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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2011 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd All Rights Reserved
+*
+* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+* You may obtain a copy of the License at
+*
+* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+*
+* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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+*/
+
+#ifndef __TIZEN_MEDIA_IMAGE_UTIL_H__
+#define __TIZEN_MEDIA_IMAGE_UTIL_H__
+
+#include <image_util_type.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+{
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * @file image_util.h
+ * @brief This file contains the image util API.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @addtogroup CAPI_MEDIA_IMAGE_UTIL_MODULE
+ * @{
+ */
+
+/**
+* @brief Calculates the size of the image buffer for the specified resolution and colorspace.
+* @since_tizen 2.3
+*
+* @param[in] width The image width
+* @param[in] height The image height
+* @param[in] colorspace The image colorspace
+* @param[out] size The Calculated buffer size
+*
+* @return @c 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_PERMISSION_DENIED The application does not have the privilege to call this funtion
+*
+* @see image_util_transform_run()
+* @see image_util_decode_jpeg()
+* @see image_util_decode_jpeg_from_memory()
+* @see image_util_encode_jpeg()
+* @see image_util_encode_jpeg_to_memory()
+*/
+int image_util_calculate_buffer_size(int width, int height, image_util_colorspace_e colorspace , unsigned int *size);
+
+/**
+* @brief Extracts representative color from an image buffer
+* @since_tizen 3.0
+* @remarks @a image_buffer should be RGB888 colorspace.
+*
+* @param[in] image_buffer The original image buffer
+* @param[in] width The image width
+* @param[in] height The image height
+* @param[out] rgb_r The red color in RGB color space
+* @param[out] rgb_g The green color in RGB color space
+* @param[out] rgb_b The blue color in RGB color space
+*
+* @return 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY out of memory
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_OPERATION Invalid operation
+*
+*/
+int image_util_extract_color_from_memory(const unsigned char *image_buffer, int width, int height, unsigned char *rgb_r, unsigned char *rgb_g, unsigned char *rgb_b);
+
+/**
+ * @}
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @addtogroup CAPI_MEDIA_IMAGE_UTIL_TRANSFORM_MODULE
+ * @{
+ */
+
+/**
+* @brief Creates a handle to image util transform.
+* @since_tizen 2.3
+*
+* @details This function creates a handle to image util transform.
+*
+* @remarks You must release the @a image util handle using image_util_transform_destroy().
+*
+* @param[out] handle A handle to image util transform
+*
+* @return @c 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY Out of memory
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_PERMISSION_DENIED The application does not have the privilege to call this funtion
+*
+* @see image_util_transform_destroy()
+*
+*/
+int image_util_transform_create(transformation_h *handle);
+
+/**
+* @brief Sets the image util's accurate mode.
+* @since_tizen 2.3
+*
+* @details This function set if you use hardware accerlation or not.
+*
+* @remarks The value returned will be IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED, if H/W acceleration doesn't support on the device.
+*
+* @param[in] handle The handle to image util
+* @param [in] mode Set @c true, user can use the hardware acceleration\n
+* otherwise set @c false if user can only software image processing
+*
+* @return @c 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_OPERATION Invalid operation
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_PERMISSION_DENIED The application does not have the privilege to call this funtion
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED The application does not have the hardware acceleration
+*
+* @pre image_util_transform_create().
+*
+* @see image_util_transform_create()
+* @see image_util_transform_destroy()
+*/
+int image_util_transform_set_hardware_acceleration(transformation_h handle, bool mode);
+
+/**
+* @brief Sets the information of the converting
+* @since_tizen 2.3
+*
+* @param[in] handle The handle to image util transform
+* @param[in] colorspace The colorspace of the image buffer
+*
+* @return @c 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_OPERATION Invalid operation
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_PERMISSION_DENIED The application does not have the privilege to call this funtion
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED_FORMAT Not supported format
+*
+* @pre image_util_transform_create().
+*
+* @see image_util_transform_create()
+* @see image_util_transform_run()
+* @see image_util_transform_destroy()
+*/
+int image_util_transform_set_colorspace(transformation_h handle, image_util_colorspace_e colorspace);
+
+/**
+* @brief Sets the information of the resizing
+* @since_tizen 2.3
+*
+* @remarks image_util_transform_set_resolution and image_util_transform_set_crop_area can't do that at the same time.
+*
+* @param[in] handle The handle to image util transform
+* @param[in] width The width of image buffer
+* @param[in] height The height of image buffer
+*
+* @return @c 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_OPERATION Invalid operation
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_PERMISSION_DENIED The application does not have the privilege to call this funtion
+*
+* @pre image_util_transform_create().
+*
+* @see image_util_transform_create()
+* @see image_util_transform_run()
+* @see image_util_transform_destroy()
+*/
+int image_util_transform_set_resolution(transformation_h handle, unsigned int width, unsigned int height);
+
+/**
+* @brief Sets the information of the rotating
+* @since_tizen 2.3
+*
+* @param[in] handle The handle to image util transform
+* @param[in] rotation The rotation value of image buffer
+*
+* @return @c 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_OPERATION Invalid operation
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_PERMISSION_DENIED The application does not have the privilege to call this funtion
+*
+* @pre image_util_transform_create().
+*
+* @see image_util_transform_create()
+* @see image_util_transform_run()
+* @see image_util_transform_destroy()
+*/
+int image_util_transform_set_rotation(transformation_h handle, image_util_rotation_e rotation);
+
+/**
+* @brief Sets the information of the cropping
+* @since_tizen 2.3
+*
+* @remarks image_util_transform_set_resolution and image_util_transform_set_crop_area can't do that at the same time.
+*
+* @param[in] handle The handle to image util transform
+* @param[in] start_x The start x position of cropped image buffer
+* @param[in] start_y The start y position of cropped image buffer
+* @param[in] end_x The end x position of cropped image buffer
+* @param[in] end_y The end y position of cropped image buffer
+*
+* @return @c 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_OPERATION Invalid operation
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_PERMISSION_DENIED The application does not have the privilege to call this funtion
+*
+* @pre image_util_transform_create().
