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** File   : include/ICLIO/FileWriterPluginImageMagick.h            **
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#pragma once

#include <ICLIO/FileWriterPlugin.h>

namespace icl{
  namespace io{
    /// Interface class for writing images using an ImageMagick++ wrapper  \ingroup FILEIO_G
    /** ImageMagick provides reading and writing routines for many file formats: The following
        list shows all formats currently implemented for ICL's FileWriter.
        Notify ICL's support if a common core::format, supported by ImageMagick is missing!
        
        <pre>
        "png", "gif", "pdf",  "ps",  "avs", "bmp", "cgm",  "cin",   "cur",  "cut", "dcx",
        "dib", "dng", "dot",  "dpx", "emf", "epdf","epi",  "eps",   "eps2", "eps3",
        "epsf","epsi","ept",  "fax", "gplt","gray","hpgl", "html",  "ico",  "info",
        "jbig","jng", "jp2",  "jpc", "man", "mat", "miff", "mono",  "mng",  "mpeg","m2v",
        "mpc", "msl", "mtv",  "mvg", "palm","pbm", "pcd",  "pcds",  "pcl",  "pcx", "pdb",
        "pfa", "pfb", "picon","pict","pix", "ps",  "ps2",  "ps3",   "psd",  "ptif","pwp",
        "rad", "rgb", "pgba", "rla", "rle", "sct", "sfw",  "sgi",   "shtml","sun", "svg",
        "tga", "tiff","tim",  "ttf", "txt", "uil", "uyuv", "vicar", "viff", "wbmp",
        "wmf", "wpg", "xbm",  "xcf", "xpm", "xwd", "ydbcr","ycbcra","yuv"
        </pre>
        
  
        Use the following linux shell command for a list of supported formats of your 
        ImageMagick library:
        <pre>
        > identify -list format
        </pre>
        
    */
    class FileWriterPluginImageMagick : public FileWriterPlugin{
      public:
      /// creates a plugin
      FileWriterPluginImageMagick();
      
      /// Destructor
      virtual ~FileWriterPluginImageMagick();
      
      /// pure virtual writing function
      virtual void write(utils::File &file, const core::ImgBase *image);
  
      /// InternalData storage class
      class InternalData;
  
      private:
      /// Pointer to internal data storage
      InternalData *m_data;
    };
    
    /** \cond */
    // this is called automatically
    void icl_initialize_image_magick_context();
    /** \endcond */
  
  } // namespace io
}