/*
 * $RCSfile: EBCOTLayer.java,v $
 * $Revision: 1.1 $
 * $Date: 2005-02-11 05:02:08 $
 * $State: Exp $
 *
 * Class:                   EBCOTLayer
 *
 * Description:             Storage for layer information,
 *                          used by EBCOTRateAllocator
 *
 *                          class that was in EBCOTRateAllocator.
 *
 *
 * 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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 */


package jj2000.j2k.entropy.encoder;

/**
 * This class holds information about each layer that is to be, or has already
 * been, allocated . It is used in the rate-allocation process to keep the
 * necessary layer information. It is used by EBCOTRateAllocator.
 *
 * @see EBCOTRateAllocator
 **/
class EBCOTLayer {
    /**
     * This is the maximum number of bytes that should be allocated for
     * this and previous layers. This is actually the target length for
     * the layer.
     **/
    int maxBytes;

    /**
     * The actual number of bytes which are consumed by the the current and
     * any previous layers. This is the result from a simulation when the
     * threshold for the layer has been set.
     **/
    int actualBytes;

    /**
     * If true the `maxBytes' value is the hard maximum and the threshold is
     * determined iteratively. If false the `maxBytes' value is a target
     * bitrate and the threshold is estimated from summary information
     * accumulated during block coding.
     **/
    boolean optimize;

    /**
     * The rate-distortion threshold associated with the bit-stream
     * layer. When set the layer includes data up to the truncation points
     * that have a slope no smaller than 'rdThreshold'.
     **/
    float rdThreshold;
}

