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+/*
+* Copyright 2006 Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
+*
+* Licensed under the MIT Open Source License, for details please see license.txt or the website
+* http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
+*
+*/ 
+
+#ifndef __DAE_IOPLUGIN__
+#define __DAE_IOPLUGIN__
+
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+#include <dae/daeTypes.h>
+class daeDatabase;
+class daeMetaElement;
+class daeURI;
+class daeDocument;
+
+/**
+* The @c daeIOPlugin class provides the input/output plugin interface, which is
+* the interface between the COLLADA runtime and the backend storage. A native
+* COLLADA XML plugin implementation is provided along with this interface.
+*/
+class DLLSPEC daeIOPlugin
+{
+public:	
+	/**
+	* Destructor
+	*/
+	virtual ~daeIOPlugin() {}	
+	/** 
+	* Sets the top meta object.
+	* Called by @c dae::setIOPlugin() when the IO plugin changes. It passes to this function the
+	* top meta object, which is the root of a 
+    * hierarchy of @c daeMetaElement objects. This top meta object is capable of creating
+	* any of the root objects in the DOM tree.
+	* @param topMeta Top meta object to use to create objects to fill the database.
+	* @return Returns DAE_OK if successful, otherwise returns a negative value defined in daeError.h.
+	*/
+	virtual daeInt setMeta(daeMetaElement *topMeta) = 0;
+
+	/** @name Database setup	 */
+	//@{
+	/** 
+	* Sets the database to use.
+	* All @c daeIOPlugins use the same interface to the @c daeDatabase, 
+	* @c setDatabase() tells the @c daeIOPlugin which @c daeDatabase object it should use
+	* for storage and queries.
+	* @param database Database to set.
+	*/
+	virtual void setDatabase(daeDatabase* database) = 0;
+	//@}
+
+
+	/** @name Operations	 */
+	//@{
+	/** 
+	* Imports content into the database from an input.
+	* The input can be a file, a database or another runtime.
+	* @param uri the URI of the COLLADA document to load, not all plugins accept all types of URIs,
+	* check the documentation for the IO plugin you are using.
+	* @param docBuffer A string containing the text of the document to load. This is an optional attribute
+	* and should only be used if the document has already been loaded into memory.
+	* @return Returns DAE_OK if successfully loaded, otherwise returns a negative value defined in daeError.h.
+	* @see @c DAE::load().
+	*/
+	virtual daeInt read(const daeURI& uri, daeString docBuffer) = 0;
+
+	/** @name Operations	 */
+	//@{
+	/**
+	* Writes a specific document to an output.
+	* @param name URI to write the document to, not all IO plugins support all types of URIs
+	* check the documentation for the IO plugin you are using.
+	* @param document Pointer to the document that we're going to write out.
+	* @param replace True if write should overwrite an existing file. False otherwise.
+	* @return Returns DAE_OK if success, a negative value defined in daeError.h otherwise.
+	* @see @c DAE::saveAs()
+	*/
+	virtual daeInt write(const daeURI& name, daeDocument *document, daeBool replace) = 0;
+	//@}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Returns a list of the URI protocols that this plugin supports.
+	 * @return Returns a daeArray containing the supported protocols.
+	 */
+	virtual const std::vector<std::string>& getSupportedProtocols() {
+		return supportedProtocols;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * setOption allows you to set options for this IOPlugin. Which options a plugin supports is
+	 * dependent on the plugin itself. There is currently no list of options that plugins are
+	 * suggested to implement.
+	 * @param option The option to set.
+	 * @param value The value to set the option.
+	 * @return Returns DAE_OK upon success.
+	 */
+	virtual daeInt setOption( daeString option, daeString value ) = 0;
+
+	/**
+	 * getOption retrieves the value of an option from this IOPlugin. Which options a plugin supports is
+	 * dependent on the plugin itself.
+	 * @param option The option to get.
+	 * @return Returns the string value of the option or NULL if option is not valid.
+	 */
+	virtual daeString getOption( daeString option ) = 0;
+
+protected:
+	// This is an array of the URI protocols supported by this plugin, e.g. "http", "file",
+	// etc. Each plugin should initialize this variable in the constructor.
+	std::vector<std::string> supportedProtocols;
+};
+
+
+class DLLSPEC daeIOEmpty : public daeIOPlugin {
+public:
+	virtual daeInt setMeta(daeMetaElement *topMeta) { return DAE_ERROR; }
+	virtual void setDatabase(daeDatabase* database) { }
+	virtual daeInt read(const daeURI& uri, daeString docBuffer) { return DAE_ERROR; }
+	virtual daeInt write(const daeURI& name, daeDocument *document, daeBool replace) { return DAE_ERROR; }
+	virtual daeInt setOption( daeString option, daeString value ) { return DAE_ERROR; }
+	virtual daeString getOption( daeString option ) { return ""; }
+};
+
+
+#endif // __DAE_IOPLUGIN__