+*
+* @see image_util_transform_create()
+* @see image_util_transform_run()
+* @see image_util_transform_destroy()
+*/
+int image_util_transform_set_crop_area(transformation_h handle, unsigned int start_x, unsigned int start_y, unsigned int end_x, unsigned int end_y);
+
+/**
+* @brief Gets the colorspace of the image buffer
+* @since_tizen 2.3
+*
+* @param[in] handle The handle to image util transform
+* @param[in, out] colorspace The colorspace of the image buffer
+*
+* @return @c 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_OPERATION Invalid operation
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED_FORMAT Not supported format
+*
+* @pre image_util_transform_create().\n
+* image_util_transform_set_crop_area().
+*
+* @see image_util_transform_create()
+* @see image_util_transform_destroy()
+*/
+int image_util_transform_get_colorspace(transformation_h handle, image_util_colorspace_e *colorspace);
+
+/**
+* @brief Gets the resolution of the image buffer
+* @since_tizen 2.3
+*
+* @param[in] handle The handle to image util transform
+* @param[in, out] width The width of source image buffer
+* @param[in, out] height The height of source image buffer
+*
+* @return @c 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_OPERATION Invalid operation
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_PERMISSION_DENIED The application does not have the privilege to call this funtion
+*
+* @pre image_util_transform_create().\n
+* image_util_transform_set_resolution().
+*
+* @see image_util_transform_create()
+* @see image_util_transform_destroy()
+*/
+int image_util_transform_get_resolution(transformation_h handle, unsigned int *width, unsigned int *height);
+
+/**
+* @brief Gets the information of the rotating
+* @since_tizen 2.3
+*
+* @param[in] handle The handle to image util transform
+* @param[in, out] rotation The rotation value of image buffer
+*
+* @return @c 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_OPERATION Invalid operation
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_PERMISSION_DENIED The application does not have the privilege to call this funtion
+*
+* @pre image_util_transform_create().\n
+* image_util_transform_set_rotation().
+*
+* @see image_util_transform_create()
+* @see image_util_transform_destroy()
+*/
+int image_util_transform_get_rotation(transformation_h handle, image_util_rotation_e *rotation);
+
+/**
+* @brief Gets the information of the cropping
+* @since_tizen 2.3
+*
+* @param[in] handle The handle to image util transform
+* @param[in, out] start_x The start x position of cropped source image buffer
+* @param[in, out] start_y The start y position of cropped source image buffer
+* @param[in, out] end_x The end x position of cropped source image buffer
+* @param[in, out] end_y The end y position of cropped source image buffer
+*
+* @return @c 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_OPERATION Invalid operation
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_PERMISSION_DENIED The application does not have the privilege to call this funtion
+*
+* @pre image_util_transform_create().\n
+* image_util_transform_set_crop_area().
+*
+* @see image_util_transform_create()
+* @see image_util_transform_destroy()
+*/
+int image_util_transform_get_crop_area(transformation_h handle, unsigned int *start_x, unsigned int *start_y, unsigned int *end_x, unsigned int *end_y);
+
+/**
+* @brief Transform the image for given image util handle.
+* @since_tizen 2.3
+*
+* @remarks If H/W acceleration is not set, transformation is done via S/W acceleration.
+*
+* @details The function execute asynchronously, which contains complete callback \n
+* If you set more than two transforming, the order of running is crop or resolution, colorspace converting, rotaion. \n
+*
+* @param[in] handle The handle of transform
+* @param[in] src The handle to image util transform
+* @param[in] callback The callback function to be invoked
+* @param[in] user_data The user data to be passed to the callback function
+*
+* @return @c 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_OPERATION Invalid operation
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_PERMISSION_DENIED The application does not have the privilege to call this funtion
+*
+* @see image_util_transform_create()
+* @see image_util_transform_set_hardware_acceleration
+* @see image_util_transform_destroy()
+*/
+int image_util_transform_run(transformation_h handle, media_packet_h src, image_util_transform_completed_cb callback, void *user_data);
+
+/**
+* @brief Destroys a handle to image util.
+* @since_tizen 2.3
+*
+* @details The function frees all resources related to the image util handle. The image util
+* handle no longer can be used to perform any operation. A new image util handle
+* has to be created before the next usage.
+*
+* @param[in] handle The handle to image util transform
+*
+* @return @c 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_PERMISSION_DENIED The application does not have the privilege to call this funtion
+*
+* @see image_util_transform_create()
+*
+*/
+int image_util_transform_destroy(transformation_h handle);
+
+/**
+* @internal
+* @brief Converts the image's colorspace.
+* @since_tizen 2.3
+*
+* @remarks You must get the @a dest buffer size using image_util_transform_calculate_buffer_size().
+*
+* @param[in, out] dest The image buffer for result \n
+* Must be allocated by the user
+* @param[in] dest_colorspace The colorspace to be converted
+* @param[in] src The source image buffer
+* @param[in] width The width of the source image
+* @param[in] height The height of the source image
+* @param[in] src_colorspace The colorspace of the source image buffer
+*
+* @return %c 0 on success
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_OPERATION Invalid operation
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_PERMISSION_DENIED The application does not have the privilege to call this funtion
+*
+* @see image_util_transform_calculate_buffer_size()
+* @see image_util_transform_create()
+* @see image_util_transform_destroy()
+*/
+int image_util_convert_colorspace(unsigned char *dest, image_util_colorspace_e dest_colorspace, const unsigned char *src, int width, int height, image_util_colorspace_e src_colorspace);
+
+/**
+* @internal
+* @brief Resizes the image to the specified destination width and height.
+* @since_tizen 2.3
+*
+* @remarks Because of YUV format padding, the destination image size can be adjusted.
