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+#ifndef __SITECING_ACOMPONENT_H
+#define __SITECING_ACOMPONENT_H
+
+#include "sitecing/sitecing_interface.h"
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * @brief The acomponent class declaration.
+ */
+
+namespace sitecing {
+
+    /**
+     * An abstract base class for sitecing components.
+     */
+    class acomponent {
+        public:
+            /**
+             * Pointer to the interface object, used to communicate with the
+             * site-C-ing core.
+             */
+            sitecing_interface *__SCIF;
+
+            acomponent();
+            virtual ~acomponent();
+
+            /**
+             * Set the interface to core pointer.
+             * @param scif the pointer to the interface object.
+             */
+            virtual void __set_interface(sitecing_interface *scif=0);
+            /**
+             * Invoked if the interface to the core has changed.
+             * @param oscif pointer to the old interface object.
+             */
+            virtual void __on_change_interface(sitecing_interface *oscif);
+
+            /**
+             * do import components.
+             */
+            virtual void __do_imports();
+            /**
+             * invoked on components imports.
+             */
+            virtual void __on_imports();
+            /**
+             * fetch the pointer to the most derived component.
+             * @returns pointer to the most derived object.
+             */
+            virtual void *__the_most_derived_this() = 0;
+
+            /**
+             * Do the job.
+             * @param __magic the magic number used as a key to decipher the
+             * rest of parameters.
+             * @param __args the parameters.
+             */
+            virtual void main(int __magic,va_list __args) = 0;
+
+            /**
+             * Run the component. Convenience helper for calling main().
+             * @param __magic the magic number.
+             * @param ... the rest of parameters.
+             * @see main();
+             */
+            void run(int __magic,...);
+
+            /**
+             * Helper function (which doesn't necessarily belongs here!) for
+             * reading the file and passing it to the output stream.
+             * @param fn the file name.
+             */
+            void pass_file_through(const char *fn);
+    };
+
+}
+
+#endif /* __SITECING_ACOMPONENT_H */