Class TIFFField

All Implemented Interfaces:
Cloneable
public final class TIFFField
extends Object
implements Cloneable

A class representing a field in a TIFF 6.0 Image File Directory.

A field in a TIFF Image File Directory (IFD) is defined as a tag number accompanied by a sequence of values of identical data type. TIFF 6.0 defines 12 data types; a 13th type IFD is defined in TIFF Tech Note 1 of TIFF Specification Supplement 1. These TIFF data types are referred to by Java constants and mapped internally onto Java language data types and type names as follows:

TIFF Data Type Java Constant Java Data Type Java Type Name
BYTE TIFFTag.TIFF_BYTE byte "Byte"
ASCII TIFFTag.TIFF_ASCII String "Ascii"
SHORT TIFFTag.TIFF_SHORT char "Short"
LONG TIFFTag.TIFF_LONG long "Long"
RATIONAL TIFFTag.TIFF_RATIONAL long[2] {numerator, denominator} "Rational"
SBYTE TIFFTag.TIFF_SBYTE byte "SByte"
UNDEFINED TIFFTag.TIFF_UNDEFINED byte "Undefined"
SSHORT TIFFTag.TIFF_SSHORT short "SShort"
SLONG TIFFTag.TIFF_SLONG int "SLong"
SRATIONAL TIFFTag.TIFF_SRATIONAL int[2] {numerator, denominator} "SRational"
FLOAT TIFFTag.TIFF_FLOAT float "Float"
DOUBLE TIFFTag.TIFF_DOUBLE double "Double"
IFD TIFFTag.TIFF_IFD_POINTER long "IFDPointer"
Since:
9
See Also:
TIFFDirectory, TIFFTag

Constructors

Constructor Description
TIFFField​(TIFFTag tag, int type, int count)

Constructs a data array using createArrayForType() and invokes TIFFField(TIFFTag,int,int,Object) with the supplied parameters and the created array.
TIFFField​(TIFFTag tag, int type, int count, Object data)

Constructs a TIFFField with arbitrary data.
TIFFField​(TIFFTag tag, int type, long offset, TIFFDirectory dir)

Constructs a TIFFField with an IFD offset and contents.
TIFFField​(TIFFTag tag, long value)

Constructs a TIFFField with a single non-negative integral value.

Methods

Modifier and Type Method Description
TIFFField clone()

Clones the field and all the information contained therein.
static Object createArrayForType​(int dataType, int count)

Creates an array appropriate for the indicated data type.
static TIFFField createFromMetadataNode​(TIFFTagSet tagSet, Node node)

Creates a TIFFField from a TIFF native image metadata node.
byte[] getAsBytes()

Returns the data as an uninterpreted array of bytes.
char[] getAsChars()

Returns TIFFTag.TIFF_SHORT data as an array of chars (unsigned 16-bit integers).
double getAsDouble​(int index)

Returns data in any format as a double.
double[] getAsDoubles()

Returns TIFFTag.TIFF_DOUBLE data as an array of doubles (64-bit floating-point values).
float getAsFloat​(int index)

Returns data in any format as a float.
float[] getAsFloats()

Returns TIFFTag.TIFF_FLOAT data as an array of floats (32-bit floating-point values).
int getAsInt​(int index)

Returns data in any format as an int.
int[] getAsInts()

Returns TIFFTag.TIFF_SLONG data as an array of ints (signed 32-bit integers).
long getAsLong​(int index)

Returns data in any format as a long.
long[] getAsLongs()

Returns TIFFTag.TIFF_LONG or TIFF_IFD_POINTER data as an array of longs (signed 64-bit integers).
Node getAsNativeNode()

Returns the TIFFField as a node named either "TIFFField" or "TIFFIFD" as described in the TIFF native image metadata specification.
long[] getAsRational​(int index)

Returns a TIFFTag.TIFF_RATIONAL data item as a two-element array of ints.
long[][] getAsRationals()

Returns TIFFTag.TIFF_RATIONAL data as an array of 2-element arrays of longs.
short[] getAsShorts()

Returns TIFFTag.TIFF_SSHORT data as an array of shorts (signed 16-bit integers).
int[] getAsSRational​(int index)

