ReadComments(string,int) Method

Summary

Gets all the comment fields stored in a file.

Syntax

Objective-C

C++/CLI

Python

public IList<RasterCommentMetadata> ReadComments( 
   string fileName, 
   int pageNumber 
)

- (nullable NSArray<LTRasterCommentMetadata *> *)readCommentsFromFile:(NSString *)file  
                                                           pageNumber:(NSInteger)pageNumber  
                                                                error:(NSError **)error

public: 
IList<RasterCommentMetadata^>^ ReadComments(  
   String^ fileName, 
   int pageNumber 
)

def ReadComments(self,fileName,pageNumber):

Parameters

fileName
A String containing the input file name.

pageNumber
1-based index of the page from which to read the comments.

Return Value

A collection of RasterTagMetadata containing all the comment fields information found in the file. If the file does not contain any comments, an empty collection will be returned. If the file format does not support comment fields, an exception will be thrown.

Remarks

Some file formats can contain comments, and some cannot, and each file format has its own set of comment types. When you save a file, the comments in the RasterImage object can be saved in the file. The index into the array (specified using a constant) determines the type of comment.

To read a specific comment field stored in a file, use ReadComment.

This method will throw an exception if the file format does not support comments fields. To determine whether a file format supports comment fields, use CommentsSupported. You can also automatically load all the comment fields stored in a file during a load operation by setting the CodecsLoadOptions.Comments property to true. The comment fields data will be stored in the resulting image RasterImage.Comments collection.

To load all the comments stored in a stream, use ReadComments.

Example

Java

using Leadtools; 
using Leadtools.Codecs; 
using Leadtools.ImageProcessing; 
using Leadtools.ImageProcessing.Color; 
using Leadtools.Svg; 
 
 
public void MetadataLoadExample() 
{ 
   // Prompt the user for an image file 
   string imageFileName = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "test_GeoKey.TIF"); 
 
   // Initialize LEADTOOLS 
   using (RasterCodecs codecs = new RasterCodecs()) 
   { 
      // Get the file format 
      RasterImageFormat format; 
 
      using (CodecsImageInfo info = codecs.GetInformation(imageFileName, false)) 
      { 
         format = info.Format; 
      } 
 
      // Load the tags 
      IList<RasterTagMetadata> tags = null; 
      if (RasterCodecs.TagsSupported(format)) 
         tags = codecs.ReadTags(imageFileName, 1); 
 
      // Load the comments 
      IList<RasterCommentMetadata> comments = null; 
      if (RasterCodecs.CommentsSupported(format)) 
         comments = codecs.ReadComments(imageFileName, 1); 
 
      // Load the geo keys 
      IList<RasterTagMetadata> geoKeys = null; 
      if (RasterCodecs.GeoKeysSupported(format)) 
         geoKeys = codecs.ReadGeoKeys(imageFileName, 1); 
 
      // Load the markers 
      IList<RasterMarkerMetadata> markers = null; 
      if (RasterCodecs.MarkersSupported(format)) 
         markers = codecs.ReadMarkers(imageFileName); 
 
      string txtFileName = Path.Combine( 
         Path.GetDirectoryName(imageFileName), 
         Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(imageFileName) + "_metadata.txt"); 
 
      using (StreamWriter writer = File.CreateText(txtFileName)) 
      { 
         // Write the tags 
         WriteTags(writer, "Tags", tags); 
 
         // Write the comments 
         WriteComments(writer, comments); 
 
         // Write the geo keys (tags and geokeys use the same data type) 
         WriteTags(writer, "GeoKeys", geoKeys); 
 
         // Write the markers 
         WriteMarkers(writer, markers); 
      } 
 
      // Show the text file we created 
      Trace.Write(File.ReadAllText(txtFileName)); 
   } 
} 
 
private static void WriteTags(StreamWriter writer, string name, IList<RasterTagMetadata> tags) 
{ 
   writer.WriteLine("{0}:", name); 
 
   if (tags != null) 
   { 
      foreach (RasterTagMetadata tag in tags) 
      { 
         writer.WriteLine("Id: 0x{0}, data length: {1}", tag.Id.ToString("X"), tag.GetData().Length); 
      } 
   } 
   else 
   { 
      writer.WriteLine("Not supported"); 
   } 
 
   writer.WriteLine(); 
} 
 
private static void WriteComments(StreamWriter writer, IList<RasterCommentMetadata> comments) 
{ 
   writer.WriteLine("Comments:"); 
 
   if (comments != null) 
   { 
      foreach (RasterCommentMetadata comment in comments) 
      { 
         writer.WriteLine("Type: {0}, data length: {1}", comment.Type, comment.GetData().Length); 
      } 
   } 
   else 
   { 
      writer.WriteLine("Not supported"); 
   } 
 
   writer.WriteLine(); 
} 
 
private static void WriteMarkers(StreamWriter writer, IList<RasterMarkerMetadata> markers) 
{ 
   writer.WriteLine("Markers:"); 
 
