7 Oracle Multimedia Relational Interface

Oracle Multimedia provides a relational interface that consists of a set of static methods for each of these Oracle Multimedia objects:

  • ORDAudio

  • ORDDoc

  • ORDImage

  • ORDVideo

Because these are static methods, no objects are instantiated. So, data is passed by method arguments rather than by object attributes.

The static methods for these four Oracle Multimedia objects are defined in the ordaspec.sql, orddspec.sql, ordispec.sql, and ordvspec.sql files, respectively. After installation, these files are available in the Oracle home directory at:

<ORACLE_HOME>/ord/im/admin (on Linux and UNIX)

<ORACLE_HOME>\ord\im\admin (on Windows)

This chapter includes these sections:

7.1 Purpose of the Oracle Multimedia Relational Interface

Application developers, who created multimedia applications without using the Oracle Multimedia object types to store and manage media data in relational tables, and who do not want to migrate their existing multimedia applications to use Oracle Multimedia objects, can use the Oracle Multimedia relational interface for managing their media data. The Oracle Multimedia relational interface consists of a set of methods for these operations:

  • Extracting information directly from media data, either as an XML string or as XML and individual attributes

  • Processing and copying image data

  • Loading media data into Oracle Database

  • Exporting media data from Oracle Database into operating system files

The Oracle Multimedia relational interface enables application developers to take advantage of Oracle Multimedia functions with only minimal changes to their applications, and all without having to change their schemas to the Oracle Multimedia objects to store their data.

7.2 Examples for Relational Methods

The examples of static methods for the relational interface (including methods common to all object types and methods that are unique to a particular object type) use this list of tables:

Name Purpose Definition
TAUD ORDAudio relational methods (and the common relational method export( )) Section 7.2.2
TDOC ORDDoc relational methods (and the common relational method importFrom( )) Section 7.2.3
TIMG ORDImage relational methods (and the common relational method importFrom( ) (all attributes)) Section 7.2.4
TVID ORDVideo relational methods Section 7.2.5

When reading through the examples in this chapter, use the directory and table definitions that are provided in this section and with the example for each relational method.

Note:

The tables described in this chapter are also used in the examples for these object constructors:

7.2.1 Directory Definitions for Relational Examples

Some examples in this chapter use mediauser to represent the user, and c:\mydir\work to represent the directory specification where your test files can be located. See the example for each method for specific directory definitions for media data files and other details specific to that method.

7.2.2 TAUD Table Definition

The examples in Static Methods Unique to the ORDAudio Object Type Relational Interface use the audio table TAUD.

CREATE TABLE taud(n                NUMBER, 
                  aud              BLOB,
                  attributes       CLOB,
                  mimetype         VARCHAR2(4000),
                  format           VARCHAR2(31),
                  encoding         VARCHAR2(256),
                  numberofchannels INTEGER,
                  samplingrate     INTEGER,
                  samplesize       INTEGER,
                  compressiontype  VARCHAR2(4000),
                  audioduration    INTEGER)
LOB(aud) STORE AS SECUREFILE;

INSERT INTO taud VALUES(1,EMPTY_BLOB(),EMPTY_CLOB(), NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
   NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
INSERT INTO taud VALUES(2,EMPTY_BLOB(),EMPTY_CLOB(), NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
   NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
COMMIT;

7.2.3 TDOC Table Definition

The examples in Static Methods Unique to the ORDDoc Object Type Relational Interface use the document table TDOC.

CREATE TABLE tdoc(n             NUMBER, 
                  document      BLOB, 
                  attributes    CLOB,
                  mimetype      VARCHAR2(80),
                  format        VARCHAR2(80),
                  contentlength INTEGER)
LOB(document) STORE AS SECUREFILE;

INSERT INTO tdoc VALUES(1, EMPTY_BLOB(), EMPTY_CLOB(), NULL, NULL, NULL);
INSERT INTO tdoc VALUES(2, EMPTY_BLOB(), EMPTY_CLOB(), NULL, NULL, NULL);
INSERT INTO tdoc VALUES(3, EMPTY_BLOB(), EMPTY_CLOB(), NULL, NULL, NULL);
INSERT INTO tdoc VALUES(4, EMPTY_BLOB(), EMPTY_CLOB(), NULL, NULL, NULL);
COMMIT;

7.2.4 TIMG Table Definition

The examples in Static Methods Unique to the ORDImage Object Type Relational Interface use the image table TIMG.

CREATE TABLE timg(n NUMBER, 
                  img BLOB,
                  attributes CLOB,
                  mimetype VARCHAR2(4000),
                  width INTEGER,
                  height INTEGER,
                  fileformat VARCHAR2(4000),
                  contentformat VARCHAR2(4000),
                  compressionformat VARCHAR2(4000),
                  contentlength INTEGER)
LOB(img) STORE AS SECUREFILE;

INSERT INTO timg VALUES(1, EMPTY_BLOB(), EMPTY_CLOB(), NULL,
   NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
INSERT INTO timg VALUES(2, EMPTY_BLOB(), EMPTY_CLOB(), NULL,
   NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
COMMIT;

7.2.5 TVID Table Definition

The examples in Static Methods Unique to the ORDVideo Object Type Relational Interface use the video table TVID.

CREATE TABLE tvid(n NUMBER, 
                  vid BLOB,
                  attributes CLOB,
                  mimetype VARCHAR2(4000),
                  format VARCHAR2(31),
                  width INTEGER,
                  height INTEGER,
                  frameresolution INTEGER,
                  framerate INTEGER,
                  videoduration INTEGER,
                  numberofframes INTEGER,
                  compressiontype VARCHAR2(4000),
                  numberofcolors INTEGER,
                  bitrate INTEGER)
LOB(vid) STORE AS SECUREFILE;

INSERT INTO tvid VALUES(1, EMPTY_BLOB(), EMPTY_CLOB(), NULL, NULL,
   NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL);
INSERT INTO tvid VALUES(2, EMPTY_BLOB(), EMPTY_CLOB(), NULL, NULL,
   NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL);
COMMIT;

7.3 Important Notes for Relational Methods

Methods related to the source of the media have ctx (RAW) as the first argument. Before calling any of these methods for the first time, the client must allocate the ctx structure and initialize it to NULL.

ORDAudio, ORDDoc, and ORDVideo methods related to media parsing have ctx (RAW) as the first argument. Before calling any of these methods for the first time, the client must allocate the ctx structure and initialize it to NULL.

Static Methods Common to All Object Types

This section presents reference information about these Oracle Multimedia common static methods, which are used for the relational interface:

The common static methods for the ORDAudio, ORDDoc, ORDImage, and ORDVideo relational interfaces are defined in the ordaspec.sql, orddspec.sql, ordispec.sql, and ordvspec.sql files, respectively.

Note:

The examples in this section assume that these tables exist: TAUD, TDOC, and TIMG.

export( )

Format

export(ctx IN OUT RAW,

local_data IN BLOB,

source_type IN VARCHAR2,

source_location IN VARCHAR2,

source_name IN VARCHAR2);

Description

Copies data from a local source (local_data) within the database to an external data source.

Note:

The export( ) method provides native support only when the value of the source_type parameter is FILE. In this case, this method writes the data to a file within a directory that is accessible to Oracle Database. User-defined sources may support the export( ) method to provide WRITE access to other types of data stores.

Parameters

ctx

The source plug-in context information. (See Section 7.3.)

local_data

The BLOB location that is being exported.

source_type

The type of the external source data. This parameter is not case sensitive. (See Table 2-1.)

source_location

The location to which the source data is to be exported. (See Table 2-2.)

source_name

The name of the object to which the source data is to be exported. (See Table 2-3.)

Usage Notes

After calling the export( ) method, you can issue a SQL DELETE statement or call the DBMS_LOB.TRIM procedure to delete the content stored locally, if desired.

The export( ) method for a source type of FILE does not modify data stored in the BLOB.

When the source_type parameter has a value of FILE, the source_location parameter specifies the name of an Oracle directory object, and the source_name parameter specifies the name of the file to contain the data.

The export( ) method writes only to a database directory object that the user has privilege to access. That is, you can access a directory object that you have created using the SQL statement CREATE DIRECTORY, or one to which you have been granted READ and WRITE access.

For example, the following SQL*Plus commands create a directory object and grant the user mediauser permission to read and write to any file within the directory c:\mydir\work:

CONNECT sys as sysdba
Enter password: password
CREATE OR REPLACE DIRECTORY FILE_DIR AS 'c:\mydir\work';
GRANT READ,WRITE ON DIRECTORY FILE_DIR TO mediauser;

See Section 7.2 for more information about directory and table definitions.

Pragmas

None.

Exceptions

ORDSourceExceptions.INCOMPLETE_SOURCE_INFORMATION

This exception is raised if you call the export( ) method and the value of the source_type parameter is NULL.

ORDSourceExceptions.IO_ERROR

This exception is raised if the export( ) method encounters an error writing the BLOB data to the file specified.

ORDSourceExceptions.METHOD_NOT_SUPPORTED

This exception is raised if you call the export( ) method and this method is not supported by the source plug-in being used.

See Appendix G for more information about these exceptions.

Examples

Export data from a local source to an external data source:

Note:

Replace c:\mydir\work with the directory specification where your exported file should be located, and replace password with the sys password.
CONNECT sys as sysdba
Enter password: password;
CREATE OR REPLACE DIRECTORY AUDIODIR AS 'c:\mydir\work';
GRANT READ, WRITE ON DIRECTORY AUDIODIR TO mediauser;

CONNECT mediauser
Enter password: password;

DECLARE
  audio_data BLOB;
  ctx RAW(64) :=NULL;
BEGIN
  SELECT aud INTO audio_data FROM taud WHERE N = 1;
  ORDSYS.ORDAudio.export(ctx,audio_data,'file','AUDIODIR','testaud.dat');
EXCEPTION
  WHEN OTHERS THEN
  RAISE;
END;
/

importFrom( )

Format

importFrom(ctx IN OUT RAW,

local_data IN OUT NOCOPY BLOB,

source_type IN VARCHAR2,

source_location IN VARCHAR2,

source_name IN VARCHAR2);

Description

Transfers data from the specified external data source to the BLOB specified by the local_data parameter.

Parameters

ctx

The source plug-in context information. This parameter must be allocated and initialized to NULL. If you are using a user-defined source plug-in, call the openSource( ) method. (See Section 7.3.)

local_data

The BLOB location to receive the data.

source_type

The type of the source data. (See Table 2-1.)

source_location

The location from which the source data is to be imported. (See Table 2-2.)

source_name

The name of the source data. (See Table 2-3.)

Usage Notes

If the value of the source_type parameter is FILE, the source_location parameter contains the name of a database directory object that contains the file to be imported, and the source_name parameter contains the name of the file to be imported. You must ensure that the directory for the external source location exists or is created before you use this method.

The importFrom( ) method reads only from a database directory object that the user has privilege to access. That is, you can access a directory object that you have created using the SQL statement CREATE DIRECTORY, or one to which you have been granted READ access.

