+#define module_need(a,b,c,d) __module_need(VLC_OBJECT(a),b,c,d)
+VLC_EXPORT( module_t *, __module_need, ( vlc_object_t *, const char *, const char *, bool ) );
+#define module_unneed(a,b) __module_unneed(VLC_OBJECT(a),b)
+VLC_EXPORT( void, __module_unneed, ( vlc_object_t *, module_t * ) );
+#define module_exists(a,b) __module_exists(VLC_OBJECT(a),b)
+VLC_EXPORT( bool, __module_exists, ( vlc_object_t *, const char * ) );
+
+#define module_find(a,b) __module_find(VLC_OBJECT(a),b)
+VLC_EXPORT( module_t *, __module_find, ( vlc_object_t *, const char * ) );
+
+VLC_EXPORT( module_config_t *, module_config_get, ( const module_t *, unsigned * ) );
+VLC_EXPORT( void, module_config_free, ( module_config_t * ) );
+
+VLC_EXPORT( module_t *, module_hold, (module_t *module) );
+VLC_EXPORT( void, module_release, (module_t *module) );
+VLC_EXPORT( void, module_list_free, (module_t **) );
+VLC_EXPORT( module_t **, module_list_get, (size_t *n) );
+
+/* Return a NULL terminated array with the names of the modules that have a
+ * certain capability.
+ * Free after uses both the string and the table. */
+ #define module_GetModulesNamesForCapability(a,b,c) \
+ __module_GetModulesNamesForCapability(VLC_OBJECT(a),b,c)
+VLC_EXPORT(char **, __module_GetModulesNamesForCapability,
+ ( vlc_object_t *p_this, const char * psz_capability,
+ char ***psz_longname ) );
+
+VLC_EXPORT( bool, module_provides, ( const module_t *m, const char *cap ) );
+VLC_EXPORT( const char *, module_get_object, ( const module_t *m ) );
+VLC_EXPORT( const char *, module_get_name, ( const module_t *m, bool long_name ) );
+#define module_GetLongName( m ) module_get_name( m, true )
+VLC_EXPORT( const char *, module_get_help, ( const module_t *m ) );
+
+
+#define module_get_main(a) __module_get_main(VLC_OBJECT(a))
+static inline module_t * __module_get_main( vlc_object_t * p_this )