irr::io::IArchiveLoader Class Reference

Class which is able to create an archive from a file. More...

#include <IFileArchive.h>

Inheritance diagram for irr::io::IArchiveLoader:

Public Member Functions
virtual bool	isALoadableFileFormat (const path &filename) const =0
	Check if the file might be loaded by this class. More...
virtual bool	isALoadableFileFormat (io::IReadFile *file) const =0
	Check if the file might be loaded by this class. More...
virtual bool	isALoadableFileFormat (E_FILE_ARCHIVE_TYPE fileType) const =0
	Check to see if the loader can create archives of this type. More...
virtual IFileArchive *	createArchive (const path &filename, bool ignoreCase, bool ignorePaths) const =0
	Creates an archive from the filename. More...
virtual IFileArchive *	createArchive (io::IReadFile *file, bool ignoreCase, bool ignorePaths) const =0
	Creates an archive from the file. More...
Public Member Functions inherited from irr::IReferenceCounted
	IReferenceCounted ()
	Constructor. More...
virtual	~IReferenceCounted ()
	Destructor. More...
void	grab () const
	Grabs the object. Increments the reference counter by one. More...
bool	drop () const
	Drops the object. Decrements the reference counter by one. More...
s32	getReferenceCount () const
	Get the reference count. More...
const c8 *	getDebugName () const
	Returns the debug name of the object. More...

Additional Inherited Members
Protected Member Functions inherited from irr::IReferenceCounted
void	setDebugName (const c8 *newName)
	Sets the debug name of the object. More...

Detailed Description

Class which is able to create an archive from a file.

If you want the Irrlicht Engine be able to load archives of currently unsupported file formats (e.g .wad), then implement this and add your new Archive loader with IFileSystem::addArchiveLoader() to the engine.

Definition at line 107 of file IFileArchive.h.

Member Function Documentation

createArchive() [1/2]

virtual IFileArchive* irr::io::IArchiveLoader::createArchive ( const path &  filename, bool  ignoreCase, bool  ignorePaths  ) const

pure virtual

Creates an archive from the filename.

Parameters

filename	File to use.
ignoreCase	Searching is performed without regarding the case
ignorePaths	Files are searched for without checking for the directories

Returns

Pointer to newly created archive, or 0 upon error.

createArchive() [2/2]

virtual IFileArchive* irr::io::IArchiveLoader::createArchive ( io::IReadFile *  file, bool  ignoreCase, bool  ignorePaths  ) const

pure virtual

Creates an archive from the file.

Parameters

file	File handle to use.
ignoreCase	Searching is performed without regarding the case
ignorePaths	Files are searched for without checking for the directories

Returns

Pointer to newly created archive, or 0 upon error.

isALoadableFileFormat() [1/3]

virtual bool irr::io::IArchiveLoader::isALoadableFileFormat ( const path &  filename ) const

pure virtual

Check if the file might be loaded by this class.

Check based on the file extension (e.g. ".zip")

Parameters

filename

Name of file to check.

Returns

True if file seems to be loadable.

isALoadableFileFormat() [2/3]

virtual bool irr::io::IArchiveLoader::isALoadableFileFormat ( io::IReadFile *  file ) const

pure virtual

Check if the file might be loaded by this class.

This check may look into the file.

Parameters

file	File handle to check.

Returns

True if file seems to be loadable.

isALoadableFileFormat() [3/3]

virtual bool irr::io::IArchiveLoader::isALoadableFileFormat ( E_FILE_ARCHIVE_TYPE  fileType ) const

pure virtual

Check to see if the loader can create archives of this type.

Check based on the archive type.

Parameters

fileType

The archive type to check.

Returns

True if the archive loader supports this type, false if not

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• include/irrlicht/IFileArchive.h