For example, the following SQL*Plus commands create a directory object and grant the user mediauser permission to read any file within the directory c:\mydir\work:

CONNECT sys as sysdba
Enter password: password
CREATE OR REPLACE DIRECTORY FILE_DIR AS 'c:\mydir\work';
GRANT READ ON DIRECTORY FILE_DIR TO mediauser;

See Section 7.2 for more information about directory and table definitions.

If the value of the source_type parameter is HTTP, the source_location parameter contains the base URL needed to find the directory that contains the object to be imported, and the source_name parameter contains the name of the object to be imported.

This method uses the PL/SQL UTL_HTTP package to import media data from an HTTP data source. You can use environment variables to specify the proxy behavior of the UTL_HTTP package. For example, on Linux and UNIX, setting the environment variable http_proxy to a URL specifies that the UTL_HTTP package must use that URL as the proxy server for HTTP requests. Setting the no_proxy environment variable to a domain name specifies that the HTTP proxy server not be used for URLs in the specified domain.

See Also:

Oracle Database PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference for more information about the UTL_HTTP package

If the value of the source_type parameter is a user-defined name, the source_location parameter contains an identifier string required to access the user-defined object to be imported, and the source_name parameter contains the name of the object to be imported.

Pragmas

None.

Exceptions

ORDSourceExceptions.METHOD_NOT_SUPPORTED

This exception is raised if you call the importFrom( ) method and this method is not supported by the source plug-in being used.

ORDSourceExceptions.NULL_SOURCE

This exception is raised if you call the importFrom( ) method and the value of the local_data parameter is NULL or has not been initialized.

See Appendix G for more information about these exceptions.

Examples

Import data from the specified external data source into the local source:

Note:

Replace c:\mydir\work with the directory specification where your test files are located, replace testimg.dat, testaud.dat, and testvid.dat with the file specifications of your test files, and replace password with the system password.
CONNECT sys as sysdba
Enter password: password;
CREATE OR REPLACE DIRECTORY DOCDIR AS 'c:\mydir\work';
GRANT READ ON DIRECTORY DOCDIR TO mediauser;

CONNECT mediauser
Enter password: password;

DECLARE
  document_data BLOB;
  ctx RAW(64) :=NULL;
BEGIN
   SELECT document INTO document_data FROM tdoc WHERE N = 1 FOR UPDATE;
   ORDSYS.ORDDoc.importFrom(ctx,document_data,'file','DOCDIR','testimg.dat');
   UPDATE tdoc SET document = document_data WHERE N = 1;
   COMMIT;
   SELECT document INTO document_data FROM tdoc WHERE N = 2 FOR UPDATE;
   ORDSYS.ORDDoc.importFrom(ctx,document_data,'file','DOCDIR','testaud.dat');
   UPDATE tdoc SET document = document_data WHERE N = 2;
   COMMIT;
   SELECT document INTO document_data FROM tdoc WHERE N = 3 FOR UPDATE;
   ORDSYS.ORDDoc.importFrom(ctx,document_data,'file','DOCDIR','testvid.dat');
   UPDATE tdoc SET document = document_data WHERE N = 3;
   COMMIT;
EXCEPTION
   WHEN OTHERS THEN
   RAISE;
END;
/

importFrom( ) (all attributes)

Format

importFrom(ctx IN OUT RAW,

local_data IN OUT NOCOPY BLOB,

source_type IN VARCHAR2,

source_location IN VARCHAR2,

source_name IN VARCHAR2,

format OUT VARCHAR2,

mime_type OUT VARCHAR2);

Description

Transfers data from the specified external data source to the BLOB specified by the local_data parameter.

Parameters

ctx

The source plug-in context information. (See Section 7.3.)

local_data

The BLOB location to receive the data.

source_type

The type of the source data. (See Table 2-1.)

source_location

The location from which the source data is to be imported. (See Table 2-2.)

source_name

The name of the source data. (See Table 2-3.)

format

The format of the data. The value is returned if it is available (from HTTP sources).

mime_type

The MIME type of the data. The value is returned if it is available (from HTTP sources).

Usage Notes

If the value of the source_type parameter is FILE, the source_location parameter contains the name of a database directory object that contains the file to be imported, and the source_name parameter contains the name of the file to be imported. You must ensure that the directory for the external source location exists or is created before you use this method.

The importFrom( ) method reads only from a database directory object that the user has privilege to access. That is, you can access a directory object that you have created using the SQL statement CREATE DIRECTORY, or one to which you have been granted READ access.

For example, the following SQL*Plus commands create a directory object and grant the user mediauser permission to read any file within the directory c:\mydir\work:

CONNECT sys as sysdba
Enter password: password
CREATE OR REPLACE DIRECTORY FILE_DIR AS 'c:\mydir\work';
GRANT READ ON DIRECTORY FILE_DIR TO mediauser;

See Section 7.2 for more information about directory and table definitions.

If the value of the source_type parameter is HTTP, the source_location parameter contains the base URL needed to find the directory that contains the object to be imported, and the source_name parameter contains the name of the object to be imported.

This method uses the PL/SQL UTL_HTTP package to import media data from an HTTP data source. You can use environment variables to specify the proxy behavior of the UTL_HTTP package. For example, on Linux and UNIX, setting the environment variable http_proxy to a URL specifies that the UTL_HTTP package must use that URL as the proxy server for HTTP requests. Setting the no_proxy environment variable to a domain name specifies that the HTTP proxy server not be used for URLs in the specified domain.

See Also:

Oracle Database PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference for more information about the UTL_HTTP package

If the value of the source_type parameter is a user-defined name, the source_location parameter contains an identifier string required to access the user-defined object to be imported, and the source_name parameter contains the name of the object to be imported.

Pragmas

None.

Exceptions

ORDSourceExceptions.METHOD_NOT_SUPPORTED

This exception is raised if you call the importFrom( ) method and this method is not supported by the source plug-in being used.

ORDSourceExceptions.NULL_SOURCE

This exception is raised if you call the importFrom( ) method and the value of the local_data parameter is NULL or has not been initialized.

See Appendix G for more information about these exceptions.

Examples

Import image data from the specified external data source into the local source:

Note:

Replace c:\mydir\work with the directory specification where your test file is located, replace testimg.dat with the file specification of your test file, and replace password with the system password.
CONNECT sys as sysdba
Enter password: password;
CREATE OR REPLACE DIRECTORY IMAGEDIR AS 'c:\mydir\work';
GRANT READ ON DIRECTORY IMAGEDIR TO mediauser;

CONNECT mediauser
Enter password: password;

DECLARE
  image_data BLOB;
  ctx RAW(64) :=NULL;
  img_format     VARCHAR2(32)  := NULL;
  img_mime_type  VARCHAR2(80);
BEGIN
   SELECT img INTO image_data FROM timg WHERE N = 1 FOR UPDATE;
   ORDSYS.ORDImage.importFrom(ctx,image_data,'file','IMAGEDIR',
                              'testimg.dat',img_format,img_mime_type);
   UPDATE timg SET img = image_data WHERE N = 1;
   COMMIT;
EXCEPTION
   WHEN OTHERS THEN
   RAISE;
END;
/

Static Methods Unique to the ORDAudio Object Type Relational Interface

This section presents reference information about these Oracle Multimedia static methods, which are unique to the ORDAudio relational interface:

The relational interface adds Oracle Multimedia support to audio data stored in BLOBs and BFILEs rather than in the ORDAudio object type. The static methods that are unique to the ORDAudio relational interface are defined in the ordaspec.sql file.

getProperties( ) for BFILEs

Format

getProperties(ctx IN OUT RAW,

audioBfile IN OUT NOCOPY BFILE,

attributes IN OUT NOCOPY CLOB,

format IN VARCHAR2);

Description

Reads the audio BFILE data to get the values of the media attributes for supported formats, and then stores them in the input CLOB. This method populates the CLOB with an extensive set of format and application properties in XML form.

Parameters

ctx

The format plug-in context information. (See Section 7.3.)

audioBfile

The audio data represented as a BFILE.

attributes

The CLOB to hold the XML attribute information generated by the getProperties( ) method. This CLOB is populated with an extensive set of format and application properties of the audio BFILE data in XML form.

format

The format of the audio data. If a non-NULL value is specified for this parameter, then the format plug-in for this format type is invoked.

Usage Notes

None.

Pragmas

None.

Exceptions

ORDAudioExceptions.AUDIO_PLUGIN_EXCEPTION

This exception is raised if you call the getProperties( ) method and the audio plug-in raises an exception.

ORDSourceExceptions.EMPTY_SOURCE

This exception is raised when the value of the source.local attribute is 1 or 0 (TRUE), but the value of the source.localData attribute is NULL.

See Appendix G for more information about these exceptions.

Examples

Get the property information for known audio attributes:

DECLARE
  aud_attrib CLOB;
  ctx RAW(64) :=NULL;
  aud_data BFILE := BFILENAME('AUDIODIR','testaud.dat');
  aud_format VARCHAR2(160) := NULL;
BEGIN
  DBMS_LOB.CREATETEMPORARY(aud_attrib, FALSE, DBMS_LOB.CALL);
  ORDSYS.ORDAudio.getProperties(ctx, aud_data, aud_attrib, aud_format);

  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('Size of XML Annotations ' ||
                   TO_CHAR(DBMS_LOB.GETLENGTH(aud_attrib)));
EXCEPTION
  WHEN OTHERS THEN
  RAISE;
END;
/

getProperties( ) (all attributes) for BFILEs

Format

getProperties(ctx IN OUT RAW,

audioBfile IN OUT NOCOPY BFILE,

attributes IN OUT NOCOPY CLOB,

mimeType OUT VARCHAR2,

format IN OUT VARCHAR2

encoding OUT VARCHAR2,

numberOfChannels OUT INTEGER,

samplingRate OUT INTEGER,

sampleSize OUT INTEGER,

compressionType OUT VARCHAR2,

audioDuration OUT INTEGER);

Description

Reads the audio BFILE data to get the values of the media attributes for supported formats, and then stores them in the input CLOB and returns them as explicit parameters. This method gets the properties for these attributes of the audio data: duration, MIME type, compression type, format, encoding type, number of channels, sampling rate, and sample size. It populates the CLOB with an extensive set of format and application properties in XML form.

Parameters

ctx

The format plug-in context information. (See Section 7.3.)

audioBfile

The audio data represented as a BFILE.

attributes

The CLOB to hold the XML attribute information generated by the getProperties( ) method. This CLOB is populated with an extensive set of format and application properties of the audio BFILE data in XML form.

mimeType

The MIME type of the audio data.

format

The format of the audio data. If a non-NULL value is specified, then the format plug-in for this format type is invoked. If not specified, the default plug-in is used and the derived format value is returned.

encoding

The encoding type of the audio data.

numberOfChannels

The number of channels in the audio data.

samplingRate

The sampling rate in samples per second at which the audio data was recorded.

sampleSize

The sample width or number of samples of audio in the data.

compressionType

The compression type of the audio data.

audioDuration

The total time required to play the audio data.

Usage Notes

If a property cannot be extracted from the media source, then the respective parameter is set to NULL.

Pragmas

None.

Exceptions

ORDAudioExceptions.AUDIO_PLUGIN_EXCEPTION

This exception is raised if you call the getProperties( ) method and the audio plug-in raises an exception.

