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+/* Copyright (C) 2000-2003 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_TIGHTENCODER_H__
+#define __RFB_TIGHTENCODER_H__
+
+#include <rdr/MemOutStream.h>
+#include <rdr/ZlibOutStream.h>
+#include <rfb/Encoder.h>
+
+// FIXME: Check if specifying extern "C" is really necessary.
+#include <stdio.h>
+extern "C" {
+#include "jpeg/jpeglib.h"
+}
+
+namespace rfb {
+
+  struct TIGHT_CONF {
+    unsigned int maxRectSize, maxRectWidth;
+    unsigned int monoMinRectSize;
+    int idxZlibLevel, monoZlibLevel, rawZlibLevel;
+    int idxMaxColorsDivisor;
+    int jpegQuality;
+  };
+
+  //
+  // Compression level stuff. The following array contains various
+  // encoder parameters for each of 10 compression levels (0..9).
+  // Last three parameters correspond to JPEG quality levels (0..9).
+  //
+  // NOTE: s_conf[9].maxRectSize should be >= s_conf[i].maxRectSize,
+  // where i in [0..8]. RequiredBuffSize() method depends on this.
+  // FIXME: Is this comment obsolete?
+  //
+
+  
+  class TightEncoder : public Encoder {
+  public:
+    static Encoder* create(SMsgWriter* writer);
+    virtual void setCompressLevel(int level);
+    virtual void setQualityLevel(int level);
+    virtual int getNumRects(const Rect &r);
+    virtual bool writeRect(const Rect& r, ImageGetter* ig, Rect* actual);
+    virtual ~TightEncoder();
+
+  private:
+    TightEncoder(SMsgWriter* writer);
+    void writeSubrect(const Rect& r, ImageGetter* ig);
+
+    SMsgWriter* writer;
+    rdr::MemOutStream mos;
+    rdr::ZlibOutStream zos[4];
+
+    static const int defaultCompressLevel;
+    static const TIGHT_CONF conf[];
+
+    const TIGHT_CONF* pconf;
+    const TIGHT_CONF* pjconf;
+  };
+
+}
+
+#endif