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package org.krysalis.jcharts.encoders;


import org.krysalis.jcharts.Chart;
import org.krysalis.jcharts.chartData.ChartDataException;
import org.krysalis.jcharts.properties.PropertyException;

import com.google.code.appengine.imageio.ImageIO;
import com.google.code.appengine.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;


/*************************************************************************************
 * This class REQUIRES the jdk 1.4
 *
 * @author Nathaniel Auvil
 * @version $Id: PNGEncoder.java,v 1.2 2003/05/26 13:40:20 nathaniel_auvil Exp $
 ************************************************************************************/
public class PNGEncoder
{
	private static final String PNG = "png";


	static
	{
		//---do not use a file cache as hurts performance
		ImageIO.setUseCache( false );
	}


	/******************************************************************************************
	 *
	 *
	 ******************************************************************************************/
	private PNGEncoder() throws Exception
	{
		throw new Exception( "No need to create an instance of this class!" );
	}


	/******************************************************************************************
	 * Encodes the Chart to an OutputStream which can be a file or any other OutputStream
	 * implementation.
	 *
	 * @param chart
	 * @param outputStream
	 * @throws ChartDataException
	 * @throws PropertyException
	 * @throws IOException
	 *******************************************************************************************/
	public static void encode( Chart chart, OutputStream outputStream ) throws ChartDataException, PropertyException, IOException
	{
		BufferedImage bufferedImage = BinaryEncoderUtil.render( chart );
		ImageIO.write( bufferedImage, PNG, outputStream );
	}
}