std::string> getRegisteredMap() = 0;
+    
+    virtual std::string getHelp(const std::string &name) = 0;
+
+    static void registerFactory(CPluginAlgorithmFactory *factory) { m_factory = factory; }
+	static CPluginAlgorithmFactory* getFactory() { return m_factory; }
+
+private:
+    static CPluginAlgorithmFactory *m_factory;
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif