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+// Copyright 2010 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package image
+
+import (
+ "bufio"
+ "io"
+ "os"
+)
+
+// An UnknownFormatErr indicates that decoding encountered an unknown format.
+var UnknownFormatErr = os.NewError("image: unknown format")
+
+// A format holds an image format's name, magic header and how to decode it.
+type format struct {
+ name, magic string
+ decode func(io.Reader) (Image, os.Error)
+}
+
+// Formats is the list of registered formats.
+var formats []format
+
+// RegisterFormat registers an image format for use by Decode.
+// Name is the name of the format, like "jpeg" or "png".
+// Magic is the magic prefix that identifies the format's encoding.
+// Decode is the function that decodes the encoded image.
+func RegisterFormat(name, magic string, decode func(io.Reader) (Image, os.Error)) {
+ n := len(formats)
+ if n == cap(formats) {
+ x := make([]format, n+1, 2*n+4)
+ copy(x, formats)
+ formats = x
+ } else {
+ formats = formats[0 : n+1]
+ }
+ formats[n] = format{name, magic, decode}
+}
+
+// A reader is an io.Reader that can also peek ahead.
+type reader interface {
+ io.Reader
+ Peek(int) ([]byte, os.Error)
+}
+
+// AsReader converts an io.Reader to a reader.
+func asReader(r io.Reader) reader {
+ if rr, ok := r.(reader); ok {
+ return rr
+ }
+ return bufio.NewReader(r)
+}
+
+// Decode decodes an image that has been encoded in a registered format.
+// Format registration is typically done by the init method of the codec-
+// specific package.
+func Decode(r io.Reader) (m Image, formatName string, err os.Error) {
+ var f format
+ rr := asReader(r)
+ for _, g := range formats {
+ s, err := rr.Peek(len(g.magic))
+ if err == nil && string(s) == g.magic {
+ f = g
+ break
+ }
+ }
+ if f.decode == nil {
+ return nil, "", UnknownFormatErr
+ }
+ m, err = f.decode(rr)
+ return m, f.name, err
+}