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HandleExtraFileTypes is working perfectly again. Thank you very much
Johannes for your help. SCIFIO looks very exciting and I will definitely
> Hi,
>
> On Sat, 14 Jun 2014, Davíð Þór Bragason wrote:
>
> > my plugin opens a special file format. I had a working setup where the
> > files were opened via HandleExtraFileTypes.class, which I copied to the
> > plugins directory. After an update a few days ago this no longer works.
> > Opener gives the following error:
> >
> > "File is not in a supported format, a reader plugin is not available, or
> > it was not found"
> >
> > I am running Fiji ImageJ 2.0.0-rc4/1.49b with Java 1.7. Do I have to set
> > up HandleExtraFileTypes in a different way now? I understand that one of
> > the last updates was meant to re-enable .class plugins. Thank you very
> > much for your help.
>
> Since rc-5, the "Find Jar For Class" command (in Plugins/Utilities) should
> work again; use it to verify that your HandleExtraFileTypes class can be
> found.
>
> In the near future, you might want to turn your reader into a SCIFIO
> reader. That way, *many* more users can benefit from your work. It is
> pretty easy, just follow the code for the PGM format; I find it pretty
> self-explanatory myself:
>
>
>
https://github.com/scifio/scifio/blob/master/scifio/src/main/java/io/scif/formats/PGMFormat.java>
> Remember, SCIFIO is a stand-alone project for scientific image
> input/output, it can be used from *every* Java (*1*) project, without
> making said project depend on ImageJ. And you can add support for your
> file format by dropping in a .jar file with your reader, no changes in
> SCIFIO, HandleExtraFileTypes, or any other central place required.
>
> Ciao,
> Johannes
>
> Footnote *1*: SCIFIO can actually also be used from C++, as the ITK
> bindings demonstrate:
https://github.com/scifio/scifio-itk-bridge