llvm-gcc-4.2/libjava/classpath/javax/imageio/spi/ImageOutputStreamSpi.java

/* ImageOutputStreamSpi.java -- Service provider for image output streams.
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package javax.imageio.spi;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

import javax.imageio.stream.ImageOutputStream;

/**
 * An abstract superclass for service providers that create
 * {@linkplain javax.imageio.stream.ImageOutputStream image output
 * streams} for a file, URL, byte array or any other target.
 *
 * @since 1.4
 *
 * @author Sascha Brawer (brawer@dandelis.ch)
 */
public abstract class ImageOutputStreamSpi
  extends IIOServiceProvider
{
  /**
   * Indicates which kind of output is produced by the streams
   * created by {@link #createOutputStreamInstance(Object)}.
   */
  protected Class outputClass;


  /**
   * Constructs a service provider for image output streams, given no
   * parameters. It is up to the sub-class to set {@link #vendorName},
   * {@link #version} and {@link #outputClass} to non-null values.
   */
  protected ImageOutputStreamSpi()
  {
  }


  /**
   * Constructs a service provider for image output streams, given the
   * vendor name, a version string and the kind of producable output.
   *
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if <code>vendorName</code>
   * or <code>version</code> is <code>null</code>.
   */
  public ImageOutputStreamSpi(String vendorName, String version,
                              Class outputClass)
  {
    super(vendorName, version);
    this.outputClass = outputClass;
  }


  /**
   * Determines which kind of output is produced by the streams
   * created by {@link #createOutputStreamInstance(Object)}.
   */
  public Class getOutputClass()
  {
    return outputClass;
  }


  /**
   * Determines whether <code>ImageOutputStreams</code> created
   * by this service provider benefit from using a cache file.
   *
   * <p>The default behavior is to return <code>false</code>.
   *
   * @return <code>true</code> if the created streams are faster or
   * need less memory when a cache file is being used;
   * <code>false</code> if no positive effect results from the cache
   * file.
   */
  public boolean canUseCacheFile()
  {
    return false;
  }


  /**
   * Determines whether <code>ImageOutputStreams</code> created
   * by this service provider require the use of a cache file.
   *
   * <p>The default behavior is to return <code>false</code>.
   *
   * @return <code>true</code> if the created streams can only work
   * when a cache file is being used; <code>false</code> if no cache
   * file is needed.
   */
  public boolean needsCacheFile()
  {
    return false;
  }


  public abstract ImageOutputStream createOutputStreamInstance(
    Object output, boolean useCache, File cacheDir)
    throws IOException;


  public ImageOutputStream createOutputStreamInstance(Object output)
    throws IOException
  {
    return createOutputStreamInstance(output, canUseCacheFile(), null);
  }
}