Extract a selected polygon from an image to a new image file in Java

A reference code to extract a selected shape (this case polygon, could be another shape like Rectangle) –

[java]

BufferedImage in = ImageIO.read(new File(sourceFilePath));

Rectangle bounds = inputPolygon.getBounds(); // Polygon inputPolygon

BufferedImage extractor =new BufferedImage(bounds.width, bounds.height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);

Graphics2D g = extractor.createGraphics();

polygon.translate(-bounds.x, -bounds.y);

g.setClip(polygon);

g.drawImage(in, -bounds.x, -bounds.y, null);

File extImageFile = new File(targetFilePath);

ImageIO.write(extractor, "png", extImageFile);

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