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Modifying The TIFF Library
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Defining New TIFF Tags
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Libtiff has built-in knowledge of all the standard TIFF tags, as
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well as extentions. The following describes how to add knowledge of
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new tags as builtins to libtiff, or how to application specific tags can
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be used by applications without modifying libtiff.
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TIFFFieldInfo
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How libtiff manages specific tags is primarily controlled by the
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definition for that tag value stored internally as a TIFFFieldInfo structure.
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This structure looks like this:
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typedef struct {
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ttag_t field_tag; /* field's tag */
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short field_readcount; /* read count/TIFF_VARIABLE/TIFF_SPP */
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short field_writecount; /* write count/TIFF_VARIABLE */
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TIFFDataType field_type; /* type of associated data */
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unsigned short field_bit; /* bit in fieldsset bit vector */
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unsigned char field_oktochange;/* if true, can change while writing */
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unsigned char field_passcount;/* if true, pass dir count on set */
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char *field_name; /* ASCII name */
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} TIFFFieldInfo;
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field_tag: the tag number. For instance 277 for the
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SamplesPerPixel tag. Builtin tags will generally have a #define in
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tiff.h for each known tag.
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field_readcount: The number of values which should be read.
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The special value TIFF_VARIABLE (-1) indicates that a variable number of
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values may be read. The special value TIFFTAG_SPP (-2) indicates that there
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should be one value for each sample as defined by TIFFTAG_SAMPLESPERPIXEL.
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The special value TIFF_VARIABLE2 (-3) is presumably similar to TIFF_VARIABLE
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though I am not sure what the distinction in behaviour is. This field
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is TIFF_VARIABLE for variable length ascii fields.
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field_writecount: The number of values which should be written.
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Generally the same as field_readcount. A few built-in exceptions exist, but
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I haven't analysed why they differ.
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field_type: Type of the field. One of TIFF_BYTE, TIFF_ASCII,
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TIFF_SHORT, TIFF_LONG, TIFF_RATIONAL, TIFF_SBYTE, TIFF_UNDEFINED,
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TIFF_SSHORT, TIFF_SLONG, TIFF_SRATIONAL, TIFF_FLOAT, TIFF_DOUBLE or
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TIFF_IFD. Note that some fields can support more than one type (for
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instance short and long). These fields should have multiple TIFFFieldInfos.
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field_bit: Built-in tags stored in special fields in the
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TIFF structure have assigned field numbers to distinguish them (ie.
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FIELD_SAMPLESPERPIXEL). New tags should generally just use
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FIELD_CUSTOM indicating they are stored in the generic tag list.
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field_oktochange: TRUE if it is OK to change this tag value
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while an image is being written. FALSE for stuff that must be set once
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and then left unchanged (like ImageWidth, or PhotometricInterpretation for
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instance).
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field_passcount: If TRUE, then the count value must be passed
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in TIFFSetField(), and TIFFGetField(), otherwise the count is not required.
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This should generally be TRUE for non-ascii variable count tags unless
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the count is implicit (such as with the colormap).
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field_name: A name for the tag. Normally mixed case (studly caps)
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like "StripByteCounts" and relatively short.
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A TIFFFieldInfo definition exists for each built-in tag in the tif_dirinfo.c
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file. Some tags which support multiple data types have more than one
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definition, one per data type supported.
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Various functions exist for getting the internal TIFFFieldInfo definitions,
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including _TIFFFindFieldInfo(), and _TIFFFindFieldInfoByName(). See
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tif_dirinfo.c for details. There must be some mechanism to get the whole
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list, though I don't see it off hand.
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Default Tag Auto-registration
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In libtiff 3.6.0 a new mechanism was introduced allowing libtiff to
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read unrecognised tags automatically. When an unknown tags is encountered,
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it is automatically internally defined with a default name and a type
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derived from the tag value in the file. Applications only need to predefine
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application specific tags if they need to be able to set them in a file, or
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if particular calling conventions are desired for TIFFSetField() and
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TIFFGetField().
