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Java Image -> Byte Array

Asked by: tobydeh

Hello,

I need to convert an image into a byte array.  I have noticed that there are different types of "byte arrays", I need the type that I can drop straight into a file and hit save as...

If you right click on a .jpg (or any other image) and open in a text editor... that's the kind of byte array I need.

Thanks in advance

Toby.

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by: riaancorneliusPosted on 2007-07-03 at 11:48:39ID: 19413737

This class should do it (It asks for an input file - It will convert any type of file):


import java.text.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.io.*;

public class JConverter extends JFrame{
  private Container container = getContentPane();
  private JProgressBar progressBar = new JProgressBar();
  private JFileChooser chooser = chooser = new JFileChooser();
  private JMenuBar bar = new JMenuBar();
  private JMenu menuFile = new JMenu("File");
  private JMenuItem menuConvertFile = new JMenuItem("Convert File");
  private JMenuItem menuExit = new JMenuItem("Exit");
  private JMenu menuHelp = new JMenu("Help");
  private JMenuItem menuSite = new JMenuItem("Visit web site");
  private JMenuItem menuAbout = new JMenuItem("About");
  private JPanel panel = new JPanel();
  private JLabel labelNameOfArray = new JLabel("Array name");
  private JTextField nameOfArray = new JTextField(10);
  private JLabel labelBytesPerLine = new JLabel("How many bytes per line");  
  private JTextField bytesPerLine = new JTextField(3);
 
  private class PerformFile extends Thread{
    public void run(){
      File theOpenedFile=null;
      FileInputStream in;
      FileOutputStream out;
      int resultOfChoice;
      int readFromFileResult;
      int maxColomnCount;
      byte fileReadArray[];
      int openedFileLength=0;
   
      chooser.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.FILES_ONLY);
      resultOfChoice = chooser.showOpenDialog(null);
      theOpenedFile = chooser.getSelectedFile();
      if (resultOfChoice==chooser.CANCEL_OPTION) return;
      if (!(theOpenedFile==null||theOpenedFile.getName().equals(""))){
        try{  
          in = new FileInputStream(theOpenedFile.getPath());
          menuConvertFile.setEnabled(false);
          out = new FileOutputStream(theOpenedFile.getPath() + ".j");    
          openedFileLength = (int)theOpenedFile.length();
          progressBar.setMaximum(openedFileLength);
          out.write(' '); out.write(' ');            
          out.write('b'); out.write('y'); out.write('t'); out.write('e'); out.write(' ');
          for (int i=0;i<nameOfArray.getText().length();i++) out.write(nameOfArray.getText().charAt(i));
          out.write('['); out.write(']'); out.write('='); out.write('{');            
          out.write(13); out.write(10); out.write(' '); out.write(' '); out.write(' '); out.write(' ');            
          fileReadArray = new byte[openedFileLength];
          readFromFileResult = in.read(fileReadArray);
       
          try{
            maxColomnCount = Integer.parseInt(bytesPerLine.getText());
            if (maxColomnCount<10) maxColomnCount=10;
            if (maxColomnCount>1000) maxColomnCount=1000;          
          }
          catch(NumberFormatException e){maxColomnCount=20;}
          bytesPerLine.setText(""+maxColomnCount);
 
          for (int i=0;i<openedFileLength;i++){    
            if (i>0) out.write(',');            
            if (i % maxColomnCount == (maxColomnCount-1)){
              out.write(13); out.write(10); out.write(' '); out.write(' '); out.write(' '); out.write(' ');            
            }
            try{
              out.write(Byte.toString(fileReadArray[i]).charAt(0));
              out.write(Byte.toString(fileReadArray[i]).charAt(1));
              out.write(Byte.toString(fileReadArray[i]).charAt(2));
              out.write(Byte.toString(fileReadArray[i]).charAt(3));
            } catch(StringIndexOutOfBoundsException e){}
            progressBar.setValue(i+1);
            progressBar.setString(""+((i+1)*100/openedFileLength)+"%");
            progressBar.setStringPainted(true);
          }

          out.write(13); out.write(10); out.write(' '); out.write(' ');            
          out.write('}'); out.write(';');            
          out.flush();
          JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"The file "+theOpenedFile.getPath()+" successfully converted.","Conversion Completted",JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
          in.close();
          out.close();
        }
        catch(IOException e){
          System.out.println("Wrong Input or Output");  
        }
      }
      menuConvertFile.setEnabled(true);
    }
  }
 
  public JConverter(){
    super("Converter of files into the Java array format (Example: byte newArray[]={...})");  
    container.add(progressBar,BorderLayout.CENTER);
    container.add(panel,BorderLayout.SOUTH);
    panel.add(labelNameOfArray);
    panel.add(nameOfArray);
    panel.add(labelBytesPerLine);
    panel.add(bytesPerLine);
    nameOfArray.setText("newArray");
    bytesPerLine.setText("20");
    progressBar.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(600,30));
    menuConvertFile.addActionListener(
      new ActionListener(){
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
          PerformFile performFile = new PerformFile();  
          performFile.start();
        }
      }
    );
    menuExit.addActionListener(
      new ActionListener(){
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
          System.exit(0);  
        }
      }
    );
    menuSite.addActionListener(
      new ActionListener(){
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
          JOptionPane jOptionPane = new JOptionPane();
          JTextField jTextField = new JTextField();
          jTextField.setText("http://softcollection.sytes.net/javaprog");
          jOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,
                                          jTextField,
                                          "Please visit web site!",
                                          JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
        }
      }
    );
    menuAbout.addActionListener(
      new ActionListener(){
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
          JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Converter of files into the Java array format v1.08","About",JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
        }
      }
    );
    bar.add(menuFile);
    menuFile.setMnemonic('F');
    menuFile.add(menuConvertFile);
    menuFile.add(menuExit);
    bar.add(menuHelp);
    menuHelp.setMnemonic('H');
    menuHelp.add(menuSite);
    menuHelp.add(menuAbout);
    setJMenuBar(bar);
    pack();
    setResizable(false);
    show();
  }

  public static void main(String args[]){
    JConverter jConverter=new JConverter();
    jConverter.setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
  }
}

