Thread: Creating a bufferedimage!

Hello People of the java programming forums!

i am a big noob with java scripts and programming, but never the less have got my self in the deep end with this.

i intended to translate a java mobile game into english, i have managed to translate all but some images of menu icons, the files which contain the menu icons are in a strange format, it took me a long time just to open them, but i have opened them now and edited them, but i do not know how i can make them back into the format they were in they seem to be png files, from what i can see after open them in a text editor and reading the file header and after researching i have come to the conclousion they are bufferdimages with a transparent colour in rgb png. if anyone can help me create these images so that the game understands them i would be so grateful, ive been trying to learn java but i think i need to learn alot more just to even approch this problem, and i could be totely wrong.

i can upload the whole game and any files which may help determine the problem.

here is a code which i cant understand.

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.awt.image.PixelGrabber;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
 
public class Pictures {
 
    public static BufferedImage toBufferedImage(Image image) {
 
        if (image instanceof BufferedImage) {
            return (BufferedImage) image;
        }
 
        // This code ensures that all the pixels in the image are loaded
        image = new ImageIcon(image).getImage();
 
        // Determine if the image has transparent pixels
        boolean hasAlpha = hasAlpha(image);
 
        // Create a buffered image with a format that's compatible with the
        // screen
        BufferedImage bimage = null;
        GraphicsEnvironment ge = GraphicsEnvironment
                .getLocalGraphicsEnvironment();
        try {
            // Determine the type of transparency of the new buffered image
            int transparency = Transparency.OPAQUE;
            if (hasAlpha == true) {
                transparency = Transparency.BITMASK;
            }
 
            // Create the buffered image
            GraphicsDevice gs = ge.getDefaultScreenDevice();
            GraphicsConfiguration gc = gs.getDefaultConfiguration();
            bimage = gc.createCompatibleImage(image.getWidth(null), image
                    .getHeight(null), transparency);
        } catch (HeadlessException e) {
        } // No screen
 
        if (bimage == null) {
            // Create a buffered image using the default color model
            int type = BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB;
            if (hasAlpha == true) {
                type = BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB;
            }
            bimage = new BufferedImage(image.getWidth(null), image
                    .getHeight(null), type);
        }
 
        // Copy image to buffered image
        Graphics g = bimage.createGraphics();
 
        // Paint the image onto the buffered image
        g.drawImage(image, 0, 0, null);
        g.dispose();
 
        return bimage;
    }
 
    public static boolean hasAlpha(Image image) {
        // If buffered image, the color model is readily available
        if (image instanceof BufferedImage) {
            return ((BufferedImage) image).getColorModel().hasAlpha();
        }
 
        // Use a pixel grabber to retrieve the image's color model;
        // grabbing a single pixel is usually sufficient
        PixelGrabber pg = new PixelGrabber(image, 0, 0, 1, 1, false);
        try {
            pg.grabPixels();
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
        }
 
        // Get the image's color model
        return pg.getColorModel().hasAlpha();
    }
 
 
    public static void main(String[] args) {
 
        String myImage = "smiley-icon-5.jpg";
        Image image = java.awt.Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().createImage(myImage);
 
        Pictures p = new Pictures();
        p.toBufferedImage(image);
 
    }    
}

here is a example of the files,
one is the original, with the extension .p and saved in a zip file
and one is edited and saved in png format,
i need to convert the png file into the .p file,
the .p files will not open in any paint program i have found except irfanview,


Thank you in advance. Leo aka Vexst