final/src/BufferedImageWrapper.java

import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.awt.image.ColorModel;
import java.awt.image.IndexColorModel;
import java.awt.image.WritableRaster;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.Hashtable;

public class BufferedImageWrapper implements Serializable {
    public BufferedImage image;
    public BufferedImageWrapper(int width, int height, int imageType) {
        image = new BufferedImage(width, height, imageType);
    }

    public BufferedImageWrapper(int width, int height, int imageType, IndexColorModel cm) {
        image = new BufferedImage(width, height, imageType, cm);
    }

    public BufferedImageWrapper(ColorModel cm, WritableRaster raster, boolean isRasterPremultiplied, Hashtable<?, ?> properties) {
        image = new BufferedImage(cm, raster, isRasterPremultiplied, properties);
    }

    public BufferedImageWrapper(BufferedImage image) {
        this.image = image;
    }

    public BufferedImageWrapper() {}

    @Serial
    private void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream out) throws IOException {
        ImageIO.write(image, "png", out); // png is lossless
    }

    @Serial
    private void readObject(ObjectInputStream in) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
        image = ImageIO.read(in);
    }
}