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Core definitions of images, pixels and connected components. Also contains interfaces for processors for these basic types. Includes loading, saving and displaying images.

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package org.openimaj.image;

import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.awt.image.ComponentSampleModel;
import java.awt.image.DataBufferByte;
import java.awt.image.WritableRaster;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.DataInput;
import java.io.DataOutput;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;

import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.imageio.stream.ImageOutputStream;

import org.apache.commons.lang.ArrayUtils;
import org.apache.sanselan.ImageFormat;
import org.apache.sanselan.Sanselan;
import org.apache.sanselan.common.byteSources.ByteSource;
import org.apache.sanselan.common.byteSources.ByteSourceInputStream;
import org.openimaj.image.colour.ColourSpace;
import org.openimaj.io.InputStreamObjectReader;

/**
 * A static utility class with methods for dealing with images.
 * 
 * @author Jonathon Hare ([email protected])
 */
public class ImageUtilities {
	/**
	 * An {@link InputStreamObjectReader} for reading {@link FImage}s.
	 */
	public static final InputStreamObjectReader FIMAGE_READER = new InputStreamObjectReader() {
		@Override
		public FImage read(final InputStream stream) throws IOException {
			return ImageUtilities.readF(stream);
		}

		@Override
		public boolean canRead(final InputStream stream, final String name) {
			try {
				final ByteSource src = new ByteSourceInputStream(stream, name);

				return Sanselan.guessFormat(src) != ImageFormat.IMAGE_FORMAT_UNKNOWN;
			} catch (final Exception e) {
				return false;
			}
		}
	};

	/**
	 * An {@link InputStreamObjectReader} for reading {@link MBFImage}s.
	 */
	public static final InputStreamObjectReader MBFIMAGE_READER = new InputStreamObjectReader() {
		@Override
		public MBFImage read(final InputStream stream) throws IOException {
			return ImageUtilities.readMBF(stream);
		}

		@Override
		public boolean canRead(final InputStream stream, final String name) {
			try {
				final ByteSource src = new ByteSourceInputStream(stream, name);

				return Sanselan.guessFormat(src) != ImageFormat.IMAGE_FORMAT_UNKNOWN;
			} catch (final Exception e) {
				return false;
			}
		}
	};

	/** Lookup table for byte->float conversion */
	public final static float[] BYTE_TO_FLOAT_LUT;

	// Static initialisation
	static {
		BYTE_TO_FLOAT_LUT = new float[256];
		for (int i = 0; i < ImageUtilities.BYTE_TO_FLOAT_LUT.length; i++)
			ImageUtilities.BYTE_TO_FLOAT_LUT[i] = i / 255f;
	}

	private ImageUtilities() {
		// don't allow instances to be created
	}

	/**
	 * Calculate normalised RGB planes. Extracts the planes from the given RGB
	 * BufferedImage and returns an array of FImage of length 3. The images are
	 * ordered Red, Green and Blue.
	 * 
	 * @param bimg
	 *            A {@link BufferedImage} from which the planes are extracted.
	 * @return An array of {@link FImage}.
	 */
	public static FImage[] getNormalisedColourPlanes(final BufferedImage bimg) {
		final FImage[] images = new FImage[3];
		final BufferedImage workingImage = ImageUtilities.createWorkingImage(bimg);
		final int[] data = workingImage.getRGB(0, 0, workingImage.getWidth(), workingImage.getHeight(), null, 0,
				workingImage.getWidth());

		images[0] = new FImage(data, bimg.getWidth(), bimg.getHeight(), ARGBPlane.RED);
		images[1] = new FImage(data, bimg.getWidth(), bimg.getHeight(), ARGBPlane.GREEN);
		images[2] = new FImage(data, bimg.getWidth(), bimg.getHeight(), ARGBPlane.BLUE);

		int r, c;
		for (r = 0; r < images[0].height; r++) {
			for (c = 0; c < images[0].width; c++) {
				final float norm = (float) Math.sqrt(
						(images[0].pixels[r][c] * images[0].pixels[r][c]) +
								(images[1].pixels[r][c] * images[1].pixels[r][c]) +
								(images[2].pixels[r][c] * images[2].pixels[r][c])
						);

				if (norm == 0 && images[0].pixels[r][c] == 0)
					images[0].pixels[r][c] /= (1.0 / Math.sqrt(3.0));
				else
					images[0].pixels[r][c] /= norm;

