matlab.net.http.io.ImageConsumer class

Package: matlab.net.http.io
Superclasses: matlab.net.http.io.ContentConsumer

Consumer for image data in HTTP payloads

Description

This consumer reads image data from the web and converts it to MATLAB^® image data. It stores the result in the Body property of the ResponseMessage to which it is applied. Specified directly as a consumer in RequestMessage.send, it provides the same functionality for image content types that is provided by the default send method when no consumer is specified, saving the converted image, plus a possible colormap and alpha channel, in Body.Data, based on the Content-Type of the message. For more information on conversion of image data in a response, see the description for image/* Content-Types in HTTP Data Type Conversion.

This consumer only accepts data for which it can determine a format based on headers in the response message or the extension of the file name in the URI of the request (if any). You can override this behavior by specifying the expected format in the Format property.

This consumer returns the data as a MATLAB image in one of the formats described for the return value of the imread function. To store the original data in a file without converting it, use a FileConsumer.

The matlab.net.http.io.ImageConsumer class is a handle class.

Creation

Description

consumer = ImageConsumer constructs a consumer for HTTP images.

consumer = ImageConsumer(fmt) constructs an ImageConsumer using the specified format.

consumer = ImageConsumer(___,arg1,...,argn) passes additional arguments used by imread to convert the response data.

Input Arguments

fmt — Image format

string | character vector

Image format, specified as a string or a character vector, which is accepted by imread. This value overrides any format specification in the message header. This constructor sets the Format property to the value of fmt.

Example: 'png'

arg1,...,argn — imread arguments

valid types

One or more input arguments to the imread function, specified as valid argument types. Do not specify filename or fmt arguments.

Example: 'PixelRegion',{[1 100],[4 500]}

Properties

Public Properties

Info — Image information

structure

Image information as required for the imfinfo function, specified as a structure. MATLAB sets this property only after a successful conversion. The Filename field in this structure is empty.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	private

PartialData — Partial image data

uint16

Partial image data, specified as uint16. If the conversion failed or the transfer was interrupted, then MATLAB sets PartialData to the raw received data, which is a uint8 vector. PartialData might not contain any data during a transfer or in successful cases.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	private

Format — Image format

empty (default) | string | character vector

Image format, specified as a string or character vector. This consumer rejects messages whose format is not one of those specified in the EXT column of the imformats function. The default value of this property is empty, which attempts to derive the format from the Content-Type field or the extension of the file name in the Content-Disposition field of the response, or the URI of the request. If you want to force this consumer to process the data using a specific format, set this property before applying this consumer to a RequestMessage.send method.

If the server does not properly indicate the format, set this property to the correct format.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	public

AllocationLength — Suggested buffer size

uint64

Suggested buffer size, specified as uint64. MATLAB sets AllocationLength to the anticipated size of buffers of data passed to putData. The actual size might be smaller or larger. To improve performance, the consumer can use this value to preallocate space to handle the data.

MATLAB sets this property before calling the start method for the convenience of subclasses.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	public

ContentLength — Expected length of payload

uint64 | empty

Expected length of the payload, specified as uint64. The property normally is the Value property of the matlab.net.http.field.ContentLengthField in the Header property.

If ContentLength is empty, then the length is not known. The payload ends when putData(uint8.empty) is called.

MATLAB sets this property before calling initialize, for the convenience of subclasses that might benefit from knowing the length of the data.

If this ContentConsumer is a delegate of a top-level consumer, then the value of ContentLength might be different from the ContentLength value of the top-level consumer.

Example: numel(someData) where someData is type uint8

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	public

ContentType — Media type of payload

matlab.net.http.MediaType | empty

Media type of payload, specified as a matlab.net.http.MediaType object. The property normally is the Value property of the matlab.net.http.field.ContentTypeField in the Header property. If the ContentType property is empty, then the ContentTypeField is empty or nonexistent.

MATLAB sets this property before calling initialize for the convenience of subclasses that might want to examine the MediaType. Subclasses can set this property if they determine from the data that it is of a different MediaType.

At the end of the transfer, MATLAB copies this value into the Response.Body.ContentType property.

Example: 'application/octet-stream'

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	public

Header — Header of payload currently being processed

matlab.net.http.HeaderField

Header of the payload currently being processed, specified as a matlab.net.http.HeaderField object.

Consumers use this header to determine how to process the payload that is being sent to them. For a top-level consumer, this value is the same as Response.Header. For a delegate, the value might be different. For example, in a multipart message processed by a MultipartConsumer, it is the header of the part that this delegate is processing. The delegate can still examine Response.Header for headers of the original message.

MATLAB sets this property before calling initialize, for the convenience of subclasses.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	public

Request — Completed RequestMessage that was sent

matlab.net.http.RequestMessage

The completed RequestMessage that was sent, specified as a matlab.net.http.RequestMessage object. This is the final RequestMessage after all redirections, which is the completedrequest return value from the send method.

MATLAB sets this property before calling initialize, for the convenience of subclasses.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	public

Response — ResponseMessage being processed

matlab.net.http.ResponseMessage

The ResponseMessage being processed, specified as a matlab.net.http.ResponseMessage object.

