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+//===========================================
+//  Lumina-desktop source code
+//  Copyright (c) 2017, Ken Moore
+//  Available under the 3-clause BSD license
+//  See the LICENSE file for full details
+//===========================================
+// This is a simple class for managing all the various desktop
+//  setting files, and sending out notifications about changes
+//===========================================
+//  NOTE:
+//  This class has a heirarchy-based lookup/write system
+//  USER Settings > SYSTEM Settings > DEFAULT Settings
+//  XDG_CONFIG_HOME/lumina-desktop >  XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/lumina-desktop > XDG_DATA_DIRS/lumina-desktop
+//===========================================
+#ifndef _LUMINA_DESKTOP_SETTINGS_CLASS_H
+#define _LUMINA_DESKTOP_SETTINGS_CLASS_H
+
+#include <QSettings>
+#include <QFileSystemWatcher>
+#include <QString>
+#include <QStringList>
+#include <QHash>
+#include <QVariant>
+
+class DesktopSettings : public QObject{
+	Q_OBJECT
+public:
+	enum File{ System, Favorites, Environment, Session, Desktop, Keys, Theme };
+
+	DesktopSettings(QObject *parent = 0);
+	~DesktopSettings();
+
+	//Start/stop routines
+	void start();
+	void stop();
+
+	//Main Read/Write functions
+	QVariant value(DesktopSettings::File, QString variable, QVariant defaultvalue);
+	bool setValue(DesktopSettings::File, QString variable, QVariant value);
+	QStringList keys(DesktopSettings::File); //return a list of all variables which are available in this file
+
+	//Information functions
+	QStringList filePaths(DesktopSettings::File); //just in case we need to access any of these files outside this class
+
+private:
+	enum RunMode{UserFull, SystemFull, SystemInterface };
+	DesktopSettings::RunMode runmode; //simple flag for which mode the current session is running in
+	QFileSystemWatcher *watcher;
+	QHash< DesktopSettings::File, QStringList > files; //location hash for where files are actually located on disk
+	QHash< QString, QSettings*> settings; //location hash for the settings files themselves
+
+	void parseSystemSettings(); //run at start - determine the RunMode for this user/session
+	void locateFiles(); //run at start - finds the locations of the various files (based on RunMode)
+	void touchFile(QString path); //used to create an empty file so it can be watched for changes later
+	QString rel_path(DesktopSettings::File); //return the relative file path (starting with "/")
+
+private slots:
+	void fileChanged(QString); //QFileSystemWatcher change detected
+	void dirChanged(QString); //QFileSystemWatcher change detected
+
+signals:
+	void FileModified(DesktopSettings::File);
+
+};
+#endif