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#ifndef _pqImageUtil_h
#define _pqImageUtil_h


#include "pqCoreExport.h"
class QImage;
class vtkImageData;
class QString;

/// Utility class to convert VTK images to Qt images and vice versa
class PQCORE_EXPORT pqImageUtil
{
public:
  /// convert a QImage to vtkImageData
  static bool toImageData(const QImage& img, vtkImageData* vtkimage);

  /// convert vtkImageData to QImage
  static bool fromImageData(vtkImageData* vtkimage, QImage& img);

  /// Save an image to a file. Determines the type of the file using the file
  /// extension. Returns the vtkErrorCode on error (vtkErrorCode::NoError i.e. 0
  /// if file is successfully saved).
  /// quality [0,100] -- 0 = low, 100=high, -1=default
  static int saveImage(vtkImageData* vtkimage, const QString& filename, int quality=-1);

  /// Save an image to a file. Determines the type of the file using the file
  /// extension. Returns the vtkErrorCode on error (vtkErrorCode::NoError i.e. 0
  /// if file is successfully saved).
  /// quality [0,100] -- 0 = low, 100=high, -1=default
  static int saveImage(const QImage& image, const QString& filename, int quality=-1);
};

#endif

