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Interface ImageSink<T>

Type Parameters:

T - The destination class to which the thumbnail is stored or written.

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractImageSink, BufferedImageSink, FileImageSink, OutputStreamImageSink

public interface ImageSink<T>

An interface to be implemented by classes which stores the image resulting from a thumbnail generation task.

Author:

coobird

Method Summary

T	getSink() Returns the destination to which the thumbnail will be stored or written.
String	preferredOutputFormatName() Returns the output format to use from information provided for the output image.
void	setOutputFormatName(String format) Sets the output format of the resulting image.
void	setThumbnailParameter(ThumbnailParameter param) Sets the ThumbnailParameter from which to retrieve parameters to use when storing the image.
void	write(BufferedImage img) Writes the resulting image to a destination.

Method Detail

write

void write(BufferedImage img)
           throws IOException

Writes the resulting image to a destination.

Parameters:

img - The image to write or store.

Throws:

IOException - When a problem occurs while writing or storing the image.

NullPointerException - If the image is null.

setOutputFormatName

void setOutputFormatName(String format)

Sets the output format of the resulting image.

For ImageSinks which stores raw images, the format name specified by this method may be ignored.

Parameters:

format - File format with which to store the image.

setThumbnailParameter

void setThumbnailParameter(ThumbnailParameter param)

Sets the ThumbnailParameter from which to retrieve parameters to use when storing the image.

Parameters:

param - The ThumbnailParameter with image writing parameters.

preferredOutputFormatName

String preferredOutputFormatName()

Returns the output format to use from information provided for the output image.

If the output format cannot be determined, then ThumbnailParameter.ORIGINAL_FORMAT should be returned.

getSink

T getSink()

Returns the destination to which the thumbnail will be stored or written.

Returns:

The destination for the thumbnail image.