/*
* Copyright 2008 ZXing authors
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
*      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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*/
namespace com.google.zxing
{
    using System;
    using ByteMatrix = com.google.zxing.common.ByteMatrix;
    /// <summary> The base class for all objects which encode/generate a barcode image.
    /// *
    /// </summary>
    /// <author>  dswitkin@google.com (Daniel Switkin)
    /// 
    /// </author>
    public interface Writer
    {
        /// <summary> Encode a barcode using the default settings.
        /// *
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="contents">The contents to encode in the barcode
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="format">The barcode format to generate
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="width">The preferred width in pixels
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="height">The preferred height in pixels
        /// </param>
        /// <returns> The generated barcode as a Matrix of unsigned bytes (0 == black, 255 == white)
        /// 
        /// </returns>
        ByteMatrix encode(System.String contents, BarcodeFormat format, int width, int height);
        /// <summary>*
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="contents">The contents to encode in the barcode
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="format">The barcode format to generate
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="width">The preferred width in pixels
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="height">The preferred height in pixels
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="hints">Additional parameters to supply to the encoder
        /// </param>
        /// <returns> The generated barcode as a Matrix of unsigned bytes (0 == black, 255 == white)
        /// 
        /// </returns>
        ByteMatrix encode(System.String contents, BarcodeFormat format, int width, int height, System.Collections.Hashtable hints);
    }
}