imagetranscoder.java

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/* ImageTranscoder.java -- Image metadata transcoder.
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package javax.imageio;

import javax.imageio.metadata.IIOMetadata;

/**
 * An ImageTranscoder translates IIOMetadata objects provided by an
 * ImageReader into corresponding IIOMetadata objects that can be
 * understood by a given ImageWriter.
 *
 * Usually an ImageWriter will implement ImageTranscoder directly in
 * which case the conversion methods will return IIOMetadata objects
 * appropriate for this ImageWriter.
 *
 * Independent transcoders are also allowed; they must have knowledge
 * of both the source IIOMetadata provided by the reader and the
 * returned IIOMetadata expected by the writer.
 *
 * @author Michael Koch ([e-mail])
 */
public interface ImageTranscoder
{
  /**
   * Converts IIOMetadata from an input reader format, returning an
   * IIOMetadata suitable for use by an image writer.
   *
   * The ImageTypeSpecifier specifies the destination image type.
   *
   * An optional ImageWriteParam argument is available in case the
   * image writing parameters affect the metadata conversion.
   *
   * @param inData the metadata coming from an image reader
   * @param imageType the output image type of the writer
   * @param param the image writing parameters or null
   *
   * @return the converted metadata that should be used by the image
   * writer, or null if this ImageTranscoder has no knowledge of the
   * input metadata
   *
   * @exception IllegalArgumentException if either inData or imageType
   * is null
   */
  IIOMetadata convertImageMetadata(IIOMetadata inData,
		                   ImageTypeSpecifier imageType,
				   ImageWriteParam param);

  /**
   * Converts IIOMetadata from an input stream format, returning an
   * IIOMetadata suitable for use by an image writer.
   *
   * An optional ImageWriteParam argument is available in case the
   * image writing parameters affect the metadata conversion.
   *
   * @param inData the metadata coming from an input image stream
   * @param param the image writing parameters or null
   *
   * @return the converted metadata that should be used by the image
   * writer, or null if this ImageTranscoder has no knowledge of the
   * input metadata
   *
   * @exception IllegalArgumentException if inData is null
   */
  IIOMetadata convertStreamMetadata(IIOMetadata inData,
				    ImageWriteParam param);
}