teamdev.jxdesktop
Class CaptureUtilities

java.lang.Object
  teamdev.jxdesktop.CaptureUtilities

public abstract class CaptureUtilities

extends java.lang.Object

A collection of utility methods for desktop.

Constructor Summary

protected

CaptureUtilities()

Method Summary

abstract java.awt.image.BufferedImage	createScreenCapture(java.awt.Rectangle screenRect) Creates an image containing pixels read from the screen.
abstract java.awt.image.BufferedImage	createScreenCapture(UIElement element) Creates an image containing pixels read from specified UIElement.
abstract boolean	createScreenCaptureAndSaveToFile(java.awt.Rectangle screenRect, java.lang.String imageType, java.io.File outputFile) Creates an image containing pixels read from the screen and saves to a specified file in specified type.
static CaptureUtilities	getInstance()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CaptureUtilities

protected CaptureUtilities()

Method Detail

getInstance

public static CaptureUtilities getInstance()

createScreenCapture

public abstract java.awt.image.BufferedImage createScreenCapture(java.awt.Rectangle screenRect)

Creates an image containing pixels read from the screen.

Parameters:

screenRect - rect to capture in screen coordinates

Returns:

The captured image

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if screenRect width and height are not greater than zero or more than screen size

createScreenCapture

public abstract java.awt.image.BufferedImage createScreenCapture(UIElement element)

Creates an image containing pixels read from specified UIElement.

Parameters:

element - specified UIElement

Returns:

The captured image

createScreenCaptureAndSaveToFile

public abstract boolean createScreenCaptureAndSaveToFile(java.awt.Rectangle screenRect,
                                                         java.lang.String imageType,
                                                         java.io.File outputFile)

Creates an image containing pixels read from the screen and saves to a specified file in specified type.

Parameters:

screenRect - rect to capture in screen coordinates

imageType - type of image. Possible values: "PNG", "JPEG", "GIF" or "BMP"

outputFile - a file in which the image will be saved

Returns:

TRUE if operation successfully completed, othewise - FALSE