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Java ImageIO read image byte[] into pre-allocated BufferedImage

I'm working with ImageIO and JAI and want to read a byte array into a BufferedImage. The byte[] contains data for a JP2000 encoded image, and it's fairly large, around 100MB. I'm currently doing something like:
byte[] imageDataBytes = ...
InputStream imageStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(imageDataBytes);
BufferedImage imageData = ImageIO.read(imageStream);
It seems that ImageIO is creating a new BufferedImage each time read() is called.
Question:
Is there a way to tell ImageIO to read and decode the image byte data into a pre-allocated mutable BufferedImage?
I did some searching through the Javadocs and found that the BufferedImage stores its data in a Raster object, which stores its data in a DataBuffer object. So I'm aware any solution that exists will technically not be writing to the BufferedImage, but instead will be directly writing to the DataBuffer.
It may help to know that all images are the same size: roughly 10,000 x 10,000, so there shouldn't be any problems with the read image not aligning with the buffered image. Ultimately, I would like to have an object pool of buffered images, or rasters, or data buffers, and borrow from the pool every time I read using ImageIO. Something like this pseudocode:
InputStream imageStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(imageDataBytes);
WritableRaster raster = ObjectPool.getAvailableRaster();
ImageIO.readToRaster(imageStream, raster);
BufferedImage imageData = new BufferedImage(raster);
I'm sure there's a simple solution out there. Any help would be appreciated!

Yes, you can set the destination image of an ImageReadParam object. However, there is a caveat: the BufferedImage must have a ColorModel and SampleModel that match the image being loaded.
I’m not sure about JPEG2000 images, but regular JPEGs are usually RGB images, so an image of TYPE_INT_RGB should suffice:
BufferedImage image = new BufferedImage(10000, 10000,
BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
while (bytesAvailable) {
byte[] imageDataBytes = getImageBytes();
try (InputStream in = new ByteArrayInputStream(imageDataBytes);
ImageInputStream stream = ImageIO.createImageInputStream(in)) {
ImageReader reader = ImageIO.getImageReaders(stream).next();
reader.setInput(stream);
ImageReadParam param = reader.getDefaultReadParam();
param.setDestination(image);
reader.read(0, param);
}
}

For those who find themselves in this situation, the answer by VGR works well. I like to add that specifically for JPEG-2000 images that contain metadata, use
reader.setInput(stream, true, true);
instead of
reader.setInput(stream);
This avoids a NullPointer exception. you can read more about it here:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2103

What is the difference between using IOUtils and ImageIO for writing an image file

I have a tiff image stored as Base64 encoded String in a file. My aim is to create a tiff file out of it. This is what I am doing:
String base64encodedTiff = IOUtils.toString(new FileInputStream("C:/tiff-attachment.txt"));
byte[] imgBytes = DatatypeConverter.parseBase64Binary(base64encodedTiff);
BufferedImage bufImg = ImageIO.read(new ByteArrayInputStream(imgBytes));
ImageIO.write(bufImg, "tiff", new File("c:/new-darksouls-imageIO-tiff.tiff"));
ImageIO.write() is throwing IllegalArgumentException because bufImg is null. I don't understand what am I doing wrong here.
On the contrary if I use IOUtils to write, it works fine:
IOUtils.write(imgBytes, new FileOutputStream("c:/new-darksouls-io-tiff.tiff"));
Please help me understand
Why ImageIO is throwing exception
What is the right API and way for what I am trying to achieve.

