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+<?php
+/*
+$Id$
+
+  This code is part of LDAP Account Manager (http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/lam)
+  Copyright (C) 2003 - 2004  Roland Gruber
+
+  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  This program 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 General Public License
+  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+
+
+*/
+
+/**
+* This is the parent class for all account modules.
+*
+* It implements the complete module interface and uses meta-data
+* provided by the account modules for its functions.
+*
+* @package modules
+* @author Roland Gruber
+*/
+
+/**
+* Parent class of all account modules
+*
+* @package modules
+*/
+class baseModule {
+
+	/** includes all meta data provided by the sub class */
+	var $meta;
+
+	/** the account type of this module (user, group, host) */
+	var $scope;
+
+	/**
+	* Creates a new base module class
+	*
+	* @param string $scope the account type (user, group, host)
+	*/
+	function baseModule($scope) {
+		$this->scope = $scope;
+		$this->meta = $this->get_metaData();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	* Dummy function, meta data is provided by sub classes.
+	*
+	* @return array empty array
+	*/
+	function get_metaData() {
+		return array();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	* Returns the account type of this module (user, group, host)
+	*
+	* @return string account type
+	*/
+	function get_scope() {
+		return $this->scope;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	* Returns true if this module is enough to provide a sensible account.
+	*
+	* There is no relation to the name of this class.
+	*
+	* @return boolean true if base module
+	*/
+	function is_base_module() {
+		if ($this->meta['is_base'] == true) return true;
+		else return false;
+	}
+
+// TODO implement missing interface
+}
+
+
+
+?>
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