				if (norm == 0 && images[1].pixels[r][c] == 0)
					images[1].pixels[r][c] /= (1.0 / Math.sqrt(3.0));
				else
					images[1].pixels[r][c] /= norm;

				if (norm == 0 && images[2].pixels[r][c] == 0)
					images[2].pixels[r][c] /= (1.0 / Math.sqrt(3.0));
				else
					images[2].pixels[r][c] /= norm;
			}
		}

		return images;
	}

	/**
	 * Returns a ARGB BufferedImage, even if the input BufferedImage is not ARGB
	 * format.
	 * 
	 * @param bimg
	 *            The {@link BufferedImage} to normalise to ARGB
	 * @return An ARGB {@link BufferedImage}
	 */
	public static BufferedImage createWorkingImage(final BufferedImage bimg) {
		// to avoid performance complications in the getRGB method, we
		// pre-calculate the RGB rep of the image
		BufferedImage workingImage;
		if (bimg.getType() == BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB) {
			workingImage = bimg;
		} else {
			workingImage = new BufferedImage(bimg.getWidth(), bimg.getHeight(), BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
			final Graphics2D g2d = workingImage.createGraphics();
			g2d.drawImage(bimg, null, 0, 0);
		}
		return workingImage;
	}

	/**
	 * Write the given image to the given file with the given format name.
	 * Format names are the same as used by
	 * {@link ImageIO#write(java.awt.image.RenderedImage, String, File)}.
	 * 
	 * @param image
	 *            The image to write.
	 * @param formatName
	 *            a {@link String} containing the informal name of the format.
	 * @param output
	 *            The {@link File} to write the image to.
	 * @throws IOException
	 *             If the image cannot be written to the file.
	 */
	public static void write(final Image image, final String formatName, final File output) throws IOException {
		ImageIO.write(ImageUtilities.createBufferedImageForDisplay(image), formatName, output);
	}

	/**
	 * Write the given image to the given file with the given format name.
	 * Format names are the same as used by
	 * {@link ImageIO#write(java.awt.image.RenderedImage, String, OutputStream)}
	 * .
	 * 
	 * @param image
	 *            The image to write.
	 * @param formatName
	 *            a {@link String} containing the informal name of the format.
	 * @param output
	 *            The {@link OutputStream} to write the image to.
	 * @throws IOException
	 *             If the image cannot be written to the file.
	 */
	public static void write(final Image image, final String formatName, final OutputStream output)
			throws IOException
	{
		ImageIO.write(ImageUtilities.createBufferedImageForDisplay(image), formatName, output);
	}

	/**
	 * Write the given image to the given file with the given format name.
	 * Format names are the same as used by
	 * {@link ImageIO#write(java.awt.image.RenderedImage, String, ImageOutputStream)}
	 * .
	 * 
	 * @param image
	 *            The image to write.
	 * @param formatName
	 *            a {@link String} containing the informal name of the format.
	 * @param output
	 *            The {@link ImageOutputStream} to write the image to.
	 * @throws IOException
	 *             If the image cannot be written to the file.
	 */
	public static void write(final Image image, final String formatName, final ImageOutputStream output)
			throws IOException
	{
		ImageIO.write(ImageUtilities.createBufferedImageForDisplay(image), formatName, output);
	}

	/**
	 * Write the given image to the given file, guessing the format name from
	 * the extension. Format names are the same as used by
	 * {@link ImageIO#write(java.awt.image.RenderedImage, String, File)}.
	 * 
	 * @param image
	 *            The image to write.
	 * @param output
	 *            The {@link File} to write the image to.
	 * @throws IOException
	 *             If the image cannot be written to the file.
	 */
	public static void write(final Image image, final File output) throws IOException {
		final String name = output.getName();
		String format = name.substring(name.lastIndexOf(".") + 1);

		format = format.toLowerCase().trim();

		ImageIO.write(ImageUtilities.createBufferedImageForDisplay(image), format, output);
	}