+*
+* @param[in, out] dest The image buffer for result \n
+* Must be allocated by the user.
+* @param[in, out] dest_width The image width to resize, and resized width
+* @param[in, out] dest_height The image height to resize, and resized height
+* @param[in] src The image buffer for the original image
+* @param[in] src_width The original image width
+* @param[in] src_height The original image height
+* @param[in] colorspace The image colorspace
+*
+*
+* @return @c 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_OPERATION Invalid operation
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_PERMISSION_DENIED The application does not have the privilege to call this funtion
+*
+* @see image_util_transform_calculate_buffer_size()
+*/
+int image_util_resize(unsigned char *dest, int *dest_width, int *dest_height, const unsigned char *src, int src_width, int src_height, image_util_colorspace_e colorspace);
+
+/**
+* @internal
+* @brief Rotates the image to the specified angle given in degrees.
+* @since_tizen 2.3
+*
+* @remarks Because of YUV format padding, the destination image size can be adjusted.
+* Rotations are supported only in these color spaces\n
+* #IMAGE_UTIL_COLORSPACE_YV12\n
+* #IMAGE_UTIL_COLORSPACE_I420\n
+* #IMAGE_UTIL_COLORSPACE_NV12\n
+* #IMAGE_UTIL_COLORSPACE_RGB888\n
+* #IMAGE_UTIL_COLORSPACE_RGB565\n
+* #IMAGE_UTIL_COLORSPACE_ARGB8888\n
+* #IMAGE_UTIL_COLORSPACE_BGRA8888\n
+* #IMAGE_UTIL_COLORSPACE_RGBA8888\n
+* #IMAGE_UTIL_COLORSPACE_BGRX8888\n.
+*
+* @param[in, out] dest The image buffer for result \n
+* Must be allocated by the user.
+* @param[out] dest_width The rotated image width
+* @param[out] dest_height The rotated image height
+* @param[in] dest_rotation The angle to rotate
+* @param[in] src The image buffer for the original image
+* @param[in] src_width The original image width
+* @param[in] src_height The original image height
+* @param[in] colorspace The image colorspace
+*
+* @return @c 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_OPERATION Invalid operation
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_PERMISSION_DENIED The application does not have the privilege to call this funtion
+*
+* @see image_util_transform_calculate_buffer_size()
+*/
+int image_util_rotate(unsigned char *dest, int *dest_width, int *dest_height, image_util_rotation_e dest_rotation, const unsigned char *src, int src_width, int src_height, image_util_colorspace_e colorspace);
+
+/**
+* @internal
+* @brief Crops the image to the specified point and dimension.
+* @since_tizen 2.3
+*
+* @remarks Because of YUV format padding, the destination image size can be adjusted.
+* Crop is supported only in these colorspaces\n
+* #IMAGE_UTIL_COLORSPACE_YV12 \n
+* #IMAGE_UTIL_COLORSPACE_I420 \n
+* #IMAGE_UTIL_COLORSPACE_RGB888 \n
+* #IMAGE_UTIL_COLORSPACE_RGB565 \n
+* #IMAGE_UTIL_COLORSPACE_ARGB8888\n
+* #IMAGE_UTIL_COLORSPACE_BGRA8888\n
+* #IMAGE_UTIL_COLORSPACE_RGBA8888\n
+* #IMAGE_UTIL_COLORSPACE_BGRX8888\n.
+*
+* @param[in, out] dest The image buffer for result. Must be allocated by you
+* @param[in] x The starting x-axis of crop
+* @param[in] y The starting y-axis of crop
+* @param[in/out] width The image width to crop, and cropped width
+* @param[in/out] height The image height to crop, and cropped height
+* @param[in] src The image buffer for original image
+* @param[in] src_width The original image width
+* @param[in] src_height The original image height
+* @param[in] colorspace The image colorspace
+*
+* @return @c 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_OPERATION Invalid operation
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_PERMISSION_DENIED The application does not have the privilege to call this funtion
+*
+* @see image_util_transform_calculate_buffer_size()
+*/
+int image_util_crop(unsigned char *dest, int x, int y, int *width, int *height, const unsigned char *src, int src_width, int src_height, image_util_colorspace_e colorspace);
+
+/**
+ * @}
+ */
+
+/**
+* @addtogroup CAPI_MEDIA_IMAGE_UTIL_ENCODE_DECODE_MODULE
+* @{
+*/
+
+/**
+* @deprecated Deprecated since 3.0. Use image_util_supported_colorspace_cb() instead.
+* @brief Called once for each supported JPEG encode/decode colorspace.
+* @since_tizen 2.3
+*
+* @param[in] colorspace The colorspace
+* @param[in] user_data The user data passed from the foreach function
+*
+* @return @c true to continue with the next iteration of the loop, \n
+* otherwise @c false to break out of the loop
+*
+* @pre image_util_foreach_supported_jpeg_colorspace() invokes this callback.
+*
+* @see image_util_foreach_supported_jpeg_colorspace()
+* @see image_util_encode_jpeg()
+* @see image_util_encode_jpeg_to_memory()
+* @see image_util_decode_jpeg()
+* @see image_util_decode_jpeg_from_memory()
+*/
+typedef bool(*image_util_supported_jpeg_colorspace_cb)(image_util_colorspace_e colorspace, void *user_data);
+
+/**
+* @deprecated Deprecated since 3.0. Use image_util_foreach_supported_colorspace() instead.
+* @brief Retrieves all supported JPEG encoding/decoding colorspace by invoking a callback function once for each one.
+* @since_tizen 2.3
+*
+* @param[in] callback The callback function to invoke
+* @param[in] user_data The user data to be passed to the callback function
+* @return 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_PERMISSION_DENIED The application does not have the privilege to call this funtion
+* @post This function invokes image_util_supported_jpeg_colorspace_cb() repeatedly to retrieve each supported JPEG encoding/decoding colorspace.
