convert java.awt.Image to com.lowagie.text.Image

[vinitha simon]

Folks,
I have a byte[], which I convert to an java.awt.Image by

  BufferedImage image;
        InputStream in = new ByteArrayInputStream(imageBytes);
        try {
			image = ImageIO.read(in);
		} catch (IOException ioe) {
			throw new RuntimeException(
                    "Failed to render image",
                    ioe);
		}
        return image;  

Now, I need to write this image to a PDF using iText, but, iText accepts 'com.lowagie.text.Image'... Any suggestions on how to convert between the 2 image formats....

Any help is appreciated.

TIA

[Ulf Dittmer]

There's no need to convert the byte array into a BufferedImage - the iText Image class has methods for creating images from lots of sources, including byte arrays. Check its javadocs for details.

[vinitha simon]

Thanks Ulf.

I also figured out

 com.lowagie.text.Image image = com.lowagie.text.Image.getInstance(bufferedImage , null);   

should work as well.