(JPEGTranscoder.KEY_XML_PARSER_CLASSNAME,
application.getXMLParserClassName());
trans.addTranscodingHint
(JPEGTranscoder.KEY_QUALITY, new Float(quality));
final BufferedImage img = trans.createImage(w, h);
// paint the buffer to the image
Graphics2D g2d = img.createGraphics();
g2d.setColor(Color.white);
g2d.fillRect(0, 0, w, h);