Abstract base class defining the interface for an image. This is the top-level interface to the Exiv2 library. More...

#include <image.hpp>

Inheritance diagram for Exiv2::Image:

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Public Types
typedef std::auto_ptr< Image >	AutoPtr
	Image auto_ptr type.

Public Member Functions
Creators
	Image (int imageType, uint16_t supportedMetadata, BasicIo::AutoPtr io)
	Constructor taking the image type, a bitmap of the supported metadata types and an auto-pointer that owns an IO instance. See subclass constructor doc.

virtual	~Image ()
	Virtual Destructor.

Manipulators
virtual void	printStructure (std::ostream &out, PrintStructureOption option=kpsNone, int depth=0)
	Print out the structure of image file. More...

virtual void	readMetadata ()=0
	Read all metadata supported by a specific image format from the image. Before this method is called, the image metadata will be cleared. More...

virtual void	writeMetadata ()=0
	Write metadata back to the image. More...

virtual void	setExifData (const ExifData &exifData)
	Assign new Exif data. The new Exif data is not written to the image until the writeMetadata() method is called. More...

virtual void	clearExifData ()
	Erase any buffered Exif data. Exif data is not removed from the actual image until the writeMetadata() method is called.

virtual void	setIptcData (const IptcData &iptcData)
	Assign new IPTC data. The new IPTC data is not written to the image until the writeMetadata() method is called. More...

virtual void	clearIptcData ()
	Erase any buffered IPTC data. IPTC data is not removed from the actual image until the writeMetadata() method is called.

virtual void	setXmpPacket (const std::string &xmpPacket)
	Assign a raw XMP packet. The new XMP packet is not written to the image until the writeMetadata() method is called. More...

virtual void	clearXmpPacket ()
	Erase the buffered XMP packet. XMP data is not removed from the actual image until the writeMetadata() method is called. More...

virtual void	setXmpData (const XmpData &xmpData)
	Assign new XMP data. The new XMP data is not written to the image until the writeMetadata() method is called. More...

virtual void	clearXmpData ()
	Erase any buffered XMP data. XMP data is not removed from the actual image until the writeMetadata() method is called. More...

virtual void	setComment (const std::string &comment)
	Set the image comment. The new comment is not written to the image until the writeMetadata() method is called. More...

virtual void	clearComment ()
	Erase any buffered comment. Comment is not removed from the actual image until the writeMetadata() method is called.

virtual void	setIccProfile (DataBuf &iccProfile, bool bTestValid=true)
	Set the image iccProfile. The new profile is not written to the image until the writeMetadata() method is called. More...

virtual void	clearIccProfile ()
	Erase iccProfile. the profile is not removed from the actual image until the writeMetadata() method is called.

virtual bool	iccProfileDefined ()
	Erase iccProfile. the profile is not removed from the actual image until the writeMetadata() method is called.

virtual DataBuf *	iccProfile ()
	return iccProfile

virtual void	setMetadata (const Image &image)
	Copy all existing metadata from source Image. The data is copied into internal buffers and is not written to the image until the writeMetadata() method is called. More...

virtual void	clearMetadata ()
	Erase all buffered metadata. Metadata is not removed from the actual image until the writeMetadata() method is called.

virtual ExifData &	exifData ()
	Returns an ExifData instance containing currently buffered Exif data. More...

virtual IptcData &	iptcData ()
	Returns an IptcData instance containing currently buffered IPTC data. More...

virtual XmpData &	xmpData ()
	Returns an XmpData instance containing currently buffered XMP data. More...

virtual std::string &	xmpPacket ()
	Return a modifiable reference to the raw XMP packet.

void	writeXmpFromPacket (bool flag)
	Determine the source when writing XMP. More...

void	setByteOrder (ByteOrder byteOrder)
	Set the byte order to encode the Exif metadata in. More...

void	printTiffStructure (BasicIo &io, std::ostream &out, PrintStructureOption option, int depth, size_t offset=0)
	Print out the structure of image file. More...

void	printIFDStructure (BasicIo &io, std::ostream &out, Exiv2::PrintStructureOption option, uint32_t start, bool bSwap, char c, int depth)
	Print out the structure of a TIFF IFD.