Returns a TIFFTag.TIFF_SRATIONAL data item as a two-element array of ints.
int[][] getAsSRationals()

Returns TIFFTag.TIFF_SRATIONAL data as an array of 2-element arrays of ints.
String getAsString​(int index)

Returns a TIFFTag.TIFF_ASCII value as a String.
int getCount()

Returns the number of data items present in the field.
Object getData()

Returns a reference to the data object associated with the field.
TIFFDirectory getDirectory()

Returns the associated TIFFDirectory, if available.
TIFFTag getTag()

Retrieves the tag associated with this field.
int getTagNumber()

Retrieves the tag number in the range [0,65535].
int getType()

Returns the type of the data stored in the field.
static int getTypeByName​(String typeName)

Returns the data type constant corresponding to the supplied data type name.
static String getTypeName​(int dataType)

Returns the name of the supplied data type constant.
String getValueAsString​(int index)

Returns a String containing a human-readable version of the data item.
boolean hasDirectory()

Returns whether the field has a TIFFDirectory.
boolean isIntegral()

Indicates whether the value associated with the field is of integral data type.

Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

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

Constructors

TIFFField

public TIFFField(TIFFTag tag,
                 int type,
                 int count,
                 Object data)

Constructs a TIFFField with arbitrary data. The type parameter must be a value for which tag.isDataTypeOK() returns true. The data parameter must be an array of a Java type appropriate for the type of the TIFF field.

Note that the value (data) of the TIFFField will always be the actual field value regardless of the number of bytes required for that value. This is the case despite the fact that the TIFF IFD Entry corresponding to the field may actually contain the offset to the value of the field rather than the value itself (the latter occurring if and only if the value fits into 4 bytes). In other words, the value of the field will already have been read from the TIFF stream. (An exception to this case may occur when the field represents the contents of a non-baseline IFD. In that case the data will be a long[] containing the offset to the IFD and the TIFFDirectory returned by getDirectory() will be its contents.)

Parameters:
tag - The tag to associated with this field.
type - One of the TIFFTag.TIFF_* constants indicating the data type of the field as written to the TIFF stream.
count - The number of data values.
data - The actual data content of the field.
Throws:
NullPointerException - if tag == null.
IllegalArgumentException - if type is not one of the TIFFTag.TIFF_* data type constants.
IllegalArgumentException - if type is an unacceptable data type for the supplied TIFFTag.
IllegalArgumentException - if count < 0.
IllegalArgumentException - if count < 1 and type is TIFF_RATIONAL or TIFF_SRATIONAL.
IllegalArgumentException - if count != 1 and type is TIFF_IFD_POINTER.
NullPointerException - if data == null.
IllegalArgumentException - if data is an instance of a class incompatible with the specified type.
IllegalArgumentException - if the size of the data array is wrong.
IllegalArgumentException - if the type of the data array is TIFF_LONG, TIFF_RATIONAL, or TIFF_IFD_POINTER and any of the elements is negative or greater than 0xffffffff.

TIFFField

public TIFFField(TIFFTag tag,
                 int type,
                 int count)

Constructs a data array using createArrayForType() and invokes TIFFField(TIFFTag,int,int,Object) with the supplied parameters and the created array.

Parameters:
tag - The tag to associated with this field.
type - One of the TIFFTag.TIFF_* constants indicating the data type of the field as written to the TIFF stream.
count - The number of data values.
Throws:
NullPointerException - if tag == null.
IllegalArgumentException - if type is not one of the TIFFTag.TIFF_* data type constants.
IllegalArgumentException - if type is an unacceptable data type for the supplied TIFFTag.
IllegalArgumentException - if count < 0.
IllegalArgumentException - if count < 1 and type is TIFF_RATIONAL or TIFF_SRATIONAL.
IllegalArgumentException - if count != 1 and type is TIFF_IFD_POINTER.
See Also:
TIFFField(TIFFTag,int,int,Object)

TIFFField

public TIFFField(TIFFTag tag,
                 long value)

Constructs a TIFFField with a single non-negative integral value. The field will have type TIFF_SHORT if value is in [0,0xffff], and type TIFF_LONG if value is in [0x10000,0xffffffff]. The count of the field will be unity.

