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How to read Tiff file in Java (Is JAI the correct way?)

I'm trying to get a Tiff file into a buffered image to feed to an API that looks for barcodes. I have looked around the web and found a couple of ways to do it, one of them is here:

http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=560162&messageID=9429770

Is JAI what I should be using here?

I also have this sample code:

PlanarImage im = null;
im = JAI.create("fileload", file.getAbsolutePath());
im.getAsBufferedImage();

and also not sure if that is the way to go. The person's project I am trying to edit only including JAI_codec.jar, so I do not believe I have access to the JAI object.

CEHJ

Try something like

BufferedImage bi = ImageIO.read(new File("x.tiff"));

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jjacksn

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That returns a null object in my unit test. could it be that I have a badly formatted tiff file? tiff file loads fine in windows.

jjacksn

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jai_codec.jar is included in my build path as well

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jjacksn

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Thanks it works well client. Trying to to do this in a servlet now and its not working although the unit tests are working client side. I'm guessing that I'm not exporting the jar into the WAR file, although i have it checked in the J2EE module dependencies in eclipse. Is there a programmatic check i can do in the servlet to make sure it has access to jai_imageio.jar?

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https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/23430412/how-to-check-if-a-jar-file-is-in-the-build-path.html

CEHJ

:-)

We'll sort it out