bool	isBigEndianPlatform ()
	is the host platform bigEndian

bool	isLittleEndianPlatform ()
	is the host platform littleEndian

bool	isStringType (uint16_t type)

bool	isShortType (uint16_t type)

bool	isLongType (uint16_t type)

bool	isLongLongType (uint16_t type)

bool	isRationalType (uint16_t type)

bool	is2ByteType (uint16_t type)

bool	is4ByteType (uint16_t type)

bool	is8ByteType (uint16_t type)

bool	isPrintXMP (uint16_t type, Exiv2::PrintStructureOption option)

bool	isPrintICC (uint16_t type, Exiv2::PrintStructureOption option)

uint64_t	byteSwap (uint64_t value, bool bSwap) const

uint32_t	byteSwap (uint32_t value, bool bSwap) const

uint16_t	byteSwap (uint16_t value, bool bSwap) const

uint16_t	byteSwap2 (const DataBuf &buf, size_t offset, bool bSwap) const

uint32_t	byteSwap4 (const DataBuf &buf, size_t offset, bool bSwap) const

uint64_t	byteSwap8 (const DataBuf &buf, size_t offset, bool bSwap) const

Accessors
BasicIo::AutoPtr	io_
	Image data IO pointer.

ExifData	exifData_
	Exif data container.

IptcData	iptcData_
	IPTC data container.

XmpData	xmpData_
	XMP data container.

DataBuf	iccProfile_
	ICC buffer (binary data)

std::string	comment_
	User comment.

std::string	xmpPacket_
	XMP packet.

int	pixelWidth_
	image pixel width

int	pixelHeight_
	image pixel height

NativePreviewList	nativePreviews_
	list of native previews

ByteOrder	byteOrder () const
	Return the byte order in which the Exif metadata of the image is encoded. Initially, it is not set (invalidByteOrder).

bool	good () const
	Check if the Image instance is valid. Use after object construction. More...

virtual std::string	mimeType () const =0
	Return the MIME type of the image. More...

virtual int	pixelWidth () const
	Return the pixel width of the image.

virtual int	pixelHeight () const
	Return the pixel height of the image.

virtual const ExifData &	exifData () const
	Returns an ExifData instance containing currently buffered Exif data. More...

virtual const IptcData &	iptcData () const
	Returns an IptcData instance containing currently buffered IPTC data. More...

virtual const XmpData &	xmpData () const
	Returns an XmpData instance containing currently buffered XMP data. More...

virtual std::string	comment () const
	Return a copy of the image comment. May be an empty string.

virtual const std::string &	xmpPacket () const
	Return the raw XMP packet as a string.

virtual BasicIo &	io () const
	Return a reference to the BasicIo instance being used for Io. More...

AccessMode	checkMode (MetadataId metadataId) const
	Returns the access mode, i.e., the metadata functions, which this image supports for the metadata type metadataId. More...

bool	supportsMetadata (MetadataId metadataId) const
	Check if image supports a particular type of metadata. This method is deprecated. Use checkMode() instead.

bool	writeXmpFromPacket () const
	Return the flag indicating the source when writing XMP metadata.

const NativePreviewList &	nativePreviews () const
	Return list of native previews. This is meant to be used only by the PreviewManager.

void	setTypeSupported (int imageType, uint16_t supportedMetadata)
	set type support for this image format

int	imageType () const
	set type support for this image format

const std::string &	tagName (uint16_t tag)
	Return tag name for given tag id.

const char *	typeName (uint16_t tag) const
	Return tag type for given tag id.

Detailed Description

Abstract base class defining the interface for an image. This is the top-level interface to the Exiv2 library.

Image has containers to store image metadata and subclasses implement read and save metadata from and to specific image formats.
Most client apps will obtain an Image instance by calling a static ImageFactory method. The Image class can then be used to to read, write, and save metadata.

Member Function Documentation

◆ checkMode()

AccessMode Exiv2::Image::checkMode ( MetadataId metadataId ) const

Returns the access mode, i.e., the metadata functions, which this image supports for the metadata type metadataId.

Parameters

metadataId The metadata identifier.

Returns: Access mode for the requested image type and metadata identifier.

◆ clearXmpData()

virtual void Exiv2::Image::clearXmpData ( )

virtual

Erase any buffered XMP data. XMP data is not removed from the actual image until the writeMetadata() method is called.

This has the same effect as clearXmpPacket() but operates on the buffered parsed XMP data.

Subsequent calls to writeMetadata() encode the XMP data to a raw XMP packet and write the newly encoded packet to the image. In the process, the buffered raw XMP packet is updated. In order to write directly from the raw XMP packet, use writeXmpFromPacket(true) or setXmpPacket().

