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+/*
+  This file is part of the KDE libraries
+  Copyright (c) 1999 Preston Brown <pbrown@kde.org>
+  Copyright (C) 1997-1999 Matthias Kalle Dalheimer (kalle@kde.org)
+
+  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+  modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+  version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+  This library 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
+  Library General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
+  along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
+  the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+  Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+*/
+
+#ifndef KSHAREDCONFIG_H
+#define KSHAREDCONFIG_H
+
+#include <kconfig.h>
+#include <QExplicitlySharedDataPointer>
+
+/**
+ * \class KSharedConfig ksharedconfig.h <KSharedConfig>
+ *
+ * KConfig variant using shared memory
+ *
+ * KSharedConfig provides a reference counted, shared memory variant
+ * of KConfig.  This allows you to use manipulate the same configuration
+ * files from different places in your code without worrying about
+ * accidentally overwriting changes.
+ *
+ * Note that, as with most of kdelibs, this is @b NOT threadsafe.
+ */
+class KCONFIGCORE_EXPORT KSharedConfig : public KConfig, public QSharedData //krazy:exclude=dpointer (only for refcounting)
+{
+public:
+  typedef QExplicitlySharedDataPointer<KSharedConfig> Ptr;
+
+public:
+    /**
+     * Creates a KSharedConfig object to manipulate a configuration file
+     *
+     * If an absolute path is specified for @p fileName, that file will be used
+     * as the store for the configuration settings.  If a non-absolute path
+     * is provided, the file will be looked for in the standard directory
+     * specified by resourceType.  If no path is provided, a default
+     * configuration file will be used based on the name of the main
+     * application component.
+     *
+     * @p mode determines whether the user or global settings will be allowed
+     * to influence the values returned by this object.  See KConfig::OpenFlags for
+     * more details.
+     *
+     * @param fileName     the configuration file to open. If empty, it will be determined
+     *                     automatically (from --config on the command line, otherwise
+     *                     from the application name + "rc")
+     * @param mode         how global settings should affect the configuration
+     *                     options exposed by this KConfig object
+     * @param resourceType The standard directory to look for the configuration
+     *                     file in (see KStandardDirs)
+     *
+     * @sa KConfig
+     */
+    static KSharedConfig::Ptr openConfig(const QString& fileName = QString(),
+                                         OpenFlags mode = FullConfig,
+                                         QStandardPaths::StandardLocation type = QStandardPaths::GenericConfigLocation);
+
+    virtual ~KSharedConfig();
+
+private:
+    Q_DISABLE_COPY(KSharedConfig)
+    virtual KConfigGroup groupImpl(const QByteArray& aGroup);
+    virtual const KConfigGroup groupImpl(const QByteArray& aGroup) const;
+
+    KSharedConfig(const QString& file, OpenFlags mode,
+                  QStandardPaths::StandardLocation resourceType);
+
+};
+
+typedef KSharedConfig::Ptr KSharedConfigPtr;
+
+#endif // multiple inclusion guard