ossimCodecBase.h

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//
// License:  LGPL
// 
// See LICENSE.txt file in the top level directory for more details.
//
// Description: class declaration for base codec(encoder/decoder).
// 
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// $Id$
#ifndef ossimCodecBase_HEADER
#define ossimCodecBase_HEADER 1

#include <ossim/base/ossimObject.h>
#include <ossim/base/ossimPropertyInterface.h>
#include <ossim/imaging/ossimImageData.h>
class OSSIM_DLL ossimCodecBase
   : public ossimObject, public ossimPropertyInterface
{
public:

    virtual ossimString getCodecType()const=0;

   virtual bool encode( const ossimRefPtr<ossimImageData>& in,
                        std::vector<ossim_uint8>& out ) const=0;

   virtual bool decode( const std::vector<ossim_uint8>& in,
                        ossimRefPtr<ossimImageData>& out ) const=0;

   virtual const std::string& getExtension() const=0;
};

#endif