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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 "common.h"
+
+gboolean
+write_connection (NMConnection *connection,
+                  const char *existing_path,
+                  char **out_path,
+                  GError **error)
+{
+	/* This function should take the NMConnection and convert it to the format
+	 * which this plugin uses on-disk and then write out that data.  It returns
+	 * the file path of the file that represents this connection data so that
+	 * the plugin can track it for change notification and updates.  If
+	 * 'existing_path' is given we can assume that this is an update of an
+	 * existing connection and not a completely new one.
+	 */
+
+	/* There are two approaches to converting the data.  The first more manual
+	 * approach consists of grabbing each setting value from the NMConnection
+	 * and converting it into the appropriate value for the plugin's data
+	 * format.  This is usually taken by distro plugins becuase their format
+	 * is significantly different than NetworkManager's internal format.
+	 * The second uses nm_connection_for_each_setting_value() to iterate
+	 * through each value of each setting in the NMConnection, convert it to
+	 * the required format, and write it out, but this requires that the
+	 * plugin format more closely follow the NetworkManager internal format.
+	 */
+
+	return FALSE;
+}
+