NAME

       TIFFDeferStrileArrayWriting - defer strile array writing

SYNOPSIS

          #include <tiffio.h>

       int TIFFDeferStrileArrayWriting(TIFF *tif)

       int TIFFForceStrileArrayWriting(TIFF *tif)

DESCRIPTION

       TIFFDeferStrileArrayWriting()  is  an  advanced  writing  function  that must be used in a
       particular  sequence,  and  generally  together  with   TIFFForceStrileArrayWriting(),  to
       achieve  its  intended  effect.  Their aim is to control when and where the StripOffsets /
       StripByteCounts or TileOffsets / TileByteCounts arrays are written into the file.

       The purpose of this is to generate 'cloud-optimized geotiff' files where the first  KB  of
       the  file  only contain the IFD entries without the potentially large strile arrays. Those
       are written afterwards.

       More precisely, when TIFFWriteCheck() is called, the tag entries for those arrays will  be
       written with type = count = offset = 0 as a temporary value.

       Its  effect  is  only  valid for the current directory, and before TIFFWriteDirectory() is
       first called, and  will be reset when changing directory.

       The typical sequence of calls is:

          TIFFOpen()
          /* or TIFFCreateDirectory(tif) */
          /* Set fields with calls to TIFFSetField(tif, ...) */
          TIFFDeferStrileArrayWriting(tif)
          TIFFWriteCheck(tif, ...)
          TIFFWriteDirectory(tif)
          /* ... potentially create other directories and come back to the above directory */
          TIFFForceStrileArrayWriting(tif) /* emit the arrays at the end of file */

RETURNS

       1 in case of success, 0 otherwise.

DIAGNOSTICS

       All error messages  are  directed  to  the  TIFFErrorExtR()  routine.   Likewise,  warning
       messages are directed to the TIFFWarningExtR() routine.

SEE ALSO

       libtiff (3tiff)

AUTHOR

       LibTIFF contributors

COPYRIGHT

       1988-2023, LibTIFF contributors