CP_Class_Library.md

title	Content Pipeline Class Library
description	Content Pipeline Class Library Reference
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The Content Pipeline class library is a library of classes, interfaces, and value types that are included in MonoGame. This library provides access to MonoGame Framework Content Pipeline functionality and is designed to be the foundation on which Content Pipeline–related applications, components, and controls are built.

Namespaces

• Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.Pipeline

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

• Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.Pipeline.Audio

  Provides intermediate classes and types for representing and manipulating graphics audio data.

• Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.Pipeline.Graphics

  Provides intermediate classes and types for representing and manipulating graphics data.

• Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.Pipeline.Processors

  Provides base classes that represent processors used by the MonoGame Framework Content Pipeline when processing specific game asset types.

• Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.Pipeline.Serialization.Compiler

  Provides base classes that represent compilers and writers used by the MonoGame Framework Content Pipeline when processing specific game asset types.

• Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.Pipeline.Serialization.Intermediate

  Provides base classes that represent the creation and writing of intermediate content for game asset types processed by the XNA Framework Content Pipeline.

• Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.Pipeline.Tasks

  Provides support for importing and processing game assets into the binary format that is used by the Content Loader of a game project.

See Also

• Adding Content to a Game
• What Is Content?