I am encoding a TYPE_BYTE_GRAY image using BMP Writer with an ImageWriteParam set with the compression type - BI_RLE8. When I read back the output image using corresponding BMP Reader, the image is not completely read and only 3/4th of the image gets loaded. Rest of the image looks black.

This is reproducible on all platforms since Tiger-FCS. (On tiger/mustang builds other than b56 PIT build, you would see an extra NPE with BI_BITFIELDS that is due to the bug - 6294960). But actually the image is created properly and all the native image viewers are able to load the image properly.

I have attached a sample test and an image.
Run the attached test as follows:
'java BMPWriterByteGrayTest bmp'.
You would see many images being loaded on to a frame, typically one for each compression type. If the third image is not loaded completely, the bug is reproduced.