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** File   : ICLIO/src/ICLIO/FileWriterPluginBICL.h                 **
** Module : ICLIO                                                  **
** Authors: Christof Elbrechter                                    **
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#pragma once

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

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