/******************************************************************************
 *  Copyright (C) 2005-2015 by                                                *
 *    Bjoern Erik Nilsen (bjoern.nilsen@bjoernen.com),                        *
 *    Fredrik Berg Kjoelstad (fredrikbk@hotmail.com),                         *
 *    Ralf Lange (ralf.lange@longsoft.de)                                     *
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#ifndef VIDEOENCODERFACTORY_H
#define VIDEOENCODERFACTORY_H

#include "frontends/frontend.h"
#include "technical/videoencoder/videoencoder.h"


/**
 * Class for exporting a qstopmotion project containing images and sounds to
 * to a video file.
 * @author Bjoern Erik Nilsen & Fredrik Berg Kjoelstad
 */
class VideoEncoderFactory
{
public:

    /**
     * Registers a serializer that will be used to gather information about
     * image paths etc.
     * @param f the frontend to display information to
     */
    VideoEncoderFactory(Frontend *f);

    /**
     * Destructor
     */
    ~VideoEncoderFactory();

    /**
     * Creates the video file based on the passed encoder. The encoder holds
     * information needed to complete the export.
     * @param encoder the encoder to be used for video export
     * @return path to the created video file
     */
    const QString createVideoFile(VideoEncoder *encoder);

private:
    Frontend *frontend;
};

#endif