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+#
+# Copyright (c) 2013 Big Switch Networks, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Eclipse Public License, Version 1.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
+# License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied. See the License for the specific language governing
+# permissions and limitations under the License.
+#
+
+from django.db import models
+from django.conf.urls.defaults import *
+
+# This is a class that is used to keep a list of apps and their tabs in memory
+class AppLister():
+    
+    def __init__(self, name, label, priority, description=""):
+        self.name = name
+        self.label = label
+        self.priority = priority
+        self.description = description
+        self.tabs = []
+
+    def orderTabs(self, a, b):
+        return cmp(int(a["priority"]), int(b["priority"]))
+        
+    def addTab(self, id, label, view, priority=1000):
+        for t in self.tabs:
+            if t["id"] == id:
+                self.tabs.remove(t)
+        self.tabs.append( { 'id':id, 'label':label, "priority":priority, "view":view } )
+        self.tabs.sort(self.orderTabs)
+
+class AppLoader():
+    
+    # List of all registered applications
+    #
+    # This is a list of dictionaries
+    #
+    
+    firstInit = True
+    apps = []
+
+    @classmethod    
+    def orderApps(cls, a, b):
+            return cmp(int(a.priority), int(b.priority))
+
+    @classmethod
+    def addApp(cls,app):
+        for a in cls.apps:
+            if a.name == app.name:
+                return False
+        cls.apps.append(app)
+        cls.apps.sort(cls.orderApps)
+            
+    @classmethod
+    def getApps(cls):
+        return cls.apps
+
+    @classmethod    
+    def getApp(cls, name):
+        for a in cls.apps:
+            if a.name == name:
+                return a
+        return None
+        
+    @classmethod
+    def registerAllApps(cls):
+        if cls.firstInit:
+            from django.conf import settings
+            if "sdncon.coreui" not in settings.INSTALLED_APPS:
+                print "****** panic, sdncon.coreui is missing!"
+            for app in settings.INSTALLED_APPS:
+                if not app.startswith("django"):
+                    init_func = __import__("%s.views" % app, fromlist=["bsc_app_init"])
+                    if 'bsc_app_init' in dir(init_func):
+                        init_func.bsc_app_init()
+            cls.firstInit=False