import java.awt.image.*;
import javax.imageio.*;
import java.io.*;
/**
* ImageFileManager is a small utility class with static methods to load
* and save images.
*
* The files on disk can be in JPG or PNG image format. For files written
* by this class, the format is determined by the constant IMAGE_FORMAT.
*
* @author Michael Kolling and David J Barnes
* @version 2.0
*/
public class ImageFileManager
{
// A constant for the image format that this writer uses for writing.
// Available formats are "jpg" and "png".
private static final String IMAGE_FORMAT = "jpg";
/**
* Read an image file from disk and return it as an image. This method
* can read JPG and PNG file formats. In case of any problem (e.g the file
* does not exist, is in an undecodable format, or any other read error)
* this method returns null.
*
* @param imageFile The image file to be loaded.
* @return The image object or null is it could not be read.
*/
public static OFImage loadImage(File imageFile)
{
try {
BufferedImage image = ImageIO.read(imageFile);
if(image == null || (image.getWidth(null) < 0)) {
// we could not load the image - probably invalid file format
return null;
}
return new OFImage(image);
}
catch(IOException exc) {
return null;
}
}
/**
* Write an image file to disk. The file format is JPG. In case of any
* problem the method just silently returns.
*
* @param image The image to be saved.
* @param file The file to save to.
*/
public static void saveImage(OFImage image, File file)
{
try {
ImageIO.write(image, IMAGE_FORMAT, file);
}
catch(IOException exc) {
return;
}
}
}