import java.awt.image.*;
 import javax.imageio.*;
 import java.io.*;
 /**
  * ImageFileManager is a small utility class with static methods to load
  * and save images.
  *
  * The files on disk can be in JPG or PNG image format. For files written
  * by this class, the format is determined by the constant IMAGE_FORMAT.
  *
  * @author Michael Kolling and David J Barnes
  * @version 2.0
  */
 public class ImageFileManager
 {
   // A constant for the image format that this writer uses for writing.
   // Available formats are "jpg" and "png".
   private static final String IMAGE_FORMAT = "jpg";
   /**
    * Read an image file from disk and return it as an image. This method
    * can read JPG and PNG file formats. In case of any problem (e.g the file
    * does not exist, is in an undecodable format, or any other read error)
    * this method returns null.
    *
    * @param imageFile The image file to be loaded.
    * @return      The image object or null is it could not be read.
    */
   public static OFImage loadImage(File imageFile)
   {
     try {
       BufferedImage image = ImageIO.read(imageFile);
       if(image == null || (image.getWidth(null) < 0)) {
         // we could not load the image - probably invalid file format
         return null;
       }
       return new OFImage(image);
     }
     catch(IOException exc) {
       return null;
     }
   }
   /**
    * Write an image file to disk. The file format is JPG. In case of any
    * problem the method just silently returns.
    *
    * @param image The image to be saved.
    * @param file  The file to save to.
    */
   public static void saveImage(OFImage image, File file)
   {
     try {
       ImageIO.write(image, IMAGE_FORMAT, file);
     }
     catch(IOException exc) {
       return;
     }
   }
 }