Correction (bee below). On Aug 12, 2016, at 11:23 AM, Brian Burkhalter <brian.burkhal...@oracle.com> wrote:
> Please comment at your convenience. > > Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8154058 > Solution: Resolve as “Not an Issue” > > According to [1], > > The ignoreMetadata parameter, if set to true, allows the reader to disregard > any metadata encountered during the read. Subsequent calls to the > getStreamMetadata and getImageMetadata methods may return null, and an > IIOImage returned from readAll may return null from their getMetadata method. > Setting this parameter may allow the reader to work more efficiently. The > reader may choose to disregard this setting and return metadata normally. > > According to [2], setting ignoreMetadata has the effect of asking the reader > to ignore any TIFF Fields which are not contained in any of the TIFFTagSets > known to the reader. This seems to be within the scope of the specification > in [1]. > > As a result of the foregoing I suggest that the issue be resolved as “Will > not Fix.” “Will not Fix” in the previous sentence should have been “Not an Issue." > Thanks, > > Brian > > [1] > http://download.java.net/java/jdk9/docs/api/javax/imageio/ImageReader.html#setInput-java.lang.Object-boolean-boolean- > [2] > http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/client/jdk/file/d5dc0c4fb473/src/java.desktop/share/classes/javax/imageio/metadata/doc-files/tiff_metadata.html, > lines 219-234
