Java BufferedImage to Byte Array toBytes(final BufferedImage image)

Description

Converts an image to a byte array

License

Apache License

Return

the PNG File output the created buffered image, as a byte array

Declaration

public static byte[] toBytes(final BufferedImage image) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*  w w  w  .  jav a 2s.  co  m*/
 * Copyright 2016 dorkbox, llc
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
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 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;

import java.io.IOException;

import javax.imageio.ImageIO;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Converts an image to a byte array
     *
     * @return the PNG File output the created buffered image, as a byte array
     */
    public static byte[] toBytes(final BufferedImage image) throws IOException {
        ByteArrayOutputStream byteArrayOutputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        ImageIO.write(image, "PNG", byteArrayOutputStream);
        return byteArrayOutputStream.toByteArray();
    }
}

Related

1. toByteArray(BufferedImage img, String imageFileType)
2. toByteArray(BufferedImage org)
3. toByteArray(final BufferedImage image, final String format)
4. toByteArray(RenderedImage image)
5. toByteBuffer(BufferedImage img)