#ifndef _PYTHONQTIMPORTFILEINTERFACE_H
#define _PYTHONQTIMPORTFILEINTERFACE_H

/*
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//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/*!
// \file    PythonQtImportFileInterface.h
// \author  Florian Link
// \author  Last changed by $Author: florian $
// \date    2006-05
*/
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

#include <QDateTime>
#include <QString>
#include <QByteArray>

//! Defines an abstract interface to file access for the Python import statement. 
//! see PythonQt::setImporter()
class PythonQtImportFileInterface {

public:
  //! read the given file as byte array, without doing any linefeed translations
  virtual QByteArray readFileAsBytes(const QString& filename) = 0;

  //! read a source file, expects a readable Python text file with translated line feeds.
  //! If the file can not be load OR it can not be verified, ok is set to false
  virtual QByteArray readSourceFile(const QString& filename, bool& ok) = 0;

  //! returns if the file exists
  virtual bool exists(const QString& filename) = 0;

  //! get the last modified data of a file
  virtual QDateTime lastModifiedDate(const QString& filename) = 0;

};

#endif