how to get Image from Canvas

[Jesus Angeles]

Hi,

I issue draw() on the Canvas.

   

		public void paint(Graphics g) {
			this.setSize(canvasImageWidth, canvasImageHeight);
			this.setBackground(backgroundColor);
			if (image != null) {
				g.drawImage(image, xOffset, yOffset, this);
			}
		}
 

I need later to get the image in that Canvas.

How do I get the image from the Canvas?

I will appeciate it.

[Ulf Dittmer]

What kind of object is "image" - can't you use that directly?

[Jesus Angeles]

Ulf Dittmer wrote:What kind of object is "image" - can't you use that directly?

(image is a jpg byte [])

Actually, I have only 1 target: resize a photo to a larger size, keeping the ratio.

but if the original dimension is not proportional to the target dimension, i want to fill extra area to make it be exact dimension as the target dimension.

this is why i am putting the image first into a Canvas, with the background color set, and the target dimension set for the Canvas.

Now I need to get the Image in the Canvas.

[Rob Spoor]

I see so many things wrong with that method...
1) you are missing the call to super.paint(g). Without it the previously painted contents will not be thrown away.
2) unless the Canvas is not part of a user interface or it's parent container has no layout manager the call to setSize does nothing.
3) setBackground shouldn't be called from the paint method but before it's ever called. This call could (it doesn't know for as far as I know but it could in the future) cause a repaint, which in your case would lead to a StackOverflowError.

In fact, only the if statement with contents is right.

Jesus Angeles wrote:

Ulf Dittmer wrote:What kind of object is "image" - can't you use that directly?

(image is a jpg byte [])

You can't draw a byte[] directly. You can only draw an Image. You can use ImageIO.read to convert a byte[] (through a ByteArrayInputStream[]) into a BufferedImage.

Actually, I have only 1 target: resize a photo to a larger size, keeping the ratio.

but if the original dimension is not proportional to the target dimension, i want to fill extra area to make it be exact dimension as the target dimension.

this is why i am putting the image first into a Canvas, with the background color set, and the target dimension set for the Canvas.

Now I need to get the Image in the Canvas.

If I get it clear you just want to resize an existing image, right? Then drop the Canvas - use BufferedImage instead:

BufferedImage newImage = new BufferedImage(width, height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
Graphics2D g2d = newImage.createGraphics();
// do your painting on g2d
g2d.dispose();
// newImage is now ready for use

[Jesus Angeles]

re:"You can't draw a byte[] directly."

It is an Image. I mistakenly mentioned that it is a byte[].

Thanks to your reply on both threads. Yes, it is the same issue.

Ill try it out.

[Jesus Angeles]

Rob, Thanks. It worked well.

[Rob Spoor]

You're welcome.