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+/*  aKode: Encoder abstract-type
+
+    Copyright (C) 2004 Allan Sandfeld Jensen <kde@carewolf.com>
+
+    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+    modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+    version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+    Library General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
+    along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
+    the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Steet, Fifth Floor,
+    Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+*/
+
+#ifndef _AKODE_ENCODER_H
+#define _AKODE_ENCODER_H
+
+#include "pluginhandler.h"
+#include "sink.h"
+
+namespace aKode {
+
+class File;
+
+//! A generic interface for all encoders
+
+/*!
+ * Encoders are specialized sinks that can write to files. Be aware that encoders in aKode 1.0
+ * cannot handle tags. So the files should be tagged with TagLib after encoding.
+ */
+class Encoder : public Sink {
+public:
+    /*!
+     * Returns the current position in file/stream in milliseconds.
+     * Notice that this position is not the necessarely the same as the
+     * the one in the incoming stream.
+     * Returns -1 if the position is unknown.
+     */
+    virtual long position() = 0;
+    /*!
+     * Returns true if the encoder has encountered a non-recoverable error
+     */
+    virtual bool error() = 0;
+};
+
+/*!
+ * Parent class for encoder plugins
+ */
+class EncoderPlugin {
+public:
+    /*!
+     * Asks the plugin to open a Encoder that writes to the file \a dst
+     */
+    virtual Encoder* openEncoder(File *dst) = 0;
+};
+
+/*!
+ * Handler for encoder-plugins.
+ */
+class EncoderPluginHandler : public PluginHandler, public EncoderPlugin {
+public:
+    EncoderPluginHandler() : encoder_plugin(0) {};
+    EncoderPluginHandler(const string name);
+    Encoder* openEncoder(File *dst);
+    /*!
+     * Loads a encoder-plugin by the \a name (flac, vorbis, lame..)
+     */
+    virtual bool load(const string name);
+    bool isLoaded() { return encoder_plugin != 0; };
+protected:
+    EncoderPlugin* encoder_plugin;
+};
+
+} // namespace
+
+#endif