/*! \file exif-entry.h
 *  \brief Handling EXIF entries
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2001 Lutz Mueller <lutz@users.sourceforge.net>
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details. 
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the
 * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
 * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 */

#ifndef __EXIF_ENTRY_H__
#define __EXIF_ENTRY_H__

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif /* __cplusplus */

typedef struct _ExifEntry        ExifEntry;
typedef struct _ExifEntryPrivate ExifEntryPrivate;

#include <libexif/exif-content.h>
#include <libexif/exif-format.h>
#include <libexif/exif-mem.h>

/*! */
struct _ExifEntry {
        ExifTag tag;
        ExifFormat format;
        unsigned long components;

        unsigned char *data;
        unsigned int size;

	/* Content containing this entry */
	ExifContent *parent;

	ExifEntryPrivate *priv;
};

/* Lifecycle */

/*! Reserve memory for and initialize new #ExifEntry* */
ExifEntry  *exif_entry_new     (void);

ExifEntry  *exif_entry_new_mem (ExifMem *);

/*! Increase reference counter for #ExifEntry* */
void        exif_entry_ref     (ExifEntry *entry);

/*! Decrease reference counter for #ExifEntry* */
void        exif_entry_unref   (ExifEntry *entry);

/*! Actually free the #ExifEntry*
 *
 * \deprecated Should not be called directly. Use exif_entry_ref() and
 *             exif_entry_unref() instead.
 */
void        exif_entry_free  (ExifEntry *entry);

void        exif_entry_initialize (ExifEntry *entry, ExifTag tag);
void        exif_entry_fix        (ExifEntry *entry);

/* For your convenience */

/*! Return the value of the EXIF entry
 *
 * CAUTION: The character set of the returned string is not defined.
 *          It may be UTF-8, latin1, the native encoding of the
 *          computer, or the native encoding of the camera.
 */
const char *exif_entry_get_value (ExifEntry *entry, char *val,
				  unsigned int maxlen);

/*! Dump text representation of #ExifEntry to stdout */
void        exif_entry_dump      (ExifEntry *entry, unsigned int indent);

#define exif_entry_get_ifd(e) ((e)?exif_content_get_ifd((e)->parent):EXIF_IFD_COUNT)

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif /* __cplusplus */

#endif /* __EXIF_ENTRY_H__ */