#ifndef K3DSDK_IMIME_TYPE_HANDLER_H
#define K3DSDK_IMIME_TYPE_HANDLER_H

// K-3D
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/** \file
	\author Tim Shead (tshead@k-3d.com)
*/

#include <k3dsdk/iunknown.h>
#include <k3dsdk/types.h>

namespace k3d
{

namespace filesystem { class path; }

/// Abstract interface for objects that can identify the MIME Type of a file
class imime_type_handler :
	public virtual iunknown
{
public:
	/// Called to identify the MIME Type of a file.  Returns true iff the MIME Type was successfully identified.
	virtual bool_t identify_mime_type(const filesystem::path& File, string_t& FileType) = 0;
	/// Called to identify the MIME Type of a data stream.  Returns true iff the MIME Type was successfully identified.
	virtual bool_t identify_mime_type(const string_t& Data, string_t& DataType) = 0;

protected:
	imime_type_handler() {}
	imime_type_handler(const imime_type_handler&) {}
	imime_type_handler& operator=(const imime_type_handler&) { return *this; }
	virtual ~imime_type_handler() {}
};

} // namespace k3d

#endif // !K3DSDK_IMIME_TYPE_HANDLER_H

