Is there a simple way to compare BufferedImage instances?

Question

I am working on part of a Java application that takes an image as a byte array, reads it into a java.awt.image.BufferedImage instance and passes it to a third-p

Answer 1

If speed is an issue, and both BufferedImages are of the same bit-depth, arrangement, etc. (which seems like it must be true here) you can do this:

DataBuffer dbActual = myBufferedImage.getRaster().getDataBuffer();
DataBuffer dbExpected = bufferImageReadFromAFile.getRaster().getDataBuffer();

figure out which type it is, e.g. a DataBufferInt

DataBufferInt actualDBAsDBInt = (DataBufferInt) dbActual ;
DataBufferInt expectedDBAsDBInt = (DataBufferInt) dbExpected ;

do a few "sanity checks" for equals on the sizes and banks of the DataBuffers, then loop

for (int bank = 0; bank < actualDBAsDBInt.getNumBanks(); bank++) {
   int[] actual = actualDBAsDBInt.getData(bank);
   int[] expected = expectedDBAsDBInt.getData(bank);

   // this line may vary depending on your test framework
   assertTrue(Arrays.equals(actual, expected));
}

This is close to as fast as you can get cause you are grabbing a chunk of the data at a time, not one at a time.