ORDSourceExceptions.EMPTY_SOURCE

This exception is raised when the value of the source.local attribute is 1 or 0 (TRUE), but the value of the source.localData attribute is NULL.

See Appendix G for more information about these exceptions.

Examples

Get the property information for known audio attributes:

DECLARE
  aud_attrib        CLOB;
  ctx               RAW(64) :=NULL;
  data              BFILE := BFILENAME('AUDIODIR','testaud.dat');
  mimeType          VARCHAR2(80);
  format            VARCHAR2(32) := NULL;
  encoding          VARCHAR2(160);
  numberOfChannels  NUMBER;
  samplingRate      NUMBER;
  sampleSize        NUMBER;
  compressionType   VARCHAR2(160);
  audioDuration     NUMBER;
BEGIN
  DBMS_LOB.CREATETEMPORARY(aud_attrib, FALSE, DBMS_LOB.CALL);

  ORDSYS.ORDAudio.getProperties(ctx, data, aud_attrib, mimeType, format, encoding,
                                numberOfChannels, samplingRate, sampleSize, 
                                compressionType, audioDuration);

  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('Size of XML Annotations ' ||
                   TO_CHAR(DBMS_LOB.GETLENGTH(aud_attrib)));
  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('mimeType: ' || mimeType );
  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('format: ' || format );
  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('encoding: ' || encoding );
  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('numberOfChannels: ' || numberOfChannels );
  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('samplingRate: ' || samplingRate );
  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('sampleSize: ' || sampleSize );
  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('compressionType: ' || compressionType );
  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('audioDuration: ' || audioDuration );
EXCEPTION
  WHEN OTHERS THEN
  RAISE;
END;
/

getProperties( ) for BLOBs

Format

getProperties(ctx IN OUT RAW,

audioBlob IN BLOB,

attributes IN OUT NOCOPY CLOB,

format IN VARCHAR2);

Description

Reads the audio BLOB data to get the values of the media attributes for supported formats, and then stores them in the input CLOB. This method populates the CLOB with an extensive set of format and application properties in XML form.

Parameters

ctx

The format plug-in context information. (See Section 7.3.)

audioBlob

The audio data represented as a BLOB.

attributes

The CLOB to hold the XML attribute information generated by the getProperties( ) method. This CLOB is populated with an extensive set of format and application properties of the audio BLOB data in XML form.

format

The format of the audio data. If a non-NULL value is specified for this parameter, then the format plug-in for this format type is invoked; otherwise, the default plug-in is used.

Usage Notes

None.

Pragmas

None.

Exceptions

ORDAudioExceptions.AUDIO_PLUGIN_EXCEPTION

This exception is raised if you call the getProperties( ) method and the audio plug-in raises an exception.

ORDSourceExceptions.EMPTY_SOURCE

This exception is raised when the value of the source.local attribute is 1 or 0 (TRUE), but the value of the source.localData attribute is NULL.

See Appendix G for more information about these exceptions.

Examples

Get the property information for known audio attributes:

DECLARE
  aud_attrib CLOB;
  ctx RAW(64) :=NULL;
  aud_data BLOB;
  aud_format VARCHAR2(160) := NULL;
BEGIN
  SELECT aud, attributes INTO aud_data, aud_attrib FROM taud WHERE N =1 FOR UPDATE;
  ORDSYS.ORDAudio.getProperties(ctx,aud_data,aud_attrib,aud_format);
  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('Size of XML Annotations: ' || 
                  TO_CHAR(DBMS_LOB.GETLENGTH(aud_attrib)));
  UPDATE taud SET attributes=aud_attrib WHERE N=1;
  COMMIT;
EXCEPTION
  WHEN OTHERS THEN
  RAISE;
END;
/

getProperties( ) (all attributes) for BLOBs

Format

getProperties(ctx IN OUT RAW,

audioBlob IN BLOB,

attributes IN OUT NOCOPY CLOB,

mimeType OUT VARCHAR2,

format IN OUT VARCHAR2

encoding OUT VARCHAR2,

numberOfChannels OUT INTEGER,

samplingRate OUT INTEGER,

sampleSize OUT INTEGER,

compressionType OUT VARCHAR2,

audioDuration OUT INTEGER);

Description

Reads the audio BLOB data to get the values of the media attributes for supported formats, and then stores them in the input CLOB and returns them as explicit parameters. This method gets the properties for these attributes of the audio data: duration, MIME type, compression type, format, encoding type, number of channels, sampling rate, and sample size. It populates the CLOB with an extensive set of format and application properties in XML form.

Parameters

ctx

The format plug-in context information. (See Section 7.3.)

audioBlob

The audio data represented as a BLOB.

attributes

The CLOB to hold the XML attribute information generated by the getProperties( ) method. This CLOB is populated with an extensive set of format and application properties of the audio BLOB data in XML form.

mimeType

The MIME type of the audio data.

format

The format of the audio data. If a non-NULL value is specified, then the format plug-in for this format type is invoked. If not specified, the derived format value is returned.

encoding

The encoding type of the audio data.

numberOfChannels

The number of channels in the audio data.

samplingRate

The sampling rate in samples per second at which the audio data was recorded.

sampleSize

The sample width or number of samples of audio in the data.

compressionType

The compression type of the audio data.

audioDuration

The total time required to play the audio data.

Usage Notes

If a property cannot be extracted from the media source, then the respective parameter is set to NULL.

Pragmas

None.

Exceptions

ORDAudioExceptions.AUDIO_PLUGIN_EXCEPTION

This exception is raised if you call the getProperties( ) method and the audio plug-in raises an exception.

ORDSourceExceptions.EMPTY_SOURCE

This exception is raised when the value of the source.local attribute is 1 or 0 (TRUE), but the value of the source.localData attribute is NULL.

See Appendix G for more information about these exceptions.

Examples

Get the property information for known audio attributes:

DECLARE
  aud_attrib        CLOB;
  ctx               RAW(64) := NULL;
  aud_data          BLOB;
  mimeType          VARCHAR2(80);
  format            VARCHAR2(32) := NULL;
  encoding          VARCHAR2(160);
  numberOfChannels  NUMBER;
  samplingRate      NUMBER;
  sampleSize        NUMBER;
  compressionType   VARCHAR2(160);
  audioDuration     NUMBER;
BEGIN
  SELECT aud, attributes, mimetype, format, encoding, numberofchannels, samplingrate,
    samplesize, compressiontype, audioduration INTO aud_data, aud_attrib, mimeType,
    format, encoding, numberOfChannels, samplingRate, sampleSize, compressionType,
    audioDuration FROM taud WHERE N = 1 FOR UPDATE;

  ORDSYS.ORDAudio.getProperties(ctx, aud_data, aud_attrib, mimeType, format, encoding, 
              numberOfChannels, samplingRate, sampleSize, compressionType, audioDuration);

  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('Size of XML Annotations ' ||
                   TO_CHAR(DBMS_LOB.GETLENGTH(aud_attrib)));
  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('mimeType: ' || mimeType );
  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('format: ' || format );
  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('encoding: ' || encoding );
  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('numberOfChannels: ' || numberOfChannels );
  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('samplingRate: ' || samplingRate );
  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('sampleSize: ' || sampleSize );
  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('compressionType: ' || compressionType );
  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('audioDuration: ' || audioDuration );
  UPDATE taud SET 
               aud=aud_data, 
               attributes=aud_attrib, 
               mimetype=mimeType,
               format=format, 
               encoding=encoding, 
               numberofchannels=numberOfChannels, 
               samplingrate=samplingRate, 
               samplesize=sampleSize, 
               compressiontype=compressionType, 
               audioduration=audioDuration 
             WHERE n=1;
  COMMIT;
EXCEPTION
  WHEN OTHERS THEN
  RAISE;
END;
/

Static Methods Unique to the ORDDoc Object Type Relational Interface

This section presents reference information about these Oracle Multimedia static methods, which are unique to the ORDDoc relational interface:

The relational interface adds Oracle Multimedia support to audio, image, video, and other heterogeneous media data stored in BLOBs and BFILEs rather than in the ORDDoc object type. The static methods that are unique to the ORDDoc relational interface are defined in the orddspec.sql file.

getProperties( ) for BFILEs

Format

getProperties(ctx IN OUT RAW,

docBfile IN OUT NOCOPY BFILE,

attributes IN OUT NOCOPY CLOB,

format IN VARCHAR2);

Description

Reads the document BFILE data to get the values of the media attributes, and then stores them in the input CLOB. It populates the CLOB with an extensive set of format and application properties in XML form.

Parameters

ctx

The format plug-in context information. (See Section 7.3.)

docBfile

The document data represented as a BFILE.

attributes

The CLOB to hold the XML attribute information generated by the getProperties( ) method. This CLOB is populated with an extensive set of format and application properties of the document BFILE data in XML form.

format

The format of the document data. If a non-NULL value is specified, then the format plug-in for this format type is invoked.

Usage Notes

None.

Pragmas

None.

Exceptions

ORDDocExceptions.DOC_PLUGIN_EXCEPTION

This exception is raised if you call the getProperties( ) method and the document plug-in raises an exception.

ORDSourceExceptions.EMPTY_SOURCE

This exception is raised when the value of the source.local attribute is 1 or 0 (TRUE), but the value of the source.localData attribute is NULL.

See Appendix G for more information about these exceptions.

Examples

Get the property information for known document attributes:

DECLARE
  doc_attrib CLOB;
  ctx RAW(64) :=NULL;
  doc_data BFILE := BFILENAME('DOCDIR','testvid.dat');
  doc_format VARCHAR2(160) := NULL;
BEGIN
   DBMS_LOB.CREATETEMPORARY(doc_attrib, FALSE, DBMS_LOB.CALL);
   ORDSYS.ORDDoc.getProperties(ctx, doc_data, doc_attrib, doc_format);

   DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('Size of XML Annotations ' ||
                   TO_CHAR(DBMS_LOB.GETLENGTH(doc_attrib)));
EXCEPTION
   WHEN OTHERS THEN
   RAISE;
END;
/

getProperties( ) (all attributes) for BFILEs

Format

getProperties(ctx IN OUT RAW,

docBfile IN OUT NOCOPY BFILE,

attributes IN OUT NOCOPY CLOB,

mimeType OUT VARCHAR2,

format IN OUT VARCHAR2,

contentLength OUT INTEGER);

Description

Reads the document BFILE data to get the values of the media attributes for supported formats, and then stores them in the input CLOB and returns them as explicit parameters. This method gets the properties for these attributes of the document data: MIME type, content length, and format. It populates the CLOB with an extensive set of format and application properties in XML form.

Parameters

ctx

The format plug-in context information. (See Section 7.3.)

docBfile

The document data represented as a BFILE.

attributes

The CLOB to hold the XML attribute information generated by the getProperties( ) method. This CLOB is populated with an extensive set of format and application properties of the document BFILE data in XML form.

mimeType

The MIME type of the document data.

format

The format of the document data. If a non-NULL value is specified, then the format plug-in for this format type is invoked. If not specified, the derived format is returned.

contentLength

The length of the content, in bytes.

