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+#pragma once
+
+#include <QString>
+#include <QLocale>
+
+struct HtmlRenderDetails {
+    int text_zone_width;
+    QLocale* locale;
+};
+
+class APBase {
+public:
+    // maybe pass HtmlRenderDetails by reference (pointer) instead of by value? will have to be measured
+    virtual QString get_html_render(HtmlRenderDetails render_info) = 0;
+
+    // having a virtual destructor never hurts. see https://isocpp.org/wiki/faq/virtual-functions#virtual-dtors
+    // it could always be removed by deleting the line below and removing the trivial destructors that are explicitly defined from classes that inherit from APBase.
+    virtual ~APBase() {};
+protected:
+    QString object_url; // this URL represents generally the source of the object. for APObject & derived: object's URL, such as the Note/Statuses' URL for an APPost
+    static const QString get_html_template(const QString& template_name);
+};