ComponentInterface.h

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   Audacity: A Digital Audio Editor
 
   ComponentInterface.h
 
   Leland Lucius
 
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#ifndef __AUDACITY_COMPONENT_INTERFACE_H__
#define __AUDACITY_COMPONENT_INTERFACE_H__
 
#include "Identifier.h"
#include "Internat.h"
#include <wx/string.h> // member variables
 
class ComponentInterfaceSymbol;
using VendorSymbol = ComponentInterfaceSymbol;
 
/**************************************************************************/
class COMPONENTS_API ComponentInterface /* not final */
{
public:
   virtual ~ComponentInterface();
 
   // These should return an untranslated value
   virtual PluginPath GetPath() const = 0;
 
   // The internal string persists in configuration files
   // So config compatibility will break if it is changed across Audacity versions
   virtual ComponentInterfaceSymbol GetSymbol() const = 0;
 
   virtual VendorSymbol GetVendor() const = 0;
 
   virtual wxString GetVersion() const = 0;
 
   // This returns a translated string
   // Any verb should be present tense indicative, not imperative
   virtual TranslatableString GetDescription() const = 0;
 
   // non-virtual convenience function
   TranslatableString GetName() const;
};
 
#endif // __AUDACITY_IDENTINTERFACE_H__