Interface IFileTypeDefinition

Represents the functionality of a file type definition as a read-only object, which can be used to instantiate the file type support components.

The file type definition includes all information on the support for a specific file type.

The file type definition uses a IFileTypeComponentBuilder to retrieve the relevant information from persistent storage, e.g. file type definition XML files or database tables.

Namespace: SdlSdl.FileTypeSupportFrameworkIntegrationApi

Assembly: Sdl.FileTypeSupport.Framework.Core.dll

Syntax

public interface IFileTypeDefinition

Properties

ComponentBuilder

The factory that is used to instantiate actual components for this file type.

Declaration

IFileTypeComponentBuilder ComponentBuilder { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
IFileTypeComponentBuilder

CustomizationLevel

Determines if the file type definition is standard, customized standard or has been overridden by a file type profile.

Declaration

FileTypeDefinitionCustomizationLevel CustomizationLevel { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
FileTypeDefinitionCustomizationLevel

FileTypeInformation

Everything you want to know about the file type this particular file type definition represents.

Declaration

IFileTypeInformation FileTypeInformation { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
IFileTypeInformation

Methods

BuildAdditionalGeneratorsInfo()

Called to create an instance of the additional generator information specified for this particular file type.

Declaration

IAdditionalGeneratorsInfo BuildAdditionalGeneratorsInfo()

Returns

Type	Description
IAdditionalGeneratorsInfo	An additional generators info object

BuildBilingualDocumentGenerator()

Called by the file type manager to create an instance of the default intermediate bilingual document generator for this particular file type.

Declaration

IBilingualDocumentGenerator BuildBilingualDocumentGenerator()

Returns

Type	Description
IBilingualDocumentGenerator	Null if the file type definition does not represent a bilingual file format that can be used as intermediate storage for bilingual documents (e.g. SDL XLIFF), in which case BuildNativeGenerator() should be used instead.

Remarks

This is only intended for file types that can be used to fully serialize the content of the bilingual object model (e.g. SDL XLIFF).

BuildExtractor()

Called by the file type manager to instantiate an extractor for the supported file type.

Declaration

IFileExtractor BuildExtractor()

Returns

Type	Description
IFileExtractor

Remarks

Unlike the file generator, the extractor can be used to parse bilingual documents as well as native files.

BuildGenerator(GeneratorId)

Called to create an instance of the generator of the specified type.

Declaration

IAbstractGenerator BuildGenerator(GeneratorId generatorId)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
GeneratorId	generatorId	Must be a generator type defined in the file type definition, or GenertorId.Default, which returns the default native or bilingual document generator for the file type.

Returns

Type	Description
IAbstractGenerator	A native or bilingual document generator

BuildNativeGenerator()

Called by the file type manager to create an instance of the default generator for this particular file type.

Declaration

IFileGenerator BuildNativeGenerator()

Returns

Type	Description
IFileGenerator	A file generator, or null if the file type only supports bilingual document output, in which case BuildBilingualDocumentGenerator() should be used instead.

BuildPreviewApplication(PreviewApplicationId)

Instantiate a preview application of the specified type.

Declaration

IAbstractPreviewApplication BuildPreviewApplication(PreviewApplicationId previewApplicationId)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
PreviewApplicationId	previewApplicationId	Must be a preview application defined in the file type definition.

Returns

Type	Description
IAbstractPreviewApplication

BuildPreviewControl(PreviewControlId)

Declaration

IAbstractPreviewControl BuildPreviewControl(PreviewControlId previewControlId)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
PreviewControlId	previewControlId

Returns

Type	Description
IAbstractPreviewControl

BuildPreviewSetsFactory()

Creates the factory for preview sets available for this file type (if any).

Declaration

IPreviewSetsFactory BuildPreviewSetsFactory()

Returns

Type	Description
IPreviewSetsFactory

BuildQuickInsertIdsList()

Returns a list of QuickInsertIds which the given file type defines

Declaration

List<QuickInsertIds> BuildQuickInsertIdsList()

Returns

Type	Description
ListQuickInsertIds

BuildQuickTagsFactory()

Creates the factory for QuickTags available for this file type (if any).

Declaration

IQuickTagsFactory BuildQuickTagsFactory()

Returns

Type	Description
IQuickTagsFactory

BuildSubContentExtractor()

Called by the FileExtractor to instantiate a sub-content extractor for the supported file type

Declaration

ISubContentExtractor BuildSubContentExtractor()

Returns

Type	Description
ISubContentExtractor

BuildSubContentGenerator()

Called by the FileGenerator to instantiate a sub-content generator for the supported file type

Declaration

ISubContentGenerator BuildSubContentGenerator()

Returns

Type	Description
ISubContentGenerator

BuildVerifierCollection()

Called by the file type manager to instantiate a set of verifiers.

Declaration

IVerifierCollection BuildVerifierCollection()

Returns

Type	Description
IVerifierCollection

GetQuickInserts(ISettingsBundle, IFileProperties)

Gets a collection of QuickInserts. This consists of any Default QuickInserts plus any custom ones as well...

Declaration

IQuickTags GetQuickInserts(ISettingsBundle settingsBundle, IFileProperties fileProperties)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ISettingsBundle	settingsBundle	settingsBundle
IFileProperties	fileProperties	fileProperties

Returns

Type	Description
IQuickTags	IQuickTags object

IsSupportedFilename(string)

Called by the file type manager to evaluate whether the file may be of a type supported by this file type definition (based on its file name).

Declaration

bool IsSupportedFilename(string nativeFilePath)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	nativeFilePath	The file to evaluate

Returns

Type	Description
bool	True if the file name can be supported by this file type

Remarks

The file type manager calls this method before calling SniffFile(string, Language, Codepage, INativeTextLocationMessageReporter, ISettingsBundle) in order to perform a quick filtering to avoid having to sniff files unnecessarily.

SniffFile(string, Language, Codepage, INativeTextLocationMessageReporter, ISettingsBundle)

Called by the file type manager to perform file sniffing in order to determine whether the file can be supported by this file type definition.

Declaration

SniffInfo SniffFile(string nativeFilePath, Language suggestedSourceLanguage, Codepage suggestedCodepage, INativeTextLocationMessageReporter messageReporter, ISettingsBundle settingsBundle)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	nativeFilePath
Language	suggestedSourceLanguage
Codepage	suggestedCodepage
INativeTextLocationMessageReporter	messageReporter	Optional message reporter; if specified, it may be used by the file sniffer to report peculiarities detected in the file
ISettingsBundle	settingsBundle	This settings bundle may be used by the file type Definition implementation to retrieve a settings group, and pass it to the file sniffer through the ISettingsAware implementation.

Returns

Type	Description
SniffInfo