ImageIO would be useful if, for example, you wanted to convert a PNG to a JPEG. Since you don't need to manipulate the image or convert to another format, don't bother with ImageIO. Just use IOUtils.write() to save the TIFF data verbatim.
ImageIO.read() is returning a null image because it can't read the TIFF file, probably because TIFF isn't one of the standard ImageIO plugin formats. The standard supported image formats are listed here:
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/javax/imageio/package-summary.html
An additional note -- the code you posted buffers the entire image in memory. If you're concerned about using memory efficiently, consider using some kind of Base64 decoding input stream to perform the decoding on the fly. That might look like this:
try (FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream("c:/new-darksouls-io-tiff.tiff");
FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream("C:/tiff-attachment.txt");
Base64InputStream decodedIn = new Base64InputStream(in)) {
IOUtils.copy(decodedIn, out);
}

Load Image OpenCV (JavaCV) from byte[] not a file

I have image data coming in from over a socket connection as a byte[]. All examples I have seen using cvLoadImage() is passed a file name. Do I have to save every image to file and re-open it to do the processing? This seems to have a lot of overhead for what needs to happen, is it possible to load the image from the byte[] data?

Simple solution in the end, you can use the following method to create an Image from a BufferedImage which solved my problem:
IplImage src = IplImage.createFrom(buffered);

Assuming the data is encoded in some standard format like JPG or PNG, and assuming you are using JavaCV, for a byte array b, this works as well:
IplImage image = cvDecodeImage(cvMat(1, b.length, CV_8UC1, new BytePointer(b)));

How can I turn an ImageIcon back into a blob?

I've stored a Blob (PNG file) into the database like so:
File file = new File( "image.png" );
FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream( file );
statement.setBinaryStream( 1, fis, (int) file.length() );
Currently I use this process to get the Blob image from the DB and convert it back into an image for use:
Blob blob = results.getBlob( 1 );
ImageIcon imageIcon = new ImageIcon( blob.getBytes( 1L, (int) blob.length() ) );
However, i need a method to put the image back into the database (after i've altered it) from the ImageIcon without creating a file, storing it to the disk then reading it back in with the FileInputSteam.
edit for clarity
Well, say i've got that image stored inside a Label as an ImageIcon. The only way i know how to put that into the database is to read from a FileInputStream, but that would involve pointlessly making a file of the image. So how would i read the Image from ImageIcon back out as a BinaryStream or Blob back to the database?

I'd try something like this
PixelGrabber pg = new PixelGrabber(imageIcon.getImage(),0,0, w,h,true);
pg.grabPixels();
// You may need to wait here until all pixels are copied (see ImageObserver)
Object buffer = pg.getPixels();
See http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/api/java/awt/image/PixelGrabber.html
You may need to tweak it appropriately and specify correct w and h.

In the Blob API:
setBinaryStream(long pos) returns an OutputStream
"Retrieves a stream that can be used to write to the BLOB value that this Blob object represents." So you can write your bits directly to that stream.
I'm not quite sure how to get the pixels from your modified ImageIcon. If you can cast it to a BufferedImage, that class has a getRGB method.

How can i convert *.raw files to *.bmp in JAVA?

BufferedImage image = ImageIO.read( new ByteArrayInputStream( byteArray ) );
ImageIO.write(image, "BMP", new File("filename.bmp"));
When i tried this thing [ImageIO.read( new ByteArrayInputStream( byteArray ))] returns null value so i cant create new bmp file.
But this works to convert jpg to bmp files.I have raw files and i need to convert to image.
Please help me in this.

The support for readers and writers in the javax.imageio is limited, and if you dont know the format of the byte[] your are trying to convert, then propably it is not included in the list of valid image readers. Then, what you might need is the Java Advanced Imaging API, which you can find here.
These are the readers a
Readers: Writers:
bmp bmp
jpg jpg
jpeg jpeg
wbmp Wbmp
png png
gif gif
This few lines shall help you to get this to work using JAI API
// read byte[]
SeekableStream stream = new ByteArraySeekableStream(image);
// render stream of bytes to valid image format
RenderedImage renderedImage = JAI.create("stream", stream);
// persist image to file
JAI.create("filestore", renderedImage, filename, targetFormat);
// dont't forget to close the stream!
stream.close();

Take a look here: Java Advanced Imaging I/O Tools. The Java Image I/O Reader seems to be able to read "raw"-Files. I think that you can write them with the Java Image I/O Writer as BMP.
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