Add convenience methods for creating images from arrays #349
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The "learnathon" part of the ImgLib2/BDV hackathon in Brno showed that there is a need for an
Img
-creation API that caters to absolute beginners. The existing API for wrapping native arrays by means of theArrayImgs
util-class implicitly introduces the concepts of Img-backend and data-access, which seemed to keep people from exploring more awesome features.I do think that wrapping native arrays is the best way to introduce people that are familiar with Matlab / Python / ... to ImgLib2, so I'm proposing this little wrapper API that can serve as a first exposure point for beginners:
Just to clarify again, this is meant as an educational API, so I don't see any need for deprecating the
ArrayImgs
API. This is simply inspired by theList
-API that does a very good job of keeping implementational details hidden.