GIF Importer

[HeroesGrave]

We have an exporter but no importer.

Can this be done with ImageIO?

[Longor1996]

Yes, and No.

Some JVM's have an importer for GIF, others don't. Writing our own seems like the best idea.

I think it should be easy enough to do, since there is only a small amount of internal-formats for GIF.

[sylvia43]

Hey I'm new to this project and looking to help... I'll try to finish this by the end of the weekend. I might not be able to implement it properly though... Where else do I need to write code to implement this properly?

[HeroesGrave]

Create one here (use the existing ones for method reference if necessary)

Register it here

[sylvia43]

Ok thanks. What about error handling? For example if the file is not proper or is corrupt?

[Longor1996]

Oh man.

This reminds me that there is no proper error handling in place... Just throw an exception for now.

Can someone make a small dialog that pops-up when the image-importer threw an exception?

The dialog should contain:

• The exception's class-name.
• The exception's stacktrace.
• The localized error-message.
• The name of the importer.
• Information about the imamge-file.

I can't make one, since GitHub doesn't work for me right now. (I am trying to fix it!)

[sylvia43]

I'll just write a print statement for now.

[HeroesGrave]

Fair enough.

I'll create a new issue for Longor1996's idea.