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- /* libFLAC - Free Lossless Audio Codec library
- * Copyright (C) 2000,2001,2002,2003 Josh Coalson
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library 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
- * Library General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library 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 FLAC__ALL_H
- #define FLAC__ALL_H
-
- #include "export.h"
-
- #include "assert.h"
- #include "file_decoder.h"
- #include "file_encoder.h"
- #include "format.h"
- #include "metadata.h"
- #include "ordinals.h"
- #include "seekable_stream_decoder.h"
- #include "seekable_stream_encoder.h"
- #include "stream_decoder.h"
- #include "stream_encoder.h"
-
- /** \mainpage
- *
- * \section intro Introduction
- *
- * This is the documentation for the FLAC C and C++ APIs. It is
- * highly interconnected; this introduction should give you a top
- * level idea of the structure and how to find the information you
- * need. As a prerequisite you should have at least a basic
- * knowledge of the FLAC format, documented
- * <A HREF="../format.html">here</A>.
- *
- * \section c_api FLAC C API
- *
- * The FLAC C API is the interface to libFLAC, a set of structures
- * describing the components of FLAC streams, and functions for
- * encoding and decoding streams, as well as manipulating FLAC
- * metadata in files. The public include files will be installed
- * in your include area as <include>/FLAC/...
- *
- * By writing a little code and linking against libFLAC, it is
- * relatively easy to add FLAC support to another program. The
- * library is licensed under the
- * <A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html">LGPL</A>.
- * Complete source code of libFLAC as well as the command-line
- * encoder and plugins is available and is a useful source of
- * examples.
- *
- * Aside from encoders and decoders, libFLAC provides a powerful
- * metadata interface for manipulating metadata in FLAC files. It
- * allows the user to add, delete, and modify FLAC metadata blocks
- * and it can automatically take advantage of PADDING blocks to avoid
- * rewriting the entire FLAC file when changing the size of the
- * metadata.
- *
- * libFLAC usually only requires the standard C library and C math
- * library. In particular, threading is not used so there is no
- * dependency on a thread library. However, libFLAC does not use
- * global variables and should be thread-safe.
- *
- * There is also a new libOggFLAC library which wraps around libFLAC
- * to provide routines for encoding to and decoding from FLAC streams
- * inside an Ogg container. The interfaces are very similar or identical
- * to their counterparts in libFLAC. libOggFLAC is also licensed under
- * the LGPL.
- *
- * \section cpp_api FLAC C++ API
- *
- * The FLAC C++ API is a set of classes that encapsulate the
- * structures and functions in libFLAC. They provide slightly more
- * functionality with respect to metadata but are otherwise
- * equivalent. For the most part, they share the same usage as
- * their counterparts in libFLAC, and the FLAC C API documentation
- * can be used as a supplement. The public include files
- * for the C++ API will be installed in your include area as
- * <include>/FLAC++/...
- *
- * There is also a new libOggFLAC++ library, which provides classes
- * for encoding to and decoding from FLAC streams in an Ogg container.
- * The classes are very similar to their counterparts in libFLAC++.
- *
- * Both libFLAC++ libOggFLAC++ are also licensed under the
- * <A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html">LGPL</A>.
- *
- * \section getting_started Getting Started
- *
- * A good starting point for learning the API is to browse through
- * the <A HREF="modules.html">modules</A>. Modules are logical
- * groupings of related functions or classes, which correspond roughly
- * to header files or sections of header files. Each module includes a
- * detailed description of the general usage of its functions or
- * classes.
- *
- * From there you can go on to look at the documentation of
- * individual functions. You can see different views of the individual
- * functions through the links in top bar across this page.
- *
- * \section embedded_developers Embedded Developers
- *
- * libFLAC has grown larger over time as more functionality has been
- * included, but much of it may be unnecessary for a particular embedded
- * implementation. Unused parts may be pruned by some simple editing of
- * src/libFLAC/Makefile.am. In general, the decoders, encoders, and
- * metadata interface are all independent from each other.
- *
- * It is easiest to just describe the dependencies:
- *
- * - All modules depend on the \link flac_format Format \endlink module.
- * - The decoders and encoders are independent of each other.
- * - The metadata interface requires the file decoder.
- * - The decoder and encoder layers depend on the layers below them, but
- * not above them; e.g. the seekable stream decoder depends on the stream
- * decoder but not the file decoder
- *
- * For example, if your application only requires the stream decoder, no
- * encoders, and no metadata interface, you can remove the seekable stream
- * decoder, file decoder, all encoders, and the metadata interface, which
- * will greatly reduce the size of the library.
- */
-
- /** \defgroup flac FLAC C API
- *
- * The FLAC C API is the interface to libFLAC, a set of structures
- * describing the components of FLAC streams, and functions for
- * encoding and decoding streams, as well as manipulating FLAC
- * metadata in files.
- *
- * You should start with the format components as all other modules
- * are dependent on it.
- */
-
- #endif
-