New VMF 3.0 API ideas about vmf HOT 1 CLOSED

class VMF_EXPORT Format
{
public:

    typedef std::map<std::string, std::string> AttribMap;
    /*!
    * \brief Export various metadata stream items to a string representation. Used in particular for "stream.serialize()" implementation.
    */
    virtual std::string store(
        const MetadataSet& set,
        const std::vector<std::shared_ptr<MetadataSchema>>& schemas = {},
        const std::vector<std::shared_ptr<MetadataStream::VideoSegment>>& segments = {},
        const std::vector<Stat>& stats = {},
        const AttribMap& attribs = {} // nextId, checksum, etc
        ) = 0;

    /*!
    * \brief Deserialize input string to stream metadata and related stuff. Used in particular for "stream.deserialize(text)" implementation.
    */
    virtual std::array<int, 5> parse(
        const std::string& text,
        std::vector<std::shared_ptr<MetadataInternal>>& metadata,
        std::vector<std::shared_ptr<MetadataSchema>>& schemas,
        std::vector<std::shared_ptr<MetadataStream::VideoSegment>>& segments,
        std::vector<Stat>& stats,
        AttribMap& attribs // nextId, checksum, etc
        ) = 0;
;