BE THE CODER > Java > Image IO > How to get image readers by format name

Java Image IO provides pluggable architecture for accessing images transparently. It is simple, flexible and allows us to plugin various image readers and writers with ease. The following example shows getting the registered image readers for given image format name.

File Name :	com/bethecoder/tutorials/imageio/GetImageReadersByFormatNameTest.java
Author :	Sudhakar KV
Email :	[email protected]


package com.bethecoder.tutorials.imageio;



import java.io.IOException;

import java.util.Iterator;



import javax.imageio.ImageIO;

import javax.imageio.ImageReader;



public class GetImageReadersByFormatNameTest {



  /**

   * @param args

   * @throws IOException 

   */

  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {



    Iterator<ImageReader> imgReaders = ImageIO.getImageReadersByFormatName("bmp");

    ImageReader reader = null;

    

    while (imgReaders.hasNext()) {

      reader = imgReaders.next();

      

      System.out.println("Format : " + reader.getFormatName());

      System.out.println("Reader class : " + reader.getClass());

      System.out.println("Tumbnails : " + reader.readerSupportsThumbnails());

      System.out.println("Can read raster : " + reader.canReadRaster());

    }

  }



}