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Silverlight Database Deep Zoom

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26 Mar 2009CPOL11 min read 122.6K   1.7K   84  
The article describes how to create a Deep Zoom image and store the tiles in a database, and how to read the image from the database and display it in the browser.
// 
// This source code is licensed for commercial and non-commercial use under the 
// Code Project Open License (CPOL) 1.02  http://www.codeproject.com/info/cpol10.aspx
// Developer: Joerg Lang (lang.joerg@gmail.com)
//
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.OleDb;
using System.Drawing;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;

namespace DbDzComposer
{
    public class DzDbAccess : IDzDbPersistance
    {
        private OleDbConnection dbConnection;


        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the db connection.
        /// </summary>
        /// <value>The db connection.</value>
        public override IDbConnection DbConnection
        {
            get { return dbConnection; }
            set { dbConnection = (OleDbConnection)value; }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Saves the basic information about an image.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="imageName">Name of the image.</param>
        /// <param name="width">The width.</param>
        /// <param name="height">The height.</param>
        /// <param name="tileSize">Size of the tile.</param>
        /// <param name="overlap">The overlap.</param>
        /// <param name="mimeType">The mime type of the tiles</param>
        /// <param name="thumbnail">A thumbnail preview</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public override int SaveImageInfo(string imageName, int width, int height, int tileSize, int overlap,
                                          string mimeType,
                                          Bitmap thumbnail)
        {
            // Create the sql
            string sql =
                "INSERT INTO DeepZoomImage(imageId, imageName, width, height, tileSize, overlap, mimeType, thumbnail) values (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)";
            var cmd = new OleDbCommand(sql, dbConnection);

            // Get the next available id
            int newId = GetNextDeepZoomImageId();

            // Add the parameters
            cmd.Parameters.Add("@imageid", OleDbType.Integer).Value = newId;
            cmd.Parameters.Add("@imageName", OleDbType.VarChar).Value = imageName;
            cmd.Parameters.Add("@width", OleDbType.Integer).Value = width;
            cmd.Parameters.Add("@height", OleDbType.Integer).Value = height;
            cmd.Parameters.Add("@tileSize", OleDbType.Integer).Value = tileSize;
            cmd.Parameters.Add("@overlap", OleDbType.Integer).Value = overlap;
            cmd.Parameters.Add("@mimeType", OleDbType.VarChar).Value = mimeType;
            if (thumbnail != null)
                cmd.Parameters.Add("@thumbnail", OleDbType.LongVarBinary).Value = BitmapToByteArray(thumbnail);
            else
                cmd.Parameters.Add("@thumbnail", OleDbType.LongVarBinary).Value = DBNull.Value;

            // Execute it
            cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();

            // return the new id
            return newId;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets a list with the information about the images.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="fromUri">The Url from which the call is made.</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public override List<ImageInfo> GetImageInfo(Uri fromUri)
        {
            // Prepare the sql and the dataset
            string sql = "Select * from DeepZoomImage order by imageName";
            var dataAdapter = new OleDbDataAdapter(sql, dbConnection);
            var ds = new DataSet();

            // Fill the dataset
            dataAdapter.Fill(ds, "ImageInfo");

            // Use Linq to convert the dataset into a list of ImageInfo objects.
            var imageInfos = from image in ds.Tables["ImageInfo"].AsEnumerable()
                             select new ImageInfo
                                        {
                                            ImageId = image.Field<int>("ImageId"),
                                            ImageName = image.Field<string>("ImageName"),
                                            Height = image.Field<int>("Height"),
                                            Width = image.Field<int>("Width"),
                                            TileSize = image.Field<int>("TileSize"),
                                            Overlap = image.Field<int>("Overlap"),
                                            MimeType = image.Field<string>("MimeType"),
                                            ThumbnailUrl = new Uri(fromUri,
                                                                   "ThumbnailHandler.ashx?ImageId=" +
                                                                   image.Field<int>("ImageId")).ToString()
                                        };

            return imageInfos.ToList();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the next deep zoom image id.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns></returns>
        private int GetNextDeepZoomImageId()
        {
            string sql = "Select max(imageId) as nextId from DeepZoomImage";
            var cmd = new OleDbCommand(sql, dbConnection);

            object o = cmd.ExecuteScalar();

            if (o == DBNull.Value)
                return 1;
            else
                return ((int)o) + 1;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Saves one image tile to a image that was created before using the SaveImageInfo method.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="imageId">The image id.</param>
        /// <param name="level">The level.</param>
        /// <param name="x">The x.</param>
        /// <param name="y">The y.</param>
        /// <param name="bitmap">The bitmap.</param>
        public override void SaveImageTile(int imageId, int level, int x, int y, Bitmap bitmap)
        {
            // Create the sql
            string sql = "INSERT INTO DeepZoomTile(imageId, [level], x, y, bitmap) values (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)";
            var cmd = new OleDbCommand(sql, dbConnection);

            //serialise the image
            byte[] bytes = BitmapToByteArray(bitmap);

            // Add the parameters
            cmd.Parameters.Add("@imageid", OleDbType.Integer).Value = imageId;
            cmd.Parameters.Add("@level", OleDbType.Integer).Value = level;
            cmd.Parameters.Add("@x", OleDbType.Integer).Value = x;
            cmd.Parameters.Add("@y", OleDbType.Integer).Value = y;
            cmd.Parameters.Add("@bitmap", OleDbType.LongVarBinary, bytes.Length).Value = bytes;

            // Execute it
            cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
        }


        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the image tile requested by the level, and the x and y coordinates for a specific image.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="imageId">The image id.</param>
        /// <param name="level">The level.</param>
        /// <param name="x">The x.</param>
        /// <param name="y">The y.</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public override Bitmap GetImageTile(int imageId, int level, int x, int y)
        {
            try
            {
                string sql = "select bitmap from deepZoomTile where imageId = {0} and level={1} and x = {2} and y = {3}";
                sql = String.Format(sql, imageId, level, x, y);
                var cmd = new OleDbCommand(sql, dbConnection);

                object o = cmd.ExecuteScalar();
                Bitmap bmp = BitmapFromByteArray((byte[])o);

                return bmp;
            }
            catch (Exception)
            {
                return new Bitmap(1, 1);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the thumbnail for a specifig image
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="imageId">The image id.</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public override Bitmap GetThumbnail(int imageId)
        {
            try
            {
                string sql = "select thumbnail from deepZoomImage where imageId = {0}";
                sql = String.Format(sql, imageId);
                var cmd = new OleDbCommand(sql, dbConnection);

                object o = cmd.ExecuteScalar();
                Bitmap bmp = BitmapFromByteArray((byte[])o);

                return bmp;
            }
            catch (Exception)
            {
                return new Bitmap(1, 1);
            }
        }


        /// <summary>
        /// Serializes a bitmap to an byte array
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="bitmap">The bitmap.</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        private static byte[] BitmapToByteArray(Bitmap bitmap)
        {
            var memStream = new MemoryStream();
            var formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
            formatter.Serialize(memStream, bitmap);

            byte[] bytes = memStream.GetBuffer();
            memStream.Close();
            return bytes;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the bitmap from  a byte array.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="bytes">The byte array.</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        private static Bitmap BitmapFromByteArray(byte[] bytes)
        {
            var formatter = new BinaryFormatter();

            var memStream = new MemoryStream(bytes);
            var bmp = (Bitmap)formatter.Deserialize(memStream);

            memStream.Close();
            return bmp;
        }
    }
}

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