Handling multiple inputs
JIPipe data slots store multiple data rows. This means that algorithms have to iterate their workload for each input row and generate equivalent output in the respective output slots.
There can be issues if data from multiple input slots need to be combined (e.g. merge channels into RGB, see user documentation). JIPipeAlgorithm has no capabilities to help with such cases.
A solution can be JIPipeIteratingAlgorithm or JIPipeSimpleIteratingAlgorithm that use the annotation attached during processing to find data rows that belong to the same data set. The implementation creates JIPipeDataBatch instances that represent one data set iteration.
For simple algorithms, we recommend JIPipeSimpleIteratingAlgorithm. It does not have the additional parameters that might confuse some users, but creates the same runIteration(…) command as JIPipeIteratingAlgorithm. It only works for algorithms with at most one input and will generate error messages if you have more than one input.
Please access data via the data interface. It reads exactly one JIPipeData for each input.
The only difference to JIPipeAlgorithm is that you need to override a different function called runIteration.
// Annotates documentation to the algorithm
@JIPipeDocumentation(name = "My Algorithm", description = "Does something")
// Sets the algorithm category
@JIPipeNode(nodeTypeCategory = MiscellaneousNodeTypeCategory.class)
// Input and output slots
@JIPipeInputSlot(value = ImagePlusData.class, slotName = "Input", description="The input", autoCreate = true)
@JIPipeOutputSlot(value = ImagePlusData.class, slotName = "Output", description="The output", autoCreate = true)
public class MyAlgorithm extends JIPipeIteratingAlgorithm {
/*
This is the main constructor of the algorithm.
It contains a reference to the algorithm info that contains
some important metadata
*/
public MyAlgorithm(JIPipeNodeInfo info) {
super(info);
}
/*
A deep copy constructor. It is required.
Please do not forget to deep-copy all important fields
*/
public MyAlgorithm(MyAlgorithm original) {
super(original);
// Deep-copy additional fields here
}
/*
The workload is run in this functon.
You can also have the ability to inform the user about the current algorithm status
for more complex algorithms.
You can also query if the user requested cancellation
Please read and write only via the data interface.
*/
@Override
public runIteration(JIPipeDataBatch dataBatch, JIPipeProgressInfo progress) {
// Run your workload here
}
}