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+//
+// $Id: ImageUtil.as 189 2007-04-07 00:25:46Z dhoover $
+//
+// Nenya library - tools for developing networked games
+// Copyright (C) 2002-2007 Three Rings Design, Inc., All Rights Reserved
+// http://www.threerings.net/code/nenya/
+//
+// 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 2.1 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
+
+package com.threerings.flash {
+
+import flash.display.*;
+import flash.events.*;
+import flash.utils.Timer;
+
+import com.threerings.util.ValueEvent;
+
+/**
+ * Dispatched when the jpeg is complete.
+ * The 'value' property will contain the received data.
+ *
+ * @eventType flash.events.Event.COMPLETE
+ */
+[Event(name="complete", type="com.threerings.util.ValueEvent")]
+
+/**
+ * Class that will encode a jpeg in the background and fire an event when it's done.
+ */
+public class BackgroundJPGEncoder extends EventDispatcher {
+    
+    /**
+     * Construct a jpeg encoder.  Once started, the encoder will encode a jpeg over the course
+     * of multiple frames, generating an event to deliver the finished jpeg when it is done.
+     *
+     * @param image The bitmap to encode.
+     * @param quality The jpeg quality from 1 to 100 which determines the compression level.
+     * @param timeSlice The number of milliseconds of processing to do per frame.  
+     */
+	public function BackgroundJPGEncoder (
+	    image :BitmapData, quality :Number = 50, timeSlice :int = 100)
+	{
+	    _timeSlice = timeSlice;
+	    _encoder = new JPGEncoder(image, quality, PIXEL_GRANULARITY);
+	    _timer = new Timer(1);
+	    _timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, timerHandler);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Start encoding
+	 */
+	public function start () :void 
+	{
+	    _timer.start();
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Cancel encoding and discard any intermediate results.
+	 */	
+	public function cancel () :void
+	{
+	    _timer.stop();
+	    _timer = null;
+	    _encoder = null;
+	}
+	
+	protected function timerHandler (event :TimerEvent) :void
+	{
+	    if (_encoder.process(_timeSlice)) {
+	        _timer.stop();
+	        // The jpeg is ready so we fire an event passing it to the consumer.
+	        dispatchEvent(new ValueEvent(Event.COMPLETE, _encoder.getJpeg()));
+	    } 
+	}
+	
+	protected var _timeSlice :int;
+	protected var _timer :Timer;
+	protected var _encoder :JPGEncoder; 
+	
+	protected const PIXEL_GRANULARITY :int = 100;
+}
+}