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namespace com.google.zxing
{

	/// <summary>
	/// Represents some type of metadata about the result of the decoding that the decoder
	/// wishes to communicate back to the caller.
	/// 
	/// @author Sean Owen
	/// </summary>
	public enum ResultMetadataType
	{

	  /// <summary>
	  /// Unspecified, application-specific metadata. Maps to an unspecified <seealso cref="Object"/>.
	  /// </summary>
	  OTHER,

	  /// <summary>
	  /// Denotes the likely approximate orientation of the barcode in the image. This value
	  /// is given as degrees rotated clockwise from the normal, upright orientation.
	  /// For example a 1D barcode which was found by reading top-to-bottom would be
	  /// said to have orientation "90". This key maps to an <seealso cref="Integer"/> whose
	  /// value is in the range [0,360).
	  /// </summary>
	  ORIENTATION,

	  /// <summary>
	  /// <p>2D barcode formats typically encode text, but allow for a sort of 'byte mode'
	  /// which is sometimes used to encode binary data. While <seealso cref="Result"/> makes available
	  /// the complete raw bytes in the barcode for these formats, it does not offer the bytes
	  /// from the byte segments alone.</p>
	  /// 
	  /// <p>This maps to a <seealso cref="java.util.List"/> of byte arrays corresponding to the
	  /// raw bytes in the byte segments in the barcode, in order.</p>
	  /// </summary>
	  BYTE_SEGMENTS,

	  /// <summary>
	  /// Error correction level used, if applicable. The value type depends on the
	  /// format, but is typically a String.
	  /// </summary>
	  ERROR_CORRECTION_LEVEL,

	  /// <summary>
	  /// For some periodicals, indicates the issue number as an <seealso cref="Integer"/>.
	  /// </summary>
	  ISSUE_NUMBER,

	  /// <summary>
	  /// For some products, indicates the suggested retail price in the barcode as a
	  /// formatted <seealso cref="String"/>.
	  /// </summary>
	  SUGGESTED_PRICE,

	  /// <summary>
	  /// For some products, the possible country of manufacture as a <seealso cref="String"/> denoting the
	  /// ISO country code. Some map to multiple possible countries, like "US/CA".
	  /// </summary>
	  POSSIBLE_COUNTRY,

	  /// <summary>
	  /// For some products, the extension text
	  /// </summary>
	  UPC_EAN_EXTENSION,

	}

}