--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/mcabber/mcabber/modules.h	Thu Mar 04 13:03:20 2010 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#ifndef __MCABBER_MODULES_H__
+#define __MCABBER_MODULES_H__ 1
+
+#include <glib.h>
+
+// Module loading process looks like this:
+//   check, if module is loaded
+//   load module (+ run g_module_check_init)
+//   check <modulename>_info variable
+//   check version
+//   load dependencies
+//   run initialization callback
+//   module loaded
+//   ...
+//   run uninitialization callback
+//   unload module (+ run g_module_unload)
+//   unload dependencies
+//   module unloaded
+
+typedef void (*module_init_t)(void);
+typedef void (*module_uninit_t)(void);
+
+// public module-describing structure
+typedef struct {
+  const gchar      *mcabber_version;  // Contains mcabber version string, that this module is written to work with
+  module_init_t     init;             // Initialization callback to be called after all dependencies will be loaded
+  module_uninit_t   uninit;           // Uninitialization callback to be called before module unloading
+  const gchar     **requires;         // NULL-terminated list of module names, that must be loaded before this module
+} module_info_t;
+
+const gchar *module_load(const gchar *name, gboolean manual, gboolean force);
+const gchar *module_unload(const gchar *name, gboolean manual, gboolean force);
+
+void module_list_print(void);
+
+void modules_init(void);
+void modules_deinit(void);
+
+#endif