[Geotools-gt2-users] The following code hangs? WorldImageReader ...

[Jody G. <jga...@re...>]

Well I asked for an example of how to read a world + image file last 
month - so this month I am trying to write it myself.
>         File file = getImageFile( args );
>         WorldImageReader reader = new WorldImageReader( file );
>         final GridCoverage2D coverage = (GridCoverage2D) 
> reader.read(null);
>
>         System.out.println( coverage.getEnvelope() );
>         System.out.println( coverage.getRenderedImage() );
>         System.out.println( coverage.getRenderedImage().getData() );
>         coverage.show();
Problem is the code hangs (at least when using the earthlights.jpg and 
clouds.jpg available in the uDig sample dataset). Stepping through the 
code with a debugger shows the point of no return being ... line number 
2. new WorldImageRedaer( file ).

Navigating into the constructor shows the getHRInfo() method being 
fatal; it passes over control to IIORegistry...
A call called TextReader; used by TextMatrixImageReader is stuck in an 
endless loop.

The environment I am running is is 2.4-RC0; the setup was to dump 
everything into an eclipse project as per my recent wiki page.

Help?
Jody