com.sun.opengl.util
Class TGAWriter

java.lang.Object
  com.sun.opengl.util.TGAWriter

public class TGAWriter
extends Object

Utility class which helps take fast screenshots of OpenGL rendering results into Targa-format files. Used by the Screenshot class; can also be used in conjunction with the TileRenderer class.

Constructor Summary

TGAWriter()
Constructor for the TGAWriter.

Method Summary

void	close()
ByteBuffer	getImageData() Returns the ByteBuffer corresponding to the data for the image.
void	open(File file, int width, int height, boolean alpha) Opens the specified Targa file for writing, overwriting any existing file, and sets up the header of the file expecting the data to be filled in before closing it.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

TGAWriter

public TGAWriter()

Constructor for the TGAWriter.

Method Detail

open

public void open(File file,
                 int width,
                 int height,
                 boolean alpha)
          throws IOException

Opens the specified Targa file for writing, overwriting any existing file, and sets up the header of the file expecting the data to be filled in before closing it.

Parameters:

file - the file to write containing the screenshot

width - the width of the current drawable

height - the height of the current drawable

alpha - whether the alpha channel should be saved. If true, requires GL_EXT_abgr extension to be present.

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurred while writing the file

getImageData

public ByteBuffer getImageData()

Returns the ByteBuffer corresponding to the data for the image. This must be filled in with data in either BGR or BGRA format depending on whether an alpha channel was specified during open().

close

public void close()
           throws IOException

Throws:

IOException