Package loci.formats

Interface IFormatHandler

All Superinterfaces:

AutoCloseable, Closeable, IMetadataConfigurable

All Known Subinterfaces:

IFormatReader, IFormatWriter

All Known Implementing Classes:

DelegateReader, FormatHandler, FormatReader, FormatWriter, ImageReader, ImageWriter, ReaderWrapper, SubResolutionFormatReader, WrappedReader, WriterWrapper

public interface IFormatHandler
extends Closeable, IMetadataConfigurable

Interface for all biological file format readers and writers.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getFormat()	Gets the name of this file format.
Class<?>	getNativeDataType()	Returns the native data type of image planes for this reader, as returned by IFormatReader.openPlane(int, int, int, int, int) or IFormatWriter.savePlane(int, java.lang.Object).
String[]	getSuffixes()	Gets the default file suffixes for this file format.
boolean	isThisType(String name)	Checks if the given string is a valid filename for this file format.
void	setId(String id)	Sets the current file name.

Methods inherited from interface java.io.Closeable

close

Methods inherited from interface loci.formats.IMetadataConfigurable

getMetadataOptions, getSupportedMetadataLevels, setMetadataOptions

Method Details

isThisType

boolean isThisType(String name)

Checks if the given string is a valid filename for this file format.

getFormat

String getFormat()

Gets the name of this file format.

getSuffixes

String[] getSuffixes()

Gets the default file suffixes for this file format.

getNativeDataType

Class<?> getNativeDataType()

Returns the native data type of image planes for this reader, as returned by IFormatReader.openPlane(int, int, int, int, int) or IFormatWriter.savePlane(int, java.lang.Object). For most readers this type will be a byte array; however, some readers call external APIs that work with other types such as BufferedImage.

setId

void setId(String id)
    throws FormatException,
IOException

Sets the current file name.

Throws:

FormatException

IOException