J Deprecated API Components

This appendix lists deprecated components of the Oracle Multimedia API for ORDAudio, ORDImage, and ORDVideo. This appendix includes the following sections:

ORDAudio and ORDVideo Comments Methods
ORDAudio and ORDVideo Accessor Methods
ORDImageSignature and ORDImageIndex Methods
Image Processing Operators

For detailed information about deprecated API components, see the Oracle Multimedia documentation in the Oracle Database Online Documentation Library. Specifically, see the documentation for releases earlier than the release when the component was deprecated.

J.1 ORDAudio and ORDVideo Comments Methods

The following ORDAudio and ORDVideo comments methods were deprecated in Oracle Database 9i Release 1 (9.0.1):

ORDAudio

-- Methods associated with the comments attribute
MEMBER PROCEDURE appendToComments(amount IN BINARY_INTEGER, 
                                  buffer IN VARCHAR2), 
--
MEMBER PROCEDURE writeToComments(offset IN INTEGER, 
                                 amount IN BINARY_INTEGER, 
                                 buffer IN VARCHAR2), 
--
MEMBER FUNCTION readFromComments(offset IN INTEGER, 
                                 amount IN BINARY_INTEGER := 32767) 
                RETURN VARCHAR2, 
PRAGMA RESTRICT_REFERENCES(readFromComments, WNDS, WNPS, RNDS, RNPS), 
--
MEMBER FUNCTION locateInComments(pattern    IN VARCHAR2, 
                                 offset     IN INTEGER := 1, 
                                 occurrence IN INTEGER := 1) 
                 RETURN INTEGER, 
--
MEMBER PROCEDURE trimComments(newlen IN INTEGER), 
--
MEMBER PROCEDURE eraseFromComments(amount IN OUT NOCOPY INTEGER, 
                                   offset IN INTEGER := 1), 
MEMBER PROCEDURE deleteComments, 
--
MEMBER PROCEDURE loadCommentsFromFile(fileobj  IN BFILE, 
                                      amount   IN INTEGER, 
                                      from_loc IN INTEGER := 1, 
                                      to_loc   IN INTEGER := 1), 
--
MEMBER PROCEDURE copyCommentsOut(dest     IN OUT NOCOPY CLOB, 
                                 amount   IN INTEGER, 
                                 from_loc IN INTEGER := 1, 
                                 to_loc   IN INTEGER := 1), 
--
MEMBER FUNCTION compareComments(
                   compare_with_lob        IN CLOB, 
                   amount                  IN INTEGER := 4294967295,
                   starting_pos_in_comment IN INTEGER := 1, 
                   starting_pos_in_compare IN INTEGER := 1) 
                RETURN INTEGER,
PRAGMA RESTRICT_REFERENCES(compareComments, WNDS, WNPS, RNDS, RNPS),
--
MEMBER FUNCTION getCommentLength RETURN INTEGER,
PRAGMA RESTRICT_REFERENCES(getCommentLength, WNDS, WNPS, RNDS, RNPS),

ORDVideo

-- Methods associated with the comments attribute
MEMBER PROCEDURE appendToComments(amount IN BINARY_INTEGER, 
                                  buffer IN VARCHAR2), 
--
MEMBER PROCEDURE writeToComments(offset IN INTEGER, 
                                 amount IN BINARY_INTEGER, 
                                 buffer IN VARCHAR2), 
--
MEMBER FUNCTION readFromComments(offset IN INTEGER, 
                                 amount IN BINARY_INTEGER := 32767) 
                RETURN VARCHAR2, 
PRAGMA RESTRICT_REFERENCES(readFromComments, WNDS, WNPS, RNDS, RNPS), 
--
MEMBER FUNCTION locateInComments(pattern    IN VARCHAR2, 
                                 offset     IN INTEGER := 1, 
                                 occurrence IN INTEGER := 1) 
                 RETURN INTEGER, 
--
MEMBER PROCEDURE trimComments(newlen IN INTEGER), 
--
MEMBER PROCEDURE eraseFromComments(amount IN OUT NOCOPY INTEGER, 
                                   offset IN INTEGER := 1), 
--
MEMBER PROCEDURE deleteComments, 
--
MEMBER PROCEDURE loadCommentsFromFile(fileobj  IN BFILE, 
                                      amount   IN INTEGER, 
                                      from_loc IN INTEGER :=1, 
                                      to_loc   IN INTEGER :=1), 
--
MEMBER PROCEDURE copyCommentsOut(dest     IN OUT NOCOPY CLOB, 
                                 amount   IN INTEGER, 
                                 from_loc IN INTEGER :=1, 
                                 to_loc   IN INTEGER :=1), 
--
MEMBER FUNCTION compareComments(
                   compare_with_lob        IN CLOB, 
                   amount                  IN INTEGER := 4294967295,
                   starting_pos_in_comment IN INTEGER := 1, 
                   starting_pos_in_compare IN INTEGER := 1) 
                RETURN INTEGER,
PRAGMA RESTRICT_REFERENCES(compareComments, WNDS, WNPS, RNDS, RNPS),
--
MEMBER FUNCTION getCommentLength RETURN INTEGER,
PRAGMA RESTRICT_REFERENCES(getCommentLength, WNDS, WNPS, RNDS, RNPS),

J.2 ORDAudio and ORDVideo Accessor Methods

The following ORDAudio and ORDVideo accessor methods were deprecated in Oracle Database 9i Release 1 (9.0.1):

ORDAudio

MEMBER PROCEDURE setProperties(ctx IN OUT RAW),

ORDVideo

MEMBER PROCEDURE setProperties(ctx IN OUT RAW),

J.3 ORDImageSignature and ORDImageIndex Methods

All ORDImageSignature and ORDImageIndex methods are deprecated effective with the current release.

J.4 Image Processing Operators

The image processing operators dither and interleave are deprecated effective with the current release. Although these operators still function, Oracle recommends that you stop using them as soon as possible. The dither operator has been replaced with the quantize operator. The interleave operator has been replaced with the contentFormat operator. See Chapter 5 and Appendix D for more information about the quantize and interleave operators.