entropyencoder.hpp

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/*
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  FILE:  entropyencoder.hpp
  
  CONTENTS:
      
  PROGRAMMERS:
  
    martin.isenburg@gmail.com
  
  COPYRIGHT:

    (c) 2010-2011, Martin Isenburg, LASSO - tools to catch reality

    This is free software; you can redistribute and/or modify it under the
    terms of the GNU Lesser General Licence as published by the Free Software
    Foundation. See the COPYING file for more information.

    This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY and without even the
    implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
  
  CHANGE HISTORY:
  
    10 January 2011 -- licensing change for LGPL release and liblas integration
    8 December 2010 -- unified framework for all entropy coders
  
===============================================================================
*/
#ifndef ENTROPY_ENCODER_H
#define ENTROPY_ENCODER_H

#include "mydefs.hpp"
#include "bytestreamout.hpp"

class EntropyModel;

class EntropyEncoder
{
public:

/* Destructor                                                */
  virtual ~EntropyEncoder() {};

/* Manage decoding                                           */
  virtual BOOL init(ByteStreamOut* outstream) = 0;
  virtual void done() = 0;

/* Manage an entropy model for a single bit                  */
  virtual EntropyModel* createBitModel() = 0;
  virtual void initBitModel(EntropyModel* model) = 0;
  virtual void destroyBitModel(EntropyModel* model) = 0;

/* Manage an entropy model for n symbols (table optional)    */
  virtual EntropyModel* createSymbolModel(U32 n) = 0;
  virtual void initSymbolModel(EntropyModel* model, U32 *init=0) = 0;
  virtual void destroySymbolModel(EntropyModel* model) = 0;

/* Encode a bit with modelling                               */
  virtual void encodeBit(EntropyModel* model, U32 bit)=0;

/* Encode a symbol with modelling                            */
  virtual void encodeSymbol(EntropyModel* model, U32 sym)=0;

/* Encode a bit without modelling                            */
  virtual void writeBit(U32 sym)=0;

/* Encode bits without modelling                             */
  virtual void writeBits(U32 bits, U32 sym)=0;

/* Encode an unsigned char without modelling                 */
  virtual void writeByte(U8 sym)=0;

/* Encode an unsigned short without modelling                */
  virtual void writeShort(U16 sym)=0;

/* Encode an unsigned int without modelling                  */
  virtual void writeInt(U32 sym)=0;

/* Encode a float without modelling                          */
  virtual void writeFloat(F32 sym)=0;

/* Encode an unsigned 64 bit int without modelling           */
  virtual void writeInt64(U64 sym)=0;

/* Encode a double without modelling                         */
  virtual void writeDouble(F64 sym)=0;
};

#endif