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| package javax.imageio; |
| |
| import javax.imageio.metadata.IIOMetadata; |
| |
| /** |
| * An interface providing metadata transcoding capability. |
| * |
| * <p> Any image may be transcoded (written to a different format |
| * than the one it was originally stored in) simply by performing |
| * a read operation followed by a write operation. However, loss |
| * of data may occur in this process due to format differences. |
| * |
| * <p> In general, the best results will be achieved when |
| * format-specific metadata objects can be created to encapsulate as |
| * much information about the image and its associated metadata as |
| * possible, in terms that are understood by the specific |
| * <code>ImageWriter</code> used to perform the encoding. |
| * |
| * <p> An <code>ImageTranscoder</code> may be used to convert the |
| * <code>IIOMetadata</code> objects supplied by the |
| * <code>ImageReader</code> (representing per-stream and per-image |
| * metadata) into corresponding objects suitable for encoding by a |
| * particular <code>ImageWriter</code>. In the case where the methods |
| * of this interface are being called directly on an |
| * <code>ImageWriter</code>, the output will be suitable for that |
| * writer. |
| * |
| * <p> The internal details of converting an <code>IIOMetadata</code> |
| * object into a writer-specific format will vary according to the |
| * context of the operation. Typically, an <code>ImageWriter</code> |
| * will inspect the incoming object to see if it implements additional |
| * interfaces with which the writer is familiar. This might be the |
| * case, for example, if the object was obtained by means of a read |
| * operation on a reader plug-in written by the same vendor as the |
| * writer. In this case, the writer may access the incoming object by |
| * means of its plug-in specific interfaces. In this case, the |
| * re-encoding may be close to lossless if the image file format is |
| * kept constant. If the format is changing, the writer may still |
| * attempt to preserve as much information as possible. |
| * |
| * <p> If the incoming object does not implement any additional |
| * interfaces known to the writer, the writer has no choice but to |
| * access it via the standard <code>IIOMetadata</code> interfaces such |
| * as the tree view provided by <code>IIOMetadata.getAsTree</code>. |
| * In this case, there is likely to be significant loss of |
| * information. |
| * |
| * <p> An independent <code>ImageTranscoder</code> essentially takes |
| * on the same role as the writer plug-in in the above examples. It |
| * must be familiar with the private interfaces used by both the |
| * reader and writer plug-ins, and manually instantiate an object that |
| * will be usable by the writer. The resulting metadata objects may |
| * be used by the writer directly. |
| * |
| * <p> No independent implementations of <code>ImageTranscoder</code> |
| * are provided as part of the standard API. Instead, the intention |
| * of this interface is to provide a way for implementations to be |
| * created and discovered by applications as the need arises. |
| * |
| */ |
| public interface ImageTranscoder { |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns an <code>IIOMetadata</code> object that may be used for |
| * encoding and optionally modified using its document interfaces |
| * or other interfaces specific to the writer plug-in that will be |
| * used for encoding. |
| * |
| * <p> An optional <code>ImageWriteParam</code> may be supplied |
| * for cases where it may affect the structure of the stream |
| * metadata. |
| * |
| * <p> If the supplied <code>ImageWriteParam</code> contains |
| * optional setting values not understood by this writer or |
| * transcoder, they will be ignored. |
| * |
| * @param inData an <code>IIOMetadata</code> object representing |
| * stream metadata, used to initialize the state of the returned |
| * object. |
| * @param param an <code>ImageWriteParam</code> that will be used to |
| * encode the image, or <code>null</code>. |
| * |
| * @return an <code>IIOMetadata</code> object, or |
| * <code>null</code> if the plug-in does not provide metadata |
| * encoding capabilities. |
| * |
| * @exception IllegalArgumentException if <code>inData</code> is |
| * <code>null</code>. |
| */ |
| IIOMetadata convertStreamMetadata(IIOMetadata inData, |
| ImageWriteParam param); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns an <code>IIOMetadata</code> object that may be used for |
| * encoding and optionally modified using its document interfaces |
| * or other interfaces specific to the writer plug-in that will be |
| * used for encoding. |
| * |
| * <p> An optional <code>ImageWriteParam</code> may be supplied |
| * for cases where it may affect the structure of the image |
| * metadata. |
| * |
| * <p> If the supplied <code>ImageWriteParam</code> contains |
| * optional setting values not understood by this writer or |
| * transcoder, they will be ignored. |
| * |
| * @param inData an <code>IIOMetadata</code> object representing |
| * image metadata, used to initialize the state of the returned |
| * object. |
| * @param imageType an <code>ImageTypeSpecifier</code> indicating |
| * the layout and color information of the image with which the |
| * metadata will be associated. |
| * @param param an <code>ImageWriteParam</code> that will be used to |
| * encode the image, or <code>null</code>. |
| * |
| * @return an <code>IIOMetadata</code> object, |
| * or <code>null</code> if the plug-in does not provide |
| * metadata encoding capabilities. |
| * |
| * @exception IllegalArgumentException if either of |
| * <code>inData</code> or <code>imageType</code> is |
| * <code>null</code>. |
| */ |
| IIOMetadata convertImageMetadata(IIOMetadata inData, |
| ImageTypeSpecifier imageType, |
| ImageWriteParam param); |
| } |