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** File   : ICLIO/src/ICLIO/V4L2Grabber.h                          **
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#pragma once

#include <ICLIO/Grabber.h>
#include <ICLUtils/Mutex.h>

namespace icl{
  namespace io{
    
    /// The Video for Linux 2 Grabber uses the v4l2-api to access video capturing devices \ingroup GRABBER_G \ingroup V4L_G
    /** This grabber backend is usually used for USB-Webcams as well as for Grabber cards */
    class V4L2Grabber : public Grabber{
        class Impl; //!< internal implementation
        Impl *impl; //!< internal data structure
        utils::Mutex implMutex; //!< protects the impl which is reallocated when the core::format is changed
      public:

        /// create a new grabbers instance, with given device name (
        ICLIO_API V4L2Grabber(const std::string &device="/dev/video0");

        /// Destruktoer
        ICLIO_API ~V4L2Grabber();

        /// obtains the next image
        ICLIO_API virtual const core::ImgBase *acquireImage();
        
        /// returns a list of all supported video devices
        ICLIO_API static const std::vector<GrabberDeviceDescription> &getDeviceList(std::string hint, bool rescan);

      private:
        /// adds properties to Configurable
        void addProperties();
        /// callback for changed configurable properties
        void processPropertyChange(const utils::Configurable::Property &prop);
    };

  } // namespace io
}