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The NITF Reader

The NITFImageManager and NITFImageReader classes are used to read NITF files.

Unlike the other image readers, the NITFImageManager class must be used to construct an NITFImageReader object for a given image segment via the createReader method. The NITFImageReader object behaves like any other image reader in all other respects. The Reference Manual contains several examples of how to read an NITF image.

The following restrictions apply to the reading of NITF imagery: