//static
bool GradientsBase::loadFile(const String& rsFilePath_p, std::size_t index_p, imageType_t &rImage_p)
{
// open read only
FileFormat format( pcl::File::ExtractExtension( rsFilePath_p ), true, false );
FileFormatInstance file(format);
ImageDescriptionArray images;
if ( !file.Open( images, rsFilePath_p)) //, inputHints ) )
throw CatchedException();
if(images.Length()<=index_p) {
//image with this index does not exist
return false;
}
TimeMessage startLoad("Loading image "+rsFilePath_p+" "+String(index_p));
file.SelectImage(index_p);
if (!file.ReadImage(rImage_p))
throw CatchedException();
return true;
}