+*
+* @see image_util_supported_jpeg_colorspace_cb()
+* @see image_util_encode_jpeg()
+* @see image_util_encode_jpeg_to_memory()
+* @see image_util_decode_jpeg()
+* @see image_util_decode_jpeg_from_memory()
+*/
+int image_util_foreach_supported_jpeg_colorspace(image_util_supported_jpeg_colorspace_cb callback, void *user_data);
+
+/**
+* @deprecated Deprecated since 3.0. Use image_util_decode_create() instead.
+* @brief Decodes the JPEG image to the buffer.
+* @since_tizen 2.3
+*
+* @remarks You must release @a image_buffer using free().\n
+* http://tizen.org/privilege/mediastorage is needed if input or output path are relevant to media storage.\n
+* http://tizen.org/privilege/externalstorage is needed if input or output path are relevant to external storage.\n
+* If you decode the JPEG image which has odd numbered width or height to YUV colorspace, \n
+* the width or height of decoded data will be rounded down to even numbered width or height.
+*
+* @param[in] path The image file path
+* @param[in] colorspace The decoded image colorspace
+* @param[out] image_buffer The image buffer for the decoded image
+* @param[out] width The image width
+* @param[out] height The image height
+* @param[out] size The image buffer size
+*
+* @return @c 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY out of memory
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED_FORMAT Format not supported
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_OPERATION Invalid operation
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_PERMISSION_DENIED The application does not have the privilege to call this funtion
+*
+* @see image_util_supported_jpeg_colorspace_cb()
+* @see image_util_decode_jpeg_from_memory()
+* @see image_util_foreach_supported_jpeg_colorspace()
+*/
+int image_util_decode_jpeg(const char *path, image_util_colorspace_e colorspace, unsigned char **image_buffer, int *width, int *height, unsigned int *size);
+
+/**
+* @deprecated Deprecated since 3.0. Use image_util_decode_create() instead.
+* @brief Decodes the JPEG image(in memory) to the buffer.
+* @since_tizen 2.3
+*
+* @remarks You must release @a image_buffer using free().\n
+* If you decode the JPEG image which has odd numbered width or height to YUV colorspace, \n
+* the width or height of decoded data will be rounded down to even numbered width or height.
+*
+* @param[in] jpeg_buffer The JPEG image buffer
+* @param[in] jpeg_size The JPEG image buffer size
+* @param[in] colorspace The decoded image colorspace
+* @param[out] image_buffer The image buffer for the decoded image
+* @param[out] width The image width
+* @param[out] height The image height
+* @param[out] size The image buffer size
+*
+* @return 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY out of memory
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED_FORMAT Format not supported
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_OPERATION Invalid operation
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_PERMISSION_DENIED The application does not have the privilege to call this funtion
+*
+* @see image_util_supported_jpeg_colorspace_cb()
+* @see image_util_decode_jpeg()
+* @see image_util_foreach_supported_jpeg_colorspace()
+*/
+int image_util_decode_jpeg_from_memory(const unsigned char *jpeg_buffer, int jpeg_size, image_util_colorspace_e colorspace, unsigned char **image_buffer, int *width, int *height, unsigned int *size);
+
+/**
+* @deprecated Deprecated since 3.0. Use image_util_encode_create() instead.
+* @brief Encodes the image to the JPEG image.
+* @since_tizen 2.3
+*
+* @remarks http://tizen.org/privilege/mediastorage is needed if input or output path are relevant to media storage.\n
+* http://tizen.org/privilege/externalstorage is needed if input or output path are relevant to external storage.
+*
+* @param[in] buffer The original image buffer
+* @param[in] width The original image width
+* @param[in] height The original image height
+* @param[in] colorspace The original image colorspace
+* @param[in] quality The quality for JPEG image encoding(1 ~ 100)
+* @param[in] path The file path to be created
+*
+* @return 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NO_SUCH_FILE No such file
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED_FORMAT Format not supported
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_OPERATION Invalid operation
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_PERMISSION_DENIED The application does not have the privilege to call this funtion
+*
+* @see image_util_supported_jpeg_colorspace_cb()
+* @see image_util_foreach_supported_jpeg_colorspace()
+* @see image_util_encode_jpeg_to_memory()
+*/
+int image_util_encode_jpeg(const unsigned char *buffer, int width, int height, image_util_colorspace_e colorspace, int quality, const char *path);
+
+/**
+* @deprecated Deprecated since 3.0. Use image_util_encode_create() instead.
+* @brief Encodes the image to the JPEG image
+* @since_tizen 2.3
+*
+* @remarks You must release @a jpeg_buffer using free().
+*
+* @param[in] image_buffer The original image buffer
+* @param[in] width The image width
+* @param[in] height The image height
+* @param[in] colorspace The original image colorspace
+* @param[in] quality The quality for JPEG image encoding(1 ~ 100)
+* @param[out] jpeg_buffer The created JPEG image buffer \n
+* The buffer is created by frameworks
+* @param[out] jpeg_size The created jpeg image buffer size
+*
+* @return 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY out of memory
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED_FORMAT Format not supported
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_OPERATION Invalid operation
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_PERMISSION_DENIED The application does not have the privilege to call this funtion
+*
+* @see image_util_supported_jpeg_colorspace_cb()
+* @see image_util_foreach_supported_jpeg_colorspace()
+* @see image_util_encode_jpeg()
+*/
+int image_util_encode_jpeg_to_memory(const unsigned char *image_buffer, int width, int height, image_util_colorspace_e colorspace, int quality, unsigned char **jpeg_buffer, unsigned int *jpeg_size);
+
+/**
+* @brief Called once for each supported image encode/decode colorspace.
+* @since_tizen 3.0
+*
+* @param[in] colorspace The colorspace
+* @param[in] user_data The user data passed from the foreach function
+*
+* @return @c true to continue with the next iteration of the loop, \n
+* otherwise @c false to break out of the loop
+*
+* @pre image_util_foreach_supported_colorspace() invokes this callback.
