/*
* CVS identifier:
*
* $Id: DequantizerParams.java,v 1.16 2000/09/19 14:11:54 grosbois Exp $
*
* Class:                   DequantizerParams
*
* Description:             Generic class to hold dequantizer
*                          parameters.
*
*
*
* COPYRIGHT:
* 
* This software module was originally developed by Raphaël Grosbois and
* Diego Santa Cruz (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology-EPFL); Joel
* Askelöf (Ericsson Radio Systems AB); and Bertrand Berthelot, David
* Bouchard, Félix Henry, Gerard Mozelle and Patrice Onno (Canon Research
* Centre France S.A) in the course of development of the JPEG2000
* standard as specified by ISO/IEC 15444 (JPEG 2000 Standard). This
* software module is an implementation of a part of the JPEG 2000
* Standard. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology-EPFL, Ericsson Radio
* Systems AB and Canon Research Centre France S.A (collectively JJ2000
* Partners) agree not to assert against ISO/IEC and users of the JPEG
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* including other intellectual property rights, for this software module
* with respect to the usage by ISO/IEC and Users of this software module
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* Copyright (c) 1999/2000 JJ2000 Partners.
*/
using System;
using CSJ2K.j2k.entropy.decoder;
using CSJ2K.j2k.util;
namespace CSJ2K.j2k.quantization.dequantizer
{
	
	/// <summary> This is the generic ineterface for dequantization parameters. Generally,
	/// for each type of dequantizer, there should be a corresponding class to
	/// store its parameters. The parameters are those that come from the bit
	/// stream header, that concern dequantization.
	/// 
	/// </summary>
	public abstract class DequantizerParams
	{
		/// <summary> Returns the type of the dequantizer for which the parameters are. The
		/// types are defined in the Dequantizer class.
		/// 
		/// </summary>
		/// <returns> The type of the dequantizer for which the parameters
		/// are.
		/// 
		/// </returns>
		/// <seealso cref="Dequantizer">
		/// 
		/// </seealso>
		public abstract int DequantizerType{get;}
	}
}