Source for javax.imageio.spi.ImageOutputStreamSpi

   1: /* ImageOutputStreamSpi.java -- Service provider for image output streams.
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  37: 
  38: 
  39: package javax.imageio.spi;
  40: 
  41: import java.io.File;
  42: import java.io.IOException;
  43: 
  44: import javax.imageio.stream.ImageOutputStream;
  45: 
  46: /**
  47:  * An abstract superclass for service providers that create
  48:  * {@linkplain javax.imageio.stream.ImageOutputStream image output
  49:  * streams} for a file, URL, byte array or any other target.
  50:  *
  51:  * @since 1.4
  52:  *
  53:  * @author Sascha Brawer (brawer@dandelis.ch)
  54:  */
  55: public abstract class ImageOutputStreamSpi
  56:   extends IIOServiceProvider
  57: {
  58:   /**
  59:    * Indicates which kind of output is produced by the streams
  60:    * created by {@link #createOutputStreamInstance(Object)}.
  61:    */
  62:   protected Class<?> outputClass;
  63: 
  64: 
  65:   /**
  66:    * Constructs a service provider for image output streams, given no
  67:    * parameters. It is up to the sub-class to set {@link #vendorName},
  68:    * {@link #version} and {@link #outputClass} to non-null values.
  69:    */
  70:   protected ImageOutputStreamSpi()
  71:   {
  72:   }
  73: 
  74: 
  75:   /**
  76:    * Constructs a service provider for image output streams, given the
  77:    * vendor name, a version string and the kind of producable output.
  78:    *
  79:    * @throws IllegalArgumentException if <code>vendorName</code>
  80:    * or <code>version</code> is <code>null</code>.
  81:    */
  82:   public ImageOutputStreamSpi(String vendorName, String version,
  83:                               Class<?> outputClass)
  84:   {
  85:     super(vendorName, version);
  86:     this.outputClass = outputClass;
  87:   }
  88: 
  89: 
  90:   /**
  91:    * Determines which kind of output is produced by the streams
  92:    * created by {@link #createOutputStreamInstance(Object)}.
  93:    */
  94:   public Class<?> getOutputClass()
  95:   {
  96:     return outputClass;
  97:   }
  98: 
  99: 
 100:   /**
 101:    * Determines whether <code>ImageOutputStreams</code> created
 102:    * by this service provider benefit from using a cache file.
 103:    *
 104:    * <p>The default behavior is to return <code>false</code>.
 105:    *
 106:    * @return <code>true</code> if the created streams are faster or
 107:    * need less memory when a cache file is being used;
 108:    * <code>false</code> if no positive effect results from the cache
 109:    * file.
 110:    */
 111:   public boolean canUseCacheFile()
 112:   {
 113:     return false;
 114:   }
 115: 
 116: 
 117:   /**
 118:    * Determines whether <code>ImageOutputStreams</code> created
 119:    * by this service provider require the use of a cache file.
 120:    *
 121:    * <p>The default behavior is to return <code>false</code>.
 122:    *
 123:    * @return <code>true</code> if the created streams can only work
 124:    * when a cache file is being used; <code>false</code> if no cache
 125:    * file is needed.
 126:    */
 127:   public boolean needsCacheFile()
 128:   {
 129:     return false;
 130:   }
 131: 
 132: 
 133:   public abstract ImageOutputStream createOutputStreamInstance(
 134:     Object output, boolean useCache, File cacheDir)
 135:     throws IOException;
 136: 
 137: 
 138:   public ImageOutputStream createOutputStreamInstance(Object output)
 139:     throws IOException
 140:   {
 141:     return createOutputStreamInstance(output, canUseCacheFile(), null);
 142:   }
 143: }