Inheritance diagram for IFormatType:

Public Member Functions
virtual void	ReadWrite (IPMStream *iPMStream, ImplementationID id)=0

virtual void	SetFormatType (SysOSType type, SysOSType creator, PMString &basename)=0

virtual SysOSType	GetSysOSType ()=0

virtual SysOSType	GetSysOSCreator ()=0

virtual void	GetExtension (PMString &extension)=0

virtual void	GetBaseName (PMString &basename)=0

Public Member Functions inherited from IPMUnknown
virtual IPMUnknown *	QueryInterface (PMIID interfaceID) const =0

virtual void	AddRef () const =0

virtual void	Release () const =0

Detailed Description

Used to indicate the format of a given file

Member Function Documentation

virtual void IFormatType::GetBaseName ( PMString & basename )

pure virtual

Use to get the basename of this file

Parameters

basename - [OUT] The file name

virtual void IFormatType::GetExtension ( PMString & extension )

pure virtual

Use to get the extension of this file

Parameters

extension - [OUT] The file extension

virtual SysOSType IFormatType::GetSysOSCreator ( )

pure virtual

Use to get the creator of this file

virtual SysOSType IFormatType::GetSysOSType ( )

pure virtual

Use to get the type of this file

virtual void IFormatType::ReadWrite	(	IPMStream *	iPMStream,
		ImplementationID	id
	)

pure virtual

Use this method to persist the data in this class to a stream or get the data out of a stream

Parameters

*iPMStream	- The stream containing or receiving the data
id	- Implementation ID

virtual void IFormatType::SetFormatType	(	SysOSType	type,
		SysOSType	creator,
		PMString &	basename
	)

pure virtual

Use this to setup the format type information for this class

Parameters

type	- the filetype
creator	- The creator
basename	- The shortname that identifies the file