	/**
	 * Create an FImage from a buffered image.
	 * 
	 * @param image
	 *            the image
	 * @return an FImage representation of the input image
	 */
	public static FImage createFImage(final BufferedImage image) {
		final BufferedImage bimg = ImageUtilities.createWorkingImage(image);
		final int[] data = bimg.getRGB(0, 0, bimg.getWidth(), bimg.getHeight(), null, 0, bimg.getWidth());

		return new FImage(data, bimg.getWidth(), bimg.getHeight());
	}

	/**
	 * Create an MBFImage from a buffered image.
	 * 
	 * @param image
	 *            the image
	 * @param alpha
	 *            should the resultant MBFImage have an alpha channel
	 * @return an MBFImage representation of the input image
	 */
	public static MBFImage createMBFImage(final BufferedImage image, final boolean alpha) {
		final BufferedImage bimg = ImageUtilities.createWorkingImage(image);
		final int[] data = bimg.getRGB(0, 0, bimg.getWidth(), bimg.getHeight(), null, 0, bimg.getWidth());

		return new MBFImage(data, bimg.getWidth(), bimg.getHeight(), alpha);
	}

	/**
	 * Reads an {@link FImage} from the given file.
	 * 
	 * @param input
	 *            The file to read the {@link FImage} from.
	 * @return An {@link FImage}
	 * @throws IOException
	 *             if the file cannot be read
	 */
	public static FImage readF(final File input) throws IOException {
		return ImageUtilities.createFImage(ExtendedImageIO.read(input));
	}

	/**
	 * Reads an {@link FImage} from the given input stream.
	 * 
	 * @param input
	 *            The input stream to read the {@link FImage} from.
	 * @return An {@link FImage}
	 * @throws IOException
	 *             if the stream cannot be read
	 */
	public static FImage readF(final InputStream input) throws IOException {
		return ImageUtilities.createFImage(ExtendedImageIO.read(input));
	}

	/**
	 * Reads an {@link FImage} from the given URL.
	 * 
	 * @param input
	 *            The URL to read the {@link FImage} from.
	 * @return An {@link FImage}
	 * @throws IOException
	 *             if the URL stream cannot be read
	 */
	public static FImage readF(final URL input) throws IOException {
		return ImageUtilities.createFImage(ExtendedImageIO.read(input));
	}

	/**
	 * Reads an {@link MBFImage} from the given file.
	 * 
	 * @param input
	 *            The file to read the {@link MBFImage} from.
	 * @return An {@link MBFImage}
	 * @throws IOException
	 *             if the file cannot be read
	 */
	public static MBFImage readMBF(final File input) throws IOException {
		return ImageUtilities.createMBFImage(ExtendedImageIO.read(input), false);
	}

	/**
	 * Reads an {@link MBFImage} from the given input stream.
	 * 
	 * @param input
	 *            The input stream to read the {@link MBFImage} from.
	 * @return An {@link MBFImage}
	 * @throws IOException
	 *             if the stream cannot be read
	 */
	public static MBFImage readMBF(final InputStream input) throws IOException {
		return ImageUtilities.createMBFImage(ExtendedImageIO.read(input), false);
	}

	/**
	 * Reads an {@link MBFImage} from the given URL.
	 * 
	 * @param input
	 *            The URL to read the {@link MBFImage} from.
	 * @return An {@link MBFImage}
	 * @throws IOException
	 *             if the URL stream cannot be read
	 */
	public static MBFImage readMBF(final URL input) throws IOException {
		return ImageUtilities.createMBFImage(ExtendedImageIO.read(input), false);
	}

	/**
	 * Reads an {@link MBFImage} from the given file. The resultant MBImage will
	 * contain an alpha channel
	 * 
	 * @param input
	 *            The file to read the {@link MBFImage} from.
	 * @return An {@link MBFImage}
	 * @throws IOException
	 *             if the file cannot be read
	 */
	public static MBFImage readMBFAlpha(final File input) throws IOException {
		return ImageUtilities.createMBFImage(ExtendedImageIO.read(input), true);
	}

	/**
	 * Reads an {@link MBFImage} from the given input stream. The resultant
	 * MBImage will contain an alpha channel
	 * 
	 * @param input
	 *            The input stream to read the {@link MBFImage} from.
	 * @return An {@link MBFImage}
	 * @throws IOException
	 *             if the stream cannot be read
	 */
	public static MBFImage readMBFAlpha(final InputStream input) throws IOException {
		return ImageUtilities.createMBFImage(ExtendedImageIO.read(input), true);
	}

