[udig-devel] GeoTiffs, ImageIO, plug-ins, catastrophe

[Jody Garnett]

Hi again Gary;

In reviewing the uDig mailing list on the topic I found this (from Jesse):
> We always use the JAI that is installed in the ext directory.  Where 
> is this code being called from?  Every plugin that uses JAI must add 
> the line:
>
> Eclipse-BuddyPolicy: ext
>
> In your manifest.mf file.
>
> This states that the extensions in the JVM's lib/ext directory will be 
> available on the classpath of that plugin.  It could be that the 
> method you are using is getting the File from the wrong classloader 
> (the lib one perhaps).
Not sure if it will help, note that uDig is using the GeoTools 2.2 
release (and that raster support has been reworked as of GeoTools 2.3.0 
) so perhaps we are broken and will not find out until we update.

Cheers,
Jody