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WebResourceProvider

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A framework to allow public web services to be used as objects in your application.
//  Translator.h
//
//  An object that uses the FreeTranslation.com service to translate text.
//

#ifndef _Translator_h_
#define _Translator_h_

#include "WebResourceProvider.h"

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Translator object
//

class Translator : public CWebResourceProvider
{
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Constants
public:
  enum {
      EnglishToFrench = 0,
      EnglishToGerman,
      EnglishToItalian,
      EnglishToSpanish,
      FrenchToEnglish,
      GermanToEnglish,
      ItalianToEnglish,
      SpanishToEnglish
  };

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Construction
public:
	Translator
    (CString    strSource,
     CString&   strTranslation,
     long       nMode);

	virtual ~Translator();

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Public methods (API)
public:
  CString getTranslation()        // Get translated text
    { return m_strTranslation; }

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Members
protected:
  CString     m_strSource;        // source text
  CString     m_strTranslation;   // translated text
  long        m_nMode;            // translation mode

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Overriden methods
protected:
  virtual void constructUrl           // Construct the URL to be fetched
    (CString& strUrl);

  virtual bool isPost()               // Test if this is a POST request
    { return (true); }

  virtual void getPostData            // Get post data
    (CString& strPostData);

  virtual void parseContent();        // Parse the fetched content
};

#endif

// End Translator.h

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