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+/* Copyright (C) 2017 J.F.Dockes
+ * This program 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 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program 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 this program; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+#ifndef _PROTOCOLINFO_HX_INCLUDED_
+#define _PROTOCOLINFO_HX_INCLUDED_
+
+#include <string>
+#include <unordered_set>
+
+/**
+ * A small class to handle reading/storing/updating the protocolinfo
+ * data, which is used by a number of services
+ */
+class Protocolinfo {
+public:
+ static Protocolinfo *the();
+ const std::string& gettext();
+ const std::unordered_set<std::string>& getsupportedformats();
+ bool ok();
+private:
+ class Internal;
+ Internal *m{nullptr};
+
+ Protocolinfo();
+ Protocolinfo(const Protocolinfo &);
+ Protocolinfo& operator=(const Protocolinfo &);
+};
+
+#endif /* _PROTOCOLINFO_HX_INCLUDED_ */