How do I crop an image in Java?

Question

I want to crop an image manually using the mouse.
Suppose the image has some text, and I want to select some text from an image, then for that purpose I want to crop that area by using the mouse.

Answer 1

The solution I found most useful for cropping a buffered image uses the getSubImage(x,y,w,h);

My cropping routine ended up looking like this:

  private BufferedImage cropImage(BufferedImage src, Rectangle rect) {
      BufferedImage dest = src.getSubimage(0, 0, rect.width, rect.height);
      return dest; 
   }