irr::video::IImageLoader Class Reference

Class which is able to create a image from a file. More...

#include <IImageLoader.h>

Inheritance diagram for irr::video::IImageLoader:

List of all members.

Public Member Functions

• virtual bool isALoadableFileExtension (const io::path &filename) const =0

  Check if the file might be loaded by this class.
  

• virtual bool isALoadableFileFormat (io::IReadFile *file) const =0

  Check if the file might be loaded by this class.
  

• virtual IImage * loadImage (io::IReadFile *file) const =0

  Creates a surface from the file.
  

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Detailed Description

Class which is able to create a image from a file.

If you want the Irrlicht Engine be able to load textures of currently unsupported file formats (e.g .gif), then implement this and add your new Surface loader with IVideoDriver::addExternalImageLoader() to the engine.

Definition at line 26 of file IImageLoader.h.

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Member Function Documentation

virtual bool irr::video::IImageLoader::isALoadableFileExtension

(

const io::path &

filename

)

const [pure virtual]

Check if the file might be loaded by this class.

Check is based on the file extension (e.g. ".tga")

Parameters:

filename

Name of file to check.

Returns:

True if file seems to be loadable.

virtual bool irr::video::IImageLoader::isALoadableFileFormat

(

io::IReadFile *

file

)

const [pure virtual]

Check if the file might be loaded by this class.

Check might look into the file.

Parameters:

file	File handle to check.

Returns:

True if file seems to be loadable.

virtual IImage* irr::video::IImageLoader::loadImage

(

io::IReadFile *

file

)

const [pure virtual]

Creates a surface from the file.

Parameters:

file	File handle to check.

Returns:

Pointer to newly created image, or 0 upon error.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• IImageLoader.h