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+// This may look like C code, but it is really -*- C++ -*-
+//
+// Copyright Bob Friesenhahn, 1999, 2000, 2003
+//
+// Test STL readImages and writeImages functions
+//
+
+#include <Magick++.h>
+#include <string>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <list>
+#include <vector>
+
+using namespace std;
+
+using namespace Magick;
+
+int main( int /*argc*/, char ** argv)
+{
+
+ // Initialize ImageMagick install location for Windows
+ InitializeMagick(*argv);
+
+ int failures=0;
+
+ try {
+
+ string srcdir("");
+ if(getenv("SRCDIR") != 0)
+ srcdir = getenv("SRCDIR");
+
+ //
+ // Test readImages and writeImages
+ //
+
+ list<Image> first;
+ readImages( &first, srcdir + "test_image_anim.miff" );
+
+ if ( first.size() != 6 )
+ {
+ ++failures;
+ cout << "Line: " << __LINE__
+ << " Read images failed, number of frames is "
+ << first.size()
+ << " rather than 6 as expected." << endl;
+ }
+
+ writeImages( first.begin(), first.end(), "testmagick_anim_out.miff" );
+
+ list<Image> second;
+ readImages( &second, "testmagick_anim_out.miff" );
+
+ list<Image>::iterator firstIter = first.begin();
+ list<Image>::iterator secondIter = second.begin();
+ while( firstIter != first.end() && secondIter != second.end() )
+ {
+
+ if ( firstIter->scene() != secondIter->scene() )
+ {
+ ++failures;
+ cout << "Line: " << __LINE__
+ << " Image scene: " << secondIter->scene()
+ << " is not equal to original "
+ << firstIter->scene()
+ << endl;
+ }
+
+ if ( firstIter->rows() != secondIter->rows() )
+ {
+ ++failures;
+ cout << "Line: " << __LINE__
+ << " Image rows " << secondIter->rows()
+ << " are not equal to original "
+ << firstIter->rows()
+ << endl;
+ }
+
+ if ( firstIter->columns() != secondIter->columns() )
+ {
+ ++failures;
+ cout << "Line: " << __LINE__
+ << " Image columns " << secondIter->columns()
+ << " are not equal to original "
+ << firstIter->rows()
+ << endl;
+ }
+
+ firstIter++;
+ secondIter++;
+ }
+ }
+
+ catch( Exception &error_ )
+ {
+ cout << "Caught exception: " << error_.what() << endl;
+ return 1;
+ }
+ catch( exception &error_ )
+ {
+ cout << "Caught exception: " << error_.what() << endl;
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ if ( failures )
+ {
+ cout << failures << " failures" << endl;
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+