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+/************************************************************************
+ *
+ *  SVMReader.java
+ *
+ *  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ *  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ *  License version 2.1, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ *  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ *  Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ *  License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+ *  MA  02111-1307  USA
+ *
+ *  Copyright: 2004 by Urban Widmark
+ *
+ *  All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ *  Version 0.3.3b (2004-02-26)
+ *
+ */
+
+package writer2latex.office;
+
+/** This class contains a static method to extract EPS data from an SVM file */
+public final class SVMReader {
+
+    /* Notes on SVM file format:
+
+     Relevant OO 1.1.0 Source Files include:
+       tools/source/stream/vcompat.cxx
+       vcl/source/gdi/gdimtf.cxx
+       vcl/inc/gdimtf.hxx
+       vcl/source/gdi/metaact.cxx
+       vcl/inc/metaact.hxx
+       vcl/source/gdi/mapmod.cxx
+       vcl/inc/mapmod.hxx
+       tools/source/generic/fract.cxx
+       tools/inc/fract.hxx
+       tools/source/generic/gen.cxx
+       tools/inc/gen.hxx
+
+     VersionCompat      (6 bytes)
+       version  - 2 bytes
+       totalsize    - 4 bytes
+
+     Point (Pair)           (8 bytes)
+       X - 4 bytes (long)
+       Y - 4 bytes (long)
+
+     Fraction           (8 bytes)
+       nNumerator - 4 bytes (long)
+       nDenominator - 4 bytes (long)
+
+     MapMode            (6 + 2 + 8 + 8 + 8 + 1 = 33 bytes)
+       VersionCompat
+       meUnit   - UINT16
+       maOrigin - Point
+       maScaleX - Fraction
+       maScaleY - Fraction
+       mbSimple - BOOL (1 byte)
+
+     Size (Pair)            (8 bytes)
+       width - 4 bytes (long)
+       height - 4 bytes (long)
+
+     GfxLink            (16 or 57 bytes)
+       VersionCompat
+       nType    - 2 bytes
+       nSize    - 4 bytes
+       nUserId  - 4 bytes
+       aSize    - Size (version >=2)
+       aMapMode - MapMode (version >=2)
+
+     MetaEPSAction
+       VersionCompat
+       maGfxLink                - GfxLink
+       data[maGfxLink.nSize]    - bytes
+       maPoint                  - Point
+       maSize                   - Size
+       maSubst                  - GDIMetaFile (alternative image?)
+
+     SVM file
+       "VCLMTF"
+       Compat           - VersionCompat
+       nStmCompressMode - UINT32
+       aPrefMapMode     - MapMode
+       aPrefSize        - Size
+       count            - UINT32
+       action[count]    - MetaAction
+
+
+    Example header from an EPS image included in a Writer document:
+    00000000: 5643 4c4d 5446 0100 3100 0000 0000 0000  VCLMTF..1.......
+    00000010: 0100 1b00 0000 0800 0000 0000 0000 0000  ................
+    00000020: 0100 0000 0100 0000 0100 0000 0100 0000  ................
+    00000030: 0169 0100 00fd 0000 0001 0000 008f 0001  .i..............
+    00000040: 0096 3200 0002 0033 0000 0001 003f 3000  ..2....3.....?0.
+    00000050: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0001 001b  ................
+    00000060: 0000 000a 0000 0000 0000 0000 0001 0000  ................
+    00000070: 0001 0000 0001 0000 0001 0000 0001 2521  ..............%!
+
+    5643 4c4d 5446  "VCLMTF"                    0
+
+    0100            version                     6
+    3100 0000       totalsize
+
+    0000 0000       compress                    12
+
+    0100            aPrefMapMode.version        16
+    1b00 0000       aPrefMapMode.totalsize
+    0800            aPrefMapMode.meUnit
+    0000 0000       aPrefMapMode.maOrigin
+    0000 0000
+    0100 0000       aPrefMapMode.maScaleX
+    0100 0000
+    0100 0000       aPrefMapMode.maScaleY
+    0100 0000
+    01              aPrefMapMode.mbSimple
+
+    6901 0000       aPrefSize                   49
+    fd00 0000
+
+    0100 0000       nCount                      57
+
+    8f00            type == META_EPS_ACTION     61
+
+    0100            version
+    9632 0000       totalsize
+
+    0200            version
+    3300 0000       totalsize
+
+    0100            nType
+    3f30 0000       nSize                       75
+    0000 0000       nUserId
+
+    0000 0000       aSize
+    0000 0000
+
+    0100
+    1b00 0000
+    0a00
+
+    0000 0000
+    0000 0000
+    0100 0000
+    0100 0000
+    0100 0000
+    0100 0000
+    01
+
+    Beginning of EPS data:
+
+    2521
+
+    Note that maPoint/maSize/maSubst are all after the EPS file.
+
+    */
+
+    /** Determine if this SVM contains an EPS document and retrieve start and
+      * end positions if so.
+      *
+      * @param blob        byte array containing SVM file
+      * @param offlen      integer array to retrieve the offset into the SVM file
+      *                    (offlen[0]) and the length (offlen[1]) of the EPS
+      *                    document. If the method returns false, the array
+      *                    will be unchanged.
+      *
+      * @return returns true if the SVM contains an EPS document
+      */
+    public static final boolean readSVM(byte[] blob, int[] offlen) {
+        int pos = 57;
+        int nCount = getInt(blob, pos);
+        pos += 4;
+
+        for (int i=0; i<nCount; i++) {
+            int type = getShort(blob, pos);
+            pos += 2;
+
+            // We only understand META_EPS_ACTION
+            if (type != 143)
+            return false;
+
+            pos += 6;
+            int version = getShort(blob, pos);
+            pos += 6;       // version + totalsize
+            pos += 2;       // nType
+
+            // This is the size of the EPS data.
+            int size = getInt(blob, pos);
+            pos += 8;
+
+            if (version >= 2)
+            pos += 41;
+
+            for (int j=0; j<MIMETypes.EPS_SIG.length; j++)
+            if (MIMETypes.EPS_SIG[j] != blob[pos + j])
+               return false;
+
+            offlen[0] = pos;
+            offlen[1] = size;
+
+            // For now we only understand files where the EPS entry is
+            // the first MetaAction
+            break;
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private static int getInt(byte[] blob, int pos)
+    {
+     return
+        ((blob[pos+0] & 0xff) << 0)  +
+        ((blob[pos+1] & 0xff) << 8)  +
+        ((blob[pos+2] & 0xff) << 16) +
+        ((blob[pos+3] & 0xff) << 24);
+    }
+
+    private static int getShort(byte[] blob, int pos)
+    {
+     return
+        ((blob[pos+0] & 0xff) << 0)  +
+        ((blob[pos+1] & 0xff) << 8);
+    }
+
+}