TIFFReadEncodedTile(3tiff)

TIFFReadEncodedTile(3TIFFMISC. REFERENCE MANUAL PAGETIFFReadEncodedTile(3TIFF)

NAME

     TIFFReadEncodedTile - read and decode a tile of data from an
     open TIFF file

SYNOPSIS

     #include <tiffio.h>

     int TIFFReadEncodedTile(TIFF *tif, u_long tile, u_char *buf

DESCRIPTION

     Read the specified tile of data and place up to  size  bytes
     of  decompressed  information  in  the  (user supplied) data
     buffer.

NOTES

     The value of tile is a ``raw tile number.''   That  is,  the
     caller  must  take  into account whether or not the data are
     organized  in   separate   planes   (PlanarConfiguration=2).
     TIFFComputeTile  automatically  does this when converting an
     (x,y,z,sample) coordinate quadruple to  a  tile  number.  To
     read  a full tile of data the data buffer should be at least
     as large as the value returned by TIFFTileSize.

     The library attempts to hide bit- and byte-ordering  differ-
     ences between the image and the native machine by converting
     data to the native machine order.  Bit reversal is  done  if
     the  FillOrder  tag  is  opposite  to the native machine bit
     order. 16- and 32-bit samples are automatically byte-swapped
     if  the  file  was written with a byte order opposite to the
     native machine byte order,

RETURN VALUES

     The actual number of bytes of data that were placed  in  buf
     is  returned; TIFFReadEncodedTile returns -1 if an error was
     encountered.

DIAGNOSTICS

     All error messages are directed to the TIFFError(3TIFF) rou-
     tine.

SEE ALSO

     libtiff(3TIFF),   TIFFOpen(3TIFF),   TIFFReadRawTile(3TIFF),
     TIFFReadTile(3TIFF)

libtiff           Last change: October 15, 1995                 1