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#ifndef PALYLISTFORMAT_H
#define PALYLISTFORMAT_H

#include <QStringList>

class PlayListTrack;

/*! @brief Helper structure to store playlist format properies.
 * @author Ilya Kotov <forkotov02@hotmail.ru>
 */
struct PlayListFormatProperties
{
    QString shortName;        /*!< Unique name of the playlist format for internal usage */
    QStringList filters;      /*!< File filters (example: "*.m3u") */
    QStringList contentTypes; /*!< Supported content types */
};

/*! @brief Abstract interface for playlist formats.
 * @author Vladimir Kuznetsov <vovanec@gmail.com>
 */
class PlayListFormat
{
public:
    /*!
     * Object destructor
     */
    virtual ~PlayListFormat() {}
    /*!
     * Returns playlist format properties.
     */
    virtual const PlayListFormatProperties properties() const = 0;
    /*!
     * Takes raw contents of playlist file, should return string list of
     * ready file pathes to fill the playlist.
     */
    virtual QStringList decode(const QString& contents) = 0;
    /*!
     * Takes the list of AbstractPlaylistItem objects, should return string of
     * encoded playlist file
     */
    virtual QString encode(const QList<PlayListTrack*>& contents) = 0;
};

Q_DECLARE_INTERFACE(PlayListFormat,"PlayListFormat/1.0")

#endif