# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# Moovida - Home multimedia server
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from elisa.core.component import Component


class Frontend(Component):
    """
    A frontend sets up the necessary environment for a user interface to be
    created. L{Controller}s then use that environment to put together the
    widgets from the toolkit of their choice.

    Example frontends could be one creating a XWindow and an OpenGL context,
    one creating a GtkWindow, one creating a Pigment viewport and a canvas
    associated to it.
    """
    # FIXME: add a some translation helper method as soon as the translation
    # system is in place
    pass

