How to best serialize a java.awt.Image?

Question

I have a Serializable object which is supposed to hold a java.awt.Image as its member. How should I go about serializing it? (Edited from a not so clear first version, s

Answer 1

None that I know of. I believe you need to write your own serializer for it to basically save out the width, height and pixel values... Or write it out to the stream as a PNG or something