   if (markers != null) 
   { 
      foreach (RasterMarkerMetadata marker in markers) 
      { 
         writer.WriteLine("ID: {0}, data length: {1}", marker.Id, marker.GetData().Length); 
      } 
   } 
   else 
   { 
      writer.WriteLine("Not supported"); 
   } 
 
   writer.WriteLine(); 
} 
 
static class LEAD_VARS 
{ 
   public const string ImagesDir = @"C:\LEADTOOLS23\Resources\Images"; 
}

 
import java.io.*; 
import java.net.*; 
import java.nio.file.Paths; 
import java.util.*; 
import java.time.Instant; 
import java.time.Duration; 
 
import org.junit.*; 
import org.junit.runner.JUnitCore; 
import org.junit.runner.Result; 
import org.junit.runner.notification.Failure; 
import static org.junit.Assert.*; 
 
import leadtools.*; 
import leadtools.codecs.*; 
import leadtools.codecs.RasterCodecs.FeedCallbackThunk; 
import leadtools.drawing.internal.*; 
import leadtools.imageprocessing.*; 
import leadtools.imageprocessing.color.ChangeIntensityCommand; 
import leadtools.svg.*; 
 
 
public void metadataLoadExample() throws IOException { 
   final String LEAD_VARS_IMAGES_DIR = "C:\\LEADTOOLS23\\Resources\\Images"; 
   String imageFileName = combine(LEAD_VARS_IMAGES_DIR, "ocr1.tif"); 
   ILeadStream imageFileStream = LeadStreamFactory.create(imageFileName); 
   RasterCodecs codecs = new RasterCodecs(); 
 
   // Get the file format 
   RasterImageFormat format; 
   CodecsImageInfo info = codecs.getInformation(imageFileName, false); 
   format = info.getFormat(); 
 
   // Load the tags 
   List<RasterTagMetadata> tags = null; 
   assertTrue("tags are supported", RasterCodecs.tagsSupported(format)); 
   tags = codecs.readTags(imageFileStream, 1); 
   System.out.println("tags are supported"); 
 
   // Load the comments 
   List<RasterCommentMetadata> comments = null; 
   assertTrue("comments are supported", RasterCodecs.commentsSupported(format)); 
   comments = codecs.readComments(imageFileStream, 1); 
   System.out.println("comments are supported"); 
 
   // Load the geo keys 
   List<RasterTagMetadata> geoKeys = null; 
   assertTrue("geoKeys are supported", RasterCodecs.geoKeysSupported(format)); 
   geoKeys = codecs.readGeoKeys(imageFileStream, 1); 
   System.out.println("geoKeys are supported"); 
 
   // Load the markers 
   List<RasterMarkerMetadata> markers = null; 
   if (RasterCodecs.markersSupported(format)) 
      markers = codecs.readMarkers(imageFileStream); 
 
   File file = new File(imageFileName); 
   String txtFileName = file.getName().substring(0, file.getName().indexOf(".")) + "_metadata.txt"; 
   File txtFile = new File(txtFileName); 
   if (!txtFile.exists()) { 
      txtFile.createNewFile(); 
   } 
   FileWriter txtFileWriter = new FileWriter(txtFileName); 
   LeadStreamFactory.create(txtFileName); 
 
   // Write the tags 
   writeTags(txtFileWriter, "Tags", tags); 
 
   // Write the comments 
   writeComments(txtFileWriter, comments); 
 
   // Write the geo keys (tags and geokeys use the same data type) 
   writeTags(txtFileWriter, "GeoKeys", geoKeys); 
 
   // Write the markers 
   writeMarkers(txtFileWriter, markers); 
 
   // Show the text file we created 
   imageFileStream.close(); 
   txtFileWriter.close(); 
} 
 
private static void writeTags(FileWriter writer, String name, List<RasterTagMetadata> tags) throws IOException { 
   writer.write((name + ":")); 
 
   if (tags != null) { 
      for (RasterTagMetadata tag : tags) { 
         writer.write(String.format("Id: 0x%s, data length: %s%n", tag.getId(), tag.getData().length)); 
      } 
   } else { 
      writer.write("Not supported\n"); 
   } 
 
   writer.write("\n"); 
} 
 
private static void writeComments(FileWriter writer, List<RasterCommentMetadata> comments) throws IOException { 
   writer.write("Comments:"); 
 
   if (comments != null) { 
      for (RasterCommentMetadata comment : comments) { 
         writer.write(String.format("Type: %s, data length: %s%n", comment.getType(), comment.getData().length)); 
      } 
   } else { 
      writer.write("Not supported\n"); 
   } 
 
   writer.write("\n"); 
} 
 
private static void writeMarkers(FileWriter writer, List<RasterMarkerMetadata> markers) throws IOException { 
   writer.write("Markers:"); 
 
   if (markers != null) { 
      for (RasterMarkerMetadata marker : markers) { 
         writer.write("ID: %s, data length: %s", marker.getId(), marker.getData().length); 
      } 
   } else { 
      writer.write("Not supported"); 
   } 
 
   writer.write("\n"); 
}