text: /*
   * 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.
   *
   * Copyright 2011, Blender Foundation.
   */
  
  #pragma once
  
  #include "COM_WorkPackage.h"
  
  /**
   * \brief Abstract class for device implementations to be used by the Compositor.
   * devices are queried, initialized and used by the WorkScheduler.
   * work are packaged as a WorkPackage instance.
   */
  class Device {
  
   public:
    /**
     * \brief Declaration of the virtual destructor
     * \note resolve warning gcc 4.7
     */
    virtual ~Device()
    {
    }
  
    /**
     * \brief initialize the device
     */
    virtual bool initialize()
    {
      return true;
    }
  
    /**
     * \brief deinitialize the device
     */
    virtual void deinitialize()
    {
    }
  
    /**
     * \brief execute a WorkPackage
     * \param work: the WorkPackage to execute
     */
    virtual void execute(WorkPackage *work) = 0;
  
  #ifdef WITH_CXX_GUARDEDALLOC
    MEM_CXX_CLASS_ALLOC_FUNCS("COM:Device")
  #endif
  };
  