+ /// \param lv is the access point for the dialog to the LyX kernel.
+ Kernel(LyXView & lv);
+
+ /** This method is the primary prupose of the class. It provides
+ the "gateway" by which the dialog can send a request (of a
+ change in the data, for more information) to the kernel,
+ encoded as \param fr.
+ \param verbose Set to true if the completed action should
+ be displayed in the minibuffer.
+ */
+ void dispatch(FuncRequest const & fr, bool verbose = false) const;
+
+ /** The dialog has received a request from the user
+ (who pressed the "Restore" buuton) to update contents.
+ It must, therefore, ask the kernel to provide this information.
+ \param name is used as an identifier by the kernel
+ when the information is posted.
+ */
+ void updateDialog(string const & name) const;
+
+ /** A request from the Controller that future changes to the data
+ * stored by the dialog are not applied to the inset currently
+ * connected to the dialog. Instead, they will be used to generate
+ * a new inset at the cursor position.
+ */
+ void disconnect(string const & name) const;
+
+ //@{
+ /// Simple wrapper functions to Buffer methods.
+ bool isBufferAvailable() const;
+ bool isBufferReadonly() const;
+ //@}
+
+ //@{
+ /** \enum DocTypes is used to flag the different kinds of buffer
+ * without making the kernel header files available to the
+ * dialog's Controller or View.
+ */