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.

NOTE

       This functionality was introduced with libtiff 4.1.

SEE ALSO

       libtiff (3tiff)

AUTHOR

       LibTIFF contributors

COPYRIGHT

       1988-2025, LibTIFF contributors

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