Usage Notes

If a property cannot be extracted from the media source, then the respective parameter is set to NULL.

Pragmas

None.

Exceptions

ORDDocExceptions.DOC_PLUGIN_EXCEPTION

This exception is raised if you call the getProperties( ) method and the document plug-in raises an exception.

ORDSourceExceptions.EMPTY_SOURCE

This exception is raised when the value of the source.local attribute is 1 or 0 (TRUE), but the value of the source.localData attribute is NULL.

See Appendix G for more information about these exceptions.

Examples

Get the property information for known document attributes:

DECLARE
  doc_attrib        CLOB;
  ctx               RAW(64) :=NULL;
  doc_data          BFILE := BFILENAME('DOCDIR','testimg.dat');
  doc_mimeType      VARCHAR2(80);
  doc_format        VARCHAR2(32) := NULL;
  doc_contentLength NUMBER;
BEGIN
   DBMS_LOB.CREATETEMPORARY(doc_attrib, FALSE, DBMS_LOB.CALL);
   ORDSYS.ORDDoc.getProperties(ctx, doc_data, doc_attrib, 
                  doc_mimeType, doc_format, doc_contentLength);
   DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('Size of XML Annotations ' || 
                         TO_CHAR(DBMS_LOB.GETLENGTH(doc_attrib)));
   DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('mimeType: ' || doc_mimeType );
   DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('format: ' || doc_format );
   DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('contentLength: ' || doc_contentLength );
EXCEPTION
   WHEN OTHERS THEN
   RAISE;
END;
/

getProperties( ) for BLOBs

Format

getProperties(ctx IN OUT RAW,

docBlob IN BLOB,

attributes IN OUT NOCOPY CLOB,

format IN VARCHAR2);

Description

Reads the document BLOB data to get the values of the media attributes, and then stores them in the input CLOB. This method populates the CLOB with an extensive set of format and application properties in XML form.

Parameters

ctx

The format plug-in context information. (See Section 7.3.)

docBlob

The document data represented as a BLOB.

attributes

The CLOB to hold the XML attribute information generated by the getProperties( ) method. This CLOB is populated with an extensive set of format and application properties of the document BLOB data in XML form.

format

The format of the document data. If a non-NULL value is specified, then the format plug-in for this format type is invoked.

Usage Notes

None.

Pragmas

None.

Exceptions

ORDDocExceptions.DOC_PLUGIN_EXCEPTION

This exception is raised if you call the getProperties( ) method and the document plug-in raises an exception.

ORDSourceExceptions.EMPTY_SOURCE

This exception is raised when the value of the source.local attribute is 1 or 0 (TRUE), but the value of the source.localData attribute is NULL.

See Appendix G for more information about these exceptions.

Examples

Get the property information for known document attributes:

DECLARE
  doc_attrib CLOB;
  ctx RAW(64) :=NULL;
  doc_data BLOB;
  doc_format VARCHAR2(160) := NULL;

BEGIN
    SELECT document,attributes INTO doc_data,doc_attrib FROM tdoc WHERE N = 1 FOR UPDATE;
   ORDSYS.ORDDoc.getProperties(ctx, doc_data, doc_attrib, doc_format);

   DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('Size of XML Annotations ' ||
                   TO_CHAR(DBMS_LOB.GETLENGTH(doc_attrib)));
   UPDATE tdoc SET document=doc_data, attributes=doc_attrib WHERE N=1;
   COMMIT;
   EXCEPTION
      WHEN OTHERS THEN
      RAISE;
END;
/

getProperties( ) (all attributes) for BLOBs

Format

getProperties(ctx IN OUT RAW,

docBlob IN BLOB,

attributes IN OUT NOCOPY CLOB,

mimeType OUT VARCHAR2,

format IN OUT VARCHAR2,

contentLength OUT INTEGER);

Description

Reads the document BLOB data to get the values of the media attributes, and then stores them in the input CLOB and returns them as explicit parameters. This method gets the properties for these attributes of the document data: MIME type, content length, and format. It populates the CLOB with an extensive set of format and application properties in XML form.

Parameters

ctx

The format plug-in context information. (See Section 7.3.)

docBlob

The document data represented as a BLOB.

attributes

The CLOB to hold the XML attribute information generated by the getProperties( ) method. This CLOB is populated with an extensive set of format and application properties of the document BLOB data in XML form.

mimeType

The MIME type of the document data.

format

The format of the document data. If a non-NULL value is specified, then the format plug-in for this format type is invoked.

contentLength

The length of the content, in bytes.

Usage Notes

If a property cannot be extracted from the media source, then the respective parameter is set to NULL.

Pragmas

None.

Exceptions

ORDDocExceptions.DOC_PLUGIN_EXCEPTION

This exception is raised if you call the getProperties( ) method and the document plug-in raises an exception.

ORDSourceExceptions.EMPTY_SOURCE

This exception is raised when the value of the source.local attribute is 1 or 0 (TRUE), but the value of the source.localData attribute is NULL.

See Appendix G for more information about these exceptions.

Examples

Get the property information for known document attributes:

DECLARE
  doc_attrib        CLOB;
  ctx               RAW(64) :=NULL;
  doc_data          BLOB;
  doc_mimeType      VARCHAR2(80);
  doc_format        VARCHAR2(32):=NULL;
  doc_contentLength NUMBER;
BEGIN
   SELECT document, attributes, mimetype, format, contentlength INTO doc_data, 
     doc_attrib, doc_mimeType, doc_format, doc_contentLength FROM tdoc 
     WHERE N = 1 FOR UPDATE;

   ORDSYS.ORDDoc.getProperties(ctx, doc_data, doc_attrib, 
                  doc_mimeType, doc_format, doc_contentLength);

   DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('Size of XML Annotations ' ||
                   TO_CHAR(DBMS_LOB.GETLENGTH(doc_attrib)));
   DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('mimeType: ' || doc_mimeType );
   DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('format: ' || doc_format );
   DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('contentLength: ' || doc_contentLength );
   UPDATE tdoc SET 
     document=doc_data, 
     attributes=doc_attrib, 
     mimetype=doc_mimeType, 
     format=doc_format, 
     contentlength=doc_contentLength 
    WHERE N=1;
   COMMIT;
EXCEPTION
   WHEN OTHERS THEN
   RAISE;
END;
/

Static Methods Unique to the ORDImage Object Type Relational Interface

This section presents reference information about these Oracle Multimedia static methods, which are unique to the ORDImage relational interface:

The relational interface adds Oracle Multimedia support to image data stored in BLOBs and BFILEs rather than in the ORDImage object type. The static methods that are unique to the ORDImage relational interface are defined in the ordispec.sql file.

applyWatermark( ) image for BFILEs

Format

applyWatermark(imageBfile IN OUT NOCOPY BFILE,
added_image IN OUT NOCOPY BFILE,
dest IN OUT NOCOPY BLOB,
logging OUT VARCHAR2,
watermark_properties IN ordsys.ord_str_list default null),

Description

Overlays an image watermark onto a source image stored in a BFILE and writes it to a destination BLOB.

Parameters

imageBfile

The source image data represented as a BFILE.

added_image

The watermark image stored in a BFILE to be added to the source image.

dest

The destination BLOB for the watermarked image.

logging

A string that contains information about any unexpected behavior that occurred during the watermarking operation. If the operation is successful, an empty string is returned.

watermark_properties

A string list of name-value pairs that define attributes of the watermark image, including: width, height, position, position_x, position_y, and transparency. See Table D-2 for the complete list of watermark properties.

Usage Notes

Calling this method processes the image into the destination BLOB from any source BFILE.

See Section D.6 for more information about watermarking operations and watermark properties.

Pragmas

None.

Exceptions

ORDImageExceptions.NULL_CONTENT

This exception is raised when the source image or added image is NULL.

ORDImageExceptions.NULL_DESTINATION

This exception is raised when the destination image BLOB is NULL.

See Appendix G for more information about these exceptions.

Examples

Add a watermark image to an image BFILE:

-- add image as watermark for BFILE
DECLARE
  source_image   BFILE := BFILENAME('IMAGEDIR','testimg.jpg');
  added_image   BFILE := BFILENAME('IMAGEDIR','testlogo.png');
  dest_image BLOB;
  prop ordsys.ord_str_list;
  logging VARCHAR2(2000);
BEGIN
  SELECT img INTO dest_image FROM timg WHERE N = 4003 FOR UPDATE;
 
  -- specify properties
  prop := ordsys.ord_str_list(
                   'position=bottomright',
                   'transparency=0.2');
 
  -- add image watermark to source image
  ORDSYS.ORDImage.applyWatermark(source_image, added_image, dest_image, logging, prop);
 
  UPDATE timg SET img = dest_image WHERE N = 4003;
  COMMIT;
EXCEPTION
   WHEN OTHERS THEN
   RAISE;
END;
/

where:

  • testimg.jpg: the source image (in JPEG format) stored in the table. The source image is larger than the watermark image.

  • testlogo.png: the watermark image (in PNG format) stored in the table. The watermark image is overlaid onto the bottom right position of the source image.

  • 4003: the resulting watermarked image stored in the table.

applyWatermark( ) image for BLOBs

Format

applyWatermark(imageBlob IN BLOB,
added_image IN BLOB,
dest IN OUT NOCOPY BLOB,
logging OUT VARCHAR2,
watermark_properties IN ordsys.ord_str_list default null),

Description

Overlays an image watermark onto a source image stored in a BLOB and writes it to a destination BLOB.

Parameters

imageBlob

The source image data represented as a BLOB.

added_image

The watermark image stored in a BLOB to be added to the source image.

dest

The destination BLOB for the watermarked image.

logging

A string that contains information about any unexpected behavior that occurred during the watermarking operation. If the operation is successful, an empty string is returned.

watermark_properties

A string list of name-value pairs that define attributes of the watermark image, including: width, height, position, position_x, position_y, and transparency. See Table D-2 for the complete list of watermark properties.

Usage Notes

Because temporary LOBs do not have read consistency, you cannot use the same temporary LOB for both the imageBlob and dest parameters.

Calling this method processes the image into the destination BLOB from any source BLOB.

See Section D.6 for more information about watermarking operations and watermark properties.

Pragmas

None.

Exceptions

ORDImageExceptions.NULL_CONTENT

This exception is raised when the source image or added image is NULL.

ORDImageExceptions.NULL_DESTINATION

This exception is raised when the destination image BLOB is NULL.

See Appendix G for more information about this exception.

Examples

Add a watermark image to an image BLOB:

-- add image as watermark for BLOB
DECLARE
  source_image      BLOB;
  added_image       BLOB;
  dest_image        BLOB;
  prop ordsys.ord_str_list;
  logging VARCHAR2(2000);
BEGIN
  SELECT img INTO source_image FROM timg WHERE N = 4001;
  SELECT img INTO added_image FROM timg WHERE N = 4002;
  SELECT img INTO dest_image FROM timg WHERE N = 4003 FOR UPDATE;
 
  -- specify properties
  prop := ordsys.ord_str_list(
                   'position=bottomright',
                   'transparency=0.2');
 
  -- add image watermark to source image
  ORDSYS.ORDImage.applyWatermark(source_image, added_image, dest_image, logging, prop);
 
  UPDATE timg SET img = dest_image WHERE N = 4003;
  COMMIT;
EXCEPTION
   WHEN OTHERS THEN
   RAISE;
END;
/

where:

  • 4001: the source image (in JPEG format) stored in the table. The source image is larger than the watermark image.

