An attempt to ImageIO.write from a BufferedImage with type TYPE_USHORT_565_RGB
fails with this exception:

  While writing image ./output-u565_rgb.png, caught java.lang.RuntimeException
  java.lang.RuntimeException
        at com.sun.imageio.plugins.png.PNGMetadata.initialize(PNGMetadata.java:252)
        at com.sun.imageio.plugins.png.PNGImageWriter.write(PNGImageWriter.java:788)
        at javax.imageio.ImageWriter.write(ImageWriter.java:591)
        at javax.imageio.ImageIO.write(ImageIO.java:1179)
        at javax.imageio.ImageIO.write(ImageIO.java:1213)
        at headless.bit.imgtest.writeImage(imgtest.java:81)
        at headless.bit.imgtest.runTest(imgtest.java:58)
        at headless.bit.imgtest.main(imgtest.java:117)

Using all other image types the image is produced, however there are 
drawing mistakes in two image types:

   TYPE_BYTE_BINARY  There is a black line down the right side
      of the image.

   TYPE_USHORT_555_RGB  The colors are completely wrong.  Instead
      of white and red, it's two shades of dark grey.

The rendering into the BufferedImage is a simple fill, first
filling the background with white, then filling a square in the
middle with red.

The behavior is the same on Solaris 8 and Windows 2k


Test code follows:



/*
 * imgtest.java
 *
 * Created on February 7, 2001, 4:49 PM
 */

// package headless.bit;

import java.io.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.image.*;
import javax.imageio.*;

/**
 *
 * @author  David Herron
 * @version 
 */
public class imgtest extends java.lang.Object {


    protected BufferedImage fb = null;

    protected int    width     = 500;
    protected int    height    = 500;
    
    int[] imageTypes = new int[] {
	BufferedImage.TYPE_3BYTE_BGR,
	BufferedImage.TYPE_4BYTE_ABGR,
	BufferedImage.TYPE_BYTE_BINARY,
	BufferedImage.TYPE_BYTE_GRAY,
	BufferedImage.TYPE_BYTE_INDEXED,
	// XXX BufferedImage.TYPE_CUSTOM
	BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB,
	BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB_PRE,
	BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_BGR,
	BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB,
	BufferedImage.TYPE_USHORT_555_RGB,
	BufferedImage.TYPE_USHORT_565_RGB,
	BufferedImage.TYPE_USHORT_GRAY
    };

    /** Creates new imgtest */
    public imgtest(String args[]) {
    }

    public void runTest() {
	try {
	    // Construct the BufferedImage, and run the test
	    for (int itype = 0; itype < imageTypes.length; itype++) {
		int type = imageTypes[itype];
		if (fb != null) {
		    fb.flush();
		    fb = null;
		}
		fb = new BufferedImage(width, height, type);
                render(width, height, (Graphics2D)fb.getGraphics());
                writeImage();
            }
        } catch (Exception e) { }
    }
    
    public void render(int w, int h, Graphics2D g2) {
        g2.setColor(Color.white);
        g2.fillRect(0, 0, w, h);
        g2.setColor(Color.red);
        g2.fillRect((int)((w * .25)/2),
                    (int)((h * .25)/2),
                    (int)(w * .75),
                    (int)(h * .75));
    }

    public void writeImage() {
	// Write the image out to PNG file
	String ifn = null;
	try {
	    String dn = ".";
	    ifn = dn+"/output-"+getImageTypeString()+".png";
            System.out.println("writeImageFromTest " + ifn);
            System.out.println("   " + fb.toString());
	    ImageIO.write((RenderedImage)fb, "png", new File(ifn));
	} catch (Exception e) {
	    System.out.println("While writing image "+ifn+", caught " + e);
	    e.printStackTrace(System.out);
	}
    }
    
    /** Get the image type used to create the current frame buffer. */
    public int getCurrentFrameBufferType() {
	return fb.getType();
    }

    /** Get a string form for the image type. */
    public String getImageTypeString() {
	switch (getCurrentFrameBufferType()) {
	case BufferedImage.TYPE_3BYTE_BGR:         return "3b_bgr";
	case BufferedImage.TYPE_4BYTE_ABGR:        return "4b_abgr";
	case BufferedImage.TYPE_BYTE_BINARY:       return "b_binary";
	case BufferedImage.TYPE_BYTE_GRAY:         return "b_gray";
	case BufferedImage.TYPE_BYTE_INDEXED:      return "b_indexed";
	// XXX BufferedImage.TYPE_CUSTOM
	case BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB:          return "i_argb";
	case BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB_PRE:      return "i_argb_pre";
	case BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_BGR:           return "i_bgr";
	case BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB:           return "i_rgb";
	case BufferedImage.TYPE_USHORT_555_RGB:    return "u555_rgb";
	case BufferedImage.TYPE_USHORT_565_RGB:    return "u565_rgb";
	case BufferedImage.TYPE_USHORT_GRAY:       return "u_gray";
	}
	return "unk";
    }

    /**
    * @param args the command line arguments
    */
    public static void main (String args[]) {
        new imgtest(args).runTest();
    }

}