MclassStream

Board	Supported
Host System	Yes
V4L2	Yes
Clarity UHD	Yes
Concord PoE	No
GenTL	Yes
GevIQ	Yes
GigE Vision	Yes
Indio	No
Iris GTX	Yes
Radient eV-CL	Yes
Rapixo CL	Yes
Rapixo CoF	Yes
Rapixo CXP	Yes
USB3 Vision	Yes

Load, restore, or save an Aurora Imaging Library Classification context (classifier, dataset, data preparation, or training) from/to a file or a memory stream.

Syntax

void MclassStream(
    AIL_TEXT_PTR MemPtrOrFileName,   //in-out
    AIL_ID       SysId,              //in
    AIL_INT64    Operation,          //in
    AIL_INT64    StreamType,         //in
    AIL_DOUBLE   Version,            //in
    AIL_INT64    ControlFlag,        //in
    AIL_ID *     ContextClassIdPtr,  //in-out
    AIL_INT *    SizeByteVarPtr      //out
)

Description

This function can load or restore an Aurora Imaging Library Classification context (classifier, dataset, data preparation, or training) from a file or memory stream. All of the context settings that were in effect when the context was saved will be restored. A loaded or restored context is not preprocessed.

This function can also save the context to a file or memory stream. All information about the previously allocated context is saved. Preprocessing changes are not saved.

To inquire the number of bytes necessary to save the context to memory stream, first call MclassStream with M_INQUIRE_SIZE_BYTE.

The content saved to memory stream is equivalent to the content saved to file. In addition, any file saved using this function is equivalent to a file saved with MclassSave.

You can use this and other Aurora Imaging Library stream functions, for example, to save all required Aurora Imaging Library objects, as well as any other custom data, for your application to a memory stream. Once in a memory stream, you can write the stream to a single file or transfer it over a network. You are responsible for concatenating the streams and for saving the stream to file.

Using MclassStream, you can choose to save a backwards-compatible version of the classification context, which will work using a version of Aurora Imaging Library that is up to one major release older than the current version (depending on which version is specified). However, all settings and features unique to the higher version will be ignored when restored using the lower version. Besides saving backwards-compatible versions, you can also load or restore classification contexts saved using Aurora Imaging Library version 10.0 or above. Settings that do not exist in the lower version will be filled with default values when the classification context is loaded or restored.

Parameters

MemPtrOrFileName (in-out, AIL_TEXT_PTR)

Specifies the file or memory stream.

SysId (in, AIL_ID)

Specifies the identifier of the system on which to restore the classification context.

Operation (in, AIL_INT64)

Specifies the operation to perform on the classification context.

StreamType (in, AIL_INT64)

Specifies the type of stream in which to store/from which to restore the classification context. Set this parameter to one of the values below:

For specifying the type of stream

Value	Description
M_FILE	Specifies a file stream.
M_MEMORY	Specifies a memory stream. You are responsible for allocating a block of memory for the stream.

Version (in, AIL_DOUBLE)

Specifies the Aurora Imaging Library version of the classification context.

ControlFlag (in, AIL_INT64)

Reserved for future expansion and must be set to M_DEFAULT.

ContextClassIdPtr *(in-out, AIL_ID)

Specifies the address of the variable in which to write or from which to read the identifier of the classification context (that is, a classifier, a dataset, a data preparation, or a training context).

SizeByteVarPtr *(out, AIL_INT)

Specifies the address of the variable in which to write the size of the classification context, in bytes. If size is not required, set this parameter to M_NULL.

Parameter Associations

For performing the stream operation

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M_INQUIRE_SIZE_BYTE

Inquires the number of bytes required to save the context to memory stream. This operation is not supported when the StreamType parameter is set to M_FILE.

Value	Description
M_DEFAULT	Specifies the current version of Aurora Imaging Library.
M_PROC_VERSION_100_SP7	Specifies the version as being Aurora Imaging Library 10.0 Service Pack 7.
M_PROC_VERSION_110	Specifies the version as being Aurora Imaging Library 11.0.

