Convert Imageicon to Image or Imageicon to Bufferedimage

Question

I’m having trouble finding ways to convert ImageIcon for Image or if possible ImageIcon for BufferedImage in order to be able to save it in the database. I did some research on the internet but the information found is a bit confusing!

Answer 1

To obtain an instance of Image of a kind Imageicon just use the method getImage():

Image img = seuIcon.getImage();

plain as that ;).

And to convert to BufferedImage, try as suggested in this reply from Soen:

BufferedImage bi = new BufferedImage(icon.getIconWidth(), icon.getIconHeight(), BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
Graphics g = bi.createGraphics();
// paint the Icon to the BufferedImage.
icon.paintIcon(null, g, 0,0);
g.dispose();

The ideal would be to save only the image path and itself in some directory of the server, but if you want to continue and save in the bank, usually the format is blob, but you do not need to convert to bufferedimage or image.