  • 4002: the watermark image (in PNG format) stored in the table. The watermark image is overlaid onto the bottom right position of the source image.

  • 4003: the resulting watermarked image stored in the table.

applyWatermark( ) text for BFILEs

Format

applyWatermark(imageBfile IN OUT NOCOPY BFILE,
added_text IN VARCHAR2,
dest IN OUT NOCOPY BLOB,
logging OUT VARCHAR2,
watermark_properties IN ordsys.ord_str_list default null),

Description

Overlays a text watermark onto a source image stored in a BFILE and writes it to a destination BLOB.

Parameters

imageBfile

The source image data represented as a BFILE.

added_text

The watermark text stored in a string to be added to the source image.

dest

The destination BLOB for the watermarked image.

logging

A string that contains information about any unexpected behavior that occurred during the watermarking operation. If the operation is successful, an empty string is returned. Otherwise, this method returns a string that describes the unexpected behavior. For example: if watermark text is so long that it is truncated, this string is returned: WARNING: text is too long and truncated.

watermark_properties

A string list of name-value pairs that define attributes of the watermark text, including: font_name, font_style, font_size, text_color, position_x, position_y, and transparency. See Table D-2 for the complete list of watermark properties.

Usage Notes

Calling this method processes the image into the destination BLOB from any source BFILE.

See Section D.6 for more information about watermarking operations and watermark properties.

Pragmas

None.

Exceptions

ORDImageExceptions.NULL_CONTENT

This exception is raised when the source image is NULL.

ORDImageExceptions.NULL_DESTINATION

This exception is raised when the destination image BLOB is NULL.

See Appendix G for more information about these exceptions.

Examples

Add watermark text to an image BFILE:

-- add text as watermark for BFILE
DECLARE
  source_image   BFILE := BFILENAME('IMAGEDIR','testimg.jpg');
  added_text   varchar2(200);
  dest_image BLOB;
  prop ordsys.ord_str_list;
  logging VARCHAR2(2000);
BEGIN
  SELECT img INTO dest_image FROM timg WHERE N = 4003 FOR UPDATE;
 
  added_text := 'Oracle Multimedia © 2009';
  -- specify properties
  prop := ordsys.ord_str_list(
                   'font_name=Times New Roman',
                   'font_style=bold',
                   'font_size=50',
                   'text_color=red',
                   'position_x=100',
                   'position_y=100',
                   'transparency=0.6');
 
  -- add text watermark to source image
  ORDSYS.ORDImage.applyWatermark(source_image, added_text, dest_image, logging, prop);
 
  UPDATE timg SET img = dest_image WHERE N = 4003;
  COMMIT;
EXCEPTION
   WHEN OTHERS THEN
   RAISE;
END;
/

where:

  • testimg.jpg: the source image (in JPEG format) stored in the table.

  • 4003: the resulting watermarked image stored in the table.

applyWatermark( ) text for BLOBs

Format

applyWatermark(imageBlob IN BLOB,
added_text IN VARCHAR2,
dest IN OUT NOCOPY BLOB,
logging OUT VARCHAR2,
watermark_properties IN ordsys.ord_str_list default null),

Description

Overlays a text watermark onto a source image stored in a BLOB and writes it to a destination BLOB.

Parameters

imageBfile

The source image data represented as a BLOB.

added_text

The watermark text stored in a string to be added to the source image.

dest

The destination BLOB for the watermarked image.

logging

A string that contains information about any unexpected behavior that occurred during the watermarking operation. If the operation is successful, an empty string is returned. Otherwise, this method returns a string that describes the unexpected behavior. For example: if watermark text is so long that it is truncated, this string is returned: WARNING: text is too long and truncated.

watermark_properties

A string list of name-value pairs that define attributes of the watermark text, including: font_name, font_style, font_size, text_color, position_x, position_y, and transparency. See Table D-2 for the complete list of watermark properties.

Usage Notes

Because temporary LOBs do not have read consistency, you cannot use the same temporary LOB for both the imageBlob and dest parameters.

Calling this method processes the image into the destination BLOB from any source BLOB.

See Section D.6 for more information about watermarking operations and watermark properties.

Pragmas

None.

Exceptions

ORDImageExceptions.NULL_CONTENT

This exception is raised when the source image is NULL.

ORDImageExceptions.NULL_DESTINATION

This exception is raised when the destination image BLOB is NULL.

See Appendix G for more information about this exception.

Examples

Add watermark text to an image BLOB:

-- add text as watermark for BLOB
DECLARE
  source_image      BLOB;
  added_text  varchar2(200);
  dest_image        BLOB;
  prop ordsys.ord_str_list;
  logging VARCHAR2(2000);
BEGIN
  SELECT img INTO source_image FROM timg WHERE N = 4001;
  SELECT img INTO dest_image FROM timg WHERE N = 4003 FOR UPDATE;
 
  added_text := 'Oracle Multimedia © 2009';
  -- specify properties
  prop := ordsys.ord_str_list(
                   'font_name=Times New Roman',
                   'font_style=bold',
                   'font_size=50',
                   'text_color=red',
                   'position_x=100',
                   'position_y=100',
                   'transparency=0.6');
 
  -- add text watermark to source image
  ORDSYS.ORDImage.applyWatermark(source_image, added_text, dest_image, logging, prop);
 
  UPDATE timg SET img = dest_image WHERE N = 4003;
  COMMIT;
EXCEPTION
   WHEN OTHERS THEN
   RAISE;
END;
/

where:

  • 4001: the source image (in JPEG format) stored in the table.

  • 4003: the resulting watermarked image stored in the table.

getMetadata( ) for BFILEs

Format

getMetadata(imageBfile IN NOCOPY BFILE,

metadataType IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT 'ALL'

RETURN XMLSequenceType;

Description

Extracts the specified types of metadata from the imageBfile and returns an array of schema-valid XML documents. If no matching metadata is found, an empty array is returned.

Parameters

imageBfile

The image data represented as a BFILE.

metadataType

A string that identifies the types of embedded metadata to extract. Valid values are: ALL, ORDIMAGE, XMP, EXIF, and IPTC-IIM. The default value is ALL.

Usage Notes

When the value of input parameter metadataType is ALL, and two or more types of supported metadata are present in the image, this method returns several XML documents, one for each type of metadata found. For other values of the input parameter, the method returns zero or one XML document.

Each document is stored as an instance of XMLType, and is based on one of the metadata schemas. Use the XQuery function fn:namespace-uri to determine the type of metadata represented in that document.

See Appendix F for information about the supported metadata schemas.

See Also:

Pragmas

None.

Exceptions

ORDImageExceptions.NULL_CONTENT

This exception is raised when the imageBfile parameter is NULL.

See Appendix G for more information about this exception.

Examples

Extract the embedded metadata from an imageBfile, and return an array of schema-valid XML documents:

DECLARE 
  imageBfile  BFILE := BFILENAME('MEDIA_DIR','keyboard.jpg');
  metav       XMLSequenceType; 
  ns          varchar2(4000);
BEGIN 

  metav := ORDSYS.ORDImage.getMetadata(imageBfile, 'ALL');
 
  -- print the namespace of each metadata document
  FOR i in 1..metav.count LOOP
    select xmlcast(xmlquery('fn:namespace-uri($x)'
          passing metav(i) as "x" returning content) as varchar2(4000))
      into ns from dual;
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('namespace: ' || ns);
  END LOOP;

  EXCEPTION 
  WHEN ORDSYS.ORDImageExceptions.NULL_CONTENT THEN 
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('imageBlob is null'); 
  WHEN OTHERS THEN 
    RAISE;
END; /

getMetadata( ) for BLOBs

Format

getMetadata(imageBlob IN NOCOPY BLOB,

metadataType IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT 'ALL')

RETURN XMLSequenceType;

Description

Extracts the specified types of metadata from the imageBlob and returns an array of schema-valid XML documents. If no matching metadata is found, an empty array is returned.

Parameters

imageBlob

The image data represented as a BLOB.

metadataType

A string that identifies the types of embedded metadata to extract. Valid values are: ALL, ORDIMAGE, XMP, EXIF, and IPTC-IIM. The default value is ALL.

Usage Notes

When the value of input parameter metadataType is ALL, and two or more types of supported metadata are present in the image, this method returns several XML documents, one for each type of metadata found. For other values of the input parameter, the method returns zero or one XML document.

Each document is stored as an instance of XMLType, and is based on one of the metadata schemas. Use the XQuery function fn:namespace-uri to determine the type of metadata represented in that document.

See Appendix F for information about the supported metadata schemas.

See Also:

Pragmas

None.

Exceptions

ORDImageExceptions.NULL_CONTENT

This exception is raised when the imageBlob parameter is NULL.

See Appendix G for more information about this exception.

Examples

Extract the embedded metadata from an imageBlob, and return an array of schema-valid XML documents:

DECLARE 
  imageBlob BLOB;
  metav     XMLSequenceType; 
  ns        varchar2(4000);
BEGIN 
  SELECT ad_photo
  INTO imageBlob 
  FROM pm.print_media
  WHERE product_id = 3106;
  
  metav := ORDSYS.ORDImage.getMetadata(imageBlob, 'ALL');
  
  -- print the namespace of each metadata document
  FOR i in 1..metav.count LOOP
    select xmlcast(xmlquery('fn:namespace-uri($x)'
          passing metav(i) as "x" returning content) as varchar2(4000))
      into ns from dual;
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('namespace: ' || ns);
  END LOOP;
 
  EXCEPTION 
  WHEN ORDSYS.ORDImageExceptions.NULL_CONTENT THEN 
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('imageBlob is null'); 
  WHEN OTHERS THEN
    RAISE;
END; /

getProperties( ) for BFILEs

Format

getProperties(imageBfile IN OUT NOCOPY BFILE,

attributes IN OUT NOCOPY CLOB);

Description

Reads the image BFILE data to get the values of the media attributes for supported formats, and then stores them in the input CLOB. This method populates the CLOB with a set of format properties in XML form.

Parameters

imageBfile

The image data represented as a BFILE.

attributes

The CLOB to hold the XML attribute information generated by the getProperties( ) method. This CLOB is populated with a set of format properties of the image BFILE data in XML form.

Usage Notes

None.

Pragmas

None.

Exceptions

ORDImageExceptions.NULL_CONTENT

This exception is raised when the imageBfile parameter is NULL.

See Appendix G for more information about this exception.

