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//
//  Copyright (2013) Alexander Stukowski
//
//  This file is part of OVITO (Open Visualization Tool).
//
//  OVITO is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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//
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/**
 * \file AutoStartObject.h
 * \brief Contains the definition of the Ovito::AutoStartObject class.
 */

#ifndef __OVITO_AUTO_START_OBJECT_H
#define __OVITO_AUTO_START_OBJECT_H

#include <core/Core.h>

namespace Ovito {

/**
 * \brief Base class that allows plugins to execute code on application startup.
 *
 * Derive a sub-class from this class if you want to perform something on application startup.
 */
class OVITO_CORE_EXPORT AutoStartObject : public OvitoObject
{
protected:

	/// \brief The default constructor.
	AutoStartObject() {}

public:

	/// \brief Registers plugin-specific command line options.
	virtual void registerCommandLineOptions(QCommandLineParser& cmdLineParser) {}

	/// \brief Is called after the application has been completely initialized.
	virtual void applicationStarted() {}

private:

	Q_OBJECT
	OVITO_OBJECT
};

};

#endif // __OVITO_AUTO_START_OBJECT_H
