TIFFFIELDREADCOUNT(3tiff)

NAME
TIFFFieldReadCount - get number of values to be read from field

SYNOPSIS

            #include <tiffio.h>

    int TIFFFieldReadCount(const TIFFField *fip)

DESCRIPTION

TIFFFieldReadCount() returns the number of values available to be read from the specified TIFF field; that is, the number of arguments that should be supplied to TIFFGetField(). For most field types this is a small positive integer, typically 1 or 2, but there are some special values:

    •   TIFF_VARIABLE = -1 indicates that a variable number of values is possible; then, a uint16_t count argument and a pointer data argument must be supplied to TIFFGetField().

    •   TIFF_VARIABLE2 = -3 is the same as TIFF_VARIABLE except that the count argument must have type uint32_t.

    •   TIFF_SPP = -2 indicates that the number of arguments is equal to the image's number of samples per pixel.

fip is a field information pointer previously returned by TIFFFindField(), TIFFFieldWithTag(), or TIFFFieldWithName().

RETURN VALUES

TIFFFieldReadCount() returns an integer.

SEE ALSO

libtiff (3tiff)

AUTHOR
LibTIFF contributors

COPYRIGHT
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