Convert a byte arry to OpenCV image in C++

Question

I have a byte array that represents a .jpg file that I want to convert directly to an OpenCV Mat object.

I have something like

byte* data; // Represents a JPG that I don't want to disk and then read.
// What goes here to end up with the following line?
cv::Mat* image_representing_the_data;

Answer 1

the previously mentioned method will work fine, if it's PIXEL data.

if instead, you have a whole jpg FILE in memory, headers, compression, and all, it won't work.

in that case you want:

Mat img = imdecode(data);

which will do the same as imread(), only from memory, not from a filename