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//! clanSound="Audio Mixing"
//! header=sound.h

#ifndef header_soundprovider
#define header_soundprovider

#ifdef CL_API_DLL
#ifdef CL_SOUND_EXPORT
#define CL_API_SOUND __declspec(dllexport)
#else
#define CL_API_SOUND __declspec(dllimport)
#endif
#else
#define CL_API_SOUND
#endif

#if _MSC_VER > 1000
#pragma once
#endif

#include "../Core/System/mutexsharedptr.h"

class CL_SoundProvider_Session;
class CL_SoundProvider_Generic;

//: Sound provider.
//- !group=Sound/Audio Mixing!
//- !header=sound.h!
//- <p>Interface to sound sources. Used by the CL_SoundBuffer class to
//- start and stop playback.</p>
class CL_API_SOUND CL_SoundProvider
{
//! Construction:
public:
	CL_SoundProvider();

	CL_SoundProvider(const CL_SoundProvider &copy);

	virtual ~CL_SoundProvider();

//! Operations:
public:
	//: Called by CL_SoundBuffer when a new session starts.
	//return: The soundbuffer session to be attached to the newly started session.
	virtual CL_SoundProvider_Session *begin_session() = 0;

	//: Called by CL_SoundBuffer when a session has finished. After this call,
	//- <p>CL_SoundBuffer will not access the session anymore. It can safely be deleted
	//- here (and in most cases should be delete here).</p>
	virtual void end_session(CL_SoundProvider_Session *session) = 0;

//! Implementation:
private:
	CL_MutexSharedPtr<CL_SoundProvider_Generic> impl;
};

#endif