◆ clearXmpPacket()

virtual void Exiv2::Image::clearXmpPacket ( )

virtual

Erase the buffered XMP packet. XMP data is not removed from the actual image until the writeMetadata() method is called.

This has the same effect as clearXmpData() but operates on the buffered raw XMP packet only, not the parsed XMP data.

Subsequent calls to writeMetadata() write the XMP packet from the buffered raw XMP packet rather than from buffered parsed XMP data. In order to write from parsed XMP data again, use either writeXmpFromPacket(false) or setXmpData().

◆ exifData() [1/2]

virtual ExifData& Exiv2::Image::exifData ( )

virtual

Returns an ExifData instance containing currently buffered Exif data.

The contained Exif data may have been read from the image by a previous call to readMetadata() or added directly. The Exif data in the returned instance will be written to the image when writeMetadata() is called.

Returns: modifiable ExifData instance containing Exif values

◆ exifData() [2/2]

virtual const ExifData& Exiv2::Image::exifData ( ) const

virtual

Returns an ExifData instance containing currently buffered Exif data.

The Exif data may have been read from the image by a previous call to readMetadata() or added directly. The Exif data in the returned instance will be written to the image when writeMetadata() is called.

Returns: read only ExifData instance containing Exif values

◆ good()

bool Exiv2::Image::good ( ) const

Check if the Image instance is valid. Use after object construction.

Returns: true if the Image is in a valid state.

◆ io()

virtual BasicIo& Exiv2::Image::io ( ) const

virtual

Return a reference to the BasicIo instance being used for Io.

This refence is particularly useful to reading the results of operations on a MemIo instance. For example after metadata has been modified and the writeMetadata() method has been called, this method can be used to get access to the modified image.

Returns: BasicIo instance that can be used to read or write image data directly.

Note: If the returned BasicIo is used to write to the image, the Image class will not see those changes until the readMetadata() method is called.

◆ iptcData() [1/2]

virtual IptcData& Exiv2::Image::iptcData ( )

virtual

Returns an IptcData instance containing currently buffered IPTC data.

The contained IPTC data may have been read from the image by a previous call to readMetadata() or added directly. The IPTC data in the returned instance will be written to the image when writeMetadata() is called.

Returns: modifiable IptcData instance containing IPTC values

◆ iptcData() [2/2]

virtual const IptcData& Exiv2::Image::iptcData ( ) const

virtual

Returns an IptcData instance containing currently buffered IPTC data.

The contained IPTC data may have been read from the image by a previous call to readMetadata() or added directly. The IPTC data in the returned instance will be written to the image when writeMetadata() is called.

Returns: modifiable IptcData instance containing IPTC values

◆ mimeType()

virtual std::string Exiv2::Image::mimeType ( ) const

pure virtual

Return the MIME type of the image.

Note: For each supported image format, the library knows only one MIME type. This may not be the most specific MIME type for that format. In particular, several RAW formats are variants of the TIFF format with the same magic as TIFF itself. Class TiffImage handles most of them and thus they all have MIME type "image/tiff", although a more specific MIME type may exist (e.g., "image/x-nikon-nef").

Implemented in Exiv2::ExvImage, Exiv2::JpegImage, Exiv2::BmffImage, Exiv2::BmpImage, Exiv2::RafImage, Exiv2::GifImage, Exiv2::TgaImage, Exiv2::TiffImage, Exiv2::Cr2Image, Exiv2::CrwImage, Exiv2::Jp2Image, Exiv2::MrwImage, Exiv2::PsdImage, Exiv2::EpsImage, Exiv2::Rw2Image, Exiv2::PngImage, Exiv2::MatroskaVideo, Exiv2::OrfImage, Exiv2::WebPImage, Exiv2::PgfImage, Exiv2::XmpSidecar, Exiv2::AsfVideo, Exiv2::RiffVideo, and Exiv2::QuickTimeVideo.

◆ printStructure()

virtual void Exiv2::Image::printStructure	(	std::ostream &	out,
		PrintStructureOption	option = `kpsNone`,
		int	depth = `0`
	)

virtual

Print out the structure of image file.

Exceptions

Error if reading of the file fails or the image data is not valid (does not look like data of the specific image type).

