public int getType ()

Returns the image type. If it is not one of the known types, TYPE_CUSTOM is returned.

Returns:  the image type of this BufferedImage.

See also:
TYPE_INT_RGB, TYPE_INT_ARGB, TYPE_INT_ARGB_PRE, TYPE_INT_BGR, TYPE_3BYTE_BGR, TYPE_4BYTE_ABGR, TYPE_4BYTE_ABGR_PRE, TYPE_BYTE_GRAY, TYPE_BYTE_BINARY, TYPE_BYTE_INDEXED, TYPE_USHORT_GRAY, TYPE_USHORT_565_RGB, TYPE_USHORT_555_RGB, TYPE_CUSTOM