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+// interface.h
+// Copyright (C)  2002  Dominique Devriese <devriese@kde.org>
+
+// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+// version 2.1 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
+// Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+// 02110-1301  USA
+
+#ifndef KDELIBS_TERMINALPROFILEINTERFACE_H
+#define KDELIBS_TERMINALPROFILEINTERFACE_H
+
+#include <QObject>
+
+class QStringList;
+
+class TerminalProfileInterface {
+public:
+    /**
+     * Returns the names of available profiles.
+     */
+    virtual QStringList getAvailableProfiles() const = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the path where @p profileName is saved.
+     */
+    virtual QString getProfilePath(const QString &profileName) const = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the name of the currently active profile.
+     */
+    virtual QString getCurrentProfileName() const = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Changes the currently active profile to @p profileName.
+     */
+    virtual void changeCurrentProfile(const QString &profileName) = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the property @p profileProperty of the currently active profile.
+     */
+    virtual QVariant getProfileProperty(const QString &profileProperty) const = 0;
+};
+
+Q_DECLARE_INTERFACE(TerminalProfileInterface, "org.kde.TerminalProfileInterface")
+
+#endif