common/rfb/Encoder.h

/* Copyright (C) 2002-2005 RealVNC Ltd.  All Rights Reserved.
 * Copyright (C) 2011 D. R. Commander.  All Rights Reserved.
 * Copyright 2014 Pierre Ossman for Cendio AB
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#ifndef __RFB_ENCODER_H__
#define __RFB_ENCODER_H__

#include <rfb/Rect.h>

namespace rfb {
  class SConnection;
  class PixelBuffer;

  class Encoder {
  public:
    Encoder(SConnection* conn);
    virtual ~Encoder();

    virtual void setCompressLevel(int level) {};
    virtual void setQualityLevel(int level) {};
    virtual void setFineQualityLevel(int quality, int subsampling) {};
    virtual int getNumRects(const Rect &r) { return 1; }

    // writeRect() is the main interface that encodes the given rectangle
    // with data from the PixelBuffer onto the SConnection given at
    // encoder creation. The PixelFormat of the PixelBuffer might not
    // match the ConnParams and it is up ot the encoder to do
    // any necessary conversion.
    virtual void writeRect(const Rect& r, PixelBuffer* pb)=0;

    static bool supported(int encoding);
    static Encoder* createEncoder(int encoding, SConnection* conn);

  protected:
    SConnection* conn;
  };
}

#endif