package org.libtiff.jai.codec;
/*
 * XTIFF: eXtensible TIFF libraries for JAI.
 * 
 * The contents of this file are subject to the  JAVA ADVANCED IMAGING
 * SAMPLE INPUT-OUTPUT CODECS AND WIDGET HANDLING SOURCE CODE  License
 * Version 1.0 (the "License"); You may not use this file except in
 * compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * http://www.sun.com/software/imaging/JAI/index.html
 *
 * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
 * basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See
 * the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations
 * under the License. 
 *
 * The Original Code is JAVA ADVANCED IMAGING SAMPLE INPUT-OUTPUT CODECS
 * AND WIDGET HANDLING SOURCE CODE. 
 * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is: Sun Microsystems, Inc..
 * Portions created by: Niles Ritter 
 * are Copyright (C): Niles Ritter, GeoTIFF.org, 1999,2000.
 * All Rights Reserved.
 * Contributor(s): Niles Ritter
 */


import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.Hashtable;
import java.util.Vector;
import java.util.TreeMap;
import java.util.Iterator;

// Warning: media libraries subject to change
import com.sun.media.jai.codec.SeekableStream;  

/**
 * A class representing the factory for constructing a XTIFFDirectory,
 * and the corresponding XTIFFFields.  If you are creating extensions
 * to those classes, extend this class as well. See the GeoTIFF package
 * for an example of how to do this.
 *
 * @see XTIFFField
 * @see XTIFFDirectory
 */
public class XTIFFFactory extends Object 
implements java.io.Serializable
{
	/**
	 * Default constructor
	 */
    public XTIFFFactory() {}

    /**
     * Constructs an XTIFFDirectoryFactory from a SeekableStream.
     * The directory parameter specifies which directory to read from
     * the linked list present in the stream; directory 0 is normally
     * read but it is possible to store multiple images in a single
     * TIFF file by maintaing multiple directories.
     *
     * @param stream a SeekableStream to read from.
     * @param directory the index of the directory to read.
     */
    public XTIFFDirectory createDirectory(SeekableStream stream, int directory)
        throws IOException {
	return new XTIFFDirectory(stream,directory);
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a XTIFFDirectory by reading a SeekableStream.
     * The ifd_offset parameter specifies the stream offset from which
     * to begin reading; this mechanism is sometimes used to store
     * private IFDs within a TIFF file that are not part of the normal
     * sequence of IFDs.
     *
     * @param stream a SeekableStream to read from.
     * @param ifd_offset the long byte offset of the directory.
     */
    public XTIFFDirectory createDirectory(SeekableStream stream, 
	long ifd_offset)
        throws IOException {
	return new XTIFFDirectory(stream,ifd_offset);
    }

    /**
     * Constructs an empty XTIFFDirectory for encoding
     */
    public XTIFFDirectory createDirectory() {
	return new XTIFFDirectory();
    }

    /**
     * Constructs an XTIFFField from values
     * @param tag the TIFF tag listed in XTIFF
     * @param type the TIFF field type listed in XTIFFField
     * @param count the number of values in array obj
     * @param obj the array of values
     * @see XTIFFField
     */
    public XTIFFField createField(int tag, int type, int count, Object obj) {
	return new XTIFFField(tag,type,count,obj);
    }
}