ImageXMLGenerator for Java

ImageXMLGenerator generates images according to XML document. It allows you to specify layers in the XML file which one layer can be hidden with another one. It also supports transparency.

Features

Generates JPEG images according to XML document
Supports transparency and layers

Requirements

Java 1.6+
Maven 3.0+

Getting started

You can use jars or Maven.

Usage

To generate image with your XML you need to create an XML document. Below you will find XML example. You can use XMl file or XML as the String passing through the constructor.

<container width="500" height="500">
    <block height="250" background="#D92F34"></block>
    <block posX="250" width="250" height="250" background="#7D95DB"></block>
    <block posY="300" posX="50" width="400" height="150" background="#FCD628"></block>
    <block posY="10" posX="300" height="250" path="bugs.png"></block>
    <block posX="20" path="coyote.png"></block>
</container>

import pl.arivo.imageXMLGenerator.*;

// Build objects and parses variables
String xml = new Scanner(new File("test.xml")).useDelimiter("\\Z").next();
TemplateReader templateReader = new TemplateReader(xml, new VariableManager("path_to_external_images"));
templateReader.build();

// Generates image according to objects that were built
ImageXMLGenerator imageXMLGenerator = new ImageXMLGenerator(templateReader);
imageXMLGenerator.build();

// we can have BufferedImage or ...
BufferedImage bufferedImage = imageXMLGenerator.getImage();

// ... save it to file
try {
   imageXMLGenerator.writeToFile(PATH, FILENAME);
} catch (IOException e) {
   e.printStackTrace();
}

Example of generated image

Author

Maciej strife Leśniak - ml@arivo.pl

License

ImageXMLGenerator for Java is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details

strife / imageXMLGenerator