001/* ImageOutputStreamSpi.java -- Service provider for image output streams.
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037
038
039package javax.imageio.spi;
040
041import java.io.File;
042import java.io.IOException;
043
044import javax.imageio.stream.ImageOutputStream;
045
046/**
047 * An abstract superclass for service providers that create
048 * {@linkplain javax.imageio.stream.ImageOutputStream image output
049 * streams} for a file, URL, byte array or any other target.
050 *
051 * @since 1.4
052 *
053 * @author Sascha Brawer (brawer@dandelis.ch)
054 */
055public abstract class ImageOutputStreamSpi
056  extends IIOServiceProvider
057{
058  /**
059   * Indicates which kind of output is produced by the streams
060   * created by {@link #createOutputStreamInstance(Object)}.
061   */
062  protected Class<?> outputClass;
063
064
065  /**
066   * Constructs a service provider for image output streams, given no
067   * parameters. It is up to the sub-class to set {@link #vendorName},
068   * {@link #version} and {@link #outputClass} to non-null values.
069   */
070  protected ImageOutputStreamSpi()
071  {
072  }
073
074
075  /**
076   * Constructs a service provider for image output streams, given the
077   * vendor name, a version string and the kind of producable output.
078   *
079   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if <code>vendorName</code>
080   * or <code>version</code> is <code>null</code>.
081   */
082  public ImageOutputStreamSpi(String vendorName, String version,
083                              Class<?> outputClass)
084  {
085    super(vendorName, version);
086    this.outputClass = outputClass;
087  }
088
089
090  /**
091   * Determines which kind of output is produced by the streams
092   * created by {@link #createOutputStreamInstance(Object)}.
093   */
094  public Class<?> getOutputClass()
095  {
096    return outputClass;
097  }
098
099
100  /**
101   * Determines whether <code>ImageOutputStreams</code> created
102   * by this service provider benefit from using a cache file.
103   *
104   * <p>The default behavior is to return <code>false</code>.
105   *
106   * @return <code>true</code> if the created streams are faster or
107   * need less memory when a cache file is being used;
108   * <code>false</code> if no positive effect results from the cache
109   * file.
110   */
111  public boolean canUseCacheFile()
112  {
113    return false;
114  }
115
116
117  /**
118   * Determines whether <code>ImageOutputStreams</code> created
119   * by this service provider require the use of a cache file.
120   *
121   * <p>The default behavior is to return <code>false</code>.
122   *
123   * @return <code>true</code> if the created streams can only work
124   * when a cache file is being used; <code>false</code> if no cache
125   * file is needed.
126   */
127  public boolean needsCacheFile()
128  {
129    return false;
130  }
131
132
133  public abstract ImageOutputStream createOutputStreamInstance(
134    Object output, boolean useCache, File cacheDir)
135    throws IOException;
136
137
138  public ImageOutputStream createOutputStreamInstance(Object output)
139    throws IOException
140  {
141    return createOutputStreamInstance(output, canUseCacheFile(), null);
142  }
143}