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When tags are autodefined like this the field_readcount and
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field_writecount values are always TIFF_VARIABLE. The
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field_passcount is always TRUE, and the field_bit is
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FIELD_CUSTOM. The field name will be "Tag %d" where the %d is the tag
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number.
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Defining Application Tags
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For various reasons, it is common for applications to want to define
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their own tags to store information outside the core TIFF specification.
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This is done by calling TIFFMergeFieldInfo() with one or more TIFFFieldInfos.
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The libgeotiff library provides geospatial information extentions within
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a TIFF file. First, a set of TIFFFieldInfo's is prepared with information
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on the new tags:
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static const TIFFFieldInfo xtiffFieldInfo[] = {
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/* XXX Insert Your tags here */
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{ TIFFTAG_GEOPIXELSCALE, -1,-1, TIFF_DOUBLE, FIELD_CUSTOM,
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TRUE, TRUE, "GeoPixelScale" },
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{ TIFFTAG_GEOTRANSMATRIX, -1,-1, TIFF_DOUBLE, FIELD_CUSTOM,
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TRUE, TRUE, "GeoTransformationMatrix" },
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{ TIFFTAG_GEOTIEPOINTS, -1,-1, TIFF_DOUBLE, FIELD_CUSTOM,
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TRUE, TRUE, "GeoTiePoints" },
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{ TIFFTAG_GEOKEYDIRECTORY, -1,-1, TIFF_SHORT, FIELD_CUSTOM,
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TRUE, TRUE, "GeoKeyDirectory" },
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{ TIFFTAG_GEODOUBLEPARAMS, -1,-1, TIFF_DOUBLE, FIELD_CUSTOM,
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TRUE, TRUE, "GeoDoubleParams" },
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{ TIFFTAG_GEOASCIIPARAMS, -1,-1, TIFF_ASCII, FIELD_CUSTOM,
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TRUE, FALSE, "GeoASCIIParams" }
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};
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In order to define the tags, we call TIFFMergeFieldInfo() on the
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desired TIFF handle with the list of TIFFFieldInfos.
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#define N(a) (sizeof (a) / sizeof (a[0]))
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/* Install the extended Tag field info */
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TIFFMergeFieldInfo(tif, xtiffFieldInfo, N(xtiffFieldInfo));
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The tags need to be defined for each TIFF file opened - and when reading
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they should be defined before the tags of the file are read, yet a valid
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TIFF * is needed to merge the tags against. In order to get them
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registered at the appropriate part of the setup process, it is necessary
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to register our merge function as an extender callback with libtiff.
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This is done with TIFFSetTagExtender(). We also keep track of the
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previous tag extender (if any) so that we can call it from our extender
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allowing a chain of customizations to take effect.
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static TIFFExtendProc _ParentExtender = NULL;
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static
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void _XTIFFInitialize(void)
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{
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static int first_time=1;
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if (! first_time) return; /* Been there. Done that. */
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first_time = 0;
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/* Grab the inherited method and install */
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_ParentExtender = TIFFSetTagExtender(_XTIFFDefaultDirectory);
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}
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The extender callback is looks like this. It merges in our new fields
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and then calls the next extender if there is one in effect.
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static void
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_XTIFFDefaultDirectory(TIFF *tif)
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{
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/* Install the extended Tag field info */
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TIFFMergeFieldInfo(tif, xtiffFieldInfo, N(xtiffFieldInfo));
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/* Since an XTIFF client module may have overridden
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* the default directory method, we call it now to
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* allow it to set up the rest of its own methods.
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*/
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if (_ParentExtender)
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(*_ParentExtender)(tif);
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}
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The above approach ensures that our new definitions are used when reading
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or writing any TIFF file. However, since on reading we already have
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default definitions for tags, it is usually not critical to pre-define them.
