IModelCustomLoader.java

package net.minecraftforge.client.model;

import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.URL;

/**
 * Instances of this class act as factories for their model type
 *
 * @author cpw
 *
 */
public interface IModelCustomLoader {
    /**
     * Get the main type name for this loader
     * @return the type name
     */
    String getType();
    /**
     * Get resource suffixes this model loader recognizes
     * @return a list of suffixes
     */
    String[] getSuffixes();
    /**
     * Load a model instance from the supplied path
     * @param resourceName The resource name to load
     * @param resource The URL associated with the classloader resource
     * @return A model instance
     * @throws ModelFormatException if the model format is not correct
     */
    IModelCustom loadInstance(String resourceName, URL resource) throws ModelFormatException;
}