com.twainconnect.io
Interface ImageLoader

All Known Implementing Classes:

BmpMemoryLoader, JavaIoImageLoaderImp, TwainConnectImageLoaderImp

public interface ImageLoader

In order to provide for a JAI, javax.io and custom implementations for loading images. This way an SPI design can be included in the design allowing for the jar to simultaneously support JAI, javax.io and TwainConnect implementations by just changing a value in a properties file

Since:

3.0

Version:

3.0

Author:

jimageconnect.com

Method Summary

java.awt.image.BufferedImage

load(java.lang.Object file) Regardless of the underlying imaging engine, load an image and return it as a BufferedImage

Method Detail

load

java.awt.image.BufferedImage load(java.lang.Object file)
                                  throws TwainConnectException

Regardless of the underlying imaging engine, load an image and return it as a BufferedImage

Parameters:

file - where the TWAIN image file is located

Returns:

The acquired image found on the file system is now loaded into Java as a BufferedImage. The image from TWAIN is a Bitmap on the WIN32 platform and thus needs an external transformation to make TWAIN and Java meet.

Throws:

TwainConnectException