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+# $Id$
+
+module Blink
+    # a class for storing state
+	class Storage
+		include Singleton
+		@@state = Hash.new { |hash,key|
+            hash[key] = Hash.new(nil)
+        }
+		@@splitchar = "\t"
+		
+		def initialize
+			self.class.load
+		end
+
+		def Storage.load
+            # XXX I should probably use a better default state dir
+            Blink[:statefile] ||= "/var/tmp/blinkstate"
+			return unless File.exists?(Blink[:statefile])
+			File.open(Blink[:statefile]) { |file|
+				file.gets { |line|
+					myclass, key, value = line.split(@@splitchar)
+
+					@@state[myclass][key] = Marshal::load(value)
+				}
+			}
+		end
+
+		def Storage.state(myclass)
+            unless myclass.is_a? Class
+                myclass = myclass.class
+            end
+            result = @@state[myclass]
+            return result
+		end
+
+		def Storage.store
+			File.open(Blink[:statefile], File::CREAT|File::WRONLY, 0600) { |file|
+				@@state.each { |klass, thash|
+                    thash.each { |key,value|
+                        mvalue = Marshal::dump(value)
+                        file.puts([klass,key,mvalue].join(@@splitchar))
+                    }
+				}
+			}
+		end
+	end
+end