MATLAB sets the Response property before calling initialize. The value is the ResponseMessage after headers have been received but before receiving any payload. At the start of the response message processing (or the start of a part for multipart messages), the ResponseMesssage.Body property is a MessageBody object with empty Data and Payload properties. To store received data, consumers can modify the Response and MessageBody.Data properties during data transfer. Usually, consumers that process and then store data set Response.Body.Data to their processed payload, though this is not required. At the completion of the transfer, MATLAB returns this Response to the caller of send. Consumers should not modify other Response properties, such as Header or StatusLine, as those changes are returned to the caller of send.

The Response.Body.Payload property is empty during the transfer and consumers should not attempt to modify it. If the HTTPOptions.SavePayload property is set, then MATLAB sets Payload to the received payload at the end of the transfer of the message or the part (after the call to putData(uint8.empty)) or when an exception occurs.

If an exception occurs in the consumer during message processing, then MATLAB throws an HTTPException object. The History property contains this Response value.

If the consumer is a delegate that is processing part of a multipart message, then Response.Header contains the header of the whole message, and the Payload and Data properties of Response.Body are cleared before invoking the ContentConsumer for each part. At the conclusion of each part, a new ResponseMessage is added to the end of the array of ResponseMessage objects in the original response's Body.Data containing the Header from this object and the Body from this property. The next delegate sees a fresh Response with an empty MessageBody, not the previous delegate's MessageBody.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	public
Dependent	true

URI — Destination of request being processed

matlab.net.URI

Destination of the request being processed, specified as a matlab.net.URI object. This value is the original destination URI as determined by send. It is not the URI of a proxy or the final URI after redirections.

MATLAB sets this property before calling initialize, for the convenience of subclasses.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	public

Protected Properties

AppendFcn — Function called by putData to append additional data

function handle

Function, specified as a function handle, called by the putData method to append additional data. The putData method in this class calls the AppendFcn function to append data it receives in its data argument to existing data in the response message. The function must have the signature:

AppendFcn(consumer,newdata)

where newdata is the data to be appended to the array at consumer.Response.Body.Data. It is the responsibility of this method to update consumer.CurrentLength to reflect the new length of Data. If newdata is empty, which indicates the end of the stream, then the function should update Response.Body.Data to its final value.

The default behavior, if this property is empty, uses an internal function that treats Data as an array of arbitrary values supporting the horzcat function. It efficiently adds newdata by preallocating space, maintaining CurrentLength to be the actual length of data stored. At the end of the message, it truncates Response.Body.Data to CurrentLength.

Subclasses can change this property if horzcat is not appropriate for the append process. For example, when a StringConsumer builds a scalar string, it would add to the string using the plus function instead of horzcat.

Subclasses that do not invoke ContentConsumer.putData to append data, or which are satisfied with horzcat behavior when appending data, can ignore this property.

Example: @customAppend where @customAppend is defined by the consumer

Attributes:

GetAccess	protected
SetAccess	protected

CurrentDelegate — ContentConsumer to which this consumer is delegating

matlab.net.http.io.ContentConsumer | []

The ContentConsumer to which this consumer is delegating, specified as a matlab.net.http.io.ContentConsumer object. The delegateTo method of the calling consumer (the delegator) sets the CurrentDelegate property. If there is no current delegation, then the value is [].

MATLAB sets CurrentDelegate to [] before calling initialize.

Attributes:

GetAccess	protected
SetAccess	protected

CurrentLength — Length of data currently in Response.Body.Data

uint64.empty (default) | uint64

Length of data currently in the Response.Body.Data property, specified as uint64.

This property is used when Response.Body.Data has been preallocated to a size larger than the actual amount of data currently stored, to indicate the length of that stored data. If this property is empty, then it means that all of Response.Body.Data contains the stored data or that a ContentConsumer subclass is disposing of the data in some way other than storing it in Response.Body.Data.

This property is used and set by the putData method in this base class when the AppendFcn property is empty. It is for the benefit of subclasses that call putData and want to examine already-stored data, and/or any implementations of AppendFcn that maintain results in Response.Body.Data.

Subclasses that use putData also can modify this property to reset the position in the buffer where the data is stored. For example, when the default AppendFcn function is used, a subclass that processes all of Response.Body.Data on each call to putData might no longer have a use for the original data, so it can reset the CurrentLength property to 1 so that the next putData call overwrites the buffer with new data. There is no need to clear elements in the buffer past the end of the new data.

Subclasses that do not call putData can use this property to track their own data, or can leave it unset (empty). MATLAB does not place any constraints on the value that can be set here and does not use it for any purpose other than to determine where the default AppendFcn should store the next buffer of data, and where to truncate the data at the end of the message. Set this property to empty before the final call to putData(uint8.empty) to prevent truncation of the data.

MATLAB sets this property to empty before each call to initialize.

Attributes:

GetAccess	protected
SetAccess	protected

MyDelegator — ContentConsumer that delegated to this consumer

matlab.net.http.io.ContentConsumer | empty

The ContentConsumer that delegated to this consumer, specified as a matlab.net.http.io.ContentConsumer object. If this consumer is a delegate that was invoked by another consumer, such as a GenericConsumer or MultipartConsumer, then this is the calling consumer. It is empty in a top-level consumer specified in the call to send.

Delegates can use this property to access properties of their delegators, for example, to determine which consumer delegated to them.

Attributes:

GetAccess	protected
SetAccess	protected

Methods

Public Methods

initialize	Prepare ImageConsumer for new image in HTTP message
start	Start HTTP data transfer to ContentConsumer
putData	Save data for ImageConsumer
delegateTo	Delegate to another consumer

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