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+/*****************************************************************************/
+//               File: FuncTranslator.h
+//              Class: BFuncTranslator
+//             Author: Michael Wilber, Translation Kit Team
+// Originally Created: 2002-06-11
+//
+// Description:
+//   This header file contains the BTranslator based object for
+//   function based translators, i.e. the translators which export
+//   each translator function individually, instead of exporting
+//   the make_nth_translator() function, which returns the
+//   translator as a class derived from BTranslator.
+//
+//   All of the BeOS R5 translators are function based translators.
+//   All of the Gobe Productive translators are function based
+//   translators. Nearly all of the translators I've found, with
+//   the exception of the Haiku translators, are function based.
+//
+//   This class is used by the OpenBeOS BTranslatorRoster
+//   so that function based translators, make_nth_translator()
+//   translators and private BTranslator objects could be
+//   accessed in the same way. 
+//
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2002 OpenBeOS Project
+//
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+// copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
+// to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
+// the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, 
+// and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the 
+// Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+//
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included 
+// in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+//
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
+// OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL 
+// THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+// LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING 
+// FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
+// DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef _FUNC_TRANSLATOR_H
+#define _FUNC_TRANSLATOR_H
+
+#include <Translator.h>
+#include <image.h>
+#include <TranslationDefs.h>
+
+// Structure used to hold the collection of function pointers and 
+// public variables exported by function based translator add-ons.
+struct translator_data {
+	const char *translatorName;
+	const char *translatorInfo;
+	int32 translatorVersion;
+	const translation_format *inputFormats;
+	const translation_format *outputFormats;
+
+	status_t (*Identify)(BPositionIO *inSource,
+		const translation_format *inFormat, BMessage *ioExtension,
+		translator_info *outInfo, uint32 outType);
+		
+	status_t (*Translate)(BPositionIO *inSource,
+		const translator_info *inInfo, BMessage *ioExtension,
+		uint32 outType, BPositionIO *outDestination);
+		
+	status_t (*MakeConfig)(BMessage *ioExtension,
+		BView **outView, BRect *outExtent);
+		
+	status_t (*GetConfigMessage)(BMessage *ioExtension);
+};
+
+class BFuncTranslator : public BTranslator {
+public:
+	BFuncTranslator(const translator_data *kpData);
+		// assigns the translator to the object
+
+	virtual const char *TranslatorName() const;
+		// returns the short translator name
+		
+	virtual const char *TranslatorInfo() const;
+		// returns the verbose translator name/description
+		
+	virtual int32 TranslatorVersion() const;
+		// returns the translator's version
+	
+	virtual const translation_format *InputFormats(int32 *out_count) const;
+		// returns the list of supported input formats
+		
+	virtual const translation_format *OutputFormats(int32 *out_count) const;
+		// returns the list of supported output formats
+
+	virtual status_t Identify(BPositionIO *inSource, 
+		const translation_format *inFormat, BMessage *ioExtension,
+		translator_info *outInfo, uint32 outType);
+		// identifies wether or not the translator can handle
+		// translating the data in inSource
+
+	virtual status_t Translate(BPositionIO *inSource,
+		const translator_info *inInfo, BMessage *ioExtension, uint32 outType,
+		BPositionIO * outDestination);
+		// translates the data from inSource to outDestination
+		// in the format outType
+
+	virtual status_t MakeConfigurationView(BMessage *ioExtension,
+		BView **outView, BRect *outExtent);
+		// creates a view object that allows the user to change
+		// the translator's options
+		// (not required to be in all translators)
+
+	virtual status_t GetConfigurationMessage(BMessage *ioExtension);
+		// returns the current settings of the translator
+		// (not required to be in all translators)
+
+protected:
+	virtual ~BFuncTranslator();
+		// This object is deleted by calling Release(),
+		// it can not be deleted directly. See BTranslator in the Be Book
+		
+private:
+	translator_data *fpData;
+		// This contains all of the member variables used by this class.
+		// It also contains pointers to functions that the member functions
+		// use to do all of the actual work for this class.
+};
+
+#endif // _FUNC_TRANSLATOR_H