#ifndef _COLORER_FILETYPE_H_
#define _COLORER_FILETYPE_H_

#include<common/Common.h>
#include<colorer/Scheme.h>

class Scheme;

/** HRC FileType (or prototype) instance.
    @ingroup colorer
*/
class FileType{
public:

  /** Public name of file type (HRC 'name' attribute).
      @return File type Name
  */
  virtual const String *getName() = 0;

  /** Public group name of file type (HRC 'group' attribute).
      @return File type Group
  */
  virtual const String *getGroup() = 0;

  /** Public description of file type (HRC 'description' attribute).
      @return File type Description
  */
  virtual const String *getDescription() = 0;

  /** Returns the base scheme of this file type.
      Basically, this is the scheme with same public name, as it's type.
      If this FileType object is not yet loaded, it is loaded with this call.
      @return File type base scheme, to be used as root scheme of text parsing.
  */
  virtual Scheme *getBaseScheme() = 0;

  /** Returns parameter value of this file type.
      Parameters are stored in prototypes as
      <pre>
      \<parameters>
        \<param name="name" value="value"/>
      \</parameter>
      </pre>
      @note Parameters could be used to store client-application
            specific information about each type of file.
      @param name Parameter's name
  */
  virtual const String *getParameter(const String &name) = 0;
protected:
  FileType(){};
  virtual ~FileType(){};
};

#endif
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