HOW TO: Load, Save, and Split Annotations

class Program
    {
        private static AnnContainer annContainer;

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            //Set License and Key
            string licFile = @"";
            string keyFile = "";
            RasterSupport.SetLicense(licFile, keyFile);

            // Loads the annotations from an existing TIF file that already contains annotations
            LoadTifAnnotationsExample();

            // Saves the annotations loaded in LoadTifAnnotationsExample to a separate TIF file
            SaveTifAnnotationsExample();

            // Splits the annotations loaded in LoadTifAnnotationsExample into 2 containers and saves the AnnRectangleObjects to XML and AnnNoteObjects to TIF
            SplitContainerToTifAndXmlExample();

            Console.WriteLine("Done...");
            Console.ReadKey();
        }

        private static void LoadTifAnnotationsExample()
        {
            // Load the annotations from the TIF file
            AnnCodecs annCodecs = new AnnCodecs();

            annContainer = annCodecs.Load(@"C:\Users\cthompson\Desktop\TestFileTifAnnotations.tif", 1);

            // Print out the objects in the container to show they are loaded
            Console.WriteLine("ANNOTATIONS LOADED: From Test TIF File that Already Contained Annotations:\n");
            foreach (var annObject in annContainer.Children)
            {
                Console.WriteLine($"Annotation: {annObject.ToString()}");
            }
            Console.WriteLine("\n");
        }

        private static void SaveTifAnnotationsExample()
        {
            using (RasterCodecs rasterCodecs = new RasterCodecs())
            {
                AnnCodecs annCodecs = new AnnCodecs();

                RasterTagMetadata tag = annCodecs.SaveToTag(annContainer, false);

                rasterCodecs.WriteTag(@"C:\Users\cthompson\Desktop\SaveAnnotationsToTif.tif", 1, tag);

                // Now load the annotations from the TIF file we just saved to to ensure they were saved correctly
                AnnContainer savedTifContainer = annCodecs.Load(@"C:\Users\cthompson\Desktop\SaveAnnotationsToTif.tif", 1);

                // Print out the objects in the container to show they are loaded
                Console.WriteLine("ANNOTATIONS LOADED: From TIF File the we Saved Annotations to:\n");
                foreach (var annObject in savedTifContainer.Children)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine($"Annotation: {annObject.ToString()}");
                }
                Console.WriteLine("\n");
            }
        }

        private static void SplitContainerToTifAndXmlExample()
        {
            // Save all the Rectangle annotations from the container to XML
            AnnCodecs annCodecs = new AnnCodecs();
            AnnContainer xmlContainer = annContainer.Clone();

            for (int i = 0; i < xmlContainer.Children.Count; i++)
            {
                if (xmlContainer.Children[i].Id != AnnObject.RectangleObjectId)
                {
                    xmlContainer.Children.Remove(xmlContainer.Children[i]);
                    i--;
                }
            }

            annCodecs.Save(@"C:\Users\cthompson\Desktop\RectangleAnnotationsXml.xml", xmlContainer, AnnFormat.Annotations, 1);
            // Now load the annotations from the XML file we just saved to to ensure they were saved correctly
            AnnContainer rectangleXmlContainer = annCodecs.Load(@"C:\Users\cthompson\Desktop\RectangleAnnotationsXml.xml", 1);

            // Print out the objects in the container to show they are loaded
            Console.WriteLine("ANNOTATIONS LOADED: From XML File the we Saved ONLY Rectangle Annotations to:");
            foreach (var annObject in rectangleXmlContainer.Children)
            {
                Console.WriteLine($"Annotation: {annObject.ToString()}");
            }
            Console.WriteLine("");


            /********************************************************************************************************************/
            //                                                                                                                  //
            /********************************************************************************************************************/


            // Save all the Note annotations from the container to TIF
            AnnContainer tifContainer = annContainer.Clone();

            for (int i = 0; i < tifContainer.Children.Count; i++)
            {
                if (tifContainer.Children[i].Id != AnnObject.NoteObjectId)
                {
                    tifContainer.Children.Remove(tifContainer.Children[i]);
                    i--;
                }
            }

            using (RasterCodecs rasterCodecs = new RasterCodecs())
            {
                RasterTagMetadata tag = annCodecs.SaveToTag(tifContainer, false);

                rasterCodecs.WriteTag(@"C:\Users\cthompson\Desktop\SaveJustNoteAnnotationsToTif.tif", 1, tag);
            }

            // Now load the annotations from the XML file we just saved to to ensure they were saved correctly
            AnnContainer noteTifContainer = annCodecs.Load(@"C:\Users\cthompson\Desktop\SaveJustNoteAnnotationsToTif.tif", 1);

            // Print out the objects in the container to show they are loaded
            Console.WriteLine("ANNOTATIONS LOADED: From TIF File the we Saved ONLY Note Annotations to:");
            foreach (var annObject in noteTifContainer.Children)
            {
                Console.WriteLine($"Annotation: {annObject.ToString()}");
            }
            Console.WriteLine("\n");
        }
    }