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** File   : include/ICLIO/FileWriterPluginBICL.h                   **
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#ifndef ICL_FILE_WRITER_PLUGIN_BICL_H
#define ICL_FILE_WRITER_PLUGIN_BICL_H

#include <ICLIO/FileWriterPlugin.h>
#include <ICLUtils/Mutex.h>
#include <ICLIO/ImageCompressor.h>

namespace icl{
  
  /// Writer plugin to write binary icl image (extension bicl / bicl.gz)
  /** The bicl-format does also support saving image meta data */
  class FileWriterPluginBICL : public FileWriterPlugin{
    public:
    
    FileWriterPluginBICL(const std::string &compressionType="none",
                         const std::string &quality="none");
    
    /// write implementation
    virtual void write(File &file, const ImgBase *image);
    
    private:
    ImageCompressor compressor;
    Mutex mutex;
  };
}
#endif