Parameters:
tag - The tag to associate with this field.
value - The value to associate with this field.
Throws:
NullPointerException - if tag == null.
IllegalArgumentException - if value is not in [0,0xffffffff].
IllegalArgumentException - if value is in [0,0xffff] and TIFF_SHORT is an unacceptable type for the TIFFTag, or if value is in [0x10000,0xffffffff] and TIFF_LONG is an unacceptable type for the TIFFTag.

TIFFField

public TIFFField(TIFFTag tag,
                 int type,
                 long offset,
                 TIFFDirectory dir)

Constructs a TIFFField with an IFD offset and contents. The offset will be stored as the data of this field as long[] {offset}. The directory will not be cloned. The count of the field will be unity.

Parameters:
tag - The tag to associated with this field.
type - One of the constants TIFFTag.TIFF_LONG or TIFFTag.TIFF_IFD_POINTER.
offset - The IFD offset.
dir - The directory.
Throws:
NullPointerException - if tag == null.
IllegalArgumentException - if type is an unacceptable data type for the supplied TIFFTag.
IllegalArgumentException - if type is neither TIFFTag.TIFF_LONG nor TIFFTag.TIFF_IFD_POINTER.
IllegalArgumentException - if offset <= 0.
NullPointerException - if dir == null.
See Also:
TIFFField(TIFFTag,int,int,Object)

Methods

createFromMetadataNode

public static TIFFField createFromMetadataNode(TIFFTagSet tagSet,
                                               Node node)

Creates a TIFFField from a TIFF native image metadata node. If the value of the "number" attribute of the node is not found in tagSet then a new TIFFTag with name TIFFTag.UNKNOWN_TAG_NAME will be created and assigned to the field.

Parameters:
tagSet - The TIFFTagSet to which the TIFFTag of the field belongs.
node - A native TIFF image metadata TIFFField node.
Returns:
A new TIFFField.
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - If the Node parameter content does not adhere to the TIFFField element structure defined by the TIFF native image metadata format specification, or if the combination of node attributes and data is not legal per the TIFFField(TIFFTag,int,int,Object) constructor specification. Note that a cause might be set on such an exception.

getTag

public TIFFTag getTag()

Retrieves the tag associated with this field.

Returns:
The associated TIFFTag.

getTagNumber

public int getTagNumber()

Retrieves the tag number in the range [0,65535].

Returns:
The tag number.

getType

public int getType()

Returns the type of the data stored in the field. For a TIFF 6.0 stream, the value will equal one of the TIFFTag.TIFF_* constants. For future revisions of TIFF, higher values are possible.

Returns:
The data type of the field value.

getTypeName

public static String getTypeName(int dataType)

Returns the name of the supplied data type constant.

Parameters:
dataType - One of the TIFFTag.TIFF_* constants indicating the data type of the field as written to the TIFF stream.
Returns:
The type name corresponding to the supplied type constant.
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if dataType is not one of the TIFFTag.TIFF_* data type constants.

getTypeByName

public static int getTypeByName(String typeName)

Returns the data type constant corresponding to the supplied data type name. If the name is unknown -1 will be returned.

Parameters:
typeName - The type name.
Returns:
One of the TIFFTag.TIFF_* constants or -1 if the name is not recognized.

createArrayForType

public static Object createArrayForType(int dataType,
                                        int count)

Creates an array appropriate for the indicated data type.

Parameters:
dataType - One of the TIFFTag.TIFF_* data type constants.
count - The number of values in the array.
Returns:
An array appropriate for the specified data type.
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if dataType is not one of the TIFFTag.TIFF_* data type constants.
IllegalArgumentException - if count < 0.
IllegalArgumentException - if count < 1 and type is TIFF_RATIONAL or TIFF_SRATIONAL.
IllegalArgumentException - if count != 1 and type is TIFF_IFD_POINTER.

getAsNativeNode

public Node getAsNativeNode()

Returns the TIFFField as a node named either "TIFFField" or "TIFFIFD" as described in the TIFF native image metadata specification. The node will be named "TIFFIFD" if and only if hasDirectory() returns true and the field's type is either TIFFTag.TIFF_LONG or TIFFTag.TIFF_IFD_POINTER.

Returns:
a Node named "TIFFField" or "TIFFIFD".

isIntegral

public boolean isIntegral()

Indicates whether the value associated with the field is of integral data type.

