com.bbn.openmap.dataAccess.image
Interface ImageReaderLoader

All Known Implementing Classes:

GeoTIFFImageReaderLoader, WorldFileImageReaderLoader

public interface ImageReaderLoader

An ImageReaderLoader is an object used to determine if a particular ImageReader can be used for a particular image file. It can also provide the ImageReader loaded with the contents of that file.

Author:

dietrick

Method Summary

ImageReader	getImageReader(java.net.URL fileURL)
boolean	isLoadable(java.lang.String fileName) A query method used to ask the ImageReaderLoader if an image can be handled by the ImageReader it represents.
boolean	isLoadable(java.net.URL fileURL) A query method used to ask the ImageReaderLoader if an image can be handled by the ImageReader it represents.

Method Detail

getImageReader

ImageReader getImageReader(java.net.URL fileURL)

Parameters:

fileURL - a URL for an image file.

Returns:

an ImageReader loaded with the image file contents, or null if the image can't be handled.

isLoadable

boolean isLoadable(java.lang.String fileName)

A query method used to ask the ImageReaderLoader if an image can be handled by the ImageReader it represents.

Parameters:

fileName - path to image file.

Returns:

true if yes.

isLoadable

boolean isLoadable(java.net.URL fileURL)

A query method used to ask the ImageReaderLoader if an image can be handled by the ImageReader it represents.

Parameters:

fileURL - URL of image file.

Returns:

true if yes.