How to get a BufferedImage from a SVG?

Question

I am using Batik to handle SVG images. Is there any way to get a java.awt.image.BufferedImage from a SVG-file?

I know there are transcoders, with which I could trans

Answer 1

A very easy way is to use the TwelveMonkeys lib which adds additional image type support to java's ImageIO

So for example you just add these to your maven (or copy the needed jars):

    
        com.twelvemonkeys.imageio
        imageio-batik 
        3.2.1
    
    
        batik
        batik-transcoder
        1.6-1
    

And then you just read it with

BufferedImage image = ImageIO.read(svg-file);

To check if the svg reader is registered correctly you could print out the image readers:

Iterator readers = ImageIO.getImageReadersByFormatName("SVG");
while (readers.hasNext()) {
    System.out.println("reader: " + readers.next());
}

The lib also supports additional params, see readme on github.