+*
+* @see image_util_foreach_supported_colorspace()
+* @see image_util_encode_create()
+* @see image_util_decode_create()
+*/
+typedef bool(*image_util_supported_colorspace_cb)(image_util_colorspace_e colorspace, void *user_data);
+
+/**
+* @brief Retrieves all supported image encoding/decoding colorspace by invoking a callback function once for each one.
+* @since_tizen 3.0
+*
+* @param[in] callback The callback function to invoke
+* @param[in] user_data The user data to be passed to the callback function
+* @return 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+*
+* @post This function invokes image_util_supported_colorspace_cb() repeatedly to retrieve each supported image encoding/decoding colorspace.
+*
+* @see image_util_supported_colorspace_cb()
+* @see image_util_encode_create()
+* @see image_util_decode_create()
+*/
+int image_util_foreach_supported_colorspace(image_util_type_e image_type, image_util_supported_colorspace_cb callback, void *user_data);
+
+/**
+* @brief Creates a handle to image util decoding.
+* @since_tizen 3.0
+*
+* @details This function creates a handle to image util decoding.
+*
+* @remarks You must release the @a image util handle using image_util_decode_destroy().
+*
+* @param[out] handle A handle to image util decoding
+*
+* @return @c 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY Out of memory
+*
+* @see image_util_decode_destroy()
+*
+*/
+int image_util_decode_create(image_util_decode_h *handle);
+
+/**
+* @brief Sets the input file path from which to decode.
+* @since_tizen 3.0
+*
+* @remarks One of image_util_decode_set_input_path() or image_util_decode_set_input_buffer() should be set.\n
+* If both are set then the latest input set, is considered.\n
+* http://tizen.org/privilege/mediastorage is needed if input or output path are relevant to media storage.\n
+* http://tizen.org/privilege/externalstorage is needed if input or output path are relevant to external storage.\n
+* Finds out image type by reading the header of the image provided in input path.
+*
+* @param[in] handle The handle to image util decoding
+* @param[in] path The path to input image
+*
+* @return @c 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NO_SUCH_FILE No such file
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_OPERATION Invalid operation
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_PERMISSION_DENIED The application does not have the privilege to call this funtion
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY Out of memory
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED_FORMAT Format not supported
+*
+* @pre image_util_decode_create()
+*
+* @post image_util_decode_run() / image_util_decode_run_async()
+* @post image_util_decode_destroy()
+*
+* @see image_util_decode_create()
+* @see image_util_decode_set_output_buffer()
+* @see image_util_decode_run()
+* @see image_util_decode_run_async()
+* @see image_util_decode_destroy()
+*/
+int image_util_decode_set_input_path(image_util_decode_h handle, const char *path);
+
+/**
+* @brief Sets the input buffer from which to decode.
+* @since_tizen 3.0
+*
+* @remarks One of image_util_decode_set_input_path() or image_util_decode_set_input_buffer() should be set.\n
+* If both are set then the latest input set, is considered.\n
+* Finds out image type by reading the header of the image provided in input buffer.
+*
+* @param[in] handle The handle to image util decoding
+* @param[in] src_buffer The input image buffer
+* @param[in] src_size The input image buffer size
+*
+* @return @c 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_OPERATION Invalid operation
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY Out of memory
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED_FORMAT Format not supported
+*
+* @pre image_util_decode_create()
+*
+* @post image_util_decode_run() / image_util_decode_run_async()
+* @post image_util_decode_destroy()
+*
+* @see image_util_decode_create()
+* @see image_util_decode_set_output_buffer()
+* @see image_util_decode_run()
+* @see image_util_decode_run_async()
+* @see image_util_decode_destroy()
+*/
+int image_util_decode_set_input_buffer(image_util_decode_h handle, const unsigned char *src_buffer, unsigned long long src_size);
+
+/**
+* @brief Sets the output buffer to which the decoded buffer will be written to.
+* @since_tizen 3.0
+*
+* @remarks Either image_util_decode_set_input_path() or image_util_decode_set_input_buffer() should be set.\n
+* By default the decoded output buffer colorspace will be IMAGE_UTIL_COLORSPACE_RGBA8888.
+* Use image_util_decode_set_colorspace to change the colorspace.
+*
+* @param[in] handle The handle to image util decoding
+* @param[in] dst_buffer The decoded output buffer
+*
+* @return @c 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_OPERATION Invalid operation
+*
+* @pre image_util_decode_create()
+*
+* @post image_util_decode_run() / image_util_decode_run_async()
+* @post image_util_decode_destroy()
+*
+* @see image_util_decode_create()
+* @see image_util_decode_set_input_path()
+* @see image_util_decode_set_input_buffer()
+* @see image_util_decode_run()
+* @see image_util_decode_run_async()
+* @see image_util_decode_destroy()
+*/
+int image_util_decode_set_output_buffer(image_util_decode_h handle, unsigned char **dst_buffer);
+
+/**
+* @brief Sets the decoded image colorspace format.
+* @since_tizen 3.0
+*
+* @remarks The default colorspace is IMAGE_UTIL_COLORSPACE_RGBA8888.\n
+* Use image_util_foreach_supported_colorspace to get supported colorspaces for each image format.\n
+* Errors would be returned if not supported.
+*
+* @param[in] handle The handle to image util decoding
+* @param[in] colorspace The decoded image colorspace
+*
+* @return @c 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED_FORMAT Format not supported
+*
+* @pre image_util_decode_create()
+*
+* @post image_util_decode_run() / image_util_decode_run_async()
+* @post image_util_decode_destroy()
+*
+* @see image_util_supported_colorspace_cb()
+* @see image_util_foreach_supported_colorspace()
+* @see image_util_decode_create()
+* @see image_util_decode_set_input_path()
+* @see image_util_decode_set_input_buffer()
+* @see image_util_decode_set_output_buffer()
+* @see image_util_decode_run()
+* @see image_util_decode_run_async()
+* @see image_util_decode_destroy()
+*/
+int image_util_decode_set_colorspace(image_util_encode_h handle, image_util_colorspace_e colorspace);
+
+/**
+* @brief Sets the downscale value at which JPEG image should be decoded.
