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+// Copyright (C) 2002-2012 Nikolaus Gebhardt
+// This file is part of the "Irrlicht Engine".
+// For conditions of distribution and use, see copyright notice in irrlicht.h
+
+#ifndef __I_SCENE_NODE_FACTORY_H_INCLUDED__
+#define __I_SCENE_NODE_FACTORY_H_INCLUDED__
+
+#include "IReferenceCounted.h"
+#include "ESceneNodeTypes.h"
+
+namespace irr
+{
+
+namespace scene
+{
+	class ISceneNode;
+
+	//! Interface for dynamic creation of scene nodes
+	/** To be able to add custom scene nodes to Irrlicht and to make it possible for the
+	scene manager to save and load those external scene nodes, simply implement this
+	interface and register it in you scene manager via ISceneManager::registerSceneNodeFactory.
+	Note: When implementing your own scene node factory, don't call ISceneNodeManager::grab() to
+	increase the reference counter of the scene node manager. This is not necessary because the
+	scene node manager will grab() the factory anyway, and otherwise cyclic references will
+	be created and the scene manager and all its nodes won't get deallocated.
+	*/
+	class ISceneNodeFactory : public virtual IReferenceCounted
+	{
+	public:
+		//! adds a scene node to the scene graph based on its type id
+		/** \param type: Type of the scene node to add.
+		\param parent: Parent scene node of the new node, can be null to add the scene node to the root.
+		\return Returns pointer to the new scene node or null if not successful.
+		This pointer should not be dropped. See IReferenceCounted::drop() for more information. */
+		virtual ISceneNode* addSceneNode(ESCENE_NODE_TYPE type, ISceneNode* parent=0) = 0;
+
+		//! adds a scene node to the scene graph based on its type name
+		/** \param typeName: Type name of the scene node to add.
+		\param parent: Parent scene node of the new node, can be null to add the scene node to the root.
+		\return Returns pointer to the new scene node or null if not successful.
+		This pointer should not be dropped. See IReferenceCounted::drop() for more information. */
+		virtual ISceneNode* addSceneNode(const c8* typeName, ISceneNode* parent=0) = 0;
+
+		//! returns amount of scene node types this factory is able to create
+		virtual u32 getCreatableSceneNodeTypeCount() const = 0;
+
+			//! returns type of a createable scene node type
+		/** \param idx: Index of scene node type in this factory. Must be a value between 0 and
+		getCreatableSceneNodeTypeCount() */
+		virtual ESCENE_NODE_TYPE getCreateableSceneNodeType(u32 idx) const = 0;
+
+		//! returns type name of a createable scene node type by index
+		/** \param idx: Index of scene node type in this factory. Must be a value between 0 and
+		getCreatableSceneNodeTypeCount() */
+		virtual const c8* getCreateableSceneNodeTypeName(u32 idx) const = 0;
+
+		//! returns type name of a createable scene node type
+		/** \param type: Type of scene node.
+		\return: Returns name of scene node type if this factory can create the type, otherwise 0. */
+		virtual const c8* getCreateableSceneNodeTypeName(ESCENE_NODE_TYPE type) const = 0;
+	};
+
+
+} // end namespace scene
+} // end namespace irr
+
+#endif
+