Name: jk109818 Date: 07/25/2002


FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.4.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.0-
b92)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.0-b92, mixed mode)

FULL OPERATING SYSTEM VERSION :Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version
5.00.2195]


A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Java 1.4 now supports copy/paste of images from outside apps via
Transferable and DataFlavor.imageFlavor. However calling
getTransferData(DataFlavor.imageFlavor) results in a BufferedImage
object that does not contain alpha data:

BufferedImage@444319:
type = 1 DirectColorModel: rmask=ff0000 gmask=ff00 bmask=ff amask=0
IntegerInterleavedRaster: width = 80 height = 50 #Bands = 3 xOff = 0 yOff = 0
dataOffset[0] 0

The means that if, for example a user copies a
transparent gif from their browser and pastes it into a java app, the
resulting image will not contain the alpha data, and I my testing, the
transparent pixels are black.

This shortcoming seriously
undermines any claim of image copy/paste that could be made for a java
application.

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.
(Review ID: 158695)
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