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M_LOAD

Loads the content of a specified file or memory stream into a previously allocated classification context.

Value	Description
M_INTERACTIVE	Opens a dialog box from which you can interactively specify the drive, directory, and name of the context file, when the StreamType parameter is set toM_FILE.
"FileName"	Specifies the drive, directory, and name of the context file (for example, "C:\mydirectory\WePutTheArtInArtificialIntelligence.mclass"), when the StreamType parameter is set to M_FILE. The function handles (internally) the opening and closing of the file. Classifier context, training context, and data preparation context files should have an MCLASS extension. Dataset context files should have an MCLASSD extension. To specify a context file on a remote computer (under Distributed Aurora Imaging Library), prefix the specified file name string with "remote:///" (for example, "remote:///C:\mydirectory\WePutTheArtInArtificialIntelligence.mclass").
MemPtr	Specifies the address of the block of memory, when the StreamType parameter is set to M_MEMORY. The block of memory should be of type AIL_UINT8. The specified address must correspond to the first memory address in which the object is located, and the block of memory must contain the entire object. Note that when using a C compiler (not a C++ or other compiler), you must cast the AIL_UINT8 pointer to an AIL_TEXT_PTR.

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M_RESTORE

Restores the context from a file or memory stream and assigns it an Aurora Imaging Library identifier.

Value	Description
M_INTERACTIVE	Opens a dialog box from which you can interactively specify the drive, directory, and name of the context file, when the StreamType parameter is set toM_FILE.
"FileName"	Specifies the drive, directory, and name of the context file (for example, "C:\mydirectory\WePutTheArtInArtificialIntelligence.mclass"), when the StreamType parameter is set to M_FILE. The function handles (internally) the opening and closing of the file. Classifier context, training context, and data preparation files should have an MCLASS extension. Dataset context files should have an MCLASSD extension. To specify a context file on a remote computer (under Distributed Aurora Imaging Library), prefix the specified file name string with "remote:///" (for example, "remote:///C:\mydirectory\WePutTheArtInArtificialIntelligence.mclass").
MemPtr	Specifies the address of the block of memory, when the StreamType parameter is set to M_MEMORY. The block of memory should be of type AIL_UINT8. The specified address must correspond to the first memory address in which the object is located, and the block of memory must contain the entire object. Note that when using a C compiler (not a C++ or other compiler), you must cast the AIL_UINT8 pointer to an AIL_TEXT_PTR.
M_DEFAULT_HOST	Specifies the default Host system of the current Aurora Imaging Library application.
System identifier	Specifies a valid system identifier, previously allocated using MsysAlloc.

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M_SAVE

Saves the context to a specified file or memory stream.

Value	Description
M_INTERACTIVE	Opens a dialog box from which you can interactively specify the drive, directory, and name of the context file, when the StreamType parameter is set toM_FILE.
"FileName"	Specifies the drive, directory, and name of the context file (for example, "C:\mydirectory\WePutTheArtInArtificialIntelligence.mclass"), when the StreamType parameter is set to M_FILE. The function handles (internally) the opening and closing of the file. If the file already exists, it will be overwritten. Classifier context, training context, and data preparation files should have an MCLASS extension. Dataset context files should have an MCLASSD extension. To specify a context file on a remote computer (under Distributed Aurora Imaging Library), prefix the specified file name string with "remote:///" (for example, "remote:///C:\mydirectory\WePutTheArtInArtificialIntelligence.mclass").
MemPtr	Specifies the address of the block of memory, when the StreamType parameter is set to M_MEMORY. The block of memory should be of type AIL_UINT8. The specified address must correspond to the first memory address in which to write, and the block of memory must be large enough to stream the entire object. To determine the required size, call this function with M_INQUIRE_SIZE_BYTE. Note that when using a C compiler (not a C++ or other compiler), you must cast the AIL_UINT8 pointer to an AIL_TEXT_PTR.
(see M_INQUIRE_SIZE_BYTE)