JDK 5.0 Image I/O-related APIs & Developer Guides -- from Sun Microsystems (original) (raw)

The Java Image I/O API Specification consists of the following packages:

javax.imageio
Contains the basic classes and interfaces for describing the contents of image files, including metadata and thumbnails; controlling the image reading and writing process; performing transcoding between formats; and reporting errors.

javax.imageio.event
Contains interfaces for dealing with synchronous notification of events during the reading and writing of images.

javax.imageio.metadata
Contains classes and interfaces for reading and writing image metadata.

javax.imageio.plugins.bmp
Contains a support class for the built-in BMP reader and writer plug-ins.

javax.imageio.plugins.jpeg
Contains some support classes for the built-in JPEG reader and writer plug-ins.

javax.imageio.spi
Contains service-provider interfaces for: readers, writers, transcoders; and includes a runtime registry.

javax.imageio.stream
Contains classes and interfaces for low-level I/O from files and streams.