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+#ifndef fooconfighfoo
+#define fooconfighfoo
+
+/* $Id$ */
+
+/***
+  This file is part of libnewmail
+
+  libnewmail 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.
+  
+  libnewmail 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 libnewmail; if not, write to the Free Software
+  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
+  USA
+***/
+
+/** \file
+ *
+ * Some routines to ease the configuration file access. This is only
+ * used by the plugins, not by applications linking to libnewmail.
+ */
+
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+/** A configuration file handle
+ */
+typedef struct {
+    FILE *file;  /**< A FILE pointer to the configuraiton file */
+} config_t;
+
+/** Open the specified configuration file
+ * @param fn Path to configuration file
+ * @return A handle to the configuration file object
+ */
+config_t* nm_config_open(const char *fn);
+
+/** Close a configuration file oject
+ * @param c The configuration file object to be freed
+ */
+void nm_config_close(config_t *c);
+
+/** Request a specific configuration key from the configuration file.
+ * @param c The configuration file object
+ * @param entry The configuration file key
+ * @param def The default value, when the key is not found. May be NULL
+ * @return A pointer to a statically allocated string containing the value read or def.
+ */
+const char *nm_config_get(config_t *c, const char*entry, const char* def);
+
+/** Same as nm_config_get() but requests an integer
+ * @param c The configuration file object
+ * @param entry The configuration file key
+ * @param def The default value, when the key is not found. 
+ * @return The value read or def
+ */
+int nm_config_get_int(config_t *c, const char*entry, int def);
+
+/** Same as nm_config_get() but requests a boolean
+ * @param c The configuration file object
+ * @param entry The configuration file key
+ * @param def The default value, when the key is not found. 
+ * @return The value read or def
+ */
+int nm_config_get_bool(config_t *c, const char*entry, int def);
+
+#endif