Best way to pass a loaded bitmap to a class?

[Nickbee]

I currently use a class to load and slice jpg images. I use arguments to pass the class a URL and the amount of slices horizontally and vertically. The class then loads the image and uses bitmapData to slice things up. So now that I'm using LoaderMax to preload stuff I would like to pass my class the info from a loaderMax object. What would be the best way to do this knowing that I eventually need to use bitmapData in my slice class?

 

Thanks and happy Thanksgiving!

[GreenSock]

ImageLoader's "rawContent" points to the Bitmap that was loaded. Its "content" refers to the ContentDisplay wrapper that gets placed around that Bitmap for all the conveniences like centerRegistration, scaleMode, etc.

 

Does that answer your question?

[Nickbee]

that pointed me in the right direction...

 

The constructor of my SliceBitmap class now looks like this...

 

public function SliceBitmap(imageData:BitmapData, numRows:uint, numCols:uint)
	{
		//set vars to arguments
		_imageData = imageData;
		_numRows = numRows;
		_numCols = numCols;
		init();
	}

 

in my main class I have my loadermax stuff like this:

 

		private function LoadImages():void
	{
	//<<---------------------- LOADER MAX ---------------------->>
	var myLoaderMax:LoaderMax = new LoaderMax({name:"myLoader", maxConnections:2});

	myLoaderMax.append(new ImageLoader("images/dart.jpg", {name:"dart"}));
	myLoaderMax.append(new ImageLoader("images/strawberry.jpg", {name:"strawberry"}}));
	myLoaderMax.append(new ImageLoader("images/bottle.jpg", {name:"bottle"}}));

	//start loading
	myLoaderMax.load();
	}

 

so lets say I want to pass my SliceBitmap class the bitmap data from "dart" how would I do this?

 

I am keeping things simple for this example, I'll eventually add complete listeners and priority stuff.

 

thanks!!!!

[Nickbee]

I figured it out

 

var loader:ImageLoader = LoaderMax.getLoader("dart");
			var bitmap:Bitmap = loader.rawContent;

			SliceBitmap(bitmap, 3, 3);

 

I am passing a bitmap object to my SliceBitmap class and then it's taking care of the rest....

 

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!!!!

[GreenSock]

Yep, sounds like you got it. If you needed the BitmapData instead of the Bitmap, you could do:

 

SliceBitmap(LoaderMax.getLoader("dart").rawContent.bitmapData, 3, 3);

[Nickbee]

Great stuff! Thanks!!!!