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+/* Copyright (C) 2007 Constantin Kaplinsky.  All Rights Reserved.
+ *    
+ * This 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 software 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 software; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307,
+ * USA.
+ */
+#ifndef __RFB_JPEGENCODER_H__
+#define __RFB_JPEGENCODER_H__
+
+#include <rfb/SMsgWriter.h>
+#include <rfb/PixelBuffer.h>
+#include <rfb/JpegCompressor.h>
+
+//
+// JPEG Encoder.
+// NOTE: JpegEncoder class is NOT derived from Encoder, because we need
+//       access to the original server's framebuffer, without extra pixel
+//       copying and with no pixel format translation.
+//
+
+namespace rfb {
+
+  class JpegEncoder {
+  public:
+    JpegEncoder(SMsgWriter* writer);
+    virtual ~JpegEncoder();
+
+    virtual void setQualityLevel(int level);
+    virtual bool writeRect(PixelBuffer* pb, const Rect& r);
+
+  private:
+    SMsgWriter* writer;
+    JpegCompressor* jcomp;
+
+    static const int qualityMap[10];
+  };
+
+}
+
+#endif