decoderfactory.h

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// Copyright (c) 2008-2010 Raynaldo (Wildicv) Rivera, Joshua (Dark_Kilauea) Jones
// This file is part of the "cAudio Engine"
// For conditions of distribution and use, see copyright notice in cAudio-ZLIBLicense.txt
#ifndef _audiodecoderfactory_h
#define _audiodecoderfactory_h

#include "Audio/decoder.h"

namespace Mezzanine
{
    namespace Audio
    {
        ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        /// @brief This is an interface class for factories that create decoders.
        /// @details
        ///////////////////////////////////////
        class iDecoderFactory
        {
        public:
            /// @brief Class constructor.
            iDecoderFactory() {  }
            /// @brief Class destructor.
            virtual ~iDecoderFactory() {  }

            /// @brief Creates a new @ref iDecoder for use.
            /// @param Stream A smart pointer to the stream containing audio data.
            /// @return Returns the newly created @ref iDecoder, or NULL if there was a failure.
            virtual iDecoder* CreateDecoder(Resource::DataStreamPtr Stream) = 0;
            /// @brief Gets the encoding supported by decoders made by this factory.
            /// @return Returns an @ref Audio::Encoding value representing the encoding supported by this factory.
            virtual Audio::Encoding GetSupportedEncoding() const = 0;
        };//iDecoderFactory
    }//Audio
}//Mezzanine

#endif