/** @file hpi.h
 *
 *  @brief header to include hpi capability in hpi-using code
 *
 *  @author Kay F. Jahnke
 *
 */

/*  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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 *  KFJ 2011-01-18
 *
 */

#if _WINDOWS && defined Hugin_shared
#ifdef hugin_python_interface_EXPORTS
#define hsi_IMPEX __declspec(dllexport)
#else
#define hsi_IMPEX __declspec(dllimport)
#endif
#else
#define hsi_IMPEX
#endif

namespace hpi
{
/**  simplified call interface to the Python Plugin facility.
 *   @param plugin_name the name of the plugin. This must name a python file which is in PYTHONPATH, 
 *       without path and extension. 
 *   @param argc the number of arguments to the plugin, not the number of argument to this function.
 *
 *   for each argument, two more values has to be given:
 *   - a string containing the name of the type (this may need
 *     to be fully qualified, like 'HuginBase::Panorama*'
 *   - a void* to the actual hugin object
 */
hsi_IMPEX extern int callhpi ( const char* plugin_name ,
                               int argc ,
                               ... ) ;

}