Help ,ImageIO exception to read and write

Question

Hi,
I'm dynamically creating image files through screens utility of java(prog name:- Test_ScreenShot.java) and saving
them in memory sequentially(pic0.jpg,pic1.jpg....etc).Simultaneously I'm accessing the saved files from another
independent application(Prog name:- Test_Main.java) through piping(executing the application like this "Java
Test_Screens|Java Test_Main").The application is in infinite loop.I'm using Version JDK 1.5
I use java Image to read and write image:-
My application was running well for days.But now I'm getting sudden exceptions.
I got an exception while trying to save an dynamically generated image file in the local memory using the Image
class.In brief I'm getting exactly 3 types of exceptions:-
1)java.io.FileNotFoundException: pic5.jpg (Access is denied)
2)"Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
3)Exception in thread "main" com.sun.image.codec.jpeg.ImageFormatException: Not a JPEG file: starts with 0xff 0xd9
Here is the code snippent I wrote:
/* Robot robot = new Robot();
BufferedImage image = robot.createScreenCapture(screenRect);
// save captured image to jpg file
ImageIO.write(image, "jpg", new File(outFileName));*/
And here is the exception I am finding (I never found this before, I executed the code many times )
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1)Exception Type 1:-
java.io.FileNotFoundException: pic5.jpg (Access is denied)
at java.io.RandomAccessFile.open(Native Method)
at java.io.RandomAccessFile.<init>(RandomAccessFile.java:212)
at javax.imageio.stream.FileImageOutputStream.<init>(FileImageOutputStream.java:44)
at com.sun.imageio.spi.FileImageOutputStreamSpi.createOutputStreamInstance(FileImageOutputStreamSpi.java:37)
at javax.imageio.ImageIO.createImageOutputStream(ImageIO.java:391)
at javax.imageio.ImageIO.write(ImageIO.java:1483)
at Test_ScreenShot.main(Test_ScreenShot.java:112)
at Test_Main.main(Test_Main.java:466)
at Test_ScreenShot.main(Test_ScreenShot.java:129)
2)Exception Type 2:-
"Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at Picture.width(Picture.java:84)
at Test_Edge_Detector.not_main(Test_Edge_Detector.java:38)
at Test_Main.main(Test_Main.java:88)"
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Now I tried the following as alternative of ImageIO(from jdk 1.2)
to read image:-
FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(file);
JPEGImageDecoder jpeg = JPEGCodec.createJPEGDecoder(fis);
jpeg.decodeAsBufferedImage();
fis.close();
But after running a long time suddenly its giving following exceptions:-
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Exception Type 3:- )
Exception in thread "main" com.sun.image.codec.jpeg.ImageFormatException: Not a JPEG file: starts with 0xff 0xd9
at sun.awt.image.codec.JPEGImageDecoderImpl.readJPEGStream(Native Method)
at sun.awt.image.codec.JPEGImageDecoderImpl.decodeAsBufferedImage(Unknown Source)
Exception Type 4:- )
javax.imageio.IIOException: Not a JPEG file: starts with 0xff 0xd9
at com.sun.imageio.plugins.jpeg.JPEGImageReader.readImageHeader(Native Method)
at com.sun.imageio.plugins.jpeg.JPEGImageReader.readNativeHeader(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.imageio.plugins.jpeg.JPEGImageReader.checkTablesOnly(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.imageio.plugins.jpeg.JPEGImageReader.gotoImage(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.imageio.plugins.jpeg.JPEGImageReader.readHeader(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.imageio.plugins.jpeg.JPEGImageReader.readInternal(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.imageio.plugins.jpeg.JPEGImageReader.read(Unknown Source)
at javax.imageio.ImageIO.read(Unknown Source)
at javax.imageio.ImageIO.read(Unknown Source)
at Picture.<init>(Picture.java:22)
at Test_Edge_Detector.not_main(Test_Edge_Detector.java:37)
at Test_Main.main(Test_Main.java:88)
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not open file: pic45.jpg
at Picture.<init>(Picture.java:27)
at Test_Edge_Detector.not_main(Test_Edge_Detector.java:37)
at Test_Main.main(Test_Main.java:88)
My question is:-
1)Where is the actual problem?Is it any kind of bug?
2)I'm using the concept of piping recently to execute the application.Can it be the cause?
     When I googled I found the following informations.There is a bug in ImageIO while trying to write image file.But
I'm not sure about that it will be relevent here :-
1)from sun's bug database:-
http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6247985
2)from SUN Developer Forums
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=768917&messageID=4382833
3)from Java.NET forum(here they r getting the bug while they r using createScreenCapture() method of robot class,I am
also using that in my code)
http://forums.java.net/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=123247
4)from SUN's archieve
http://archives.java.sun.com/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0207&L=java-imageio-interest&D=0&P=1483
5)Here is the actual implemetation of ImageIO class.I'm getting error at 391 no. line.
http://kickjava.com/src/javax/imageio/ImageIO.java.htm
Thanks And Regards
Subhadip

Answer 1

Hello,
I am writng to ask a doubt I have been encountered. I have an array of Image URL's and I am downloading the images using thses URL for each index. The example for an image URL will be as follows:
http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_10/wiggins/google-3oct2001.gifIf the URL is abroken link, I am getting the exception. But if the URL is somewhat hanging (which means when u open that URL in IE or Mozilla, the statuc bar for downloading the image will be hanging).
So i want to set a timer for every link while downloading. may be 10min. My idea is if in that 10min, if code does not completes downloading the images, then ignore that link and proceed furthur.
Can u please tell me how to write this.. Please tell me any other idea to tackle this problem.
Thank you,
Chaitanya