How to read many images in java without memory leak -

i need read many images process them 1 after another. @ first used io library read each image:

file outputfile = new file(uri); bufferedimage imgbuff = imageio.read(outputfile); imgbuff.flush(); imgbuff = null; outputfile = null; 

however takes lot of memory , process crashes. after doing research found there many issues reading many images using java io library. used simple progam verify memory leak caused reading images using image http://tinyurl.com/ku3ff7w:

import java.awt.image.bufferedimage; import java.io.file; import java.io.ioexception;  import javax.imageio.imageio;  import org.junit.test;  public class memoryleaktest {    static file outputfile = null;   static bufferedimage imgbuff = null;    public static void main(string args[]) {     string uri = "/home/user/pictures/image.jpg";     outputfile = new file(uri);      (int = 0; < 15000; i++) {       outputfile = new file(uri);       try {         imgbuff = imageio.read(outputfile);         } catch (ioexception e) {          e.printstacktrace();       } {         if (imgbuff != null) {           imgbuff.flush();           imgbuff = null;         }         outputfile = null;       }     }   } } 

i have tried using imagej library, same problem occured converting image bufferedimage:

imageplus bb = op.openimage(uri); imgbuff = bb.getbufferedimage(); bb.killstack(); bb.flush(); bb.close(); 

i guess read images byte arrays , solve problem, solution not ideal. know if there library or method read many images in java without runing out of memory?

my solutions use img4java ( java interface imagemagick commandline).
in way delegate image manipulation external process freeing jvm go out fo memory.

see http://im4java.sourceforge.net/ , http://www.imagemagick.org/