--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/frontends/src/quick_frontend/quick_chat_list.py	Wed Dec 29 01:06:29 2010 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+"""
+helper class for making a SAT frontend
+Copyright (C) 2009, 2010  Jérôme Poisson (goffi@goffi.org)
+
+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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+"""
+
+from tools.jid  import JID
+
+
+class QuickChatList(dict):
+    """This class is used to manage the list of chat windows.
+    It act as a dict, but create a chat window when the name is found for the first time."""
+    
+    def __init__(self, host):
+        dict.__init__(self)
+        self.host = host
+
+    def __getitem__(self,to_jid):
+        target=JID(to_jid)
+        if not self.has_key(target.short):
+            #we have to create the chat win
+            self[target.short] = self.createChat(target)
+        return dict.__getitem__(self,target.short)
+
+    def createChat(self, target):
+        raise NotImplementedError