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Class FormatDetails

Namespace
Egami.Metadata
Assembly
Egami.dll

Format-specific details the reader found, such as the original color type or palette. Each format derives its own.

public abstract class FormatDetails
Inheritance
FormatDetails
Derived
Inherited Members

Examples

// Each reader fills in what the file's header says, in the format's own terms.
using Raster png = Raster.Load("duck.png");
if (png.Metadata.FormatDetails is PngDetails pngDetails)
{
    Console.WriteLine($"PNG {pngDetails.ColorType}, {pngDetails.BitDepth}-bit, interlaced: {pngDetails.Interlaced}");
    foreach (PngTextSource source in pngDetails.TextSources)
    {
        Console.WriteLine($"Text from a {source.ChunkType} chunk, compressed: {source.Compressed}");
    }
}

using Raster bmp = Raster.Load("duck.bmp");
BmpDetails bmpDetails = (BmpDetails)bmp.Metadata.FormatDetails!;
Console.WriteLine($"BMP {bmpDetails.BitsPerPixel}-bit, {bmpDetails.Compression}, {bmpDetails.HeaderSize}-byte header");

using Raster tga = Raster.Load("duck.tga");
TgaDetails tgaDetails = (TgaDetails)tga.Metadata.FormatDetails!;
Console.WriteLine($"TGA type {tgaDetails.ImageType}, origin {tgaDetails.Origin}, alpha {tgaDetails.AlphaType}");

using Raster qoi = Raster.Load("duck.qoi");
QoiDetails qoiDetails = (QoiDetails)qoi.Metadata.FormatDetails!;
Console.WriteLine($"QOI {qoiDetails.Channels} channels, linear: {qoiDetails.Linear}");

using Raster pgm = Raster.Load("duck.pgm");
PnmDetails pnmDetails = (PnmDetails)pgm.Metadata.FormatDetails!;
Console.WriteLine($"PNM {pnmDetails.Kind}, maxval {pnmDetails.MaxValue}, plain text: {pnmDetails.PlainText}");

Methods

Copy()

Returns a deep copy.

public abstract FormatDetails Copy()

Returns

FormatDetails

The copy.

PixelsChanged()

Forgets what the details say about color, once the pixels have been converted to another encoding.

protected virtual void PixelsChanged()