Binding.h

/***************************************************************************
 *                                                                         *
 *   (c) Art Tevs, MPI Informatik Saarbruecken                             *
 *       mailto: <tevs@mpi-sb.mpg.de>                                      *
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#ifndef __BINDINGS_PLUGIN_H_
#define __BINDINGS_PLUGIN_H_

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Includes
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#include "Prerequisities.h"

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Redefine Export/Import Macros for win32 systems
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#define _NRBindingExport

#if NR_PLATFORM == NR_PLATFORM_WIN32

// first we define our own export/import macro
#if defined (BUILD_PLUGIN) || defined (BUILD_BINDING)
#   undef _NRBindingExport
#       define _NRBindingExport __declspec( dllexport )
#endif
//#if defined (BUILD_BINDING)
//#   undef _NRBindingExport
//#     define _NRBindingExport
//#endif


// if we built a binding, so we should import from engine's main dll
#if defined (BUILD_BINDING) || defined (BUILD_PLUGIN)
#   undef _NRExport
#       define _NRExport __declspec( dllimport )
#endif

#endif


//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Namespaces and classes
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
namespace nrEngine {

        //! Binding abstract classes for the engine
        /**
         * Bindings are loadtime plugins provide to the engine
         * new functionality. They do not linked within the engine library
         * but with application written for the engine.
         *
         * This is an abstract class providing some default methods
         * which has to be overwritten by the binding. Later on we could
         * create a binding manager, so it could initialize the bindings
         * by user wish.
         *
         * \ingroup plugin
         **/
        class _NRBindingExport Binding{
                public:

                        //! Initialize the binding and its subsystems
                        Binding() {}

                        //! Release used memory and close binded subsystem
                        virtual ~Binding() {}

                        //! Get the name of the binding
                        virtual const std::string& getName() = 0;

                        //! Get a full name including authors, version,... strings of the bindings
                        virtual const std::string& getFullName() = 0;

        };

};

#endif

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