Warning: This function is not thread safe and intended for exiv2 -pS for debugging.; You may need to put the stream into binary mode (see src/actions.cpp)

Reimplemented in Exiv2::TiffImage, Exiv2::JpegBase, Exiv2::Cr2Image, Exiv2::Jp2Image, Exiv2::PngImage, Exiv2::RafImage, Exiv2::OrfImage, Exiv2::Rw2Image, Exiv2::WebPImage, Exiv2::RiffVideo, and Exiv2::BmffImage.

◆ printTiffStructure()

void Exiv2::Image::printTiffStructure	(	BasicIo &	io,
		std::ostream &	out,
		PrintStructureOption	option,
		int	depth,
		size_t	offset = `0`
	)

Print out the structure of image file.

Exceptions

Error if reading of the file fails or the image data is not valid (does not look like data of the specific image type).

◆ readMetadata()

virtual void Exiv2::Image::readMetadata ( )

pure virtual

Read all metadata supported by a specific image format from the image. Before this method is called, the image metadata will be cleared.

This method returns success even if no metadata is found in the image. Callers must therefore check the size of individual metadata types before accessing the data.

Exceptions

Error if opening or reading of the file fails or the image data is not valid (does not look like data of the specific image type).

Implemented in Exiv2::JpegBase, Exiv2::BmffImage, Exiv2::CrwImage, Exiv2::EpsImage, Exiv2::BmpImage, Exiv2::Cr2Image, Exiv2::MatroskaVideo, Exiv2::TiffImage, Exiv2::RafImage, Exiv2::GifImage, Exiv2::Jp2Image, Exiv2::TgaImage, Exiv2::PsdImage, Exiv2::PgfImage, Exiv2::PngImage, Exiv2::AsfVideo, Exiv2::OrfImage, Exiv2::MrwImage, Exiv2::Rw2Image, Exiv2::RiffVideo, Exiv2::QuickTimeVideo, Exiv2::XmpSidecar, and Exiv2::WebPImage.

◆ setByteOrder()

void Exiv2::Image::setByteOrder ( ByteOrder byteOrder )

Set the byte order to encode the Exif metadata in.

The setting is only used when new Exif metadata is created and may not be applicable at all for some image formats. If the target image already contains Exif metadata, the byte order of the existing data is used. If byte order is not set when writeMetadata() is called, little-endian byte order (II) is used by default.

◆ setComment()

virtual void Exiv2::Image::setComment ( const std::string & comment )

virtual

Set the image comment. The new comment is not written to the image until the writeMetadata() method is called.

Parameters

comment String containing comment.

Reimplemented in Exiv2::BmffImage, Exiv2::BmpImage, Exiv2::RafImage, Exiv2::GifImage, Exiv2::TgaImage, Exiv2::TiffImage, Exiv2::Cr2Image, Exiv2::Jp2Image, Exiv2::MrwImage, Exiv2::EpsImage, Exiv2::Rw2Image, Exiv2::PsdImage, Exiv2::OrfImage, Exiv2::WebPImage, and Exiv2::XmpSidecar.

◆ setExifData()

virtual void Exiv2::Image::setExifData ( const ExifData & exifData )

virtual

Assign new Exif data. The new Exif data is not written to the image until the writeMetadata() method is called.

Parameters

exifData An ExifData instance holding Exif data to be copied

Reimplemented in Exiv2::BmpImage, Exiv2::RafImage, Exiv2::GifImage, Exiv2::TgaImage, Exiv2::MrwImage, and Exiv2::Rw2Image.

◆ setIccProfile()

virtual void Exiv2::Image::setIccProfile	(	DataBuf &	iccProfile,
		bool	bTestValid = `true`
	)

virtual

Set the image iccProfile. The new profile is not written to the image until the writeMetadata() method is called.

Parameters

iccProfile	DataBuf containing profile (binary)
bTestValid	- tests that iccProfile contains credible data

◆ setIptcData()

virtual void Exiv2::Image::setIptcData ( const IptcData & iptcData )

virtual

Assign new IPTC data. The new IPTC data is not written to the image until the writeMetadata() method is called.

Parameters

iptcData An IptcData instance holding IPTC data to be copied

Reimplemented in Exiv2::BmpImage, Exiv2::RafImage, Exiv2::CrwImage, Exiv2::GifImage, Exiv2::TgaImage, Exiv2::MrwImage, Exiv2::Rw2Image, and Exiv2::WebPImage.

◆ setMetadata()

virtual void Exiv2::Image::setMetadata ( const Image & image )

virtual

Copy all existing metadata from source Image. The data is copied into internal buffers and is not written to the image until the writeMetadata() method is called.

