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+#ifndef TWITTER_PLUGIN
+#define TWITTER_PLUGIN
+
+#include "transport/config.h"
+#include "transport/networkplugin.h"
+#include "transport/logging.h"
+#include "transport/sqlite3backend.h"
+#include "transport/mysqlbackend.h"
+#include "transport/pqxxbackend.h"
+#include "transport/storagebackend.h"
+
+#include "Swiften/Swiften.h"
+#include "unistd.h"
+#include "signal.h"
+#include "sys/wait.h"
+#include "sys/signal.h"
+
+#include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
+#include <boost/signal.hpp>
+#include <boost/thread.hpp>
+#include <boost/thread/mutex.hpp>
+
+#include "twitcurl.h"
+#include "TwitterResponseParser.h"
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <map>
+#include <vector>
+#include <queue>
+#include <set>
+#include <cstdio>
+
+#include "ThreadPool.h"
+
+using namespace boost::filesystem;
+using namespace boost::program_options;
+using namespace Transport;
+
+
+#define STR(x) (std::string("(") + x.from + ", " + x.to + ", " + x.message + ")")
+class TwitterPlugin;
+extern TwitterPlugin *np;
+extern Swift::SimpleEventLoop *loop_; // Event Loop
+
+class TwitterPlugin : public NetworkPlugin {
+	public:
+		Swift::BoostNetworkFactories *m_factories;
+		Swift::BoostIOServiceThread m_boostIOServiceThread;
+		boost::shared_ptr<Swift::Connection> m_conn;
+		StorageBackend *storagebackend;
+
+		TwitterPlugin(Config *config, Swift::SimpleEventLoop *loop, StorageBackend *storagebackend, const std::string &host, int port);
+		~TwitterPlugin();
+
+		// Send data to NetworkPlugin server
+		void sendData(const std::string &string);
+
+		// Receive date from the NetworkPlugin server and invoke the appropirate payload handler (implement in the NetworkPlugin class)
+		void _handleDataRead(boost::shared_ptr<Swift::SafeByteArray> data);
+	
+		// User trying to login into his twitter account
+		void handleLoginRequest(const std::string &user, const std::string &legacyName, const std::string &password);
+		
+		// User logging out
+		void handleLogoutRequest(const std::string &user, const std::string &legacyName);
+
+		void handleMessageSendRequest(const std::string &user, const std::string &legacyName, const std::string &message, const std::string &xhtml = "");
+
+		void handleBuddyUpdatedRequest(const std::string &user, const std::string &buddyName, const std::string &alias, const std::vector<std::string> &groups);
+
+		void handleBuddyRemovedRequest(const std::string &user, const std::string &buddyName, const std::vector<std::string> &groups);
+		
+		bool getUserOAuthKeyAndSecret(const std::string user, std::string &key, std::string &secret);
+		
+		bool storeUserOAuthKeyAndSecret(const std::string user, const std::string OAuthKey, const std::string OAuthSecret);
+		
+		void initUserSession(const std::string user, const std::string password);
+		
+		void OAuthFlowComplete(const std::string user, twitCurl *obj);
+		
+		void pinExchangeComplete(const std::string user, const std::string OAuthAccessTokenKey, const std::string OAuthAccessTokenSecret);
+
+	private:
+		enum status {NEW, WAITING_FOR_PIN, CONNECTED, DISCONNECTED};
+		
+		Config *config;
+
+		std::string consumerKey;
+		std::string consumerSecret;
+		std::string OAUTH_KEY;
+		std::string OAUTH_SECRET;
+
+		boost::mutex dblock, userlock;
+
+		ThreadPool *tp;
+		std::map<std::string, twitCurl*> sessions;		
+		std::map<std::string, status> connectionState;
+};
+
+#endif