simtools.util
Class ImageSerializer

java.lang.Object
  simtools.util.ImageSerializer

public class ImageSerializer
extends java.lang.Object

This class contains static utilities for reading and writing images to object streams during serialization.

Constructor Summary

ImageSerializer()

Method Summary

static void	main(java.lang.String[] args)
static java.awt.image.BufferedImage	read(java.io.ObjectInputStream in) Reads an image from an output stream.
static void	write(java.io.ObjectOutputStream out, java.awt.image.BufferedImage img) Writes an image into an output stream The image will be saved using the lossless compression png format if available, or the jpeg one will be tried too.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ImageSerializer

public ImageSerializer()

Method Detail

write

public static void write(java.io.ObjectOutputStream out,
                         java.awt.image.BufferedImage img)
                  throws java.io.IOException

Writes an image into an output stream The image will be saved using the lossless compression png format if available, or the jpeg one will be tried too.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

read

public static java.awt.image.BufferedImage read(java.io.ObjectInputStream in)
                                         throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException,
                                                java.io.IOException

Reads an image from an output stream. The image should have be written by the corresponding write method in this class, or it must be a whole file of a known image type.

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

java.io.IOException

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)