	/**
	 * Reads an {@link MBFImage} from the given URL. The resultant MBImage will
	 * contain an alpha channel
	 * 
	 * @param input
	 *            The URL to read the {@link MBFImage} from.
	 * @return An {@link MBFImage}
	 * @throws IOException
	 *             if the URL stream cannot be read
	 */
	public static MBFImage readMBFAlpha(final URL input) throws IOException {
		return ImageUtilities.createMBFImage(ExtendedImageIO.read(input), true);
	}

	/**
	 * Checks whether the width and height of all the given images match.
	 * 
	 * @param images
	 *            The images to compare sizes.
	 * @return TRUE if all the images are the same size; FALSE otherwise
	 */
	protected static boolean checkSameSize(final Image... images) {
		if (images == null || images.length == 0)
			return true;

		final Image image = images[0];
		final int w = image.getWidth();
		final int h = image.getHeight();

		return ImageUtilities.checkSize(h, w, images);
	}

	/**
	 * Checks whether the width and height of all the given images match the
	 * given width and height.
	 * 
	 * @param h
	 *            The height to match against all the images
	 * @param w
	 *            The width to match against all the images
	 * @param images
	 *            The images to compare sizes.
	 * @return TRUE if all the images are wxh in size; FALSE
	 *         otherwise
	 */
	protected static boolean checkSize(final int h, final int w, final Image... images) {
		for (final Image image : images)
			if (image.getHeight() != h || image.getWidth() != w)
				return false;
		return true;
	}

	/**
	 * Checks whether the width and height of all the given images match the
	 * given width and height.
	 * 
	 * @param h
	 *            The height to match against all the images
	 * @param w
	 *            The width to match against all the images
	 * @param images
	 *            The images to compare sizes.
	 * @return TRUE if all the images are wxh in size; FALSE
	 *         otherwise
	 */
	protected static boolean checkSize(final int h, final int w, final Iterable> images) {
		for (final Image image : images)
			if (image.getHeight() != h || image.getWidth() != w)
				return false;
		return true;
	}

	/**
	 * Reads a PNM header from the byte array containing the PNM binary data.
	 * The headerData variable will be populated with the header
	 * information. Returns the number of bytes read from the array.
	 * 
	 * @param data
	 *            The PNM binary data.
	 * @param headerData
	 *            A {@link Map} to populate with header information.
	 * @return The number of bytes read from the array.
	 * @throws IOException
	 *             if the byte array does not contain PNM information.
	 */
	protected static int pnmReadHeader(final byte[] data, final Map headerData) throws IOException {
		final ByteArrayInputStream bais = new ByteArrayInputStream(data);
		final InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(bais);
		final BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr);
		int count = 0, bytesRead = 0;
		while (count < 4) {
			final String line = br.readLine();

			final StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(line);

			while (st.hasMoreTokens()) {
				final String tok = st.nextToken();

				if (tok.startsWith("#"))
					break;
				else {
					switch (count) {
					case 0: // magic
						headerData.put("magic", Integer.decode(tok.substring(1)));
						break;
					case 1: // width
						headerData.put("width", Integer.decode(tok));
						break;
					case 2: // height
						headerData.put("height", Integer.decode(tok));
						break;
					case 3: // maxval
						headerData.put("maxval", Integer.decode(tok));
						break;
					}
					count++;
				}
			}
			bytesRead += (line.length() + 1); // +1 for the newlines
		}

		return bytesRead;
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the contents of a file in a byte array.
	 * 
	 * @param file
	 *            The file to read
	 * @return A byte array representation of the file.
	 * @throws IOException
	 *             if the file cannot be read fully.
	 */
	protected static byte[] getBytes(final File file) throws IOException {
		InputStream is = null;
		try {
			is = new FileInputStream(file);

			// Get the size of the file
			final long length = file.length();

			// You cannot create an array using a long type.
			// It needs to be an int type.
			// Before converting to an int type, check
			// to ensure that file is not larger than Integer.MAX_VALUE.
			if (length > Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
				// File is too large
			}

			// Create the byte array to hold the data
			final byte[] bytes = new byte[(int) length];

			// Read in the bytes
			int offset = 0;
			int numRead = 0;
			while (offset < bytes.length
					&& (numRead = is.read(bytes, offset, bytes.length - offset)) >= 0)
			{
				offset += numRead;
			}

