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28 
29 #pragma once
30 
31 // appleseed.foundation headers.
32 #include "foundation/core/concepts/iunknown.h"
33 #include "foundation/utility/autoreleaseptr.h"
34 
35 // appleseed.main headers.
36 #include "main/dllsymbol.h"
37 
38 // Forward declarations.
39 namespace foundation    { class Dictionary; }
40 namespace foundation    { class DictionaryArray; }
41 namespace renderer      { class AOV; }
42 namespace renderer      { class ParamArray; }
43 
44 namespace renderer
45 {
46 
47 //
48 // AOV factory interface.
49 //
50 
51 class APPLESEED_DLLSYMBOL IAOVFactory
52   : public foundation::IUnknown
53 {
54   public:
55     // Return a string identifying this AOV model.
56     virtual const char* get_model() const = 0;
57 
58     // Return metadata for this AOV model.
59     virtual foundation::Dictionary get_model_metadata() const = 0;
60 
61     // Return metadata for the inputs of this AOV model.
62     virtual foundation::DictionaryArray get_input_metadata() const = 0;
63 
64     // Create a new AOV instance.
65     virtual foundation::auto_release_ptr<AOV> create(
66         const ParamArray&   params) const = 0;
67 };
68 
69 }   // namespace renderer
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