NearOCR

Class CharacterImage

java.lang.Object

NearOCR.CharacterImage

Direct Known Subclasses:

Letter, Symbol

public class CharacterImage
extends java.lang.Object

A bitmap representation of a character. This has a value and a BufferedImage.

Version:

0.2

Author:

Stephen Wattam

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected java.awt.image.BufferedImage	image The original image, in its original size
protected java.lang.String	value Stores this symbol's value

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CharacterImage(java.awt.image.BufferedImage p_image) Creates a new CharacterImage from a BufferedImage.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.awt.image.BufferedImage	getImage() Returns the original, unscaled image which represents this symbol.
java.lang.String	getValue() Returns the value of this Symbol
void	setImage(java.awt.image.BufferedImage p_image) Sets the original image of this Symbol from which the scaled one is calculated.
void	setValue(java.lang.String p_value) Sets the string value of this Symbol.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

image

protected java.awt.image.BufferedImage image

The original image, in its original size

value

protected java.lang.String value

Stores this symbol's value

Constructor Detail

CharacterImage

public CharacterImage(java.awt.image.BufferedImage p_image)

Creates a new CharacterImage from a BufferedImage.

Parameters:

p_image - The image from which to create a new CharacterImage

Method Detail

setImage

public void setImage(java.awt.image.BufferedImage p_image)

Sets the original image of this Symbol from which the scaled one is calculated. After setting a new image one needs to reset the scaled image size using scale.

Parameters:

p_image - The new image

setValue

public void setValue(java.lang.String p_value)

Sets the string value of this Symbol.

Parameters:

p_value - The value to set this symbol to.

getValue

public java.lang.String getValue()

Returns the value of this Symbol

Returns:

The value of this Symbol

getImage

public java.awt.image.BufferedImage getImage()

Returns the original, unscaled image which represents this symbol. This is useless as net input as it is unadjusted, but can be used for reference or size judgement purposes.

Returns:

The original image from which the Symbol was created.