Returns:
Whether the field type is integral.

getCount

public int getCount()

Returns the number of data items present in the field. For TIFFTag.TIFF_ASCII fields, the value returned is the number of Strings, not the total length of the data as in the file representation.

Returns:
The number of data items present in the field.

getData

public Object getData()

Returns a reference to the data object associated with the field.

Returns:
The data object of the field.

getAsBytes

public byte[] getAsBytes()

Returns the data as an uninterpreted array of bytes. The type of the field must be one of TIFFTag.TIFF_BYTE, TIFF_SBYTE, or TIFF_UNDEFINED.

For data in TIFFTag.TIFF_BYTE format, the application must take care when promoting the data to longer integral types to avoid sign extension.

Returns:
The data as an uninterpreted array of bytes.
Throws:
ClassCastException - if the field is not of type TIFF_BYTE, TIFF_SBYTE, or TIFF_UNDEFINED.

getAsChars

public char[] getAsChars()

Returns TIFFTag.TIFF_SHORT data as an array of chars (unsigned 16-bit integers).

Returns:
The data as an array of chars.
Throws:
ClassCastException - if the field is not of type TIFF_SHORT.

getAsShorts

public short[] getAsShorts()

Returns TIFFTag.TIFF_SSHORT data as an array of shorts (signed 16-bit integers).

Returns:
The data as an array of shorts.
Throws:
ClassCastException - if the field is not of type TIFF_SSHORT.

getAsInts

public int[] getAsInts()

Returns TIFFTag.TIFF_SLONG data as an array of ints (signed 32-bit integers).

Returns:
The data as an array of ints.
Throws:
ClassCastException - if the field is not of type TIFF_SHORT, TIFF_SSHORT, or TIFF_SLONG.

getAsLongs

public long[] getAsLongs()

Returns TIFFTag.TIFF_LONG or TIFF_IFD_POINTER data as an array of longs (signed 64-bit integers).

Returns:
The data as an array of longs.
Throws:
ClassCastException - if the field is not of type TIFF_LONG or TIFF_IFD_POINTER.

getAsFloats

public float[] getAsFloats()

Returns TIFFTag.TIFF_FLOAT data as an array of floats (32-bit floating-point values).

Returns:
The data as an array of floats.
Throws:
ClassCastException - if the field is not of type TIFF_FLOAT.

getAsDoubles

public double[] getAsDoubles()

Returns TIFFTag.TIFF_DOUBLE data as an array of doubles (64-bit floating-point values).

Returns:
The data as an array of doubles.
Throws:
ClassCastException - if the field is not of type TIFF_DOUBLE.

getAsSRationals

public int[][] getAsSRationals()

Returns TIFFTag.TIFF_SRATIONAL data as an array of 2-element arrays of ints.

Returns:
The data as an array of signed rationals.
Throws:
ClassCastException - if the field is not of type TIFF_SRATIONAL.

getAsRationals

public long[][] getAsRationals()

Returns TIFFTag.TIFF_RATIONAL data as an array of 2-element arrays of longs.

Returns:
The data as an array of unsigned rationals.
Throws:
ClassCastException - if the field is not of type TIFF_RATIONAL.

getAsInt

public int getAsInt(int index)

Returns data in any format as an int.

TIFFTag.TIFF_BYTE values are treated as unsigned; that is, no sign extension will take place and the returned value will be in the range [0, 255]. TIFF_SBYTE data will be returned in the range [-128, 127].

A TIFF_UNDEFINED value is treated as though it were a TIFF_BYTE.

Data in TIFF_SLONG, TIFF_LONG, TIFF_FLOAT, TIFF_DOUBLE or TIFF_IFD_POINTER format are simply cast to int and may suffer from truncation.

Data in TIFF_SRATIONAL or TIFF_RATIONAL format are evaluated by dividing the numerator into the denominator using double-precision arithmetic and then casting to int. Loss of precision and truncation may occur.

Data in TIFF_ASCII format will be parsed as by the Double.parseDouble method, with the result case to int.

Parameters:
index - The index of the data.
Returns:
The data at the given index as an int.

getAsLong

public long getAsLong(int index)

Returns data in any format as a long.

