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#ifndef GCN_IMAGELOADER_HPP
#define GCN_IMAGELOADER_HPP

#include <iosfwd>

#include "guisan/platform.hpp"

namespace gcn
{
	class Image;

	/**
	 * ImageLoaders base class. Contains basic image loading functions every
	 * image loader should have. Image loaders should inherit from this
	 * class and impements it's functions.
	 */
	class GCN_CORE_DECLSPEC ImageLoader
	{
	public:

		/**
		 * Destructor.
		 */
		virtual ~ImageLoader()
		= default;

		/**
		 * Loads an image by calling the image's ImageLoader.
		 *
		 * NOTE: The functions getPixel and putPixel in Image are only guaranteed to
		 *       work before an image has been converted to display format.
		 *
		 * @param filename the file to load.
		 * @param convertToDisplayFormat true if the image should be converted
		 *                               to display, false otherwise.
		 */
		virtual Image* load(const std::string& filename, bool convertToDisplayFormat = true) = 0;
	};
}

#endif // end GCN_IMAGELOADER_HPP