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#ifndef NISCRIPTWRITER_H
#define NISCRIPTWRITER_H

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

class NiScriptInfo;

/// The interface for the encoding of ScriptInfo objects into character
/// strings. This interface is the counterpart of the ScriptReader interface.
class NIPLUGINTOOLKIT_ENTRY NiScriptWriter: public NiRefObject
{
public:
    /// Writes the ScriptInfo object into a character string.
    virtual NiString Encode(NiScriptInfo* pkScriptInfo) = 0;

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

NiSmartPointer(NiScriptWriter);

#endif  //#ifndef NISCRIPTWRITER_H