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 * Copyright 2012 ZXing.Net 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
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 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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using ZXing.Common;

namespace ZXing
{
#if !(WINDOWS_PHONE || WindowsCE)
   /// <summary>
   /// Interface for a smart class to encode some content into a barcode
   /// </summary>
   public interface IBarcodeWriterGeneric<out TOutput>
#else
   /// <summary>
   /// Interface for a smart class to encode some content into a barcode
   /// </summary>
   public interface IBarcodeWriterGeneric<TOutput>
#endif
   {
      /// <summary>
      /// Encodes the specified contents.
      /// </summary>
      /// <param name="contents">The contents.</param>
      /// <returns></returns>
      BitMatrix Encode(string contents);

      /// <summary>
      /// Creates a visual representation of the contents
      /// </summary>
      /// <param name="contents">The contents.</param>
      /// <returns></returns>
      TOutput Write(string contents);

      /// <summary>
      /// Returns a rendered instance of the barcode which is given by a BitMatrix.
      /// </summary>
      /// <param name="matrix">The matrix.</param>
      /// <returns></returns>
      TOutput Write(BitMatrix matrix);
   }
}