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+#ifndef foosharedshfoo
+#define foosharedshfoo
+
+/***
+ This file is part of PulseAudio.
+
+ Copyright 2004-2006 Lennart Poettering
+
+ 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 2.1 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+***/
+
+#include <pulsecore/core.h>
+#include <pulsecore/strbuf.h>
+
+/* The shared 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. */
+
+/* Note: please don't confuse this with the proplist framework in
+ * pulse/proplist.[ch]! */
+
+/* Return a pointer to the value of the specified shared property. */
+void* pa_shared_get(pa_core *c, const char *name);
+
+/* Set the shared 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_shared_set(pa_core *c, const char *name, void *data);
+
+/* Remove the specified shared property. Return non-zero on failure */
+int pa_shared_remove(pa_core *c, const char *name);
+
+/* A combination of pa_shared_remove() and pa_shared_set(); this function
+ * first tries to remove the property by this name and then sets the
+ * property. Return non-zero on failure. */
+int pa_shared_replace(pa_core *c, const char *name, void *data);
+
+/* Dump the current set of shared properties */
+void pa_shared_dump(pa_core *c, pa_strbuf *s);
+
+#endif