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A very Merry Christmas and a thousand thank yous for this excellent Christmas present.
The imagedSaved() addition solves my problems with implementing out CaseView plugin. I hope
>> On Dec 23, 2020, at 7:59 AM, Michael Ellis <
[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> Is it possible to get notified or hook into when an image is saved?
>
> The ImageJ 1.53h17 daily build adds an imageSaved() method to the ImageListener interface. This
> method is defined using the "default” keyword (added in Java 8), so ImageJ now requires Java 8 or
> later. The Event Listener (Plugins>Utilities>Monitor Events) now reports image saved events.
>
> -wayne
>
>> The ImageListener interface allows notifications only for Open/Close and Updated.
>>
>> My reason for wanting this extra functionality is that I wish to save a thumbnail JPEG image
>> whenever an image is saved.
>>
>> My current strategy is for my plugin to cache a BufferedImage when I receive an ImageListener
>> Updated event through and then have Java File System watch service notice whenever a file is
>> created or modified in a watched directory, recall the cached BufferedImage and write the thumbnail
>> then. It's an inefficient strategy.
>>
>> If there is an existing means of doing this then I would be grateful to learn of it!
>>
>> If not, then, as I understand it, the "ImagePlus:: protected void notifyListeners(final int id)" is
>> only called from ImagePlus and the derivative CompositeImage.
>>
>> Because notifyListeners() is also protected so not callable from the code that saves images such as
>> in FileSaver.java
>>
>> Is there anyone else who would like to see a new interface added:
>> public interface ImageListenerNew {
>> public notifyListeners(final String id);
>> }
>>
>> Which could be used for some additional notifications (such as Save, and perhaps Closing - gets
>> called just before the images is closed) and potentially could be used for user-extensible events
>> (say with a reverse domain string with your own event name as the string ID parameter)
>>
>> My thinking is that some standard IDs could be added for the existing "OPENED", "CLOSED", "UPDATED"
>> that get called in addition to the existing notifyListeners(final int id)" so backward
>> compatibility is maintained for existing plugins but PluginDeveloppers could choose the old
>> ImageListener or the ImageListenerNew interface if they needed the extra functionality.
>>
>> Thanking anyone in advance and seasons greetings to you all
>>
>> -- Michael Ellis
>
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