buffered image to RGB array

My final goal is to import a JPEG image and convert it into an array that follows an RGB format. The array I want the image to go to is image[2][height][width]. Where image[0][height][width] is the red color scale from 0 to 255, image[1][height][width] is the green color scale from 0 to 255 and image[2][height][width] is the blue color scale from 0 to 255.

Below is the code I have so far. Basically, I can import an image to the "buffered" image, and I can write an image to a PNG file from an array of my choosing (in this case the array named "image") that follows the RGB format. But I can't convert the buffered image to an array. Does anyone know the missing code I need?

Thanks!

Code :

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import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
 
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
 
 
public class test {
 
	//counters
	int version = 100;
	int imageVersion = 100;
 
	//instantiate variables for dimensions of image array to be created
	int height;
	int width; 
	int depth = 2;
 
	public static void main (String[] args) { 
 
	       new test();
 
	} 
 
	public test(){
 
		//reads a jpeg image from a specified file path and writes it to a specified array
	       File e = new File( "C:/Users/jclarine/Documents/Courses/CLU Classes/Computer Graphics/Week 6/Images/readImage.jpg" );
	       BufferedImage bi;
		try {
			bi = ImageIO.read(e);
			width = bi.getWidth();
			height = bi.getHeight();
		} catch (IOException e1) {
			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
			e1.printStackTrace();
		}
 
		//final image array for output of fireworks
		int image[][][] = new int[depth][height][width];
 
 
        for (int i = 0; i < height; ++i) {
        	for (int j = 0; j < width; ++j) {
        		for (int k = 0; k < depth; ++k) {
 
        			//what do i put here to write the buffered image into the array named "image" that follows an RGB format.
 
        		}       		
        	}
        }
 
        createPNG(image);
 
	}
 
 
	//Method to write array to an image file
	public void createPNG (int[][][] imagePNG) {
 
 
		// -- write image to file
		//System.out.println("writing to file");
	    try {
	    	// -- move image into BufferedImage object
	        BufferedImage bi = new BufferedImage(width, height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
	        for (int i = 0; i < height; ++i) {
	        	for (int j = 0; j < width; ++j) {
	        		int pixel = (imagePNG[0][i][j] << 16) | (imagePNG[1][i][j] << 8) | (imagePNG[2][i][j]);
	        		bi.setRGB(j, i, pixel);
	        	}
	        }
	        File outputfile = new File("C:/Users/jclarine/Documents/Courses/CLU Classes/Computer Graphics/Week 6/Images/randomcolors_"+imageVersion+".png");
	        ImageIO.write(bi, "png", outputfile);
	    } catch (IOException e) {
	        System.out.println("image write error");
	    }
 
		//System.out.println("done");
 
		++imageVersion;
 
	}
 
}

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See the following link to the API, in particular the getRGB method
BufferedImage (Java Platform SE 6)

getRGB worked! Thanks...