// This code was adapted from http://elliot.kroo.net/software/java/GifSequenceWriter/ // It was available under CC By 3.0 package lc.misc; import java.awt.image.*; import java.io.*; import java.util.Iterator; import javax.imageio.*; import javax.imageio.metadata.*; import javax.imageio.stream.*; public class GifSequenceWriter { protected ImageWriter gifWriter; protected ImageWriteParam imageWriteParam; protected IIOMetadata imageMetaData; /** * Creates a new GifSequenceWriter * * @param outputStream the ImageOutputStream to be written to * @param imageType one of the imageTypes specified in BufferedImage * @param timeBetweenFramesMS the time between frames in miliseconds * @param loopContinuously wether the gif should loop repeatedly * @throws IIOException if no gif ImageWriters are found * @author Elliot Kroo (elliot[at]kroo[dot]net) */ public GifSequenceWriter( ImageOutputStream outputStream, int imageType, int timeBetweenFramesMS, boolean loopContinuously) throws IIOException, IOException { // my method to create a writer gifWriter = getWriter(); imageWriteParam = gifWriter.getDefaultWriteParam(); ImageTypeSpecifier imageTypeSpecifier = ImageTypeSpecifier.createFromBufferedImageType(imageType); imageMetaData = gifWriter.getDefaultImageMetadata(imageTypeSpecifier, imageWriteParam); String metaFormatName = imageMetaData.getNativeMetadataFormatName(); IIOMetadataNode root = (IIOMetadataNode) imageMetaData.getAsTree(metaFormatName); IIOMetadataNode graphicsControlExtensionNode = getNode(root, "GraphicControlExtension"); graphicsControlExtensionNode.setAttribute("disposalMethod", "none"); graphicsControlExtensionNode.setAttribute("userInputFlag", "FALSE"); graphicsControlExtensionNode.setAttribute("transparentColorFlag", "FALSE"); graphicsControlExtensionNode.setAttribute( "delayTime", Integer.toString(timeBetweenFramesMS / 10)); graphicsControlExtensionNode.setAttribute("transparentColorIndex", "0"); IIOMetadataNode commentsNode = getNode(root, "CommentExtensions"); commentsNode.setAttribute("CommentExtension", "Created by MAH"); IIOMetadataNode appEntensionsNode = getNode(root, "ApplicationExtensions"); IIOMetadataNode child = new IIOMetadataNode("ApplicationExtension"); child.setAttribute("applicationID", "NETSCAPE"); child.setAttribute("authenticationCode", "2.0"); int loop = loopContinuously ? 0 : 1; child.setUserObject(new byte[] {0x1, (byte) (loop & 0xFF), (byte) ((loop >> 8) & 0xFF)}); appEntensionsNode.appendChild(child); imageMetaData.setFromTree(metaFormatName, root); gifWriter.setOutput(outputStream); gifWriter.prepareWriteSequence(null); } public void writeToSequence(RenderedImage img) throws IOException { gifWriter.writeToSequence(new IIOImage(img, null, imageMetaData), imageWriteParam); } /** * Close this GifSequenceWriter object. This does not close the underlying stream, just finishes * off the GIF. */ public void close() throws IOException { gifWriter.endWriteSequence(); } /** * Returns the first available GIF ImageWriter using ImageIO.getImageWritersBySuffix("gif"). * * @return a GIF ImageWriter object * @throws IIOException if no GIF image writers are returned */ private static ImageWriter getWriter() throws IIOException { Iterator iter = ImageIO.getImageWritersBySuffix("gif"); if (!iter.hasNext()) { throw new IIOException("No GIF Image Writers Exist"); } else { return iter.next(); } } /** * Returns an existing child node, or creates and returns a new child node (if the requested node * does not exist). * * @param rootNode the IIOMetadataNode to search for the child node. * @param nodeName the name of the child node. * @return the child node, if found or a new node created with the given name. */ private static IIOMetadataNode getNode(IIOMetadataNode rootNode, String nodeName) { int nNodes = rootNode.getLength(); for (int i = 0; i < nNodes; i++) { if (rootNode.item(i).getNodeName().compareToIgnoreCase(nodeName) == 0) { return ((IIOMetadataNode) rootNode.item(i)); } } IIOMetadataNode node = new IIOMetadataNode(nodeName); rootNode.appendChild(node); return (node); } }