Plugin System – an alternative to GetProcAddress and interfaces

// ImageParser.h - defines the base class for all image parsers
//
// Part of the Plugin System tutorial
//
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#ifndef _IMAGEPARSER_H
#define _IMAGEPARSER_H

// CImageParser is the base class that all image parsers must inherit
class CImageParser
{
public:
	HOSTAPI CImageParser( void ); // adds the parser to the parsers list
	virtual HBITMAP ParseFile( const char *fname )=0; // parses the image file and reads it into a HBITMAP
	virtual bool SupportsType( const char *type ) const=0; // returns true if the file type is supported

protected:
	HOSTAPI HBITMAP CreateBitmap( int width, int height, void **data );
};

#endif