Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.Pipeline Namespace

Note

This namespace is available only when developing for Windows.

Provides classes representing base types and building block functionality for use by more specialized object models, such as the Graphics DOM.

Classes

Name Description
Public Class ChildCollection Provides a collection of child objects for a content item.
Public Class ContentBuildLogger Provides methods for reporting informational messages or warnings from content importers and processors.
Public Class ContentIdentity Provides properties describing the origin of the game asset, such as the original source file and creation tool. This information is used for error reporting, and by processors that need to determine from what directory the asset was originally loaded.
Public Class ContentImporter Implements a file format importer for use with game assets.
Public Class ContentImporterAttribute Provides properties that identify and provide metadata about the importer, such as supported file extensions and caching information.
Public Class ContentImporterContext Provides properties that define logging behavior for the importer.
Public Class ContentItem Provides properties that define various aspects of content stored using the intermediate file format of the XNA Framework.
Public Class ContentProcessor Provides a base class to use when developing custom processor components. All processors must derive from this class.
Public Class ContentProcessorAttribute Gets any existing content processor components.
Public Class ContentProcessorContext Provides access to custom processor parameters, methods for converting member data, and triggering nested builds.
Public Class EffectImporter Provides methods for reading effect (.fx) files for use in the Content Pipeline.
Public Class ExternalReference Specifies external references to a data file for the content item.
Public Class FbxImporter Provides methods for reading AutoDesk (.fbx) files for use in the Content Pipeline.
Public Class FontDescriptionImporter Provides methods for reading .spritefont files for use in the Content Pipeline.
Public Class InvalidContentException Thrown when errors are encountered in content during processing.
Public Class Mp3Importer Provides methods for reading MP3 audio files for use in the Content Pipeline.
Public Class NamedValueDictionary Base class for dictionaries that map string identifiers to data values.
Public Class OpaqueDataDictionary Provides properties that define opaque data for a game asset.
Public Class PipelineComponentScanner Implements a scanner object containing the available importers and processors for an application.
Public Class PipelineException Thrown when errors are encountered during a content pipeline build.
Public Class ProcessorParameter Represents a processor parameter.
Public Class ProcessorParameterCollection Represents a collection of processor parameters, usually for a single processor.
Public Class TextureImporter Provides methods for reading texture files for use in the Content Pipeline.
Public Class VideoContent Provides a base class for all video objects.
Public Class WavImporter Provides methods for reading .wav audio files for use in the Content Pipeline.
Public Class WmaImporter Provides methods for reading Windows Media Audio (.wma) files for use in the Content Pipeline.
Public Class WmvImporter Provides methods for reading Windows Media Video (.wmv) files for use in the Content Pipeline.
Public Class XImporter Provides methods for reading DirectX Object (.x) files for use in the Content Pipeline.
Public Class XmlImporter Implements an importer for reading intermediate XML files.

Interfaces

Name Description
Public Interface IContentImporter Accesses a statically typed ContentImporter instance from generic code using dynamic typing.
Public Interface IContentProcessor Provides methods and properties for accessing a statically typed ContentProcessor subclass, using dynamically typed object data.

Enumerations

Name Description
Public Enumeration TargetPlatform Identifiers for the target platform.