Package org.anchoranalysis.image.voxel.datatype

Class CombineTypes

Object

org.anchoranalysis.image.voxel.datatype.CombineTypes

public class CombineTypes
extends Object

Calculates which VoxelDataType to use when combining two other voxel-data types, but without losing precision.

Author:

Owen Feehan

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static VoxelDataType	combineTypes(VoxelDataType type1, VoxelDataType type2)	What data-type to use to represent voxels of both type1 and type2?

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

combineTypes

public static VoxelDataType combineTypes(VoxelDataType type1, VoxelDataType type2) throws CreateException

What data-type to use to represent voxels of both type1 and type2?

Only the following types are supported:

• UnsignedByteVoxelType
• UnsignedShortVoxelType

Parameters:

type1 - the first voxel data type.

type2 - the second voxel data type.

Returns:

the data-type to use to combine type1 and type2.

Throws:

CreateException - if either type1 or type2 is an unsupported type.