Examples

Get the property information for known image attributes:

DECLARE
  img_attrib CLOB;
  data BFILE := BFILENAME('IMAGEDIR','testimg.dat');
BEGIN
   DBMS_LOB.CREATETEMPORARY(img_attrib, FALSE, DBMS_LOB.CALL);
   ORDSYS.ORDImage.getProperties(data, img_attrib);

   DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('Size of XML Annotations ' ||
                   TO_CHAR(DBMS_LOB.GETLENGTH(img_attrib)));
EXCEPTION
   WHEN OTHERS THEN
   RAISE;
END;
/

getProperties( ) (all attributes) for BFILEs

Format

getProperties(imageBfile IN OUT NOCOPY BFILE,

attributes IN OUT NOCOPY CLOB,

mimeType OUT VARCHAR2,

width OUT INTEGER,

height OUT INTEGER,

fileFormat OUT VARCHAR2,

contentFormat OUT VARCHAR2,

compressionFormat OUT VARCHAR2,

contentLength OUT INTEGER);

Description

Reads the image BFILE data to get the values of the media attributes for supported formats, and then stores them in the input CLOB and returns them as explicit parameters. This method gets the properties for these attributes of the image data: MIME type, width, height, file format, content format, compression format, and content length. It populates the CLOB with a set of format properties in XML form.

Parameters

imageBfile

The image data represented as a BFILE.

attributes

The CLOB to hold the XML attribute information generated by the getProperties( ) method. This CLOB is populated with a set of format properties of the image BFILE data in XML form.

mimeType

The MIME type of the image data.

width

The width of the image in pixels.

height

The height of the image in pixels.

fileFormat

The format of the image data.

contentFormat

The type of image (monochrome, and so on).

compressionFormat

The compression algorithm used on the image data.

contentLength

The size of the image file on disk, in bytes.

Usage Notes

If a property cannot be extracted from the media source, then the respective parameter is set to NULL.

Pragmas

None.

Exceptions

ORDImageExceptions.NULL_CONTENT

This exception is raised when the imageBfile parameter is NULL.

See Appendix G for more information about this exception.

Examples

Get the property information for known image attributes:

DECLARE
  img_data          BFILE := BFILENAME('IMAGEDIR','testimg.dat');
  img_attrib        CLOB;
  mimeType          VARCHAR2(80);
  width             NUMBER;
  height            NUMBER;
  fileFormat        VARCHAR2(32);
  contentFormat     VARCHAR2(4000);
  compressionFormat VARCHAR2(4000);
  contentLength     NUMBER;
BEGIN
   DBMS_LOB.CREATETEMPORARY(img_attrib, FALSE, DBMS_LOB.CALL);

  ORDSYS.ORDImage.getProperties(img_data, img_attrib, 
         mimeType, width, height, fileFormat, 
         contentFormat, compressionFormat, contentLength);

   DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('Size of XML Annotations ' ||
                   TO_CHAR(DBMS_LOB.GETLENGTH(img_attrib)));
   DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('mimeType: ' || mimeType );
   DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('width: ' || width );
   DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('height: ' || height );
   DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('fileFormat: ' || fileFormat );
   DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('contentFormat: ' || contentFormat );
   DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('compressionFormat: ' || compressionFormat );
   DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('contentLength: ' || contentLength );
EXCEPTION
   WHEN OTHERS THEN
   RAISE;
END;
/

getProperties( ) for BLOBs

Format

getProperties(imageBlob IN BLOB,

attributes IN OUT NOCOPY CLOB);

Description

Reads the image BLOB data to get the values of the media attributes for supported formats, and then stores them in the input CLOB. This method populates the CLOB with a set of format properties in XML form.

Parameters

imageBlob

The image data represented as a BLOB.

attributes

The CLOB to hold the XML attribute information generated by the getProperties( ) method. This CLOB is populated with a set of format properties of the image BLOB data in XML form.

Usage Notes

None.

Pragmas

None.

Exceptions

ORDImageExceptions.NULL_CONTENT

This exception is raised when the imageBlob parameter is NULL.

See Appendix G for more information about this exception.

Examples

Get the property information for known image attributes:

DECLARE
  img_attrib CLOB;
  img_data BLOB;
BEGIN
   SELECT img, attributes INTO img_data, img_attrib FROM timg WHERE N = 1 FOR UPDATE;
   ORDSYS.ORDImage.getProperties(img_data, img_attrib);

   DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('Size of XML Annotations ' ||
                   TO_CHAR(DBMS_LOB.GETLENGTH(img_attrib)));
   UPDATE timg SET img=img_data, attributes=img_attrib WHERE N=1;
   COMMIT;
EXCEPTION
   WHEN OTHERS THEN
   RAISE;
END;
/

getProperties( ) (all attributes) for BLOBs

Format

getProperties(imageBlob IN BLOB,

attributes IN OUT NOCOPY CLOB,

mimeType OUT VARCHAR2,

width OUT INTEGER,

height OUT INTEGER,

fileFormat OUT VARCHAR2,

contentFormat OUT VARCHAR2,

compressionFormat OUT VARCHAR2,

contentLength OUT INTEGER);

Description

Reads the image BLOB data to get the values of the media attributes for supported formats, and then stores them in the input CLOB and returns them as explicit parameters. This method gets the properties for these attributes of the image data: MIME type, width, height, file format, content format, compression format, and content length. It populates the CLOB with a set of format properties in XML form.

Parameters

imageBlob

The image data represented as a BLOB.

attributes

The CLOB to hold the XML attribute information generated by the getProperties( ) method. This CLOB is populated with a set of format properties of the image BLOB data in XML form.

mimeType

The MIME type of the image data.

width

The width of the image in pixels.

height

The height of the image in pixels.

fileFormat

The format of the image data.

contentFormat

The type of image (monochrome, and so on).

compressionFormat

The compression algorithm used on the image data.

contentLength

The size of the image file on disk, in bytes.

Usage Notes

If a property cannot be extracted from the media source, then the respective parameter is set to NULL.

Pragmas

None.

Exceptions

ORDImageExceptions.NULL_CONTENT

This exception is raised when the imageBlob parameter is NULL.

See Appendix G for more information about this exception.

Examples

Get the property information for known image attributes:

DECLARE
  img_data              BLOB;
  img_attrib        CLOB;
  mimeType          VARCHAR2(4000);
  width             NUMBER;
  height            NUMBER;
  fileFormat        VARCHAR2(32);
  contentFormat     VARCHAR2(4000);
  compressionFormat VARCHAR2(4000);
  contentLength     NUMBER;
BEGIN
   SELECT img, attributes, mimetype, width, height, fileformat, contentformat,
     compressionformat, contentlength INTO img_data, img_attrib, mimeType, width,
     height, fileFormat, contentFormat, compressionFormat, contentLength 
     FROM timg WHERE N = 1 FOR UPDATE;

  ORDSYS.ORDImage.getProperties(img_data, img_attrib, 
         mimeType, width, height, fileFormat,
         contentFormat, compressionFormat, contentLength);

   DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('Size of XML Annotations ' ||
                   TO_CHAR(DBMS_LOB.GETLENGTH(img_attrib)));
   DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('mimeType: ' || mimeType );
   DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('width: ' || width );
   DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('height: ' || height );
   DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('fileFormat: ' || fileFormat );
   DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('contentFormat: ' || contentFormat );
   DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('compressionFormat: ' || compressionFormat );
   DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('contentLength: ' || contentLength );
   UPDATE timg SET 
       img=img_data, 
       attributes=img_attrib, 
       mimetype=mimeType, 
       width=width, 
       height=height, 
       fileformat=fileFormat, 
       contentformat=contentFormat, 
       compressionformat=compressionFormat, 
       contentlength=contentLength 
    WHERE N=1;
   COMMIT;
EXCEPTION
   WHEN OTHERS THEN
   RAISE;
END;
/

process( )

Format

process(imageBlob IN OUT NOCOPY BLOB,

command IN VARCHAR2);

Description

Performs one or more image processing operations on a BLOB, writing the image back onto itself.

Parameters

imageBlob

The image data represented as a BLOB.

command

A list of image processing operations to perform on the image.

Usage Notes

You can change one or more of the image attributes shown in Table 5-1. Table 5-2 shows additional changes that can be made only to raw pixel and foreign images.

See Appendix D for more information about process( ) operators.

The process( ) method changes image attributes, therefore if you are storing image attributes, call the getProperties( ) method after calling the process( ) method.

Pragmas

None.

Exceptions

ORDImageExceptions.DATA_NOT_LOCAL

This exception is raised if you call the process( ) method and the imageBlob parameter is not initialized.

See Appendix G for more information about this exception.

Examples

Example 1:

Change the image in the image_data BLOB to use higher quality JPEG compression and double the length of the image along the X-axis:

ORDSYS.ORDImage.process(
image_data,'compressionFormat=JPEG,compressionQuality=MAXCOMPRATIO, xScale="2.0"');

Note:

Changing the length on one axis (for example, xScale=2.0) does not affect the length on the other axis; thus, it distorts the image. Only the xScale and yScale operators can be combined in a single scale operation; any other combination of scale operators causes an error.

Example 2:

Create at most a 32-by-32 pixel thumbnail image, preserving the original aspect ratio. The maxScale and fixedScale operators are especially useful for creating thumbnail images from various-sized originals:

ORDSYS.ORDImage.process(image_data, 'maxScale=32 32');

Example 3:

Convert the image to TIFF:

DECLARE
img_attrib CLOB;  
image_data BLOB;
BEGIN
   SELECT img, attributes INTO image_data, img_attrib FROM timg 
     WHERE N = 1 FOR UPDATE;
   ORDSYS.ORDImage.process(image_data, 'fileFormat=TIFF');
   ORDSYS.ORDImage.getProperties(image_data, img_attrib);
   UPDATE timg SET img = image_data, attributes=img_attrib WHERE N = 1;
   COMMIT;
EXCEPTION
   WHEN OTHERS THEN
   RAISE;
END;
/

processCopy( ) for BFILEs

Format

processCopy(imageBfile IN OUT NOCOPY BFILE,

command IN VARCHAR2,

dest IN OUT NOCOPY BLOB);

Description

Reads the image in the source BFILE, performs one or more image processing operations on the image, and then stores the resulting image in the destination BLOB. The original image content in the source BFILE remains unchanged.

Parameters

imageBfile

The image data represented as a BFILE.

command

A list of image processing changes to make for the image in the destination BLOB.

dest

The destination of the new image.

Usage Notes

See Table 5-1 and Table 5-2 for information about image processing operators.

Calling this method processes the image into the destination BLOB from any source BFILE.

The processCopy( ) method changes image attributes, therefore, if you are storing image attributes, call the getProperties( ) method on the destination image after calling the processCopy( ) method.

See Appendix D for more information about processCopy( ) operators.

Pragmas

None.

Exceptions

ORDImageExceptions.NULL_DESTINATION

This exception is raised if you call the processCopy( ) method and the destination image is NULL.

ORDImageExceptions.NULL_LOCAL_DATA

This exception is raised when the imageBfile parameter is NULL.

See Appendix G for more information about these exceptions.

