/*
 * 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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using ZXing.Common;
using ZXing.Rendering;

namespace ZXing
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Interface for a smart class to encode some content into a barcode
    /// </summary>
    public partial interface IBarcodeWriterPixelData
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Creates a visual representation of the contents
        /// </summary>
        PixelData Write(string contents);

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns a rendered instance of the barcode which is given by a BitMatrix.
        /// </summary>
        PixelData Write(BitMatrix matrix);
    }
}
