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namespace com.google.zxing
{

	/// <summary>
	/// These are a set of hints that you may pass to Writers to specify their behavior.
	/// 
	/// @author dswitkin@google.com (Daniel Switkin)
	/// </summary>
	public enum EncodeHintType
	{

	  /// <summary>
	  /// Specifies what degree of error correction to use, for example in QR Codes.
	  /// Type depends on the encoder. For example for QR codes it's type
	  /// <seealso cref="com.google.zxing.qrcode.decoder.ErrorCorrectionLevel ErrorCorrectionLevel"/>.
	  /// </summary>
	  ERROR_CORRECTION,

	  /// <summary>
	  /// Specifies what character encoding to use where applicable (type <seealso cref="String"/>)
	  /// </summary>
	  CHARACTER_SET,

	  /// <summary>
	  /// Specifies margin, in pixels, to use when generating the barcode. The meaning can vary
	  /// by format; for example it controls margin before and after the barcode horizontally for
	  /// most 1D formats. (Type <seealso cref="Integer"/>).
	  /// </summary>
	  MARGIN,

	  /// <summary>
	  /// Specifies whether to use compact mode for PDF417 (type <seealso cref="Boolean"/>).
	  /// </summary>
	  PDF417_COMPACT,

	  /// <summary>
	  /// Specifies what compaction mode to use for PDF417 (type
	  /// <seealso cref="com.google.zxing.pdf417.encoder.Compaction Compaction"/>).
	  /// </summary>
	  PDF417_COMPACTION,

	  /// <summary>
	  /// Specifies the minimum and maximum number of rows and columns for PDF417 (type
	  /// <seealso cref="com.google.zxing.pdf417.encoder.Dimensions Dimensions"/>).
	  /// </summary>
	  PDF417_DIMENSIONS,

	}

}