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+<?php
+
+// This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
+//
+// Moodle 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.
+//
+// Moodle 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 Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+/**
+ * @package moodlecore
+ * @subpackage backup-moodle2
+ * @copyright 2003 onwards Eloy Lafuente (stronk7) {@link http://stronk7.com}
+ * @license   http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Specialised restore task for the html block
+ * (requires encode_content_links in some configdata attrs)
+ *
+ * TODO: Finish phpdocs
+ */
+class restore_html_block_task extends restore_block_task {
+
+    protected function define_my_settings() {
+    }
+
+    protected function define_my_steps() {
+    }
+
+    public function get_fileareas() {
+        return array('content');
+    }
+
+    public function get_configdata_encoded_attributes() {
+        return array('text'); // We need to encode some attrs in configdata
+    }
+
+    static public function decode_content_links($content) {
+        return $content; // No special encoding of links
+    }
+}
+