+* @since_tizen 3.0
+*
+* @remarks This is API is supported only for JPEG decoding.
+*
+* @param[in] handle The handle to image util decoding
+* @param[in] down_scale The downscale at which image is to be decoded
+*
+* @return @c 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED_FORMAT Format not supported
+*
+* @pre image_util_decode_create()
+*
+* @post image_util_decode_run() / image_util_decode_run_async()
+* @post image_util_decode_destroy()
+*
+* @see image_util_decode_create()
+* @see image_util_decode_set_input_path()
+* @see image_util_decode_set_input_buffer()
+* @see image_util_decode_set_output_buffer()
+* @see image_util_decode_run()
+* @see image_util_decode_run_async()
+* @see image_util_decode_destroy()
+*/
+int image_util_decode_set_jpeg_downscale(image_util_encode_h handle, image_util_scale_e down_scale);
+
+/**
+* @brief Starts decoding of the image and fills the output buffer set using image_util_decode_set_output_buffer().
+* @since_tizen 3.0
+*
+* @remarks The output will be stored in the pointer set using image_util_decode_set_output_buffer().\n
+* The function executes synchronously.\n
+* When any of the @pre functions are not called, IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER is returned.
+*
+* @param[in] handle The handle to image util decoding
+* @param[out] width Width of the decoded image
+* @param[out] height Height of the decoded image
+* @param[out] size Size of the decoded image
+*
+* @return @c 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_OPERATION Invalid operation
+*
+* @pre image_util_decode_create()
+* @pre image_util_decode_set_input_buffer() / image_util_decode_set_input_path().
+* @pre image_util_decode_set_output_buffer()
+*
+* @post image_util_decode_destroy()
+*
+* @see image_util_decode_create()
+* @see image_util_decode_set_input_path()
+* @see image_util_decode_set_input_buffer()
+* @see image_util_decode_set_output_buffer()
+* @see image_util_decode_destroy()
+*/
+int image_util_decode_run(image_util_decode_h handle, unsigned long *width, unsigned long *height, unsigned long long *size);
+
+/**
+* @brief Starts decoding of the image and fills the output buffer set using image_util_decode_set_output_buffer().
+* @since_tizen 3.0
+*
+* @remarks The output will be stored in the pointer set using image_util_decode_set_output_buffer().\n
+* The function executes asynchronously, which contains complete callback.\n
+* When any of the @pre functions are not called, IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER is returned.
+*
+* @param[in] handle The handle to image util decoding
+* @param[in] callback The callback function to be invoked
+* @param[in] user_data The user data to be passed to the callback function
+*
+* @return @c 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_OPERATION Invalid operation
+*
+* @pre image_util_decode_create()
+* @pre image_util_decode_set_input_buffer() / image_util_decode_set_input_path().
+* @pre image_util_decode_set_output_buffer()
+*
+* @post image_util_decode_destroy()
+*
+* @see image_util_decode_create()
+* @see image_util_decode_set_input_path()
+* @see image_util_decode_set_input_buffer()
+* @see image_util_decode_set_output_buffer()
+* @see image_util_decode_destroy()
+*/
+int image_util_decode_run_async(image_util_decode_h handle, image_util_decode_completed_cb callback, void *user_data);
+
+/**
+* @brief Destroys the image decoding handle.
+* @since_tizen 3.0
+*
+* @remarks Any image handle created should be destroyed.
+*
+* @param[in] handle The handle to image util decoding
+*
+* @return @c 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_OPERATION Invalid operation
+*
+* @pre image_util_decode_create()
+*
+* @see image_util_decode_create()
+*/
+int image_util_decode_destroy(image_util_decode_h handle);
+
+/**
+* @brief Creates a handle to image util encoding.
+* @since_tizen 3.0
+*
+* @details This function creates a handle to image util encoding.
+*
+* @remarks You must release the @a image util handle using image_util_encode_destroy().
+*
+* @param[in] image_type The type of output image for which to create encode handle.
+* @param[out] handle A handle to image util encoding
+*
+* @return @c 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY Out of memory
+*
+* @see image_util_encode_destroy()
+*
+*/
+int image_util_encode_create(image_util_type_e image_type, image_util_encode_h *handle);
+
+/**
+* @brief Sets the resolution of the encoded image.
+* @since_tizen 3.0
+*
+* @remarks This should be called before calling image_util_encode_run().\n
+* While encoding animated gif image, resolution should be set for each frame.
+*
+* @param[in] handle The handle to image util encoding
+* @param[in] width Width of the original image
+* @param[in] height Height of the original image
+*
+* @return @c 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_OPERATION Invalid operation
+*
+* @pre image_util_encode_create()
+*
+* @post image_util_encode_run() / image_util_encode_run_async()
+* @post image_util_encode_destroy()
+*
+* @see image_util_encode_create()
+* @see image_util_encode_set_input_buffer()
+* @see image_util_encode_set_output_path()
+* @see image_util_encode_set_output_buffer()
+* @see image_util_encode_run()
+* @see image_util_encode_run_async()
+* @see image_util_encode_destroy()
+*/
+int image_util_encode_set_resolution(image_util_encode_h handle, unsigned long width, unsigned long height);
+
+/**
+* @brief Sets the colorspace format for image encoding.
+* @since_tizen 3.0
+*
+* @remarks The default colorspace is IMAGE_UTIL_COLORSPACE_RGBA8888.\n
+* Use image_util_foreach_supported_colorspace to get supported colorspaces for each image format.\n
+* Errors would be returned if not supported.
