Initial Contribution
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef bim_UINT8_PYRAMIDAL_IMAGE_EM_H
+#define bim_UINT8_PYRAMIDAL_IMAGE_EM_H
+
+/* ---- includes ----------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+#include "b_BasicEm/Context.h"
+#include "b_ImageEm/UInt8Image.h"
+
+/* ---- related objects  --------------------------------------------------- */
+
+/* ---- typedefs ----------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+#define bim_PYRAMIDAL_IMAGE_STANDARD_DEPTH 4
+
+/* ---- constants ---------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+/* data format version number */
+#define bim_UINT8_PYRAMIDAL_IMAGE_VERSION 100
+
+/* ---- object definition -------------------------------------------------- */
+
+/** Pyramidal image of uint8.
+ *  The Pyramidal format is as follows
+ *  widthE  specifies width of first image (image 0)
+ *  heightE specifies height of first image (image 0)
+ *  depthE  specifies the number of levels present
+ *  image n has half of the width,heigth dimension of image n-1
+ *  A pixel of in image n is the average of the corresponding 4 
+ *  covering pixels in image n-1
+ *  Adresses of data relative to arrE.arrPtrE
+ *  The address of image 0 is 0
+ *  The address of image 1 is widthE * heightE
+ *  The address of image n is widthE * heightE + widthE * heightE / 4 + ... + widthE * heightE * ( 2^-(2*n) )
+ *  Use function uint8* bim_UInt8PyramidalImage_arrPtr( uint32 levelA ) to obtain adress of image at given depth level
+ *  Use function bim_UInt8PyramidalImage_importUInt8 to create a pyramidal image from an uint8 image
+*/
+struct bim_UInt8PyramidalImage 
+{
+
+	/* ---- private data --------------------------------------------------- */
+
+	/* ---- public data ---------------------------------------------------- */
+
+	/** width of image */
+	uint32 widthE;
+
+	/** height of image */
+	uint32 heightE;
+
+	/** depth of image (number of layers) */
+	uint32 depthE;
+
+	/** pyramidal image type (temporary: until switch to 16-bit complete) */
+	uint32 typeE;
+
+	/** array of bytes */
+	struct bbs_UInt8Arr arrE;
+};
+
+/* ---- associated objects ------------------------------------------------- */
+
+/* ---- external functions ------------------------------------------------- */
+
+/* ---- \ghd{ constructor/destructor } ------------------------------------- */
+
+/** initializes bim_UInt8PyramidalImage  */
+void bim_UInt8PyramidalImage_init( struct bbs_Context* cpA,
+								   struct bim_UInt8PyramidalImage* ptrA );
+
+/** allocates memory for bim_UInt8PyramidalImage  */
+void bim_UInt8PyramidalImage_create( struct bbs_Context* cpA,
+									 struct bim_UInt8PyramidalImage* ptrA, 
+									 uint32 widthA, uint32 heightA, 
+									 uint32 depthA,
+ 									 struct bbs_MemSeg* mspA );
+
+/** frees bim_UInt8PyramidalImage  */
+void bim_UInt8PyramidalImage_exit( struct bbs_Context* cpA,
+								   struct bim_UInt8PyramidalImage* ptrA );
+
+/* ---- \ghd{ operators } -------------------------------------------------- */
+
+/** copy operator */
+void bim_UInt8PyramidalImage_copy( struct bbs_Context* cpA,
+								   struct bim_UInt8PyramidalImage* ptrA, 
+								   const struct bim_UInt8PyramidalImage* srcPtrA );
+
+/** equal operator */
+flag bim_UInt8PyramidalImage_equal( struct bbs_Context* cpA,
+								    const struct bim_UInt8PyramidalImage* ptrA, const struct bim_UInt8PyramidalImage* srcPtrA );
+
+/* ---- \ghd{ query functions } -------------------------------------------- */
+
+/** returns adress of image at given depth level */
+uint8* bim_UInt8PyramidalImage_arrPtr( struct bbs_Context* cpA,
+									   const struct bim_UInt8PyramidalImage* ptrA, 
+									   uint32 levelA );
+
+/** calculates the amount of heap memory needed (16bit words) if created with given parameters */ 
+uint32 bim_UInt8PyramidalImage_heapSize( struct bbs_Context* cpA,
+										 const struct bim_UInt8PyramidalImage* ptrA, 
+										 uint32 widthA, 
+										 uint32 heightA, 
+										 uint32 depthA );
+
+/* ---- \ghd{ modify functions } ------------------------------------------- */
+
+/** sets image size */
+void bim_UInt8PyramidalImage_size( struct bbs_Context* cpA,
+								   struct bim_UInt8PyramidalImage* ptrA, 
+								   uint32 widthA, 
+								   uint32 heightA, 
+								   uint32 depthA );
+
+/* ---- \ghd{ memory I/O } ------------------------------------------------- */
+
+/** size object needs when written to memory */
+uint32 bim_UInt8PyramidalImage_memSize( struct bbs_Context* cpA,
+									    const struct bim_UInt8PyramidalImage* ptrA );
+
+/** writes object to memory; returns number of words (16-bit) written */
+uint32 bim_UInt8PyramidalImage_memWrite( struct bbs_Context* cpA,
+										 const struct bim_UInt8PyramidalImage* ptrA, uint16* memPtrA );
+
+/** reads object from memory; returns number of words (16-bit) read */
+uint32 bim_UInt8PyramidalImage_memRead( struct bbs_Context* cpA,
+									    struct bim_UInt8PyramidalImage* ptrA, 
+									    const uint16* memPtrA,
+ 									    struct bbs_MemSeg* mspA );
+
+/* ---- \ghd{ exec functions } --------------------------------------------- */
+
+/** create overlay bim_UInt8Image (does not own memory) */
+void bim_UInt8PyramidalImage_overlayUInt8( struct bbs_Context* cpA,
+										   const struct bim_UInt8PyramidalImage* ptrA,  
+										   struct bim_UInt8Image* uint8ImageA );
+
+/** recompute pyramidal format with given depth from data in layer 0 */
+void bim_UInt8PyramidalImage_recompute( struct bbs_Context* cpA,
+									    struct bim_UInt8PyramidalImage* dstPtrA );
+
+/** import uint8image and creates pyramidal format with given depth */
+void bim_UInt8PyramidalImage_importUInt8( struct bbs_Context* cpA,
+										  struct bim_UInt8PyramidalImage* dstPtrA, 
+									      const struct bim_UInt8Image* srcPtrA,
+										  uint32 depthA );
+
+#endif /* bim_UINT8_PYRAMIDAL_IMAGE_EM_H */
+