OMERO Import Library

The Import Library is a re-usable framework for building import clients. Several are provided by the OMERO team directly:

• the integrated importer
• The Command Line Import tool

Components

The primary classes which make up the Import Library are:

• ImportLibrary.java itself, which is the main driver
• ImportCandidates.java which takes file paths and determines the proper files to import
• ImportConfig.java, an extensible mechanism for storing the properties used during import
• ImportEvent.java, the various events raised during import to IObserverand IObservable implementations
• OMEROMetadataStoreClient.java, the low-level connection to the server
• OMEROWrapper.java, the OMERO adapter for the Bio-Formats ImageReaders class
• In OMERO.insight, the main entry point is the importImage method of OMEROGateway.java
• In the CLI, the main entry point is the CommandLineImporter class

Example

The CommandLineImporter.java class shows a straightforward import. An ErrorHandler instance is passed both to the ImportCandidates constructor (since errors can occur while parsing a directory) and to the ImportLibrary. This and other handlers receive ImportEvents which notify listeners of the state of the current import.