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+import EncodeHintType from '../core/EncodeHintType';
+import Encoder from '../core/qrcode/encoder/Encoder';
+import QRCode from '../core/qrcode/encoder/QRCode';
+import ErrorCorrectionLevel from '../core/qrcode/decoder/ErrorCorrectionLevel';
+import IllegalArgumentException from '../core/IllegalArgumentException';
+import IllegalStateException from '../core/IllegalStateException';
+
+/**
+ * @deprecated Moving to @zxing/browser
+ */
+abstract class BrowserSvgCodeWriter {
+
+    /**
+     * Default quiet zone in pixels.
+     */
+    private static readonly QUIET_ZONE_SIZE = 4;
+
+    /**
+     * SVG markup NameSpace
+     */
+    private static readonly SVG_NS = 'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg';
+
+    /**
+     * A HTML container element for the image.
+     */
+    private containerElement: HTMLElement;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs. 😉
+     */
+    public constructor(containerElement: string | HTMLElement) {
+        if (typeof containerElement === 'string') {
+            this.containerElement = document.getElementById(containerElement);
+        } else {
+            this.containerElement = containerElement;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Writes the QR code to a SVG and renders it in the container.
+     */
+    public write(
+        contents: string,
+        width: number,
+        height: number,
+        hints: Map<EncodeHintType, any> = null
+    ): SVGSVGElement {
+
+        if (contents.length === 0) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException('Found empty contents');
+        }
+
+        if (width < 0 || height < 0) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException('Requested dimensions are too small: ' + width + 'x' + height);
+        }
+
+        let quietZone = hints && hints.get(EncodeHintType.MARGIN) !== undefined
+            ? Number.parseInt(hints.get(EncodeHintType.MARGIN).toString(), 10)
+            : BrowserSvgCodeWriter.QUIET_ZONE_SIZE;
+
+        const code = this.encode(hints, contents);
+
+        return this.renderResult(code, width, height, quietZone);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Encodes the content to a Barcode type.
+     */
+    private encode(hints: Map<EncodeHintType, any>, contents: string): QRCode {
+
+        let errorCorrectionLevel = ErrorCorrectionLevel.L;
+
+        if (hints && hints.get(EncodeHintType.ERROR_CORRECTION) !== undefined) {
+            errorCorrectionLevel = ErrorCorrectionLevel.fromString(hints.get(EncodeHintType.ERROR_CORRECTION).toString());
+        }
+
+        const code = Encoder.encode(contents, errorCorrectionLevel, hints);
+
+        return code;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Renders the SVG in the container.
+     *
+     * @note the input matrix uses 0 == white, 1 == black. The output matrix uses 0 == black, 255 == white (i.e. an 8 bit greyscale bitmap).
+     */
+    private renderResult(code: QRCode, width: number /*int*/, height: number /*int*/, quietZone: number /*int*/): SVGSVGElement {
+
+        // if (this.format && format != this.format) {
+        //   throw new IllegalArgumentException("Can only encode QR_CODE, but got " + format)
+        // }
+
+        const input = code.getMatrix();
+
+        if (input === null) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException();
+        }
+
+        const inputWidth = input.getWidth();
+        const inputHeight = input.getHeight();
+        const qrWidth = inputWidth + (quietZone * 2);
+        const qrHeight = inputHeight + (quietZone * 2);
+        const outputWidth = Math.max(width, qrWidth);
+        const outputHeight = Math.max(height, qrHeight);
+
+        const multiple = Math.min(Math.floor(outputWidth / qrWidth), Math.floor(outputHeight / qrHeight));
+
+        // Padding includes both the quiet zone and the extra white pixels to accommodate the requested
+        // dimensions. For example, if input is 25x25 the QR will be 33x33 including the quiet zone.
+        // If the requested size is 200x160, the multiple will be 4, for a QR of 132x132. These will
+        // handle all the padding from 100x100 (the actual QR) up to 200x160.
+        const leftPadding = Math.floor((outputWidth - (inputWidth * multiple)) / 2);
+        const topPadding = Math.floor((outputHeight - (inputHeight * multiple)) / 2);
+
+        const svgElement = this.createSVGElement(outputWidth, outputHeight);
+
+        this.containerElement.appendChild(svgElement);
+
+        // 2D loop
+        for (let inputY = 0, outputY = topPadding; inputY < inputHeight; inputY++ , outputY += multiple) {
+            // Write the contents of this row of the barcode
+            for (let inputX = 0, outputX = leftPadding; inputX < inputWidth; inputX++ , outputX += multiple) {
+                if (input.get(inputX, inputY) === 1) {
+                    const svgRectElement = this.createSvgRectElement(outputX, outputY, multiple, multiple);
+                    svgElement.appendChild(svgRectElement);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return svgElement;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a SVG element.
+     */
+    protected createSVGElement(w: number, h: number): SVGSVGElement {
+
+        const svgElement = document.createElementNS(BrowserSvgCodeWriter.SVG_NS, 'svg');
+
+        svgElement.setAttributeNS(null, 'height', w.toString());
+        svgElement.setAttributeNS(null, 'width', h.toString());
+
+        return svgElement;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a SVG rect.
+     */
+    protected createSvgRectElement(x: number, y: number, w: number, h: number): SVGRectElement {
+
+        const rect = document.createElementNS(BrowserSvgCodeWriter.SVG_NS, 'rect');
+
+        rect.setAttributeNS(null, 'x', x.toString());
+        rect.setAttributeNS(null, 'y', y.toString());
+        rect.setAttributeNS(null, 'height', w.toString());
+        rect.setAttributeNS(null, 'width', h.toString());
+        rect.setAttributeNS(null, 'fill', '#000000');
+
+        return rect;
+    }
+}
+
+export { BrowserSvgCodeWriter };