//
// MinimumWriter.java
//
import loci.common.services.ServiceFactory;
import loci.formats.*;
import loci.formats.meta.IMetadata;
import loci.formats.services.OMEXMLService;
import ome.xml.model.enums.DimensionOrder;
import ome.xml.model.enums.PixelType;
import ome.xml.model.primitives.PositiveInteger;
/**
* Demonstrates the minimum amount of metadata
* necessary to write out an image plane.
*
* <dl><dt><b>Source code:</b></dt>
* <dd><a href="http://trac.openmicroscopy.org.uk/ome/browser/bioformats.git/components/bio-formats/utils/MinimumWriter.java">Trac</a>,
* <a href="http://git.openmicroscopy.org/?p=bioformats.git;a=blob;f=components/bio-formats/utils/MinimumWriter.java;hb=HEAD">Gitweb</a></dd></dl>
*/
public class MinimumWriter {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
if (args.length < 1) {
System.out.println("Please specify an output file name.");
System.exit(1);
}
String id = args[0];
// create blank 512x512 image
System.out.println("Creating random image...");
int w = 512, h = 512, c = 1;
int pixelType = FormatTools.UINT16;
byte[] img = new byte[w * h * c * FormatTools.getBytesPerPixel(pixelType)];
// fill with random data
for (int i=0; i<img.length; i++) img[i] = (byte) (256 * Math.random());
// create metadata object with minimum required metadata fields
System.out.println("Populating metadata...");
ServiceFactory factory = new ServiceFactory();
OMEXMLService service = factory.getInstance(OMEXMLService.class);
IMetadata meta = service.createOMEXMLMetadata();
MetadataTools.populateMetadata(meta, 0, null, false, "XYZCT",
FormatTools.getPixelTypeString(pixelType), w, h, 1, c, 1, c);
// write image plane to disk
System.out.println("Writing image to '" + id + "'...");
IFormatWriter writer = new ImageWriter();
writer.setMetadataRetrieve(meta);
writer.setId(id);
writer.saveBytes(0, img);
writer.close();
System.out.println("Done.");
}
}