CEGUIResourceProvider.h

/***********************************************************************
        filename:       CEGUIResourceProvider.h
        created:        8/7/2004
        author:         James '_mental_' O'Sullivan
        
        purpose:        Defines abstract base class for loading DataContainer objects
*************************************************************************/
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#ifndef _CEGUIResourceProvider_h_
#define _CEGUIResourceProvider_h_

#include "CEGUIBase.h"
#include "CEGUIDataContainer.h"
#include "CEGUIString.h"
#include <vector>


// Start of CEGUI namespace section
namespace CEGUI
{
class CEGUIEXPORT ResourceProvider
{
public:
        /*************************************************************************
                Construction and Destruction
        *************************************************************************/
        ResourceProvider() { }

        virtual ~ResourceProvider(void) { }

    /*************************************************************************
        Accessor functions
    *************************************************************************/

//    /*!
//    \brief
//        Load XML data using InputSource objects.
//
//    \param filename
//        String containing a filename of the resource to be loaded.
//
//      \param output
//              Reference to a InputSourceContainer object to load the data into.
//   */
//    virtual void loadInputSourceContainer(const String& filename, InputSourceContainer& output) = 0;

    virtual void loadRawDataContainer(const String& filename, RawDataContainer& output, const String& resourceGroup) = 0;

    virtual void unloadRawDataContainer(RawDataContainer&)  { }

    const String&   getDefaultResourceGroup(void) const     { return d_defaultResourceGroup; }
    
    void    setDefaultResourceGroup(const String& resourceGroup)    { d_defaultResourceGroup = resourceGroup; }

    virtual size_t getResourceGroupFileNames(std::vector<String>& out_vec,
                                             const String& file_pattern,
                                             const String& resource_group) = 0;
protected:
    String  d_defaultResourceGroup;     
};

} // End of  CEGUI namespace section

#endif  // end of guard _CEGUIResourceProvider_h_