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#ifndef QMEDIASERVICEPROVIDER_H
#define QMEDIASERVICEPROVIDER_H

#include <QtCore/qobject.h>
#include <QtCore/qshareddata.h>
#include <qtmultimediadefs.h>
#include "qmultimedia.h"
#include "qmediaserviceproviderplugin.h"

QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE


class QMediaService;

class Q_MULTIMEDIA_EXPORT QMediaServiceProvider : public QObject
{
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    virtual QMediaService* requestService(const QByteArray &type, const QMediaServiceProviderHint &hint = QMediaServiceProviderHint()) = 0;
    virtual void releaseService(QMediaService *service) = 0;

    virtual QMultimedia::SupportEstimate hasSupport(const QByteArray &serviceType,
                                             const QString &mimeType,
                                             const QStringList& codecs,
                                             int flags = 0) const;
    virtual QStringList supportedMimeTypes(const QByteArray &serviceType, int flags = 0) const;

    virtual QList<QByteArray> devices(const QByteArray &serviceType) const;
    virtual QString deviceDescription(const QByteArray &serviceType, const QByteArray &device);

    static QMediaServiceProvider* defaultServiceProvider();
    static void setDefaultServiceProvider(QMediaServiceProvider *provider);
};

QT_END_NAMESPACE


#endif  // QMEDIASERVICEPROVIDER_H