Using Java Advanced Imaging with Maven

Question

The JAI setup is quite tedious, involving multiple jars and environment variables. It would aid the project\'s portability quite a lot if I could add it as a regular Maven d

Answer 1

This worked for me:

    org.geotools
    gt-coverage
    2.7.4



    osgeo
    Open Source Geospatial Foundation Repository
    http://download.osgeo.org/webdav/geotools/

It seems that gt-coverage depends on jai_imageio, so it installed the appropriate jars for me. I didn't even have to change my code to use this artifact.

This will get your code working within your IDE. However, if you want an executable jar, then you need to use the Maven Shade plugin. Its use is described here and here. Note the extra lines in the 2nd link because they are necessary. Here's the extra code to go in your pom:

    org.apache.maven.plugins
    maven-shade-plugin
    1.3.1
    
        
            package
            
                shade
            
            
                
                    
                        
                            com.companyname.packagename.MainClassName
                            Java Advanced Imaging Image I/O Tools
                            1.1
                            Sun Microsystems, Inc.
                            com.sun.media.imageio
                            1.1
                            Sun Microsystems, Inc.
                            com.sun.media.imageio
                        
                    
                    
                
            
        
    

I don't know what all those extra manifest entries are, but they make my executable jar do what it does in the IDE.