Drew Varner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I don't really see the purpose of reinventing the wheel on this one. I think m
y
>answer will be:
>
>1) implementing the getThumbnail() method to return byte[]. I don't think it i
s
>implemented/supported yet.
+1
>2) writing sample code to convert it to a java.awt.Image()
+1
>3) maybe demonstrate writing it to a PNG or something
+0
>4) maybe integrate a thumbnail viewer into the POIBrowser
+10
>Returning a java.awt.Image will work in a 1.4 environment without X
>dependencies.
>
>java -Djava.awt.headless=true SomeJavaProgram
>
>executes the program without X dependencies. I'll mention this in the sample
>code I write. My interest in this is using Thumbnails in a document management
>sytem as a preview.
We must ensure that using java.awt.Image does not load
the X11 libraries.
>I am not hot on implementing a non-standard image class (that couldn't subclas
s
>java.awt.Image) just to represent a thumbnail.
+1. Re-inventing the wheel would be a waste of time.
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Rainer Klute
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