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Part of mde: a Modular D game-oriented Engine
Copyright © 2007-2008 Diggory Hardy

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/*************************************************************************************************
 * The content system − common interface.
 *************************************************************************************************/
module mde.content.IContent;

/** IContent − interface for all Content classes.
*
* Services like copy/paste could work on universal content. However, they would need to run a
* conversion to the appropriate type (or try next-oldest item on clipboard?). */
interface IContent
{
    /** Generically return strings.
    *
    * This serves two purposes: generically returning a string of/related to the content (i == 0),
    * and returning associated descriptors. Functions should adhere to (or add to) this table.
    *
    *  $(TABLE
    *  $(TR $(TH i) $(TH returns))
    *  $(TR $(TD 0) $(TD value))
    *  $(TR $(TD 1) $(TD Translated name or null))
    *  $(TR $(TD 2) $(TD Translated description or null))
    *  $(TR $(TD other) $(TD null))
    *  ) */
    char[] toString (uint i);
}