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+/* Copyright (C) 2002-2004 RealVNC Ltd.  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.
+ */
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <rfb/Exception.h>
+#include <rfb/Encoder.h>
+#include <rfb/RawEncoder.h>
+#include <rfb/RREEncoder.h>
+#include <rfb/HextileEncoder.h>
+#include <rfb/ZRLEEncoder.h>
+
+using namespace rfb;
+
+Encoder::~Encoder()
+{
+}
+
+EncoderCreateFnType Encoder::createFns[encodingMax+1] = { 0 };
+
+bool Encoder::supported(unsigned int encoding)
+{
+  return encoding <= encodingMax && createFns[encoding];
+}
+
+Encoder* Encoder::createEncoder(unsigned int encoding, SMsgWriter* writer)
+{
+  if (encoding <= encodingMax && createFns[encoding])
+    return (*createFns[encoding])(writer);
+  return 0;
+}
+
+void Encoder::registerEncoder(unsigned int encoding,
+                              EncoderCreateFnType createFn)
+{
+  if (encoding > encodingMax)
+    throw Exception("Encoder::registerEncoder: encoding out of range");
+
+  if (createFns[encoding])
+    fprintf(stderr,"Replacing existing encoder for encoding %s (%d)\n",
+            encodingName(encoding), encoding);
+  createFns[encoding] = createFn;
+}
+
+void Encoder::unregisterEncoder(unsigned int encoding)
+{
+  if (encoding > encodingMax)
+    throw Exception("Encoder::unregisterEncoder: encoding out of range");
+  createFns[encoding] = 0;
+}
+
+int EncoderInit::count = 0;
+
+EncoderInit::EncoderInit()
+{
+  if (count++ != 0) return;
+
+  Encoder::registerEncoder(encodingRaw, RawEncoder::create);
+  Encoder::registerEncoder(encodingRRE, RREEncoder::create);
+  Encoder::registerEncoder(encodingHextile, HextileEncoder::create);
+  Encoder::registerEncoder(encodingZRLE, ZRLEEncoder::create);
+}