Internal usage only

def __EncodedAttribute_generic_encode_rgb24(self, rgb24, width=0, height=0, quality=0, format=_ImageFormat.RawImage):
    """Internal usage only"""
    if not is_seq(rgb24):
        raise TypeError("Expected sequence (str, numpy.ndarray, list, tuple "
                        "or bytearray) as first argument")

    is_str = is_pure_str(rgb24)
    if is_str:
        if not width or not height:
            raise ValueError("When giving a string as data, you must also "
                             "supply width and height")

    if np and isinstance(rgb24, np.ndarray):
        if rgb24.ndim != 3:
            if not width or not height:
                raise ValueError("When giving a non 2D numpy array, width and "
                                 "height must be supplied")
            if rgb24.nbytes / 3 != width * height:
                raise ValueError("numpy array size mismatch")
        else:
            if rgb24.itemsize != 1:
                raise TypeError("Expected numpy array with itemsize == 1")
        if not rgb24.flags.c_contiguous:
            raise TypeError("Currently, only contiguous, aligned numpy arrays "
                            "are supported")
        if not rgb24.flags.aligned:
            raise TypeError("Currently, only contiguous, aligned numpy arrays "
                            "are supported")

    if not is_str and (not width or not height):
        height = len(rgb24)
        if height < 1:
            raise IndexError("Expected sequence with at least one row")

        row0 = rgb24[0]
        if not is_seq(row0):
            raise IndexError("Expected sequence (str, numpy.ndarray, list, tuple or "
                             "bytearray) inside a sequence")
        width = len(row0)
        if is_pure_str(row0) or type(row0) == bytearray:
            width /= 3
    if format == _ImageFormat.RawImage:
        self._encode_rgb24(rgb24, width, height)
    elif format == _ImageFormat.JpegImage:
        self._encode_jpeg_rgb24(rgb24, width, height, quality)