			// Ensure all the bytes have been read in
			if (offset < bytes.length) {
				throw new IOException("Could not completely read file " + file.getName());
			}

			return bytes;
		} finally {
			// Close the input stream and return bytes
			if (is != null)
				is.close();
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Converts the input stream to a byte array. The input stream is fully
	 * read.
	 * 
	 * @param stream
	 *            The {@link InputStream} to convert to byte array
	 * @return A byte array representation of the {@link InputStream} data.
	 * @throws IOException
	 *             if the input stream cannot be fully read.
	 */
	protected static byte[] getBytes(final InputStream stream) throws IOException {
		final ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
		final byte[] b = new byte[4096];

		while (stream.read(b) > 0)
			baos.write(b);

		return baos.toByteArray();
	}

	/**
	 * Convert any image to a {@link BufferedImage}.
	 * 
	 * @param img
	 *            image to convert
	 * @return BufferedImage representation
	 */
	public static BufferedImage createBufferedImage(final Image img) {
		return ImageUtilities.createBufferedImage(img, null);
	}

	/**
	 * Convert any image to a {@link BufferedImage}.
	 * 
	 * @param img
	 *            image to convert
	 * @param bimg
	 *            BufferedImage to draw into if possible. Can be null.
	 * @return BufferedImage representation
	 */
	public static BufferedImage createBufferedImage(final Image img, BufferedImage bimg) {
		if (bimg == null || bimg.getWidth() != img.getWidth() || bimg.getHeight() != img.getHeight()
				|| bimg.getType() != BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB)
			bimg = new BufferedImage(img.getWidth(), img.getHeight(), BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);

		bimg.setRGB(0, 0, img.getWidth(), img.getHeight(), img.toPackedARGBPixels(), 0, img.getWidth());

		return bimg;
	}

	/**
	 * Convert any image to a {@link BufferedImage}.
	 * 
	 * @param img
	 *            image to convert
	 * @return BufferedImage representation
	 */
	public static BufferedImage createBufferedImageForDisplay(final Image img) {
		if (img instanceof MBFImage)
			return ImageUtilities.createBufferedImageForDisplay((MBFImage) img);
		else if (img instanceof FImage)
			return ImageUtilities.createBufferedImage((FImage) img);
		return ImageUtilities.createBufferedImage(img);
	}

	/**
	 * Convert any image to a {@link BufferedImage}.
	 * 
	 * @param img
	 *            image to convert
	 * @param bimg
	 *            BufferedImage to draw into if possible. Can be null.
	 * @return BufferedImage representation
	 */
	public static BufferedImage createBufferedImageForDisplay(final Image img, final BufferedImage bimg) {
		if (img instanceof MBFImage)
			return ImageUtilities.createBufferedImageForDisplay((MBFImage) img, bimg);
		else if (img instanceof FImage)
			return ImageUtilities.createBufferedImage((FImage) img, bimg);
		return ImageUtilities.createBufferedImage(img, bimg);
	}

	/**
	 * Efficiently create a TYPE_3BYTE_BGR for display if possible. This is
	 * typically much faster than to create and display than an ARGB buffered
	 * image. If the input image is not in RGB format, then the ARGB form will
	 * be returned instead.
	 * 
	 * @param img
	 *            the image to convert
	 * @return the converted image
	 */
	public static BufferedImage createBufferedImageForDisplay(final MBFImage img) {
		return ImageUtilities.createBufferedImageForDisplay(img, null);
	}

	/**
	 * Efficiently create a TYPE_3BYTE_BGR for display if possible. This is
	 * typically much faster than to create and display than an ARGB buffered
	 * image. If the input image is not in RGB format, then the ARGB form will
	 * be returned instead.
	 * 
	 * @param img
	 *            the image to convert
	 * @param ret
	 *            the image to draw into if possible. Can be null.
	 * @return the converted image. Might not be the same as the ret parameter.
	 */
	public static BufferedImage createBufferedImageForDisplay(final MBFImage img, BufferedImage ret) {
		if (img.colourSpace != ColourSpace.RGB)
			return ImageUtilities.createBufferedImage(img, ret);

		final int width = img.getWidth();
		final int height = img.getHeight();

