Re: Why there's a little delay after I save JPGs using ImageWriter
On Mon, 19 May 2008, ZelluX wrote:
I want to save the image on a JPanel to a JPG file, here is my code
ImageWriter iw = ImageIO.getImageWritersByFormatName("jpg").next();
BufferedImage bi = new BufferedImage(panel.getWidth(),
panel.getHeight(), BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
Graphics g = bi.getGraphics();
panel.paintComponent(g);
ImageOutputStream ios = ImageIO.createImageOutputStream(new
FileOutputStream(path));
iw.setOutput(ios);
iw.write(bi);
g.dispose();
iw.dispose();
ios.close();
After this snippet of code finished, I clicked the created .jpg file,
but it showed nothing. After several seconds, I clicked again, and
this time the image turned up.
Can I diminish such delay?
Your ImageOutputStream is writing to a FileOutputStream, which is in turn
writing to disk. My guess would be that the ImageOutputStream is not
flushing the FileOutputStream when you close() it, and so data is staying
in a buffer until the FileOutputStream gets garbage collected and its
finalizer runs. Try this:
OutputStream fout = new FileOutputStream(path) ; // keep a reference to the FileOutputStream
ImageOutputStream ios = ImageIO.createImageOutputStream(fout) ;
iw.setOutput(ios) ;
iw.write(bi) ;
g.dispose() ;
iw.dispose() ;
ios.close() ;
fout.close() ; // explicitly close the FileOutputStream
Alternatively, an ios.flush() might do the job.
Many thanks and sorry for my poor English
Your english is fine!
tom
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