com.sun.javafx.iio

Interface ImageLoaderFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

BMPImageLoaderFactory, GIFImageLoaderFactory, IosImageLoaderFactory, JPEGImageLoaderFactory, PNGImageLoaderFactory

public interface ImageLoaderFactory

A factory which creates a loader for images stored in a given format.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ImageLoader	createImageLoader(java.io.InputStream input) Creates a loader for the specified stream.
ImageFormatDescription	getFormatDescription() Gets a description of the image format for which this factory can create loaders.

Method Detail

getFormatDescription

ImageFormatDescription getFormatDescription()

Gets a description of the image format for which this factory can create loaders.

Returns:

a description of the image format handled by this factory.

createImageLoader

ImageLoader createImageLoader(java.io.InputStream input)
                       throws java.io.IOException

Creates a loader for the specified stream. This stream must contain a sequence of bytes stored in the format handled by this factory, and must be positioned at the first byte of the signature for this format.

Parameters:

input - a stream containing an image in the supported format.

Returns:

a loader capable of decoding the supplied stream into an image.

Throws:

- if there is an error creating the loader.

java.io.IOException