com.vistech.rmi
Interface ImageLoader

All Superinterfaces:

DirectoryBrowser, java.rmi.Remote

All Known Subinterfaces:

JAIImageLoader, JAIImageSaver

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleImageServer

public interface ImageLoader

extends DirectoryBrowser

Specifies a remote interface for loading images remotely.

Version:

1.0 12 june 2000

Author:

Lawrence Rodrigues

Method Summary

byte[]

loadImageAsBytes(java.lang.String filename) Loads an image as an array of bytes.

Methods inherited from interface com.vistech.rmi.DirectoryBrowser

getFileSepChar, getUserDir, isDirectory, listFiles, listFiles

Method Detail

loadImageAsBytes

public byte[] loadImageAsBytes(java.lang.String filename)
                        throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Loads an image as an array of bytes.

Parameters:

the - name of the image in the remote directory.

Returns:

an array of image bytes.