/*
 * 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,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

/*namespace com.google.zxing {*/

import BitMatrix from './common/BitMatrix';
import BarcodeFormat from './BarcodeFormat';
import EncodeHintType from './EncodeHintType';

export default Writer;

/*import java.util.Map;*/

/**
 * The base class for all objects which encode/generate a barcode image.
 *
 * @author dswitkin@google.com (Daniel Switkin)
 */
interface Writer {

    /**
     * Encode a barcode using the default settings.
     *
     * @param contents The contents to encode in the barcode
     * @param format The barcode format to generate
     * @param width The preferred width in pixels
     * @param height The preferred height in pixels
     * @return {@link BitMatrix} representing encoded barcode image
     * @throws WriterException if contents cannot be encoded legally in a format
     */
    //   encode(contents: string, format: BarcodeFormat, width: number /*int*/, height: number /*int*/): BitMatrix
    /*throws WriterException*/

    /**
     * @param contents The contents to encode in the barcode
     * @param format The barcode format to generate
     * @param width The preferred width in pixels
     * @param height The preferred height in pixels
     * @param hints Additional parameters to supply to the encoder
     * @return {@link BitMatrix} representing encoded barcode image
     * @throws WriterException if contents cannot be encoded legally in a format
     */
    encode(
        contents: string,
        format: BarcodeFormat,
        width: number /*int*/,
        height: number /*int*/,
        hints: Map<EncodeHintType, any>
    ): BitMatrix;
    /*throws WriterException*/

}