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#ifndef ICL_COLOR_FORMAT_DECODER_H
#define ICL_COLOR_FORMAT_DECODER_H

#include <ICLCore/Img.h>
#include <ICLIO/FourCC.h>

#include <map>

namespace icl{
  
  /// The ColorFormatDecoder allows for easy conversion of special color formats to RGB
  /** If a capturing device does not support to provide RGB image directly, this
      Decoder is usually used to convert the compressed image data into a simple
      planar RGB image (Img8u). However, also other output depth value are supported. \n
      The decoding routine, is chosen by analyising the source data based on its
      <b>fourcc</b> color code (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FourCC and 
      http://v4l2spec.bytesex.org/spec/c2030.htm for more details)
      
      \section EX ICL Specific Extensions
      For supporting the Myrmex Tactile Device, we added an extra
      FourCC code called "MYRM".

      @see FourCC
  */
  class ColorFormatDecoder{
    public:
    // conversion function type
    typedef void (*decoder_func)(const icl8u*,const Size&,ImgBase**,std::vector<icl8u>*);
    
    private:
    std::vector<icl8u> m_buffer; //!< internal buffer  
    std::map<icl32u,decoder_func> m_functions; //!< internal lookup for conversion functions
    ImgBase *m_dstBuf;  //!< optionally used output buffer
    
    public:
    /// create a new instance
    ColorFormatDecoder();
    
    /// Destructor
    ~ColorFormatDecoder();
    
    /// return whether a given format is supported
    inline bool supports(FourCC fourcc){
      return m_functions.find(fourcc.asInt()) != m_functions.end();
    }
    
    /// decodes a given data range to RGB
    void decode(FourCC fourcc, const icl8u *data, const Size &size, ImgBase **dst);

    /// decode, but use the internal buffer as output
    const ImgBase *decode(FourCC fourcc, const icl8u *data, const Size &size){
      decode(fourcc,data,size,&m_dstBuf);
      return m_dstBuf;
    }
    
  };
}

#endif