From 6bc5bf18c4017746a291e98c18757016f1980022 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Hochmuth <mhochmuth@north.io>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2024 10:09:37 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] TIFF plugin: accept byte-type for fields in getAsInts

---
 .../it/geosolutions/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFField.java  | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/plugin/tiff/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFField.java b/plugin/tiff/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFField.java
index da674d0cc..dcadbb83d 100644
--- a/plugin/tiff/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFField.java
+++ b/plugin/tiff/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFField.java
@@ -868,9 +868,16 @@ public int[] getAsInts() {
                 idata[i] = (int)sdata[i];
             }
             return idata;
+        } else if (data instanceof byte[]) {
+            byte[] bdata = (byte[])data;
+            int[] idata = new int[bdata.length];
+            for (int i = 0; i < bdata.length; i++) {
+                idata[i] = (int)(bdata[i] & 0xff);
+            }
+            return idata;
         } else {
             throw new ClassCastException(
-                                        "Data not char[], short[], or int[]!");
+                                        "Data not char[], short[], int[] or byte[]!");
         }
     }