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#ifndef NISCRIPTREADER_H
#define NISCRIPTREADER_H

#include "NiPluginToolkitLibType.h"
#include <NiRefObject.h>
#include <NiSmartPointer.h>

class NiScriptInfo;
class NiString;

/// The interface for the parser of ScriptInfo objects from character strings.
/// This interface is the counterpart of the ScriptWriter interface.
class NIPLUGINTOOLKIT_ENTRY NiScriptReader: public NiRefObject
{
public:
    /// Takes an input character script and creates the ScriptInfo object
    /// from it.
    virtual NiScriptInfo* Parse(const char* pcScript, NiString& strErrors) = 0;

    /// Returns the file extensions that this reader can support
    virtual NiString GetFileExtensions() = 0;
};

NiSmartPointer(NiScriptReader);

#endif  // #ifndef NISCRIPTREADER_H