 

by: tobydehPosted on 2007-07-03 at 12:47:29ID: 19414194

That is not what i am looking for

 

by: uainePosted on 2007-07-03 at 13:17:19ID: 19414429

If you are only looking to modify a jpeg and then save it, then the BufferedImage class could make things a bit easier for you.  There's some example code using BufferedImage here:
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=260711&messageID=985157

May I ask what you are doing that requires a byte array?

 

by: uainePosted on 2007-07-03 at 13:36:05ID: 19414562

If you really do need to read an image as a byte array, simply open it the same as you would open a text file to read.

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/essential/io/bytestreams.html

1. Open the jpeg using a FileInputStream
2. Read it.
3. Do whatever you need to do to it.
4. Write it back using a FileOutputStream.
5. Close both streams when you are done.

 

by: objectsPosted on 2007-07-03 at 15:31:08ID: 19415277

 

by: ashwanilabsPosted on 2007-07-03 at 20:39:59ID: 19416425

You can do it like this:-

File f = new File("C:/wasapps/temp/myImage.jpg");
FileInputStream fin = new FileInputStream(f);
byte[] buffer = new byte[(int)f.length()];
fin.read(buffer);
fin.close();

 

by: tobydehPosted on 2007-07-04 at 01:20:59ID: 19417243

RE: ashwanilabs:

So buffer would contain the file data?

 

by: ashwanilabsPosted on 2007-07-04 at 01:22:36ID: 19417249

yes

 

by: tobydehPosted on 2007-07-04 at 04:39:44ID: 19417903

Ok..

I rad the byte array using:


File f = new File("C:/wasapps/temp/myImage.jpg");
FileInputStream fin = new FileInputStream(f);
byte[] buffer = new byte[(int)f.length()];
fin.read(buffer);
fin.close();

I bas64 encode and pass the data to action script 3.

AS3 then tries to draw the byte array into bitmapData. , but the image is corrupted. It just draws funny colored dots, not the image that the user selected.

Why is the byte array damaged? Do i need a different type of byte array?

 

by: ashwanilabsPosted on 2007-07-04 at 04:51:19ID: 19417941

try this out

File f = new File("C:/wasapps/temp/myImage.jpg");
FileInputStream fin = new FileInputStream(f);
byte[] buffer = new byte[fin.available()];   <<<
fin.read(buffer);
fin.close();

But i should have worked...let me see to it

 

by: objectsPosted on 2007-07-04 at 05:00:52ID: 19417981

that won't necessarily work, read() doesn't guarantee to readd all the bytes.
See the code in the link I posted earlier, it'll guarantee to read all the image bytes.

 

by: tobydehPosted on 2007-07-04 at 05:06:36ID: 19418012

I'm using readFully()

Either way the image data is corrupted?

 

by: objectsPosted on 2007-07-04 at 05:15:41ID: 19418046

problem may be elsewhere down the line

 

by: tobydehPosted on 2007-07-04 at 05:27:38ID: 19418078

Everything else seems OK. When I Base64 Decode in AS3 the bytearrays are the same length, so im guessing nothing has been damaged.

I think that the byte array contents may be completely wrong....

I need to basically re-produce the following in Java:

var pixels : ByteArray = new ByteArray();  
for( var i:uint=0; i<bd.width ; i++ )
{
    for( var j:uint=0; j<bd.height; j++ )
    {
        pixels.writeUnsignedInt( bd.getPixel( i, j ) );
    }    
}

the getPixel() method returns an integer that represents an RGB pixel value from a BitmapData object at a specific point (x, y). The getPixel() method returns an unmultiplied pixel value. No alpha information is returned.

All pixels in a BitmapData object are stored as premultiplied color values. A premultiplied image pixel has the red, green, and blue color channel values already multiplied by the alpha data. For example, if the alpha value is 0, the values for the RGB channels are also 0, independent of their unmultiplied values.

I need to reproduce the same Byte Array as the AS3 above.

I hope that all made sense!

 

by: objectsPosted on 2007-07-04 at 05:55:36ID: 19418190

> When I Base64 Decode in AS3 the bytearrays are the same length

that doesn't sound right, I base64 should produce a string and i wouldn't expect it to be same length as array

> I think that the byte array contents may be completely wrong....

Are you sure its not the file
If you used the code from the link above the byte array would be identical to the file contents

 

by: tobydehPosted on 2007-07-04 at 05:58:53ID: 19418205

Base64 DECODE does not return a string.. it would return the encoded contents...

Yes i may have the file contents, but I'm saying maybe the file contents Isn't what I need?

I need to reproduce the AS3 code in my previous post.

Thank you for your quick responses!

 

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