Package org.anchoranalysis.image.io.bean.stack.metadata.reader

Class ImageMetadataReader

Object

AnchorBean<ImageMetadataReader>

ImageMetadataReader

Direct Known Subclasses:

AlwaysReject, FromStackReader, InferFromHeader

public abstract class ImageMetadataReader
extends AnchorBean<ImageMetadataReader>

Reads an ImageMetadata from the file-system.

Author:

Owen Feehan

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ImageMetadataReader()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract ImageMetadata	openFile(Path path, StackReader defaultStackReader, OperationContext context)	Opens a file containing one or more images but does not read an image.

Methods inherited from class org.anchoranalysis.bean.AnchorBean

checkMisconfigured, describeBean, describeChildren, duplicateBean, fields, findFieldsOfClass, getBeanName, getLocalPath, localise, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

ImageMetadataReader

public ImageMetadataReader()

Method Details

openFile

public abstract ImageMetadata openFile(Path path,
 StackReader defaultStackReader,
 OperationContext context)
                                throws ImageIOException

Opens a file containing one or more images but does not read an image.

Parameters:

path - where the file is located.

defaultStackReader - the default StackReader to use, if needed, and if not otherwise specified, for reading metadata.

context - context for reading a stack from the file-system.

Returns:

an interface to the opened file that should be closed when no longer in use.

Throws:

ImageIOException - if the file cannot be read.