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diff --git a/src/libstrongswan/plugins/plugin_loader.h b/src/libstrongswan/plugins/plugin_loader.h
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2007 Martin Willi
+ * Hochschule fuer Technik Rapperswil
+ *
+ * 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.  See <http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/gpl.txt>.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @defgroup plugin_loader plugin_loader
+ * @{ @ingroup plugin
+ */
+
+#ifndef PLUGIN_LOADER_H_
+#define PLUGIN_LOADER_H_
+
+typedef struct plugin_loader_t plugin_loader_t;
+
+/**
+ * The plugin_loader loads plugins from a directory and initializes them
+ */
+struct plugin_loader_t {	
+	
+	/**
+	 * Load plugins from a directory.
+	 *
+	 * @param path			path containing loadable plugins
+	 * @param prefix		prefix of plugin libraries to load
+	 * @return				number of successfully loaded plugins
+	 */
+	int (*load)(plugin_loader_t *this, char *path, char *prefix);
+		
+	/**
+     * Unload loaded plugins, destroy plugin_loader instance.
+     */
+    void (*destroy)(plugin_loader_t *this);
+};
+
+/**
+ * Create a plugin_loader instance.
+ *
+ * @return			plugin loader instance
+ */
+plugin_loader_t *plugin_loader_create();
+
+#endif /* PLUGIN_LOADER_H_ @}*/