/**
* Merges multiple images into one TIFF image.
*
* @param inputImages an array of image files
* @param outputTiff the output TIFF file
* @throws Exception
*/
public static void mergeTiff(File[] inputImages, File outputTiff) throws IOException {
List<IIOImage> imageList = new ArrayList<IIOImage>();
for (int i = 0; i < inputImages.length; i++) {
imageList.addAll(getIIOImageList(inputImages[i]));
}
if (imageList.isEmpty()) {
// if no image
return;
}
Iterator<ImageWriter> writers = ImageIO.getImageWritersByFormatName(TIFF_FORMAT);
ImageWriter writer = writers.next();
// Set up the writeParam
TIFFImageWriteParam tiffWriteParam = new TIFFImageWriteParam(Locale.US);
tiffWriteParam.setCompressionMode(ImageWriteParam.MODE_DISABLED);
// Get the stream metadata
IIOMetadata streamMetadata = writer.getDefaultStreamMetadata(tiffWriteParam);
ImageOutputStream ios = ImageIO.createImageOutputStream(outputTiff);
writer.setOutput(ios);
IIOImage firstIioImage = imageList.remove(0);
writer.write(streamMetadata, firstIioImage, tiffWriteParam);
int i = 1;
for (IIOImage iioImage : imageList) {
writer.writeInsert(i++, iioImage, tiffWriteParam);
}
ios.close();
writer.dispose();
}
