public static void setPixels(BufferedImage img,
                                 int x, int y, int w, int h, int[] pixels) {
        if (pixels == null || w == 0 || h == 0) {
            return;
        } else if (pixels.length < w * h) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("pixels array must have a length" +
                                               " >= w*h");
        }

        int imageType = img.getType();
        if (imageType == BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB ||
            imageType == BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB) {
            WritableRaster raster = img.getRaster();
            raster.setDataElements(x, y, w, h, pixels);
        } else {
            // Unmanages the image
            img.setRGB(x, y, w, h, pixels, 0, w);
        }
    }