+ /**
+ * Convert the given {@link Image} object into a Base64 representation of
+ * the same {@link Image}. object.
+ *
+ * @param image
+ * the {@link Image} object to convert
+ *
+ * @return the Base64 representation
+ *
+ * @throws IOException
+ * in case of IO error
+ */
+ static public String fromImage(BufferedImage image) throws IOException {
+ String imageString = null;
+ ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+
+ ImageIO.write(image, "jpeg", out);
+ byte[] imageBytes = out.toByteArray();
+
+ imageString = DatatypeConverter.printBase64Binary(imageBytes);
+
+ out.close();
+
+ return imageString;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Convert the given {@link File} image into a Base64 representation of the
+ * same {@link File}.
+ *
+ * @param file
+ * the {@link File} image to convert
+ *
+ * @return the Base64 representation
+ *
+ * @throws IOException
+ * in case of IO error
+ */
+ static public String fromImage(File file) throws IOException {
+ String fileString = null;
+ ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+
+ byte[] buf = new byte[8192];
+ InputStream in = new FileInputStream(file);
+
+ int c = 0;
+ while ((c = in.read(buf, 0, buf.length)) > 0) {
+ out.write(buf, 0, c);
+ }
+ out.flush();
+ in.close();
+
+ fileString = DatatypeConverter.printBase64Binary(out.toByteArray());
+ out.close();
+
+ return fileString;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Convert the given Base64 representation of an image into an {@link Image}
+ * object.
+ *
+ * @param b64data
+ * the {@link Image} in Base64 format
+ *
+ * @return the {@link Image} object
+ *
+ * @throws IOException
+ * in case of IO error
+ */
+ static public BufferedImage toImage(String b64data) throws IOException {
+ ByteArrayInputStream in = new ByteArrayInputStream(
+ DatatypeConverter.parseBase64Binary(b64data));
+
+ int orientation;
+ try {
+ orientation = getExifTransorm(in);
+ } catch (Exception e) {
+ // no EXIF transform, ok
+ orientation = -1;
+ }
+
+ in.reset();
+ BufferedImage image = ImageIO.read(in);
+
+ // Note: this code has been found on internet;
+ // thank you anonymous coder.
+ int width = image.getWidth();
+ int height = image.getHeight();
+ AffineTransform affineTransform = new AffineTransform();
+
+ switch (orientation) {
+ case 1:
+ break;
+ case 2: // Flip X
+ affineTransform.scale(-1.0, 1.0);
+ affineTransform.translate(-width, 0);
+ break;
+ case 3: // PI rotation
+ affineTransform.translate(width, height);
+ affineTransform.rotate(Math.PI);
+ break;
+ case 4: // Flip Y
+ affineTransform.scale(1.0, -1.0);
+ affineTransform.translate(0, -height);
+ break;
+ case 5: // - PI/2 and Flip X
+ affineTransform.rotate(-Math.PI / 2);
+ affineTransform.scale(-1.0, 1.0);
+ break;
+ case 6: // -PI/2 and -width
+ affineTransform.translate(height, 0);
+ affineTransform.rotate(Math.PI / 2);
+ break;
+ case 7: // PI/2 and Flip
+ affineTransform.scale(-1.0, 1.0);
+ affineTransform.translate(-height, 0);
+ affineTransform.translate(0, width);
+ affineTransform.rotate(3 * Math.PI / 2);
+ break;
+ case 8: // PI / 2
+ affineTransform.translate(0, width);
+ affineTransform.rotate(3 * Math.PI / 2);
+ break;
+ default:
+ affineTransform = null;
+ break;
+ }
+
+ if (affineTransform != null) {
+ AffineTransformOp affineTransformOp = new AffineTransformOp(
+ affineTransform, AffineTransformOp.TYPE_BILINEAR);
+
+ BufferedImage transformedImage = new BufferedImage(height, width,
+ image.getType());
+ transformedImage = affineTransformOp
+ .filter(image, transformedImage);
+
+ image = transformedImage;
+ }
+ //
+
+ return image;
+ }
+