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+/* $Id$ */
+
+#ifndef VIDEO_VIDEO_DRIVER_HPP
+#define VIDEO_VIDEO_DRIVER_HPP
+
+#include "../driver.h"
+
+class VideoDriver: public Driver {
+public:
+	virtual void MakeDirty(int left, int top, int width, int height) = 0;
+
+	virtual void MainLoop() = 0;
+
+	virtual bool ChangeResolution(int w, int h) = 0;
+
+	virtual void ToggleFullscreen(bool fullscreen) = 0;
+};
+
+class VideoDriverFactoryBase: public DriverFactoryBase {
+};
+
+template <class T>
+class VideoDriverFactory: public VideoDriverFactoryBase {
+public:
+	VideoDriverFactory() { this->RegisterDriver(((T *)this)->GetName(), Driver::DT_VIDEO); }
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the long, human readable, name for the Driver-class.
+	 */
+	const char *GetName();
+};
+
+extern VideoDriver *_video_driver;
+
+#endif /* VIDEO_VIDEO_DRIVER_HPP */