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// .NAME vtkSMPluginLoaderProxy - used to load a plugin remotely.
// .SECTION Description
// vtkSMPluginLoaderProxy is used to load a plugin on dataserver and
// renderserver processes. Simply call vtkSMPluginLoaderProxy::LoadPlugin() with
// the right path to load the plugin remotely.

#ifndef vtkSMPluginLoaderProxy_h
#define vtkSMPluginLoaderProxy_h

#include "vtkPVServerManagerCoreModule.h" //needed for exports
#include "vtkSMProxy.h"

class VTKPVSERVERMANAGERCORE_EXPORT vtkSMPluginLoaderProxy : public vtkSMProxy
{
public:
  static vtkSMPluginLoaderProxy* New();
  vtkTypeMacro(vtkSMPluginLoaderProxy, vtkSMProxy);
  void PrintSelf(ostream& os, vtkIndent indent);

  // Description:
  // Loads the plugin. Returns true on success else false. To get the error
  // string, call UpdatePropertyInformation() on this proxy and then look at the
  // ErrorString property.
  bool LoadPlugin(const char* filename);

  // Description:
  // Loads the configuration xml contents. Look at
  // vtkPVPluginTracker::LoadPluginConfigurationXMLFromString() to see the
  // details about the configuration xml.
  void LoadPluginConfigurationXMLFromString(const char* xmlcontents);

protected:
  vtkSMPluginLoaderProxy();
  ~vtkSMPluginLoaderProxy();

private:
  vtkSMPluginLoaderProxy(const vtkSMPluginLoaderProxy&) VTK_DELETE_FUNCTION;
  void operator=(const vtkSMPluginLoaderProxy&) VTK_DELETE_FUNCTION;

};

#endif
