Sindbad~EG File Manager

<?php
/*
 * Gallery - a web based photo album viewer and editor
 * Copyright (C) 2000-2007 Bharat Mediratta
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 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
 * General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
 */

/**
 * An interface for classes that render GalleryDataItems in different formats.
 * @package GalleryCore
 * @subpackage Classes
 * @author Bharat Mediratta <bharat@menalto.com>
 * @version $Revision: 15513 $
 * @abstract
 */
class GalleryRenderer {

    /**
     * Can this renderer display the given item?
     *
     * @param object GalleryDataItem $item
     * @return boolean true if this data item can be viewed inline
     */
    function canBeViewedInline($item) {
	return false;
    }

    /**
     * Render the given GalleryItem in the given output format.  For example, you can render a
     * GalleryPhotoItem with an <img> tag in the HTML format, whereas GalleryMovieItem would use
     * <object> or <embed>.
     *
     * This method takes an entity to render, and the item which has its metadata.  In some cases,
     * these will be the same thing (like when rendering the original of a GalleryPhotoItem).  In
     * other cases, it will be different, like when you're rendering a resize.  In that case, the
     * entity would be a GalleryDerivative and the item would be the GalleryPhotoItem.
     *
     * @param string $format the format (eg. "HTML")
     * @param object GalleryEntity $entity the entity to render
     * @param object GalleryItem $item the parent item
     * @param array $params format specific key value pairs
     * @return string formatted output
     */
    function render($format, $entity, $item, $params) {
	return null;
    }
}
?>