Can be found in the source distribution in org.apache.sanselan.sampleUsage package
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.color.ICC_Profile;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.util.Hashtable;
import java.util.Map;
import org.apache.sanselan.*;
// Code won't work unless these variables are properly initialized.
// Sanselan works equally well with File, byte array or InputStream inputs.
BufferedImage someImage = null;
byte someBytes[] = null;
File someFile = null;
InputStream someInputStream = null;
OutputStream someOutputStream = null;
// The Sanselan class provides a simple interface to the library.
// how to read an image:
byte imageBytes[] = someBytes;
BufferedImage image_1 = Sanselan.getBufferedImage(imageBytes);
// methods of Sanselan usually accept files, byte arrays, or inputstreams as arguments.
BufferedImage image_2 = Sanselan.getBufferedImage(imageBytes);
File file = someFile;
BufferedImage image_3 = Sanselan.getBufferedImage(file);
InputStream is = someInputStream;
BufferedImage image_4 = Sanselan.getBufferedImage(is);
// Write an image.
BufferedImage image = someImage;
File dst = someFile;
ImageFormat format = ImageFormat.IMAGE_FORMAT_PNG;
Map optional_params = new Hashtable();
Sanselan.writeImage(image, dst, format, optional_params);
OutputStream os = someOutputStream;
Sanselan.writeImage(image, os, format, optional_params);
// get the image's embedded ICC Profile, if it has one.
byte icc_profile_bytes[] = Sanselan.getICCProfileBytes(imageBytes);
ICC_Profile icc_profile = Sanselan.getICCProfile(imageBytes);
// get the image's width and height.
Dimension d = Sanselan.getImageSize(imageBytes);
// get all of the image's info (ie. bits per pixel, size, transparency, etc.)
ImageInfo image_info = Sanselan.getImageInfo(imageBytes);
if (image_info.getColorType() == ImageInfo.COLOR_TYPE_GRAYSCALE)
System.out.println("Grayscale image.");
if (image_info.getHeight() > 1000)
System.out.println("Large image.");
// try to guess the image's format.
ImageFormat image_format = Sanselan.guessFormat(imageBytes);
image_format.equals(ImageFormat.IMAGE_FORMAT_PNG);
// get all metadata stored in EXIF format (ie. from JPEG or TIFF).
// org.w3c.dom.Node node = Sanselan.getMetadataObsolete(imageBytes);
IImageMetadata metdata = Sanselan.getMetadata(imageBytes);
// print a dump of information about an image to stdout.
Sanselan.dumpImageFile(imageBytes);
// get a summary of format errors.
FormatCompliance format_compliance = Sanselan
.getFormatCompliance(imageBytes);