Codec.h

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//
// C++ Interface: Audio::Codec
//
#ifndef __AUDIO_CODEC_H__INCLUDED__
#define __AUDIO_CODEC_H__INCLUDED__

#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include "../Exceptions.h"

#include "vsfilesystem.h"

namespace Audio {

    // Forward Stream so that Codec headers don't depend on them.
    // Implementations will surely depend on them, though... 
    // ...but this way Codec users may be oblivious to them.
    class Stream;

    class Codec
    {
    private:
        std::string name;
    
    protected:
        Codec(const std::string& name) throw();
    
    public:
        typedef std::vector<std::string> Extensions;
        
    public:
        virtual ~Codec();
        
        const std::string& getName() const throw();
        
        virtual const Extensions* getExtensions() const throw();
        
        virtual bool canHandle(const std::string& path, bool canOpen, VSFileSystem::VSFileType type = VSFileSystem::UnknownFile) throw() = 0;
        
        virtual Stream* open(const std::string& path, VSFileSystem::VSFileType type = VSFileSystem::UnknownFile) throw(Exception) = 0;
    };

};

#endif//__AUDIO_CODEC_H__INCLUDED__