Add IMAGE from BufferedImage into a loaded SVG Document

[Andres Toussaint]

I want to add a thumbnail representation of my SVG document in the same document when a specific tool is selected, something like this: 1. Change "display" Atribute of TOOL handler layer to "inline" (to trigger a updateManager event) 2. Catch updateCompleted(UpdateManagerEvent e) 3. Get the thumbanil image by AffineTransform of the buffered image from updateManagerEvent.getImage() 4. Add the buffered image into my a SVG G Element (recuperated by a svgDoc.getElementByID("appendLocation")) in a <IMAGE> element. (This will be a added in the UpdateManager thread). My Main question is: How is the best way to add this image into my document? -------- Right now the only solution i have is the following, but i think there may be a simpler solution: Create a new Document and a SVGGraphics2D object, and paint into it the BufferedImage, and then use the Document.importNode to add the thumbnail into the first document. Also, will doing this approach create a Embedded Image in my SVG? Or how is the reference to the Image handled? What format of image will be embedded (PNG, JPG,...)? Any comment will be greatly appreciated. Andres.