Image to BufferedImage converter

[hadzrul hashim]

Hi all,

I found this code somewhere on Internet. I use this code in my web application. No problem when using this BUT it slow on rendering the image. How do I increase the performance? Is there a way to enhance this method?

Here is the code: (for someone who need it, just put to your application and run it)

    /*
     * This method returns a buffered image with the contents of an image
     */
    public static BufferedImage toBufferedImage(Image image) {
        if (image instanceof BufferedImage) {
            return (BufferedImage)image;
        }
    
        // This code ensures that all the pixels in the image are loaded
        image = new ImageIcon(image).getImage();
    
        // Determine if the image has transparent pixels; for this method's
        // implementation, see e661 Determining If an Image Has Transparent Pixels
        boolean hasAlpha = hasAlpha(image);
    
        // Create a buffered image with a format that's compatible with the screen
        BufferedImage bimage = null;
        GraphicsEnvironment ge = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment();
        try {
            // Determine the type of transparency of the new buffered image
            int transparency = Transparency.OPAQUE;
            if (hasAlpha) {
                transparency = Transparency.BITMASK;
            }
    
            // Create the buffered image
            GraphicsDevice gs = ge.getDefaultScreenDevice();
            GraphicsConfiguration gc = gs.getDefaultConfiguration();
            bimage = gc.createCompatibleImage(
                image.getWidth(null), image.getHeight(null), transparency);
        } catch (HeadlessException e) {
            // The system does not have a screen
        }
    
        if (bimage == null) {
            // Create a buffered image using the default color model
            int type = BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB;
            if (hasAlpha) {
                type = BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB;
            }
            bimage = new BufferedImage(image.getWidth(null), image.getHeight(null), type);
        }
    
        // Copy image to buffered image
        Graphics g = bimage.createGraphics();
    
        // Paint the image onto the buffered image
        g.drawImage(image, 0, 0, null);
        g.dispose();
    
        return bimage;
    }
    
    //  This method returns true if the specified image has transparent pixels
    public static boolean hasAlpha(Image image) {
        // If buffered image, the color model is readily available
        if (image instanceof BufferedImage) {
            BufferedImage bimage = (BufferedImage)image;
            return bimage.getColorModel().hasAlpha();
        }
    
        // Use a pixel grabber to retrieve the image's color model;
        // grabbing a single pixel is usually sufficient
         PixelGrabber pg = new PixelGrabber(image, 0, 0, 1, 1, false);
        try {
            pg.grabPixels();
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
        }
    
        // Get the image's color model
        ColorModel cm = pg.getColorModel();
        return cm.hasAlpha();
    }

[Joe Ess]

Define "slow". I've used similar code to generate on-the-fly thumbnails for my personal web site and it worked fine. Have you profiled your app to make sure this is where the bottleneck is? Is your hardware maxed out (i.e. the CPU or disk utilization is 100%)?
Unfortunately, image processing in Java is pretty much a black box. There isn't much we can do programmatically to influence its behavior.