// ============================================================================
//  Copyright (C) 2001-2014 by Jozef Starosczyk
//  ixen@copyhandler.com
//
//  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
//  it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License
//  (version 2) as published by the Free Software Foundation;
//
//  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
//  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
//  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
//  GNU General Public License for more details.
//
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//  Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
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// ============================================================================
#ifndef __ISERIALIZER_H__
#define __ISERIALIZER_H__

#include "libchcore.h"
#include "TPath.h"
#include "ISerializerContainer.h"

BEGIN_CHCORE_NAMESPACE

class LIBCHCORE_API ISerializer
{
public:
	virtual ~ISerializer();

	virtual TSmartPath GetLocation() const = 0;
	virtual ISerializerContainerPtr GetContainer(const TString& strContainerName) = 0;

	virtual void Flush() = 0;
};

typedef boost::shared_ptr<ISerializer> ISerializerPtr;

END_CHCORE_NAMESPACE

#endif