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+/* -*- Mode: C; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: t; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/* NetworkManager system settings service
+ *
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Red Hat, Inc.
+ */
+
+#include <config.h>
+#include <glib.h>
+
+#include <nm-connection.h>
+#include <NetworkManager.h>
+
+#include "common.h"
+
+NMConnection *
+connection_from_file (const char *filename, GError **error)
+{
+	/* This function should, given a file path, read that file and convert its
+	 * data into an NMConnection.  There are two approaches to this.  First,
+	 * if the plugin data format is similar to the NMConnection internal
+	 * format, you can get away with calling nm_connection_for_each_setting_value()
+	 * to iterate through every possible setting's keys and read that value
+	 * from the plugin's format.  If the plugin's format is siginificantly
+	 * different then you may have to build up the connection manually by
+	 * determining the type of connection from the on-disk data, creating
+	 * each setting object, adding the values, then adding that setting to
+	 * the NMConnection.
+	 */
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+