+*
+* @param[in] handle The handle to image util encoding
+* @param[in] colorspace The encoded image colorspace
+*
+* @return @c 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED_FORMAT Format not supported
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+*
+* @pre image_util_encode_create()
+*
+* @post image_util_encode_run() / image_util_encode_run_async()
+* @post image_util_encode_destroy()
+*
+* @see image_util_supported_colorspace_cb()
+* @see image_util_foreach_supported_colorspace()
+* @see image_util_encode_create()
+* @see image_util_encode_set_resolution()
+* @see image_util_encode_set_input_buffer()
+* @see image_util_encode_set_output_path()
+* @see image_util_encode_set_output_buffer()
+* @see image_util_encode_run()
+* @see image_util_encode_run_async()
+* @see image_util_encode_destroy()
+*/
+int image_util_encode_set_colorspace(image_util_encode_h handle, image_util_colorspace_e colorspace);
+
+/**
+* @brief Sets the quality for image encoding.
+* @since_tizen 3.0
+*
+* @remarks If application does not set this, then by default quality of 75 is set.\n
+* Quality is supported for JPEG format. IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED_FORMAT will be returned for other formats.
+*
+* @param[in] handle The handle to image util encoding
+* @param[in] quality Encoding quality from 1~100
+*
+* @return @c 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED_FORMAT Format not supported
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+*
+* @pre image_util_encode_create()
+*
+* @post image_util_encode_run() / image_util_encode_run_async()
+* @post image_util_encode_destroy()
+*
+* @see image_util_encode_create()
+* @see image_util_encode_set_resolution()
+* @see image_util_encode_set_input_buffer()
+* @see image_util_encode_set_output_path()
+* @see image_util_encode_set_output_buffer()
+* @see image_util_encode_run()
+* @see image_util_encode_run_async()
+* @see image_util_encode_destroy()
+*/
+int image_util_encode_set_quality(image_util_encode_h handle, int quality);
+
+/**
+* @brief Sets the compression value of png image encoding(0~9).
+* @since_tizen 3.0
+*
+* @remarks If application does not set this, then default compression of 6 is set.
+*
+* @param[in] handle The handle to image util encoding
+* @param[in] compression The compression value valid from 0~9
+*
+* @return @c 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED_FORMAT Format not supported
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_OPERATION Invalid operation
+*
+* @pre image_util_encode_create()
+*
+* @post image_util_encode_run() / image_util_encode_run_async()
+* @post image_util_encode_destroy()
+*
+* @see image_util_encode_create()
+* @see image_util_encode_set_resolution()
+* @see image_util_encode_set_input_buffer()
+* @see image_util_encode_set_output_path()
+* @see image_util_encode_set_output_buffer()
+* @see image_util_encode_run()
+* @see image_util_encode_run_async()
+* @see image_util_encode_destroy()
+*/
+int image_util_encode_set_png_compression(image_util_encode_h handle, image_util_png_compression_e compression);
+
+/**
+* @brief Sets the time delay between each frame in the encoded animated gif image.
+* @since_tizen 3.0
+*
+* @remarks In case animated gif image if this is not set then there will be no delay between each frame.\n
+* This should be set for each frame in the animated gif image.\n
+* This can be set a different value for each frame, which results in different delay time between different frames.
+*
+* @param[in] handle The handle to image util encoding
+* @param[in] delay_time Time delay between each frame in the encoded image, in 0.01sec units.
+*
+* @return @c 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED_FORMAT Format not supported
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+*
+* @pre image_util_encode_create()
+*
+* @post image_util_encode_run() / image_util_encode_run_async()
+* @post image_util_encode_destroy()
+*
+* @see image_util_encode_create()
+* @see image_util_encode_set_resolution()
+* @see image_util_encode_set_input_buffer()
+* @see image_util_encode_set_output_path()
+* @see image_util_encode_set_output_buffer()
+* @see image_util_encode_run()
+* @see image_util_encode_run_async()
+* @see image_util_encode_destroy()
+*/
+int image_util_encode_set_gif_frame_delay_time(image_util_encode_h handle, unsigned long long delay_time);
+
+/**
+* @brief Sets the input buffer from which to encode.
+* @since_tizen 3.0
+*
+* @remarks Either image_util_encode_set_output_path() or image_util_encode_set_output_buffer() should be set.\n
+* By default the input buffer colorspace will be considered as IMAGE_UTIL_COLORSPACE_RGBA8888.\n
+* Use image_util_encode_set_colorspace to change the colorspace.\n
+* While encoding animated gif image, input buffer should be set for each frame.
+*
+* @param[in] handle The handle to image util decoding
+* @param[in] src_buffer The input image buffer
+*
+* @return @c 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_OPERATION Invalid operation
+*
+* @pre image_util_encode_create()
+*
+* @post image_util_encode_run() / image_util_encode_run_async()
+* @post image_util_encode_destroy()
+*
+* @see image_util_encode_create()
+* @see image_util_encode_set_resolution()
+* @see image_util_encode_set_input_buffer()
+* @see image_util_encode_set_output_path()
+* @see image_util_encode_set_output_buffer()
+* @see image_util_encode_run()
+* @see image_util_encode_run_async()
+* @see image_util_encode_destroy()
+*/
+int image_util_encode_set_input_buffer(image_util_encode_h handle, const unsigned char *src_buffer);
+
+/**
+* @brief Sets the output path to which to encoded buffer will be written to.
+* @since_tizen 3.0
+*
+* @remarks One of image_util_encode_set_output_path() or image_util_encode_set_output_buffer() should be set.\n
+* If both are set then the latest output set is considered.\n
+* http://tizen.org/privilege/mediastorage is needed if input or output path are relevant to media storage.\n
+* http://tizen.org/privilege/externalstorage is needed if input or output path are relevant to external storage.