		if (ret == null || ret.getWidth() != width || ret.getHeight() != height
				|| ret.getType() != BufferedImage.TYPE_3BYTE_BGR)
			ret = new BufferedImage(width, height, BufferedImage.TYPE_3BYTE_BGR);

		final WritableRaster raster = ret.getRaster();

		final float[][] r = img.getBand(0).pixels;
		final float[][] g = img.getBand(1).pixels;
		final float[][] b = img.getBand(2).pixels;

		final ComponentSampleModel sm = (ComponentSampleModel) raster.getSampleModel();
		final DataBufferByte db = (DataBufferByte) raster.getDataBuffer();
		final int scanlineStride = sm.getScanlineStride();
		final int pixelStride = sm.getPixelStride();

		final byte[] data = db.getData();
		for (int y = 0; y < height; y++) {
			for (int x = 0; x < width; x++) {
				data[y * scanlineStride + x * pixelStride + 2] = (byte)
						Math.max(0, Math.min(255, (int) (r[y][x] * 255)));
				data[y * scanlineStride + x * pixelStride + 1] = (byte)
						Math.max(0, Math.min(255, (int) (g[y][x] * 255)));
				data[y * scanlineStride + x * pixelStride] = (byte)
						Math.max(0, Math.min(255, (int) (b[y][x] * 255)));
			}
		}

		return ret;
	}

	/**
	 * Efficiently create a TYPE_BYTE_GRAY for display. This is typically much
	 * faster than to create and display than an ARGB buffered image.
	 * 
	 * @param img
	 *            the image to convert
	 * @return the converted image
	 */
	public static BufferedImage createBufferedImage(final FImage img) {
		return ImageUtilities.createBufferedImage(img, null);
	}

	/**
	 * Efficiently create a TYPE_BYTE_GRAY for display. This is typically much
	 * faster than to create and display than an ARGB buffered image.
	 * 
	 * @param img
	 *            the image to convert
	 * @param ret
	 *            BufferedImage to draw into if possible. Can be null.
	 * @return the converted image
	 */
	public static BufferedImage createBufferedImage(final FImage img, BufferedImage ret) {
		final int width = img.getWidth();
		final int height = img.getHeight();

		if (ret == null || ret.getWidth() != width || ret.getHeight() != height
				|| ret.getType() != BufferedImage.TYPE_BYTE_GRAY)
			ret = new BufferedImage(width, height, BufferedImage.TYPE_BYTE_GRAY);

		final WritableRaster raster = ret.getRaster();

		final float[][] p = img.pixels;

		final ComponentSampleModel sm = (ComponentSampleModel) raster.getSampleModel();
		final DataBufferByte db = (DataBufferByte) raster.getDataBuffer();
		final int scanlineStride = sm.getScanlineStride();
		final int pixelStride = sm.getPixelStride();

		final byte[] data = db.getData();
		for (int y = 0; y < height; y++) {
			for (int x = 0; x < width; x++) {
				data[y * scanlineStride + x * pixelStride] = (byte) (Math.max(0, Math.min(255, (int) (p[y][x] * 255))));
			}
		}

		return ret;
	}

	/**
	 * Write an image to a {@link DataOutput}.
	 * 
	 * @param img
	 *            the image
	 * @param formatName
	 *            the format
	 * @param out
	 *            the output
	 * @throws IOException
	 *             if an error occurs
	 */
	public static void write(final Image img, final String formatName, final DataOutput out) throws IOException {
		final ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
		ImageUtilities.write(img, formatName, baos);
		out.writeInt(baos.size());
		out.write(baos.toByteArray());
	}

	/**
	 * Read an {@link FImage} from a DataInput
	 * 
	 * @param in
	 *            input
	 * @return new FImage
	 * @throws IOException
	 *             if error occurs
	 */
	public static FImage readF(final DataInput in) throws IOException {
		final int sz = in.readInt();
		final byte[] bytes = new byte[sz];
		in.readFully(bytes);

		return ImageUtilities.readF(new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes));
	}