Parameters

image Metadata source. All metadata types are copied.

◆ setXmpData()

virtual void Exiv2::Image::setXmpData ( const XmpData & xmpData )

virtual

Assign new XMP data. The new XMP data is not written to the image until the writeMetadata() method is called.

Subsequent calls to writeMetadata() encode the XMP data to a raw XMP packet and write the newly encoded packet to the image. In the process, the buffered raw XMP packet is updated. In order to write directly from the raw XMP packet, use writeXmpFromPacket(true) or setXmpPacket().

Parameters

xmpData An XmpData instance holding XMP data to be copied

◆ setXmpPacket()

virtual void Exiv2::Image::setXmpPacket ( const std::string & xmpPacket )

virtual

Assign a raw XMP packet. The new XMP packet is not written to the image until the writeMetadata() method is called.

Subsequent calls to writeMetadata() write the XMP packet from the buffered raw XMP packet rather than from buffered parsed XMP data. In order to write from parsed XMP data again, use either writeXmpFromPacket(false) or setXmpData().

Parameters

xmpPacket A string containing the raw XMP packet.

◆ writeMetadata()

virtual void Exiv2::Image::writeMetadata ( )

pure virtual

Write metadata back to the image.

All existing metadata sections in the image are either created, replaced, or erased. If values for a given metadata type have been assigned, a section for that metadata type will either be created or replaced. If no values have been assigned to a given metadata type, any exists section for that metadata type will be removed from the image.

Exceptions

Error if the operation fails

Implemented in Exiv2::JpegBase, Exiv2::BmffImage, Exiv2::BmpImage, Exiv2::CrwImage, Exiv2::EpsImage, Exiv2::RafImage, Exiv2::GifImage, Exiv2::TgaImage, Exiv2::Cr2Image, Exiv2::MatroskaVideo, Exiv2::TiffImage, Exiv2::Jp2Image, Exiv2::MrwImage, Exiv2::PsdImage, Exiv2::Rw2Image, Exiv2::PgfImage, Exiv2::PngImage, Exiv2::AsfVideo, Exiv2::OrfImage, Exiv2::RiffVideo, Exiv2::QuickTimeVideo, Exiv2::XmpSidecar, and Exiv2::WebPImage.

◆ writeXmpFromPacket()

void Exiv2::Image::writeXmpFromPacket ( bool flag )

Determine the source when writing XMP.

Depending on the setting of this flag, writeMetadata() writes XMP from the buffered raw XMP packet or from parsed XMP data. The default is to write from parsed XMP data. The switch is also set by all functions to set and clear the buffered raw XMP packet and parsed XMP data, so using this function should usually not be necessary.

If Exiv2 was compiled without XMP support, the default for this flag is true and it will never be changed in order to preserve access to the raw XMP packet.

◆ xmpData() [1/2]

virtual XmpData& Exiv2::Image::xmpData ( )

virtual

Returns an XmpData instance containing currently buffered XMP data.

The contained XMP data may have been read from the image by a previous call to readMetadata() or added directly. The XMP data in the returned instance will be written to the image when writeMetadata() is called.

Returns: modifiable XmpData instance containing XMP values

◆ xmpData() [2/2]

virtual const XmpData& Exiv2::Image::xmpData ( ) const

virtual

Returns an XmpData instance containing currently buffered XMP data.

The contained XMP data may have been read from the image by a previous call to readMetadata() or added directly. The XMP data in the returned instance will be written to the image when writeMetadata() is called.

Returns: modifiable XmpData instance containing XMP values

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

image.hpp

Public Types

Public Member Functions

Accessors

Detailed Description

Member Function Documentation

◆ checkMode()

◆ clearXmpData()

◆ clearXmpPacket()

◆ exifData() [1/2]

◆ exifData() [2/2]

◆ good()

◆ io()

◆ iptcData() [1/2]

◆ iptcData() [2/2]

◆ mimeType()

◆ printStructure()

◆ printTiffStructure()

◆ readMetadata()

◆ setByteOrder()

◆ setComment()

◆ setExifData()

◆ setIccProfile()

◆ setIptcData()

◆ setMetadata()

◆ setXmpData()

◆ setXmpPacket()

◆ writeMetadata()

◆ writeXmpFromPacket()

◆ xmpData() [1/2]

◆ xmpData() [2/2]