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/**
 * Copyright 2011 The Buzz Media, LLC
 * Copyright 2015 Mickael Jeanroy 
 *
 * 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
 * limitations under the License.
 */

package com.thebuzzmedia.exiftool.core;

import com.thebuzzmedia.exiftool.Format;

import java.io.File;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.List;

import static java.util.Collections.emptyList;
import static java.util.Collections.singletonList;

/**
 * Enum used to define the 2 different output formats that {@link StandardTag}
 * values can be returned in: numeric or human-readable text.
 *
 * 

 *
 * ExifTool, via the -n command line arg, is capable of returning
 * most values in their raw numeric form (e.g. Aperture="2.8010323841") as well
 * as a more human-readable/friendly format (e.g. Aperture="2.8").
 *
 * 

 *
 * If the caller finds the human-readable format easier to process,
 * {@link StandardFormat#HUMAN_READABLE} can be specified when calling
 * {@link com.thebuzzmedia.exiftool.ExifTool#getImageMeta(File, Format, Collection)}
 * and the returned {@link String} values processed manually by the caller.
 *
 * 

 *
 * In order to see the types of values that are returned when
 * {@link StandardFormat#HUMAN_READABLE} is used, you can check the
 * comprehensive
 * 
 * ExifTool Tag Guide.
 *
 * 

 *
 * This makes sense with some values like Aperture that in
 * {@link StandardFormat#NUMERIC} format end up returning as 14-decimal-place,
 * high precision values that are near the intended value (e.g.
 * "2.79999992203711" instead of just returning "2.8"). On the other hand, other
 * values (like Orientation) are easier to parse when their numeric value (1-8)
 * is returned instead of a much longer friendly name (e.g. "Mirror horizontal
 * and rotate 270 CW").
 *
 * @author Riyad Kalla ([email protected])
 * @author Mickael Jeanroy ([email protected])
 * @since 1.1
 */
public enum StandardFormat implements Format {
	NUMERIC {
		@Override
		public List getArgs() {
			return singletonList("-n");
		}
	},

	HUMAN_READABLE {
		@Override
		public List getArgs() {
			return emptyList();
		}
	}
}