Combining CGBitmapInfo and CGImageAlphaInfo in Swift

Question

I'm rewriting Apple's UIImageEffects sample code from Objective-C to Swift and I have a question regarding the following line:

vImage_CGImageFormat format = {
    .bitsPerComponent = 8,
    .bitsPerPixel = 32,
    .colorSpace = NULL,
    .bitmapInfo = kCGImageAlphaPremultipliedFirst | kCGBitmapByteOrder32Little,
    .version = 0,
    .decode = NULL,
    .renderingIntent = kCGRenderingIntentDefault
};

Here is my version in Swift:

let bitmapInfo = CGBitmapInfo(rawValue: CGImageAlphaInfo.PremultipliedFirst.rawValue | CGBitmapInfo.ByteOrder32Little.rawValue)
let format = vImage_CGImageFormat(bitsPerComponent: 8, bitsPerPixel: 32, colorSpace: nil, bitmapInfo: bitmapInfo, version: 0, decode: nil, renderingIntent: .RenderingIntentDefault)

Is this the simplest way to create bitmapInfo in Swift?

Rob Napier · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-12T15:16:34.100

You can make it a little simpler:

let bimapInfo = CGBitmapInfo(rawValue: CGImageAlphaInfo.PremultipliedFirst.rawValue)
    .union(.ByteOrder32Little)

You unfortunately can't get away from converting the CGImageAlphaInfo into a CGBitmapInfo. That's just a weakness in the current API. But once you have it, you can use .union to combine it with other values. And once the enum type is known, you don't have to keep repeating it.

It's weird to me that there's no operator available here. I've opened a radar for that, and included an | implementation. http://www.openradar.me/23516367

public func |<T: SetAlgebraType>(lhs: T, rhs: T) -> T {
    return lhs.union(rhs)
}

@warn_unused_result
public func |=<T : SetAlgebraType>(inout lhs: T, rhs: T) {
    lhs.unionInPlace(rhs)
}

let bimapInfo = CGBitmapInfo(rawValue: CGImageAlphaInfo.PremultipliedFirst.rawValue)
    | .ByteOrder32Little

There's no operator because Swift wants you to think of these as collections (so the bit operations are kind of an implementation detail). The preferred syntax is using an array literal: `let bimapInfo: CGBitmapInfo = [ CGBitmapInfo(rawValue: CGImageAlphaInfo.PremultipliedFirst.rawValue), .ByteOrder32Little ]`. — Patrick Pijnappel, Apr 17 '16 at 07:38

score 6 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 05 '21 at 20:37

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It’s not pretty right now no matter what you do, but I think the cleanest style (as of Swift 4) is to use something like:

let bitmapInfo: CGBitmapInfo = [
      .byteOrder32Little,
      .floatComponents,
      CGBitmapInfo(rawValue: CGImageAlphaInfo.premultipliedLast.rawValue)]

(Or use something similar inline.) This at least preserves the essential optionset-iness of the info.

edited Jan 05 '21 at 20:37

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answered Jul 08 '17 at 23:17

Wil Shipley

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Combining CGBitmapInfo and CGImageAlphaInfo in Swift

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