ImageDecoder Class

An abstract (MustInherit in Visual Basic) base class that defines a file format decoder to read an image from a Stream. All image decoders used in dotImage must inherit this class.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
Atalasoft.Imaging.Codec.ImageDecoder
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Namespace: Atalasoft.Imaging.Codec
Assembly: Atalasoft.dotImage (in Atalasoft.dotImage.dll) Version: 11.4.0.9.0.377 (.NET 4.5.2, x86)

Syntax

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public abstract class ImageDecoder

Public MustInherit Class ImageDecoder

The ImageDecoder type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	ImageDecoder	Initializes a new instance of the ImageDecoder class.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	SupportedImageType	Obsolete. Returns the ImageType that the implemented decoder class supports.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetImageInfo	Retrieves information from an image stored in a file without decoding the image data.
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	IsValidFormat	Checks the stream to determine if the image can be read by the decoder that derives this class.
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Read	Decode an image in a specified image Stream.
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Remarks

To load an image from a stream, the AtalaImage constructor may be used, and passing in a string filename, or a Stream. See the examples below

Examples

Load an image from a Stream

Load an image from a Stream (C#)

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FileStream fs = System.IO.File.OpenRead(@"c:\test.tif");
AtalaImage image = new AtalaImage(fs);

Load an image from a Stream (Visual Basic)

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Dim fs As FileStream = System.IO.File.OpenRead("c:\test.tif")
Dim image As AtalaImage = New AtalaImage(fs);

Load an image from a file

Load an image from a file (C#)

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AtalaImage image = new AtalaImage(@"c:\test.tif");

Load an image from a file (Visual Basic)

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Dim image As AtalaImage = New AtalaImage("c:\test.tif");

Reference

Atalasoft.Imaging.Codec Namespace

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