ImageIO.read(InputStream ..) returns null

[Simon Freienstein]

Hi,

I am using the commons-fileupload lib to receive an image from the user. I want to resize the image on the servside and thus use the ImageIO component.

That's where the problem comes in. If I directly hand over the InputStream from commons-fileupload to the ImageIO.read, it returns null (the InputStream is not null though).

If I first write the image to disk and then load it via ImageIO.read(new File("xyz")) everything works fine.

Here is the code:

UploadedFile file;
[..]  // doing something with file
InputStream image = file.getInputStream();
assert (image != null) : "createThumbnail: image is NULL";
BufferedImage original = javax.imageio.ImageIO.read(image);
assert (original != null) : "scaleImage: BufferedImage is NULL";

Always he second assert is thrown.

Do you have any hint, where the problem might be?
[ May 07, 2007: Message edited by: Bernd Stromberg ]

[Ulf Dittmer]

Welcome to JavaRanch.

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As to your question, the javadocs for ImageIO.read(InputStream) state that "If no registered ImageReader claims to be able to read the resulting stream, null is returned." It also states "This methods does not attempt to locate ImageReaders that can read directly from an InputStream; that may be accomplished using IIORegistry and ImageReaderSpi." That's slightly different from what ImageIO.read(File) does. What kind of image is this?

[Simon Freienstein]

Originally posted by Ulf Dittmer:

On your way in you may have missed that we have a policy on screen names here at JavaRanch.

Sorry for that.

Originally posted by Ulf Dittmer:

As to your question, the javadocs for ImageIO.read(InputStream) state that "If no registered ImageReader claims to be able to read the resulting stream, null is returned." It also states "This methods does not attempt to locate ImageReaders that can read directly from an InputStream; that may be accomplished using IIORegistry and ImageReaderSpi." That's slightly different from what ImageIO.read(File) does. What kind of image is this?

It doesn't matter wether the picture is a JPEG or a PNG (other not tested yet).

Can you point me to an example how to register an valid ImageReader for InputStreams?

Thanks!

[lajos kamocsay]

ImageIO.read alse takes a File object. Example:

try {
  BufferedImage image = ImageIO.read(new File("test.jpg"));
} catch (IOException e ) {}

You can get a list of registered readers from ImageIO.getReaderFormatNames().


Read more here:
Working with Images

[Simon Freienstein]

This is the returned List from ImageIO.getReaderFormatNames();

BMP
bmp
jpeg
tiff
wbmp
gif
png
JPG
jpg
WBMP
JPEG

[Ulf Dittmer]

A JPEG or PNG shouldn't cause ImageIO to hiccup, as long as it's not a CMYK image (instead of an RGB one).

Are the bytes coming in from FileUpload the exact same ones that are being read from the file?

[Simon Freienstein]

Well, that's the point. They are. If I first write the InputStream to disk and then re-open the file it works.

assert (image != null) : "scaleImage: InputStream is NULL";

java.io.FileOutputStream fos = new java.io.FileOutputStream(K2Util.getStorePath() + "test.jpg");
int c;
while ((c = image.read()) != -1) {
   fos.write(c);
}
 
BufferedImage original = javax.imageio.ImageIO.read(new File(K2Util.getStorePath() + "test.jpg"));

Only using the InputStream directly fails (returns null).
Is there a way to tell ImageIO which ImageReader to use manually?

[Ulf Dittmer]

Since you know that ImageReader classes for the formats listed above are present, why not try to use it directly - it has methods setInput and read, which together should be able to read images from an InputStream.