TIFFTag.TIFF_BYTE and TIFF_UNDEFINED data are treated as unsigned; that is, no sign extension will take place and the returned value will be in the range [0, 255]. TIFF_SBYTE data will be returned in the range [-128, 127].

Data in TIFF_FLOAT and TIFF_DOUBLE are simply cast to long and may suffer from truncation.

Data in TIFF_SRATIONAL or TIFF_RATIONAL format are evaluated by dividing the numerator into the denominator using double-precision arithmetic and then casting to long. Loss of precision and truncation may occur.

Data in TIFF_ASCII format will be parsed as by the Double.parseDouble method, with the result cast to long.

Parameters:
index - The index of the data.
Returns:
The data at the given index as a long.

getAsFloat

public float getAsFloat(int index)

Returns data in any format as a float.

TIFFTag.TIFF_BYTE and TIFF_UNDEFINED data are treated as unsigned; that is, no sign extension will take place and the returned value will be in the range [0, 255]. TIFF_SBYTE data will be returned in the range [-128, 127].

Data in TIFF_SLONG, TIFF_LONG, TIFF_DOUBLE, or TIFF_IFD_POINTER format are simply cast to float and may suffer from truncation.

Data in TIFF_SRATIONAL or TIFF_RATIONAL format are evaluated by dividing the numerator into the denominator using double-precision arithmetic and then casting to float.

Data in TIFF_ASCII format will be parsed as by the Double.parseDouble method, with the result cast to float.

Parameters:
index - The index of the data.
Returns:
The data at the given index as a float.

getAsDouble

public double getAsDouble(int index)

Returns data in any format as a double.

TIFFTag.TIFF_BYTE and TIFF_UNDEFINED data are treated as unsigned; that is, no sign extension will take place and the returned value will be in the range [0, 255]. TIFF_SBYTE data will be returned in the range [-128, 127].

Data in TIFF_SRATIONAL or TIFF_RATIONAL format are evaluated by dividing the numerator into the denominator using double-precision arithmetic.

Data in TIFF_ASCII format will be parsed as by the Double.parseDouble method.

Parameters:
index - The index of the data.
Returns:
The data at the given index as a double.

getAsString

public String getAsString(int index)

Returns a TIFFTag.TIFF_ASCII value as a String.

Parameters:
index - The index of the data.
Returns:
The data at the given index as a String.
Throws:
ClassCastException - if the field is not of type TIFF_ASCII.

getAsSRational

public int[] getAsSRational(int index)

Returns a TIFFTag.TIFF_SRATIONAL data item as a two-element array of ints.

Parameters:
index - The index of the data.
Returns:
The data at the given index as a signed rational.
Throws:
ClassCastException - if the field is not of type TIFF_SRATIONAL.

getAsRational

public long[] getAsRational(int index)

Returns a TIFFTag.TIFF_RATIONAL data item as a two-element array of ints.

Parameters:
index - The index of the data.
Returns:
The data at the given index as an unsigned rational.
Throws:
ClassCastException - if the field is not of type TIFF_RATIONAL.

getValueAsString

public String getValueAsString(int index)

Returns a String containing a human-readable version of the data item. Data of type TIFFTag.TIFF_RATIONAL or TIFF_SRATIONAL are represented as a pair of integers separated by a '/' character. If the numerator of a TIFFTag.TIFF_RATIONAL or TIFF_SRATIONAL is an integral multiple of the denominator, then the value is represented as "q/1" where q is the quotient of the numerator and denominator.

Parameters:
index - The index of the data.
Returns:
The data at the given index as a String.
Throws:
ClassCastException - if the field is not of one of the legal field types.

hasDirectory

public boolean hasDirectory()

Returns whether the field has a TIFFDirectory.

Returns:
true if and only if getDirectory() returns non-null.

getDirectory

public TIFFDirectory getDirectory()

Returns the associated TIFFDirectory, if available. If no directory is set, then null will be returned.

Returns:
the TIFFDirectory instance or null.

clone

public TIFFField clone()
                throws CloneNotSupportedException

Clones the field and all the information contained therein.

Overrides:
clone in class Object
Returns:
A clone of this TIFFField.
Throws:
CloneNotSupportedException - if the instance cannot be cloned.
See Also:
Cloneable

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