mako5.gfx
Class ImageLoader

java.lang.Object
  mako5.gfx.ImageLoader

public class ImageLoader
extends Object

This class loads images of different types of files. Essentially, ImageLoader is a facade for the entire image input subsystem.

Version:

29-Jun 2006

Author:

Paul Jarrett

Constructor Summary

ImageLoader()

Method Summary

static Image	load(String file_) Loads an image from the given file.
static DefaultImage	loadDefaultImage(String file_) Loads an image from the given file.
static MaskedImage	loadMaskedImage(String file_, String mask_) Loads a masked image from the given file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ImageLoader

public ImageLoader()

Method Detail

loadDefaultImage

public static DefaultImage loadDefaultImage(String file_)

Loads an image from the given file.

Returns:

the image or "null" if the image cannot be loaded

Since:

29-Jun 2006

loadMaskedImage

public static MaskedImage loadMaskedImage(String file_,
                                          String mask_)

Loads a masked image from the given file.

Returns:

the image or "null" if the image cannot be loaded

Since:

29-Jun 2006

load

public static Image load(String file_)

Loads an image from the given file.

Returns:

the image or "null" if the image cannot be loaded

Since:

29-Jun 2006