javax.media.jai.tilecodec
Interface TileEncoderFactory

public interface TileEncoderFactory

A factory for creating TileEncoders.

This class stipulates that the capabilities of the TileEncoder be specified by implementing the getEncodingCapability() method.

Since:

JAI 1.1

See Also:

NegotiableCapability

Method Summary

TileEncoder	createEncoder(OutputStream output, TileCodecParameterList paramList, SampleModel sampleModel) Creates a TileEncoder capable of encoding a Raster with the specified SampleModel using the encoding parameters specified via the TileCodecParameterList, to the given OutputStream.
NegotiableCapability	getEncodeCapability() Returns the capabilities of this TileEncoder as a NegotiableCapability.

Method Detail

createEncoder

public TileEncoder createEncoder(OutputStream output,
                                 TileCodecParameterList paramList,
                                 SampleModel sampleModel)

Creates a TileEncoder capable of encoding a Raster with the specified SampleModel using the encoding parameters specified via the TileCodecParameterList, to the given OutputStream.

This method can return null if the TileEncoder is not capable of producing output for the given set of parameters. For example, if a TileEncoder is only capable of dealing with a PixelInterleavedSampleModel, and the supplied SampleModel is not an instance of PixelInterleavedSampleModel, null should be returned. The supplied SampleModel should be used to decide whether it can be encoded by this class, and is not needed to actually construct a TileEncoder.

If the supplied TileCodecParameterList is null, a default TileCodecParameterList from the TileCodecDescriptor will be used to create the encoder.

Exceptions thrown by the TileEncoder will be caught by this method and will not be propagated.

Parameters:

output - The OutputStream to write the encoded data to.

paramList - The TileCodecParameterList containing the encoding parameters.

sampleModel - The SampleModel of the Raster to be encoded.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if output is null.

IllegalArgumentException - if sampleModel is null.

getEncodeCapability

public NegotiableCapability getEncodeCapability()

Returns the capabilities of this TileEncoder as a NegotiableCapability.

See Also:

NegotiableCapability