Method and computer program product for automatic image mirroring
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsGiulio Santoli, Fabio Barillari
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Abstract
Method and computer program product for mirroring an image according to internationalization information in an application supporting images. An initial image to be mirrored, which is described in a graphical format, is read. The image data is wrapped in a new image format by adding information about which area of the image is to be mirrored and how it is to be mirrored. A new image format library added to the application enables the application to read the new image format and transform the image according to the locale.
Claims12
A method operating on a computer for mirroring an image according to internationalization information in an application supporting internationalization and images, said method comprising:
- reading an initial image, described in a graphical format, to be mirrored;
- creating metadata comprising initial image data of the initial image and adding, for each area in which the image is split, information specifying whether the area is to be mirrored;
- reading the metadata and internationalization information from the GUI;
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- performing, by the GUI, mirroring of the image according to the internationalization information by applying the internationalization information to areas specified to be mirrored.
A computer program product for mirroring an image according to internationalization information in an application supporting internationalization and images, the computer program product comprising a computer readable medium having computer readable program code embedded therein, the computer readable program code comprising:
- computer readable program code configured to read an initial image, described in a graphical format, to be mirrored;
- computer readable program code configured to create metadata comprising initial image data of the initial image and to add, for each area in which the image is split, information specifying whether the area is to be mirrored;
- computer readable program code configured to read the metadata and the internationalization information from the GUI;
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- computer readable program code configured to perform, by the GUI, mirroring of the image according to the internationalization information by applying the internationalization information to areas specified to be mirrored.
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