src/main/java/org/apache/commons/sanselan/formats/tiff/fieldtypes/FieldTypeAscii.java

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package org.apache.commons.sanselan.formats.tiff.fieldtypes;

import org.apache.commons.sanselan.ImageWriteException;
import org.apache.commons.sanselan.formats.tiff.TiffField;

public class FieldTypeAscii extends FieldType
{
    public FieldTypeAscii(int type, String name)
    {
        super(type, 1, name);
    }

    public Object getSimpleValue(TiffField entry) {
        // According to EXIF specification "2 = ASCII An 8-bit byte containing one 7-bit ASCII code. The final byte is terminated with NULL."
        byte bytes[] = getRawBytes(entry);
        // Ignore last (should be NULL) byte.
        return new String(bytes, 0, bytes.length-1);
    }

    public byte[] writeData(Object o, int byteOrder) throws ImageWriteException
    {
        if (o instanceof byte[]) {
            byte bytes[] = (byte[]) o;
            byte result[] = new byte[bytes.length + 1];
            System.arraycopy(bytes, 0, result, 0, bytes.length);
            result[result.length - 1] = 0;
            return result;
        } else if (o instanceof String) {
            byte bytes[] = ((String) o).getBytes();
            byte result[] = new byte[bytes.length + 1];
            System.arraycopy(bytes, 0, result, 0, bytes.length);
            result[result.length - 1] = 0;
            return result;
        }
        else
            throw new ImageWriteException("Unknown data type: " + o);
    }

}