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/** \file
\brief Declares k3d::istorage, an abstract interface for global user option storage (could be a file, could be gconf, could be the Windoze registry, etc)
\author Tim Shead (tshead@k-3d.com)
*/
#include "iunknown.h"
namespace k3d
{
// Forward declarations
namespace xml { class element; }
namespace options
{
/// Abstract interface for global user option storage
class istorage :
public virtual iunknown
{
public:
/// Returns the stored user option data
virtual xml::element& tree() = 0;
/// Commits any modifications to the stored user option data to persistent storage