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If tag definitions are only required for writing custom tags, you can just
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call TIFFMergeFieldInfo() before setting new tags. The whole extender
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architecture can then be avoided.
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Adding New Builtin Tags
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A similar approach is taken to the above. However, the TIFFFieldInfo
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should be added to the tiffFieldInfo[] list in tif_dirinfo.c. Ensure that
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new tags are added in sorted order by the tag number.
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Normally new built-in tags should be defined with FIELD_CUSTOM; however, if
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it is desirable for the tag value to have it's own field in the TIFFDirectory
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structure, then you will need to #define a new FIELD_ value for it, and
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add appropriate handling as follows:
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Define the tag in tiff.h.
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Add a field to the directory structure in tif_dir.h
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and define a <TT>FIELD_*</TT> bit (also update the definition of
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<TT>FIELD_CODEC</TT> to reflect your addition).
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Add an entry in the <TT>TIFFFieldInfo</TT> array defined at the top of
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tif_dirinfo.c.
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Note that you must keep this array sorted by tag
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number and that the widest variant entry for a tag should come
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first (e.g. <TT>LONG</TT> before <TT>SHORT</TT>).
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Add entries in <TT>_TIFFVSetField()</TT> and <TT>_TIFFVGetField()</TT>
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for the new tag.
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(optional) If the value associated with the tag is not a scalar value
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(e.g. the array for <TT>TransferFunction</TT>) and requires
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special processing,
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then add the appropriate code to <TT>TIFFReadDirectory()</TT> and
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<TT>TIFFWriteDirectory()</TT>. You're best off finding a similar tag and
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cribbing code.
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Add support to <TT>TIFFPrintDirectory()</TT> in tif_print.c
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to print the tag's value.
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If you want to maintain portability, beware of making assumptions
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about data types. Use the typedefs (<TT>uint16</TT>, etc. when dealing with
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data on disk and <TT>t*_t</TT> when stuff is in memory) and be careful about
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passing items through printf or similar vararg interfaces.
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Adding New Codec-private Tags
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To add tags that are meaningful only when a particular compression
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algorithm is used follow these steps:
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Define the tag in tiff.h.
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Allocate storage for the tag values in the private state block of
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the codec.
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Insure the state block is created when the codec is initialized.
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At <TT>TIFFInitfoo</TT> time override the method pointers in the
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TIFF structure
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for getting, setting and printing tag values. For example,
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sp->vgetparent = tif->tif_vgetfield;
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tif->tif_vgetfield = fooVGetField; /* hook for codec tags */
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sp->vsetparent = tif->tif_vsetfield;
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tif->tif_vsetfield = fooVSetField; /* hook for codec tags */
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tif->tif_printdir = fooPrintDir; /* hook for codec tags */
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(Actually you may decide not to override the
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<TT>tif_printdir</TT> method, but rather just specify it).
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Create a private <TT>TIFFFieldInfo</TT> array for your tags and
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merge them into the core tags at initialization time using
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<TT>_TIFFMergeFieldInfo</TT>; e.g.
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_TIFFMergeFieldInfo(tif, fooFieldInfo, N(fooFieldInfo));
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(where <TT>N</TT> is a macro used liberaly throughout the distributed code).
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Fill in the get and set routines. Be sure to call the parent method
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for tags that you are not handled directly. Also be sure to set the
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<TT>FIELD_*</TT> bits for tags that are to be written to the file. Note that
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you can create ``pseudo-tags'' by defining tags that are processed
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exclusively in the get/set routines and never written to file (see
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the handling of <TT>TIFFTAG_FAXMODE</TT> in tif_fax3.c
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for an example of this).
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Fill in the print routine, if appropriate.
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Note that space has been allocated in the <TT>FIELD_*</TT> bit space for
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codec-private tags. Define your bits as <TT>FIELD_CODEC+<offset></TT> to
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keep them away from the core tags. If you need more tags than there
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is room for, just increase <TT>FIELD_SETLONGS</TT> at the top of
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tiffiop.h.
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