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decoderfactory.h
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40 // Copyright (c) 2008-2010 Raynaldo (Wildicv) Rivera, Joshua (Dark_Kilauea) Jones
41 // This file is part of the "cAudio Engine"
42 // For conditions of distribution and use, see copyright notice in cAudio-ZLIBLicense.txt
43 #ifndef _audiodecoderfactory_h
44 #define _audiodecoderfactory_h
45 
46 #include "Audio/decoder.h"
47 
48 namespace Mezzanine
49 {
50  namespace Audio
51  {
52  ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
53  /// @brief This is an interface class for factories that create decoders.
54  /// @details
55  ///////////////////////////////////////
57  {
58  public:
59  /// @brief Class constructor.
61  /// @brief Class destructor.
62  virtual ~iDecoderFactory() { }
63 
64  /// @brief Creates a new @ref iDecoder for use.
65  /// @param Stream A smart pointer to the stream containing audio data.
66  /// @return Returns the newly created @ref iDecoder, or NULL if there was a failure.
67  virtual iDecoder* CreateDecoder(Resource::DataStreamPtr Stream) = 0;
68  /// @brief Gets the encoding supported by decoders made by this factory.
69  /// @return Returns an @ref Audio::Encoding value representing the encoding supported by this factory.
70  virtual Audio::Encoding GetSupportedEncoding() const = 0;
71  };//iDecoderFactory
72  }//Audio
73 }//Mezzanine
74 
75 #endif