public:
virtual ~CollectionSource() { }
- /** Determines */
+ /// Determines whether an object is available from this source.
virtual bool is_loadable(const CollectionItemTypeBase &type, const std::string &name) const = 0;
- /** Returns the names of loadable objects of a specific type. Implementors
- should use the keyword and/or suffixes of the type to */
+ /** Returns the names of available objects of a specific type. Implementors
+ should use type.match_name to check which names are acceptable. */
virtual NameList get_names(const CollectionItemTypeBase &type) const = 0;
+ /// Loads an item into a collection.
virtual void load(Collection &, const CollectionItemTypeBase &, const std::string &) const = 0;
- /** Opens a file from the source. The caller is responsible for deleting
- the returned object when done with it. */
+ /** Opens a raw resource. The caller is responsible for deleting the
+ returned object when done with it. */
virtual IO::Seekable *open(const std::string &) const = 0;
};