+*
+* @param[in] handle The handle to image util encoding
+* @param[in] path The output file path
+*
+* @return @c 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NO_SUCH_FILE No such file
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_OPERATION Invalid operation
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_PERMISSION_DENIED The application does not have the privilege to call this funtion
+*
+* @pre image_util_encode_create()
+*
+* @post image_util_encode_run() / image_util_encode_run_async()
+* @post image_util_encode_destroy()
+*
+* @see image_util_encode_create()
+* @see image_util_encode_set_resolution()
+* @see image_util_encode_set_input_buffer()
+* @see image_util_encode_run()
+* @see image_util_encode_run_async()
+* @see image_util_encode_destroy()
+*/
+int image_util_encode_set_output_path(image_util_encode_h handle, const char *path);
+
+/**
+* @brief Sets the output buffer to which to encoded buffer will be written to.
+* @since_tizen 3.0
+*
+* @remarks One of image_util_encode_set_output_path() or image_util_encode_set_output_buffer() should be set.\n
+* If both are set then the latest output set is considered.\n
+* Output buffer setting is not supported for bmp. IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED_FORMAT will be returned for bmp.\n
+* In case of gif encoding, the output buffer will be completely available only after image_util_encode_destroy().
+*
+* @param[in] handle The handle to image util encoding
+* @param[in] dst_buffer The output image buffer
+*
+* @return @c 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_OPERATION Invalid operation
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED_FORMAT Format not supported
+*
+* @pre image_util_encode_create()
+*
+* @post image_util_encode_run() / image_util_encode_run_async()
+* @post image_util_encode_destroy()
+*
+* @see image_util_encode_create()
+* @see image_util_encode_set_resolution()
+* @see image_util_encode_set_input_buffer()
+* @see image_util_encode_run()
+* @see image_util_encode_run_async()
+* @see image_util_encode_destroy()
+*/
+int image_util_encode_set_output_buffer(image_util_encode_h handle, unsigned char **dst_buffer);
+
+/**
+* @brief Starts encoding of the image and fills the output buffer, set using image_util_encode_set_output_buffer() or image_util_encode_set_output_path().
+* @since_tizen 3.0
+*
+* @remarks The output will be stored in the pointer set to image_util_encode_set_output_buffer() or image_util_encode_set_output_path().\n
+* The function executes synchronously.\n
+* When any of the @pre functions are not called, IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER is returned.\n
+* In case of animated gif encoding, image_util_encode_set_resolution(), image_util_encode_set_input_buffer() and\n
+* image_util_encode_set_gif_frame_delay_time() MUST be called for each frame.
+* In case of animated gif encoding, call image_util_encode_run() for each frame to encode progressively.
+*
+* @param[in] handle The handle to image util encoding
+* @param[out] size Size of the encoded image
+*
+* @return @c 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_OPERATION Invalid operation
+*
+* @pre image_util_encode_create()
+* @pre image_util_encode_set_resolution()
+* @pre image_util_encode_set_input_buffer()
+* @pre image_util_encode_set_output_buffer() / image_util_encode_set_output_path()
+*
+* @post image_util_encode_destroy()
+*
+* @see image_util_encode_create()
+* @see image_util_encode_set_resolution()
+* @see image_util_encode_set_input_buffer()
+* @see image_util_encode_set_gif_frame_delay_time()
+* @see image_util_encode_set_output_path()
+* @see image_util_encode_set_output_buffer()
+* @see image_util_encode_destroy()
+*/
+int image_util_encode_run(image_util_encode_h handle, unsigned long long *size);
+
+/**
+* @brief Starts encoding of the image and fills the output buffer, set using image_util_encode_set_output_buffer() or image_util_encode_set_output_path().
+* @since_tizen 3.0
+*
+* @remarks The output will be stored in the pointer set to image_util_encode_set_output_buffer() or image_util_encode_set_output_path().\n
+* The function executes asynchronously, which contains complete callback.\n
+* When any of the @pre functions are not called, IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER is returned.\n
+* In case of animated gif encoding, image_util_encode_set_resolution(), image_util_encode_set_input_buffer() and\n
+* image_util_encode_set_gif_frame_delay_time() MUST be called for each frame.
+* In case of animated gif encoding, call image_util_encode_run_async() for each frame to encode progressively.
+*
+* @param[in] handle The handle to image util encoding
+* @param[in] callback The callback function to be invoked
+* @param[in] user_data The user data to be passed to the callback function
+*
+* @return @c 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_OPERATION Invalid operation
+*
+* @pre image_util_encode_create()
+* @pre image_util_encode_set_resolution()
+* @pre image_util_encode_set_input_buffer()
+* @pre image_util_encode_set_output_buffer() / image_util_encode_set_output_path()
+*
+* @post image_util_encode_destroy()
+*
+* @see image_util_encode_create()
+* @see image_util_encode_set_resolution()
+* @see image_util_encode_set_input_buffer()
+* @see image_util_encode_set_gif_frame_delay_time()
+* @see image_util_encode_set_output_path()
+* @see image_util_encode_set_output_buffer()
+* @see image_util_encode_destroy()
+*/
+int image_util_encode_run_async(image_util_encode_h handle, image_util_encode_completed_cb callback, void *user_data);
+
+/**
+* @brief Destroys the image encoding handle.
+* @since_tizen 3.0
+*
+* @remarks Any image handle created should be destroyed.
+*
+* @param[in] handle The handle to image util encoding
+*
+* @return @c 0 on success,
+* otherwise a negative error value
+*
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_NONE Successful
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter
+* @retval #IMAGE_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_OPERATION Invalid operation
+*
+* @pre image_util_encode_create()
+*
+* @see image_util_encode_create()
+*/
+int image_util_encode_destroy(image_util_encode_h handle);
+
+/**
+ * @}
+ */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* __TIZEN_MEDIA_IMAGE_UTIL_H__ */