Examples

Generate a thumbnail image of, at most, 32 x 32 pixels in the destination image:

DECLARE
  dest_attrib      CLOB;
  image_data       BFILE := BFILENAME('IMAGEDIR','testimg.dat');
  destination_data BLOB;
  the_Command      VARCHAR2(4000);
BEGIN
   SELECT img, attributes INTO destination_data, dest_attrib FROM timg 
       WHERE N = 2 FOR UPDATE;

   the_Command := 'maxScale=32 32';
   ORDSYS.ORDImage.processCopy(image_data, the_Command, destination_data);
   ORDSYS.ORDImage.getProperties(destination_data, dest_attrib);
   UPDATE timg SET img = destination_data, attributes=dest_attrib WHERE N = 2;
   COMMIT;
EXCEPTION
   WHEN OTHERS THEN
   RAISE;
END;
/

processCopy( ) for BLOBs

Format

processCopy(imageBlob IN BLOB,

command IN VARCHAR2,

dest IN OUT NOCOPY BLOB);

Description

Reads the image in the source BLOB, performs one or more image processing operations on the image, and then stores the resulting image in the destination BLOB. The original image content in the source BLOB remains unchanged.

Parameters

imageBlob

The source image data represented as a BLOB.

command

A list of image processing changes to make for the image in the destination BLOB.

dest

The destination of the new image.

Usage Notes

See Table 5-1 and Table 5-2 for information about image processing operators.

Because temporary LOBs do not have read consistency, you cannot use the same temporary LOB for both the imageBlob and dest parameters.

Calling this method processes the image into the destination BLOB from any source BLOB.

The processCopy( ) method changes image attributes, therefore, if you are storing image attributes, call the getProperties( ) method on the destination image after calling the processCopy( ) method.

See Appendix D for more information about processCopy( ) operators.

Pragmas

None.

Exceptions

ORDImageExceptions.DATA_NOT_LOCAL

This exception is raised if you call the processCopy( ) method and the imageBlob parameter is not initialized.

See Appendix G for more information about this exception.

Examples

Create a new image, changing the file format, compression format, and content format in the destination image:

DECLARE
  dest_attrib      CLOB;
  image_data       BLOB;
  destination_data BLOB;
  the_Command      VARCHAR2(4000);
BEGIN
   SELECT img INTO image_data FROM timg WHERE N = 1;
   SELECT img, attributes INTO destination_data, dest_attrib FROM timg 
      WHERE N = 2 FOR UPDATE;

   the_Command := 'fileFormat=tiff, compressionFormat=packbits, contentFormat=8bitlut';
   ORDSYS.ORDImage.processCopy(image_data, the_Command, destination_data);
   ORDSYS.ORDImage.getProperties(destination_data, dest_attrib);
   UPDATE timg SET img = destination_data, attributes=dest_attrib WHERE N = 2;
   COMMIT;
EXCEPTION
   WHEN OTHERS THEN
   RAISE;
END;
/

putMetadata( ) for BFILEs

Format

putMetadata(imageBfile IN NOCOPY BFILE,

dest IN OUT NOCOPY BLOB

xmlData IN NOCOPY XMLType,

metadataType IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT 'XMP',

encoding IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT "UTF-8");

Description

Accepts a BFILE containing an image and a schema-valid XML document, and creates a binary packet suitable for embedding in the target image file format. The packet is encoded according to the value of the encoding parameter. If the value of the metadataType parameter is XMP, this method writes a new XMP packet to the image, replacing any existing XMP packets. The new image file with embedded metadata is returned in the dest parameter.

Parameters

imageBfile

The BFILE handle to the image.

dest

The BLOB to receive the image containing the embedded metadata.

xmlData

The XMLtype that contains a schema-valid XML document for the indicated metadataType. If the value of the metadataType parameter is XMP, the root element should contain a well-formed RDF document.

metadataType

A string that specifies the type of metadata to write. The valid value is XMP; it is also the default.

encoding

The character encoding to be used in the image file. Valid values are: UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-16BE, and UTF-16LE. The default is UTF-8.

Usage Notes

The binary metadata packet generated from the same xmlData input may have different sizes for different encodings. Different image file formats support different encodings, and may restrict the binary metadata packet size. The restrictions of the supported image formats are as follows:

  • GIF89a supports UTF-8 encoding only.

  • JPEG requires a binary packet size of less than 65502 bytes.

  • TIFF requires a binary packet size of less than 4 gigabytes.

See Also:

Oracle Multimedia User's Guide for more information about the metadata feature

Pragmas

None.

Exceptions

ORDImageExceptions.NULL_CONTENT

This exception is raised when the image is NULL.

ORDImageExceptions.NULL_DESTINATION

This exception is raised when the destination image is NULL.

See Appendix G for more information about these exceptions.

Examples

Insert a new image into the table pm.print_media. The new image is a copy of the image keyboard.jpg from the MEDIA_DIR directory object, with updated XMP metadata:

DECLARE
  imageBfile        BFILE := BFILENAME('MEDIA_DIR','keyboard.jpg');
  dest              BLOB;
  xmlData           XMLType;
BEGIN
  SELECT ad_photo 
  INTO dest 
  FROM pm.print_media
  WHERE product_id = 3106 FOR UPDATE; 
 
  xmlData := xmltype(
          '<xmpMetadata xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/ord/meta/xmp">' ||
          '<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"' ||
          '  xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">' ||
          '<rdf:Description>' ||
          '  <dc:rights>' ||
          '    <rdf:Alt>' ||
          '      <rdf:li>' ||
          '        Oracle Corporation' ||
          '      </rdf:li>' ||
          '    </rdf:Alt>'||
          '  </dc:rights>' ||
          '</rdf:Description>' ||
          '</rdf:RDF>' ||
          '</xmpMetadata>', 'http://xmlns.oracle.com/ord/meta/xmp'); 
 
  ORDSYS.ORDImage.putMetadata(imageBfile, dest, xmlData, 'xmp', 'utf-8'); 
 
  UPDATE pm.print_media 
  SET ad_photo = dest 
  WHERE product_id = 3106;
  COMMIT;
 
  EXCEPTION
    WHEN ORDSYS.ORDImageExceptions.NULL_CONTENT THEN
      DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('image source is null');
    WHEN ORDSYS.ORDImageExceptions.NULL_DESTINATION THEN
      DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('image destionation is null');
    WHEN OTHERS THEN
    RAISE;
END;/

putMetadata( ) for BLOBs

Format

putMetadata(imageBlob IN NOCOPY BLOB,

dest IN OUT NOCOPY BLOB

xmlData IN NOCOPY XMLType,

metadataType IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT 'XMP',

encoding IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT "UTF-8");

Description

Accepts a BLOB containing an image and a schema-valid XML document, and creates a binary packet suitable for embedding in the target image file format. The packet is encoded according to the value of the encoding parameter. If the value of the metadataType parameter is XMP, this method writes a new XMP packet to the image, replacing any existing XMP packets. The new image file with embedded metadata is returned in the dest parameter.

Parameters

imageBlob

The BLOB handle to the image.

dest

The BLOB to receive the image containing the embedded metadata.

xmlData

The XMLtype that contains a schema-valid XML document for the indicated metadataType. If the value of the metadataType parameter is XMP, the root element should contain a well-formed RDF document.

metadataType

A string that specifies the type of metadata to write. The valid value is XMP; it is also the default.

encoding

The character encoding to be used in the image file. Valid values are: UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-16BE, and UTF-16LE. The default is UTF-8.

Usage Notes

Because temporary LOBs do not have read consistency, you cannot use one temporary LOB for both the imageBlob and dest parameters. The binary metadata packet generated from the same xmlData input may have different sizes for different encodings. Different image file formats support different encodings, and may restrict the binary metadata packet size. The restrictions of the supported image formats are as follows:

  • GIF89a supports UTF-8 encoding only.

  • JPEG requires a binary packet size of less than 65502 bytes.

  • TIFF requires a binary packet size of less than 4 gigabytes.

See Also:

Oracle Multimedia User's Guide for more information about the metadata feature

Pragmas

None.

Exceptions

ORDImageExceptions.NULL_CONTENT

This exception is raised when the image is NULL.

ORDImageExceptions.NULL_DESTINATION

This exception is raised when the destination image is NULL.

See Appendix G for more information about these exceptions.

Examples

Replace an image in the table pm.print_media with updated XMP metadata:

DECLARE
  imageBlob        BLOB;
  tmp              BLOB;
  xmlData          XMLType;
  ctx              RAW(64):=NULL;
BEGIN
  SELECT ad_photo
  INTO imageBlob 
  FROM pm.print_media
  WHERE product_id = 3106 FOR UPDATE; 
 
  xmlData := xmltype(
          '<xmpMetadata xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/ord/meta/xmp">' ||
          '<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"' ||
          '  xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">' ||
          '<rdf:Description>' ||
          '  <dc:rights>' ||
          '    <rdf:Alt>' ||
          '      <rdf:li>' ||
          '        Oracle Corporation' ||
          '      </rdf:li>' ||
          '    </rdf:Alt>'||
          '  </dc:rights>' ||
          '</rdf:Description>' ||
          '</rdf:RDF>' ||
          '</xmpMetadata>', 'http://xmlns.oracle.com/ord/meta/xmp'); 
 
  tmp := imageBlob;
  ORDSYS.ORDImage.putMetadata(tmp, imageBlob, xmlData, 'xmp', 'utf-8'); 
 
  UPDATE pm.print_media 
  SET ad_photo = imageBlob 
  WHERE product_id = 3106;
  COMMIT; 
 
  EXCEPTION
    WHEN ORDSYS.ORDImageExceptions.NULL_CONTENT THEN
      DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('image source is null');
    WHEN ORDSYS.ORDImageExceptions.NULL_DESTINATION THEN
      DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('image destionation is null');
    WHEN OTHERS THEN
      RAISE;
END;/

Static Methods Unique to the ORDVideo Object Type Relational Interface

This section presents reference information about these Oracle Multimedia static methods, which are unique to the ORDVideo relational interface:

The relational interface adds Oracle Multimedia support to video data stored in BLOBs and BFILEs rather than in the ORDVideo object type. The static methods that are unique to the ORDVideo relational interface are defined in the ordvspec.sql file.

getProperties( ) for BFILEs

Format

getProperties(ctx IN OUT RAW,

videoBfile IN OUT NOCOPY BFILE,

attributes IN OUT NOCOPY CLOB,

format IN VARCHAR2);

Description

Reads the video BFILE data to get the values of the media attributes for supported formats, and then stores them in the input CLOB. This method populates the CLOB with an extensive set of format and application properties in XML form.

Parameters

ctx

The format plug-in context information. (See Section 7.3.)

videoBfile

The video data represented as a BFILE.

attributes

The CLOB to hold the XML attribute information generated by the getProperties( ) method. This CLOB is populated with an extensive set of format and application properties of the video BFILE data in XML form.

format

The format of the video data. If a non-NULL value is specified, then the format plug-in for this format type is invoked.

Usage Notes

None.

Pragmas

None.

Exceptions

ORDSourceExceptions.EMPTY_SOURCE

This exception is raised when the value of the source.local attribute is 1 or 0 (TRUE), but the value of the source.localData attribute is NULL.

ORDVideoExceptions.VIDEO_PLUGIN_EXCEPTION

This exception is raised if you call the getProperties( ) method and the video plug-in raises an exception.

See Appendix G for more information about these exceptions.

