Lossless JPEG Rotate (90/180/270 degrees) in Java?

Question

Is there a Java library for rotating JPEG files in increments of 90 degrees, without incurring image degradation?

Answer 1

Building on Henry's answer, here's an example of how to use MediaUtil to perform lossless JPEG rotation based on the EXIF data:

try {
    // Read image EXIF data
    LLJTran llj = new LLJTran(imageFile);
    llj.read(LLJTran.READ_INFO, true);
    AbstractImageInfo imageInfo = llj.getImageInfo();
    if (!(imageInfo instanceof Exif))
        throw new Exception("Image has no EXIF data");

    // Determine the orientation
    Exif exif = (Exif) imageInfo;
    int orientation = 1;
    Entry orientationTag = exif.getTagValue(Exif.ORIENTATION, true);
    if (orientationTag != null)
        orientation = (Integer) orientationTag.getValue(0);

    // Determine required transform operation
    int operation = 0;
    if (orientation > 0
            && orientation < Exif.opToCorrectOrientation.length)
        operation = Exif.opToCorrectOrientation[orientation];
    if (operation == 0)
        throw new Exception("Image orientation is already correct");

    OutputStream output = null;
    try {   
        // Transform image
        llj.read(LLJTran.READ_ALL, true);
        llj.transform(operation, LLJTran.OPT_DEFAULTS
                | LLJTran.OPT_XFORM_ORIENTATION);

        // Overwrite original file
        output = new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(imageFile));
        llj.save(output, LLJTran.OPT_WRITE_ALL);

    } finally {
        IOUtils.closeQuietly(output);
        llj.freeMemory();
    }

} catch (Exception e) {
    // Unable to rotate image based on EXIF data
    ...
}