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+/*
+ *  The Mana World
+ *  Copyright 2004 The Mana World Development Team
+ *
+ *  This file is part of The Mana World.
+ *
+ *  The Mana World 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
+ *  any later version.
+ *
+ *  The Mana World 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 The Mana World; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ *
+ *  $Id$
+ */
+
+#ifndef _TMW_RESOURCE_H
+#define _TMW_RESOURCE_H
+
+#include <string>
+//#include <SDL/SDL.h>
+
+/**
+ * A generic reference counted resource object.
+ */
+class Resource
+{
+    public:
+        /**
+         * Constructor
+         */
+        Resource();
+
+        /**
+         * Frees this objects internal resources.
+         */
+        virtual void unload() = 0;
+
+        /**
+         * Indicates whether or not a resource is loaded.
+         * @return <code>true</code> if resource is loaded 
+         * <code>false</code> otherwise.
+         */
+        virtual bool isLoaded() const;
+
+        /**
+         * Increments the internal reference count.
+         */
+        void incRef();
+
+        /**
+         * Decrements the reference count and deletes the object
+         * if no references are left.
+         * @return <code>true</code> if the object was deleted
+         * <code>false</code> otherwise.
+         */
+        bool decRef();
+
+    protected:
+        bool loaded;
+
+    private:
+        unsigned int referenceCount;
+};
+
+#endif