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+#ifndef foopropshfoo
+#define foopropshfoo
+
+/* $Id$ */
+
+/***
+  This file is part of PulseAudio.
+ 
+  PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
+  by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License,
+  or (at your option) any later version.
+ 
+  PulseAudio 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 Lesser General Public License
+  along with PulseAudio; if not, write to the Free Software
+  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
+  USA.
+***/
+
+#include <pulsecore/core.h>
+#include <pulsecore/strbuf.h>
+
+/* The property subsystem is to be used to share data between
+ * modules. Consider them to be kind of "global" variables for a
+ * core. Why not use the hashmap functions directly? The hashmap
+ * functions copy neither the key nor value, while this property
+ * system copies the key. Users of this system have to think about
+ * reference counting themselves. */
+
+/* Return a pointer to the value of the specified property. */
+void* pa_property_get(pa_core *c, const char *name);
+
+/* Set the property 'name' to 'data'. This function fails in case a
+ * property by this name already exists. The property data is not
+ * copied or reference counted. This is the caller's job. */
+int pa_property_set(pa_core *c, const char *name, void *data);
+
+/* Remove the specified property. Return non-zero on failure */
+int pa_property_remove(pa_core *c, const char *name);
+
+/* A combination of pa_property_remove() and pa_property_set() */
+int pa_property_replace(pa_core *c, const char *name, void *data);
+
+/* Free all memory used by the property system */
+void pa_property_cleanup(pa_core *c);
+
+/* Initialize the properties subsystem */
+void pa_property_init(pa_core *c);
+
+/* Dump the current set of properties */
+void pa_property_dump(pa_core *c, pa_strbuf *s);
+
+#endif