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+/**
+ * Stone of Orthanc
+ * Copyright (C) 2012-2016 Sebastien Jodogne, Medical Physics
+ * Department, University Hospital of Liege, Belgium
+ * Copyright (C) 2017-2019 Osimis S.A., Belgium
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Affero General Public License for more details.
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ **/
+
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "ILoadersContext.h"
+
+namespace OrthancStone
+{
+  class ILoaderFactory : public boost::noncopyable
+  {
+  public:
+    virtual ~ILoaderFactory()
+    {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Factory function that creates a new loader, to be used by the
+     * Stone loaders context.
+     **/
+    virtual boost::shared_ptr<IObserver> Create(ILoadersContext::ILock& context) = 0;
+  };
+}