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+/* ================================================================
+ * Cewolf : Chart enabling Web Objects Framework
+ * ================================================================
+ *
+ * Project Info:  http://cewolf.sourceforge.net
+ * Project Lead:  Guido Laures (guido@laures.de);
+ *
+ * (C) Copyright 2002, by Guido Laures
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
+ * of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
+ * either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
+ * without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+ * See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this
+ * library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+package de.laures.cewolf.util;
+
+import java.awt.Component;
+import java.awt.Graphics;
+import java.awt.Image;
+import java.awt.MediaTracker;
+import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
+import java.awt.image.ColorModel;
+import java.awt.image.PixelGrabber;
+
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+
+/** 
+ * Some simple image rendering helper methods.
+ * @author  Guido Laures 
+ */
+public class ImageHelper {
+
+    private static final Component comp = new Component() { };
+    private static final MediaTracker tracker = new MediaTracker(comp);
+    private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(ImageHelper.class);
+
+    /** Creates a new instance of ImageHelper */
+    private ImageHelper() {
+    }
+
+    public static final Image loadImage(String fileName) {
+        final Image image = java.awt.Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage(fileName);
+        synchronized(tracker) {
+            tracker.addImage(image, 0);
+            try {
+                tracker.waitForID(0, 0);
+            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                log.debug("INTERRUPTED while loading Image");
+            }
+            tracker.removeImage(image, 0);
+        }
+        return image;
+    }
+
+    public static BufferedImage loadBufferedImage(String fileName) {
+        Image image = loadImage(fileName);
+        if (image instanceof BufferedImage) {
+            return (BufferedImage)image;
+        }
+        /*        final boolean hasAlpha = hasAlpha(image);
+       int transparency = Transparency.OPAQUE;
+        if (hasAlpha) {
+            transparency = Transparency.BITMASK;
+        }*/
+        int width = (int)Math.max(1.0, image.getWidth(null));
+        int height = (int)Math.max(1.0, image.getHeight(null));
+        // BufferedImage bimage = GRAPHICS_CONV.createCompatibleImage(width, height, transparency);
+        BufferedImage bimage = new BufferedImage(width, height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
+        final Graphics g = bimage.createGraphics();
+        g.drawImage(image, 0, 0, null);
+        g.dispose();
+        return bimage;
+    }
+
+    public static boolean hasAlpha(Image image) {
+        if (image instanceof BufferedImage) {
+            return ((BufferedImage)image).getColorModel().hasAlpha();
+        }
+        PixelGrabber pg = new PixelGrabber(image, 0, 0, 1, 1, false);
+        try {
+            pg.grabPixels();
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+        ColorModel cm = pg.getColorModel();
+        if(cm == null){
+        	return false;
+        }
+        return cm.hasAlpha();
+    }
+
+    public static BufferedImage createImage(int width, int height) {
+        // return GRAPHICS_CONV.createCompatibleImage(width, height);
+        return new BufferedImage(width, height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
+    }
+
+}