Interface XTIFFTileCodec

All Known Implementing Classes:

XTIFFFaxTileCodec, XTIFFLZWTileCodec, XTIFFPackTileCodec, XTIFFTileCodecImpl, XTIFFUncompTileCodec

public interface XTIFFTileCodec

The XTIFFTileCodec is the common interface used by all registered implementations of TIFF data compression. Unlike other file formats, TIFF has no fixed set of data compressions schemes, but allows for new and user-defined compression types.

To use a new codec with the XTIFFDirectory you must do the following things:

• register XTIFF methods with JAI through the XTIFFDescriptor
• implement the methods below; it is recommended to use the XTIFFTileCodecImpl class for this purpose, as it reduces the problem to one of defining the actual data compression and decompression algorithms. If you do not support encoding (e.g LZW), be sure the canEncode() methods returns false.
• register the implemented code with the XTIFFDirectory, indicating in the register method all TIFF compression codes that this codec can handle.

See Also:

• XTIFFTileCodecImpl

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
XTIFFTileCodec	create(XTIFFDecodeParam param)	Create a codec for decoding
XTIFFTileCodec	create(XTIFFEncodeParam param)	Create a codec for encoding data.
WritableRaster	decode(RenderedImage im, Rectangle rect, byte[] input)	Decode input byte data into a new WritableRaster, using information from underlying RenderedImage
int	encode(RenderedImage im, Rectangle rect, byte[] output)	Encode some data from RenderedImage, and return the actual number of bytes stored in output buffer.
int	getCompressedTileSize(RenderedImage im)	Return the largest possible compressed buffer size for this image in bytes.
int	getCompression()	Return the associated TIFF compression code
void	register()	Register this codec with the XTIFFDirectory.

Method Details

create

XTIFFTileCodec create(XTIFFEncodeParam param)
               throws IOException

Create a codec for encoding data.

Parameters:

param - the encoding parameter. It is the responsibility of the codec to initialize itself from this parameter.

Throws:

IOException

create

XTIFFTileCodec create(XTIFFDecodeParam param)
               throws IOException

Create a codec for decoding

Parameters:

param - the decoding parameter. It is the responsibility of the codec to initialize itself from this parameter.

Throws:

IOException

encode

int encode(RenderedImage im,
 Rectangle rect,
 byte[] output)

Encode some data from RenderedImage, and return the actual number of bytes stored in output buffer.

decode

WritableRaster decode(RenderedImage im,
 Rectangle rect,
 byte[] input)

Decode input byte data into a new WritableRaster, using information from underlying RenderedImage

getCompression

int getCompression()

Return the associated TIFF compression code

getCompressedTileSize

int getCompressedTileSize(RenderedImage im)

Return the largest possible compressed buffer size for this image in bytes. This is used by the XTIFFImage constructor to allocate a decoding buffer.

register

void register()

Register this codec with the XTIFFDirectory. The method may register itself with multiple TIFF compression codes, if it supports more than one.

See Also:

• XTIFFDirectory