ch.randelshofer.gui.image
Class Images

java.lang.Object
  ch.randelshofer.gui.image.Images

public class Images
extends java.lang.Object

Image processing methods.

Version:

2.2 2008-04-19 Create graphiteFilter lazily.
2.1 2007-07-25 Added method toBufferedImage(RenderedImage).
2.0 2006-12-24 by Karl von Randow: On the fly conversion from Aqua Blue to Aqua Graphite appearance added.
1.0.2 2005-09-12 Brought my work-around for Java 1.4.1 back to live.
1.0.1 2005-05-21 Accidentaly used bitmask transparency instead of translucent transparency.
1.0 13 March 2005 Created.

Author:

Werner Randelshofer, Karl von Randow

Method Summary

static java.awt.Image	createImage(java.lang.Class baseClass, java.lang.String location)
static java.awt.Image	createImage(java.net.URL resource)
static boolean	hasAlpha(java.awt.Image image) This method returns true if the specified image has transparent pixels Code taken from the Java Developers Almanac 1.4 http://javaalmanac.com/egs/java.awt.image/HasAlpha.html
static java.awt.image.BufferedImage[]	split(java.awt.Image image, int count, boolean isHorizontal) Splits an image into count subimages.
static java.awt.image.BufferedImage	toBufferedImage(java.awt.Image image)
static java.awt.image.BufferedImage	toBufferedImage(java.awt.image.RenderedImage rImg) Converts the image to a buffered image.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

createImage

public static java.awt.Image createImage(java.lang.Class baseClass,
                                         java.lang.String location)

createImage

public static java.awt.Image createImage(java.net.URL resource)

toBufferedImage

public static java.awt.image.BufferedImage toBufferedImage(java.awt.image.RenderedImage rImg)

Converts the image to a buffered image.

toBufferedImage

public static java.awt.image.BufferedImage toBufferedImage(java.awt.Image image)

hasAlpha

public static boolean hasAlpha(java.awt.Image image)

This method returns true if the specified image has transparent pixels Code taken from the Java Developers Almanac 1.4 http://javaalmanac.com/egs/java.awt.image/HasAlpha.html

split

public static java.awt.image.BufferedImage[] split(java.awt.Image image,
                                                   int count,
                                                   boolean isHorizontal)

Splits an image into count subimages.