Examples

Get the property information for known video attributes:

DECLARE
  vid_attrib CLOB;
  ctx RAW(64) :=NULL;
  vid_data BFILE := BFILENAME('VIDEODIR','testvid.dat');
  vid_format VARCHAR2(160) := NULL;
BEGIN
  DBMS_LOB.CREATETEMPORARY(vid_attrib, FALSE, DBMS_LOB.CALL);
  ORDSYS.ORDVideo.getProperties(ctx, vid_data, vid_attrib, vid_format);

  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('Size of XML Annotations ' ||
                   TO_CHAR(DBMS_LOB.GETLENGTH(vid_attrib)));
EXCEPTION
  WHEN OTHERS THEN
  RAISE;
END;
/

getProperties( ) (all attributes) for BFILEs

Format

getProperties(ctx IN OUT RAW,

videoBfile IN OUT NOCOPY BFILE,

attributes IN OUT NOCOPY CLOB,

mimeType OUT VARCHAR2,

format IN OUT VARCHAR2,

width OUT INTEGER,

height OUT INTEGER,

frameResolution OUT INTEGER,

frameRate OUT INTEGER,

videoDuration OUT INTEGER,

numberOfFrames OUT INTEGER,

compressionType OUT VARCHAR2,

numberOfColors OUT INTEGER,

bitRate OUT INTEGER);

Description

Reads the video BFILE data to get the values of the media attributes for supported formats, and then stores them in the input CLOB and returns them as explicit parameters. This method gets the properties for these attributes of the video data: MIME type, format, frame size, frame resolution, frame rate, video duration, number of frames, compression type, number of colors, and bit rate. It populates the CLOB with an extensive set of format and application properties in XML form.

Parameters

ctx

The format plug-in context information. (See Section 7.3.)

videoBfile

The video data represented as a BFILE.

attributes

The CLOB to hold the XML attribute information generated by the getProperties( ) method. This CLOB is populated with an extensive set of format and application properties of the video BFILE data in XML form.

mimeType

The MIME type of the video data.

format

The format of the video data. If a non-NULL value is specified, then the format plug-in for this format type is invoked. If specified as NULL, the format of the video data is returned.

width

The width of the frame in pixels of the video data.

height

The height of the frame in pixels of the video data.

frameResolution

The number of pixels per inch of frames in the video data.

frameRate

The number of frames per second at which the video data was recorded.

videoDuration

The total time required to play the video data.

numberOfFrames

The total number of frames in the video data.

compressionType

The compression type of the video data.

numberOfColors

The number of colors in the video data.

bitRate

The bit rate in the video data.

Usage Notes

If a property cannot be extracted from the media source, then the respective parameter is set to NULL.

Pragmas

None.

Exceptions

ORDSourceExceptions.EMPTY_SOURCE

This exception is raised when the value of the source.local attribute is 1 or 0 (TRUE), but the value of the source.localData attribute is NULL.

ORDVideoExceptions.VIDEO_PLUGIN_EXCEPTION

This exception is raised if you call the getProperties( ) method and the video plug-in raises an exception.

See Appendix G for more information about these exceptions.

Examples

Get the property information for known video attributes:

DECLARE
  vid_attrib        CLOB;
  ctx               RAW(64) :=NULL;
  vid_data          BFILE := BFILENAME('VIDEODIR','testvid.dat');
  mimeType          VARCHAR2(80);
  format            VARCHAR2(32) := NULL;
  width             NUMBER;
  height            NUMBER;
  frameResolution   NUMBER;
  frameRate         NUMBER;
  videoDuration     NUMBER;
  numberOfFrames    NUMBER;
  compressionType   VARCHAR2(160);
  numberOfColors    NUMBER;
  bitRate           NUMBER;
BEGIN
  DBMS_LOB.CREATETEMPORARY(vid_attrib, FALSE, DBMS_LOB.CALL);

  ORDSYS.ORDVideo.getProperties(ctx, vid_data, vid_attrib, mimeType, format, 
          width, height, frameResolution, frameRate,
          videoDuration, numberOfFrames, compressionType, numberOfColors, bitRate);

  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('Size of XML Annotations ' ||
                   TO_CHAR(DBMS_LOB.GETLENGTH(vid_attrib)));
  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('mimeType: ' || mimeType );
  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('format: ' || format );
  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('width: ' || width );
  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('height: ' || height );
  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('frameResolution: ' || frameResolution );
  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('frameRate: ' || frameRate );
  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('videoDuration: ' || videoDuration );
  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('numberOfFrames: ' || numberOfFrames );
  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('compressionType: ' || compressionType );
  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('numberOfColors: ' || numberOfColors );
  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('bitRate: ' || bitRate );
EXCEPTION
  WHEN OTHERS THEN
  RAISE;
END;
/

getProperties( ) for BLOBs

Format

getProperties(ctx IN OUT RAW,

videoBlob IN BLOB,

attributes IN OUT NOCOPY CLOB,

format IN VARCHAR2);

Description

Reads the video BLOB data to get the values of the media attributes for supported formats, and then stores them in the input CLOB. This method populates the CLOB with an extensive set of format and application properties in XML form.

Parameters

ctx

The format plug-in context information. (See Section 7.3.)

videoBlob

The video data represented as a BLOB.

attributes

The CLOB to hold the XML attribute information generated by the getProperties( ) method. This CLOB is populated with an extensive set of format and application properties of the video BLOB data in XML form.

format

The format of the video data. If a non-NULL value is specified, then the format plug-in for this format type is invoked.

Usage Notes

None.

Pragmas

None.

Exceptions

ORDSourceExceptions.EMPTY_SOURCE

This exception is raised when the value of the source.local attribute is 1 or 0 (TRUE), but the value of the source.localData attribute is NULL.

ORDVideoExceptions.VIDEO_PLUGIN_EXCEPTION

This exception is raised if you call the getProperties( ) method and the video plug-in raises an exception.

See Appendix G for more information about these exceptions.

Examples

Get the property information for known video attributes:

DECLARE
  vid_attrib CLOB;
  ctx RAW(64) :=NULL;
  vid_data BLOB;
  vid_format VARCHAR2(31) := NULL;
BEGIN
  SELECT vid, attributes INTO vid_data, vid_attrib FROM tvid WHERE N = 1 FOR UPDATE;
  ORDSYS.ORDVideo.getProperties(ctx, vid_data, vid_attrib, vid_format);

  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('Size of XML Annotations ' ||
                   TO_CHAR(DBMS_LOB.GETLENGTH(vid_attrib)));
  UPDATE tvid SET vid=vid_data, attributes=vid_attrib WHERE N=1;
  COMMIT;
EXCEPTION
  WHEN OTHERS THEN
  RAISE;
END;
/

getProperties( ) (all attributes) for BLOBs

Format

getProperties(ctx IN OUT RAW,

videoBlob IN BLOB,

attributes IN OUT NOCOPY CLOB,

mimeType OUT VARCHAR2,

format IN OUT VARCHAR2

width OUT INTEGER,

height OUT INTEGER,

frameResolution OUT INTEGER,

frameRate OUT INTEGER,

videoDuration OUT INTEGER,

numberOfFrames OUT INTEGER,

compressionType OUT VARCHAR2,

numberOfColors OUT INTEGER,

bitRate OUT INTEGER);

Description

Reads the video BLOB data to get the values of the media attributes for supported formats, and then stores them in the input CLOB and returns them as explicit parameters. This method gets the properties for these attributes of the video data: MIME type, format, frame size, frame resolution, frame rate, video duration, number of frames, compression type, number of colors, and bit rate. It populates the CLOB with an extensive set of format and application properties in XML form.

Parameters

ctx

The format plug-in context information. (See Section 7.3.)

videoBlob

The video data represented as a BLOB.

attributes

The CLOB to hold the XML attribute information generated by the getProperties( ) method. This CLOB is populated with an extensive set of format and application properties of the video BLOB data in XML form.

mimeType

The MIME type of the video data.

format

The format of the video data. If a non-NULL value is specified, then the format plug-in for this format type is invoked. If specified as NULL, the format of the video data is returned.

width

The width of the frame in pixels of the video data.

height

The height of the frame in pixels of the video data.

frameResolution

The number of pixels per inch of frames in the video data.

frameRate

The number of frames per second at which the video data was recorded.

videoDuration

The total time required to play the video data.

numberOfFrames

The total number of frames in the video data.

compressionType

The compression type of the video data.

numberOfColors

The number of colors in the video data.

bitRate

The bit rate in the video data.

Usage Notes

If a property cannot be extracted from the media source, then the respective parameter is set to NULL.

Pragmas

None.

Exceptions

ORDSourceExceptions.EMPTY_SOURCE

This exception is raised when the value of the source.local attribute is 1 or 0 (TRUE), but the value of the source.localData attribute is NULL.

ORDVideoExceptions.VIDEO_PLUGIN_EXCEPTION

This exception is raised if you call the getProperties( ) method and the video plug-in raises an exception.

See Appendix G for more information about these exceptions.

Examples

Get the property information for known video attributes:

DECLARE
  vid_attrib        CLOB;
  ctx               RAW(64) :=NULL;
  vid_data          BLOB;
  mimeType          VARCHAR2(80);
  format            VARCHAR2(32);
  width             NUMBER;
  height            NUMBER;
  frameResolution   NUMBER;
  frameRate         NUMBER;
  videoDuration     NUMBER;
  numberOfFrames    NUMBER;
  compressionType   VARCHAR2(160);
  numberOfColors    NUMBER;
  bitRate           NUMBER;
BEGIN
  SELECT vid, attributes, mimetype, format, width, height, frameresolution, framerate,
         videoduration, numberofframes, compressiontype, numberofcolors, bitrate INTO
         vid_data, vid_attrib, mimeType, format, width, height, frameResolution,
         frameRate, videoDuration, numberOfFrames, compressionType, numberOfColors,
         bitRate FROM tvid WHERE N = 1 FOR UPDATE;

  ORDSYS.ORDVideo.getProperties(ctx, vid_data, vid_attrib, mimeType, format, 
          width, height, frameResolution, frameRate,
          videoDuration, numberOfFrames, compressionType, numberOfColors, bitRate);

  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('Size of XML Annotations ' ||
                   TO_CHAR(DBMS_LOB.GETLENGTH(vid_attrib)));
  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('mimeType: ' || mimeType );
  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('format: ' || format );
  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('width: ' || width );
  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('height: ' || height );
  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('frameResolution: ' || frameResolution );
  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('frameRate: ' || frameRate );
  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('videoDuration: ' || videoDuration );
  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('numberOfFrames: ' || numberOfFrames );
  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('compressionType: ' || compressionType );
  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('numberOfColors: ' || numberOfColors );
  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('bitRate: ' || bitRate );
  UPDATE tvid SET 
        vid=vid_data, 
        attributes=vid_attrib, 
        mimetype=mimeType, 
        format=format, 
        width=width, 
        height=height, 
        frameresolution=frameResolution, 
        framerate=frameRate, 
        videoduration=videoDuration, 
        numberofframes=numberOfFrames, 
        compressiontype=compressionType, 
        numberofcolors=numberOfColors, 
        bitrate=bitRate 
     WHERE N=1;
  COMMIT;
EXCEPTION
  WHEN OTHERS THEN
  RAISE;
END;
/