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kglobal.h

/* This file is part of the KDE libraries
   Copyright (C) 1999 Sirtaj Singh Kanq <taj@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 version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.

   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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
*/
#ifndef _KGLOBAL_H
#define _KGLOBAL_H

#include <qstring.h>

class KStandardDirs;
class KConfig;
class KLocale;
class KIconLoader;
class KCharsets;
class QFont;
class KInstance;
class KStringDict;
class KStaticDeleterBase;
class KStaticDeleterList;
#include <kinstance.h>

class KGlobal
{
public:

    static KInstance            *instance();

    static KStandardDirs        *dirs();

    static KConfig              *config();

    static KIconLoader          *iconLoader();

    static KLocale              *locale();

    static KCharsets            *charsets();

    static const QString        &staticQString(const char *str);

    static const QString        &staticQString(const QString &str);

    static void registerStaticDeleter(KStaticDeleterBase *d);

    static void unregisterStaticDeleter(KStaticDeleterBase *d);

    static void deleteStaticDeleters();

    //private:
    static  KStringDict         *_stringDict;
    static  KInstance           *_instance;
    static  KLocale             *_locale;
    static  KCharsets           *_charsets;
    static  KStaticDeleterList  *_staticDeleters;

    static void setActiveInstance(KInstance *d);
    static KInstance *activeInstance() { return _activeInstance; }

    static  KInstance           *_activeInstance;
};

#define KMIN(a,b)       kMin(a,b)

#define KMAX(a,b)       kMax(a,b)

#define KABS(a) kAbs(a)


template<class T>
inline const T& kMin (const T& a, const T& b) { return a < b ? a : b; }

template<class T>
inline const T& kMax (const T& a, const T& b) { return b < a ? a : b; }

template<class T>
inline T kAbs (const T& a) { return a < 0 ? -a : a; }

#endif // _KGLOBAL_H

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