	/**
	 * Assign the contents of a {@link BufferedImage} to an {@link Image}.
	 * 
	 * @param 
	 *            the type of {@link Image}
	 * @param img
	 *            the {@link BufferedImage} to copy
	 * @param oiImage
	 *            the {@link Image} to fill
	 * @return the given input image.
	 */
	public static > I assignBufferedImage(final BufferedImage img, final I oiImage) {
		final BufferedImage bimg = ImageUtilities.createWorkingImage(img);
		final int[] data = bimg.getRGB(0, 0, bimg.getWidth(), bimg.getHeight(), null, 0, bimg.getWidth());

		return oiImage.internalAssign(data, bimg.getWidth(), bimg.getHeight());
	}

	/**
	 * Alpha composites the pixel p1 with the pixel p2, returning the value in
	 * pixel p1
	 * 
	 * @param p1
	 *            The first pixel
	 * @param p2
	 *            The second pixel
	 * @return The updates first pixel p1
	 */
	public static float[] alphaCompositePixel(final float[] p1, final float[] p2)
	{
		final float thisR = p1[0];
		final float thisG = p1[1];
		final float thisB = p1[2];
		float thisA = 1f;
		if (p1.length == 4)
			thisA = p1[3];
		float thatA = 1f;
		if (p2.length == 4)
			thatA = p2[3];
		final float thatR = p2[0];
		final float thatG = p2[1];
		final float thatB = p2[2];

		float a = thatA + thisA * (1 - thatA);
		a = a > 1.0f ? 1.0f : a;
		float r = thatR * thatA + (thisR * thisA) * (1 - thatA);
		r = r > 1.0f ? 1.0f : r;
		float g = thatG * thatA + (thisG * thisA) * (1 - thatA);
		g = g > 1.0f ? 1.0f : g;
		float b = thatB * thatA + (thisB * thisA) * (1 - thatA);
		b = b > 1.0f ? 1.0f : b;

		p1[0] = r;
		p1[1] = g;
		p1[2] = b;
		if (p1.length == 4)
			p1[3] = a;

		return p1;
	}

	/**
	 * @param out
	 *            where the write the composition
	 * @param thisR
	 * @param thisG
	 * @param thisB
	 * @param thisA
	 * 
	 * @param thatR
	 * @param thatG
	 * @param thatB
	 * @param thatA
	 * 
	 * @return returns out
	 */
	public static float[] alphaCompositePixel(
			float[] out,
			float thisR, float thisG, float thisB, float thisA,
			float thatR, float thatG, float thatB, float thatA
			)
	{

		float a = thatA + thisA * (1 - thatA);
		a = a > 1.0f ? 1.0f : a;
		float r = thatR * thatA + (thisR * thisA) * (1 - thatA);
		r = r > 1.0f ? 1.0f : r;
		float g = thatG * thatA + (thisG * thisA) * (1 - thatA);
		g = g > 1.0f ? 1.0f : g;
		float b = thatB * thatA + (thisB * thisA) * (1 - thatA);
		b = b > 1.0f ? 1.0f : b;

		out[0] = r;
		out[1] = g;
		out[2] = b;
		out[3] = a;

		return out;
	}

	/**
	 * Alpha composites the pixel p1 with the pixel p2, returning the value in
	 * pixel p1
	 * 
	 * @param p1
	 *            The first pixel
	 * @param p2
	 *            The second pixel
	 * @return The updates first pixel p1
	 */
	public static float[] alphaCompositePixel(final Float[] p1, final Float[] p2)
	{
		final float[] p1p = new float[p1.length];
		for (int b = 0; b < p1.length; b++)
			p1p[b] = p1[b];
		final float[] p2p = new float[p2.length];
		for (int b = 0; b < p2.length; b++)
			p2p[b] = p2[b];
		return ImageUtilities.alphaCompositePixel(p1p, p2p);
	}

	/**
	 * Test if a given image output format name is supported
	 * 
	 * @param fmt
	 *            the format name
	 * @return true if supported; false otherwise
	 */
	public static boolean isWriteFormatSupported(String fmt) {
		return ArrayUtils.contains(ImageIO.getWriterFormatNames(), fmt);
	}

	/**
	 * Test if the image output format suggested by the extension of the given
	 * filename is supported
	 * 
	 * @param file
	 *            the file
	 * @return true if supported; false otherwise
	 */
	public static boolean isWriteFormatSupported(File file) {
		final String name = file.getName();
		String format = name.substring(name.lastIndexOf(".") + 1);

		format = format.toLowerCase().trim();

		return ArrayUtils.contains(ImageIO.getWriterFormatNames(), format);
	}
}