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+/*
+ * Copyright (C)2011 D. R. Commander.  All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+ *
+ * - Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
+ *   this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ * - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
+ *   this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
+ *   and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+ * - Neither the name of the libjpeg-turbo Project nor the names of its
+ *   contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
+ *   software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS",
+ * AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+ * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+ * ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
+ * LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
+ * CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
+ * SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
+ * INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
+ * CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
+ * ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
+ * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * This program demonstrates how to compress and decompress JPEG files using
+ * the TurboJPEG JNI wrapper
+ */
+
+import java.io.*;
+
+public class TJExample {
+
+  public static final String classname=new TJExample().getClass().getName();
+
+  public static void main(String argv[]) {
+
+    try {
+
+      if(argv.length<2) {
+        System.out.println("USAGE: java "+classname+" <Input file> <Output file>");
+        System.exit(1);
+      }
+
+      File file=new File(argv[0]);
+      FileInputStream fis=new FileInputStream(file);
+      int inputsize=fis.available();
+      if(inputsize<1) {
+        System.out.println("Input file contains no data");
+        System.exit(1);
+      }
+      byte [] inputbuf=new byte[inputsize];
+      fis.read(inputbuf);
+      fis.close();
+
+      TJDecompressor tjd=new TJDecompressor();
+      TJHeaderInfo tji=tjd.decompressHeader(inputbuf, inputsize);
+      System.out.print("Source Image: "+tji.width+" x "+tji.height+ " pixels, ");
+      switch(tji.subsamp) {
+        case TJ.SAMP444:  System.out.println("4:4:4 subsampling");  break;
+        case TJ.SAMP422:  System.out.println("4:2:2 subsampling");  break;
+        case TJ.SAMP420:  System.out.println("4:2:0 subsampling");  break;
+        case TJ.GRAYSCALE:  System.out.println("Grayscale");  break;
+        default:  System.out.println("Unknown subsampling");  break;
+      }
+      byte [] tmpbuf=new byte[tji.width*tji.height*3];
+      tjd.decompress(inputbuf, inputsize, tmpbuf, tji.width, tji.width*3,
+        tji.height, 3, TJ.BOTTOMUP);
+      tjd.close();
+
+      TJCompressor tjc=new TJCompressor();
+      byte [] outputbuf=new byte[(int)TJ.bufSize(tji.width, tji.height)];
+      long outputsize=tjc.compress(tmpbuf, tji.width, tji.width*3, tji.height,
+        3, outputbuf, tji.subsamp, 95, TJ.BOTTOMUP);
+      tjc.close();
+
+      file=new File(argv[1]);
+      FileOutputStream fos=new FileOutputStream(file);
+      fos.write(outputbuf, 0, (int)outputsize);
+      fos.close();
+
+    } catch(Exception e) {
+      System.out.println(e);
+    }
+  }
+
+};