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+/**
+ * libtransport -- C++ library for easy XMPP Transports development
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2011, Jan Kaluza <hanzz.k@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * 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., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02111-1301  USA
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "glib.h"
+#include <dbus-1.0/dbus/dbus-glib-lowlevel.h>
+#include "sqlite3.h"
+#include <iostream>
+#include <map>
+
+#define GET_RESPONSE_DATA(RESP, DATA) ((RESP.find(std::string(DATA) + " ") != std::string::npos) ? RESP.substr(RESP.find(DATA) + strlen(DATA) + 1) : "");
+#define GET_PROPERTY(VAR, OBJ, WHICH, PROP) std::string VAR = send_command(std::string("GET ") + OBJ + " " + WHICH + " " + PROP); \
+					try {\
+						VAR = GET_RESPONSE_DATA(VAR, PROP);\
+					}\
+					catch (std::out_of_range& oor) {\
+						VAR="";\
+					}
+
+class SkypePlugin;
+
+class Skype {
+	public:
+		Skype(SkypePlugin *np, const std::string &user, const std::string &username, const std::string &password);
+
+		virtual ~Skype() {
+			logout();
+		}
+
+		void login();
+
+		void logout();
+
+		std::string send_command(const std::string &message);
+
+		const std::string &getUser() {
+			return m_user;
+		}
+
+		const std::string &getUsername() {
+			return m_username;
+		}
+
+		int getPid() {
+			return (int) m_pid;
+		}
+
+	public: // but do not use them, should be used only internally
+		bool createDBusProxy();
+
+		bool loadSkypeBuddies();
+
+		void handleSkypeMessage(std::string &message);
+
+		DBusHandlerResult dbusMessageReceived(DBusConnection *connection, DBusMessage *message);
+
+	private:
+		std::string createSkypeDirectory();
+		bool spawnSkype(const std::string &db_path);
+
+		std::string m_username;
+		std::string m_password;
+		GPid m_pid;
+		DBusGConnection *m_connection;
+		DBusGProxy *m_proxy;
+		std::string m_user;
+		int m_timer;
+		int m_counter;
+		int fd_output;
+		std::map<std::string, std::string> m_groups;
+		SkypePlugin *m_np;
+};
+