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#ifndef BACKENDS_MIDI_MIDIPLUGIN_H
#define BACKENDS_MIDI_MIDIPLUGIN_H

#include "base/plugins.h"
#include "sound/mididrv.h"

/**
 * A MidiPlugin is essentially a factory for MidiDriver instances with the
 * added ability of listing the available devices and their capabilities.
 */
class MidiPlugin : public PluginObject {
public:
	virtual ~MidiPlugin() {}

	/**
	 * Returns a list of the available devices. The empty string means the
	 * default device.
	 */
	virtual Common::StringList getDevices() const {
		Common::StringList dev;
		dev.push_back("");
		return dev;
	}

	/**
	 * Tries to instantiate an engine instance based on the settings of
	 * the currently active ConfMan target. That is, the MidiPlugin should
	 * query the ConfMan singleton for the device name, port, etc.
	 *
	 * @param mixer			Pointer to the global Mixer object
	 * @param mididriver	Pointer to a pointer which the MidiPlugin sets to
	 *				the newly create MidiDriver, or 0 in case of an error
	 * @return		a PluginError describing the error which occurred, or kNoError
	 */
	virtual PluginError createInstance(Audio::Mixer *mixer, MidiDriver **mididriver) const = 0;
};

#endif