Greetings --
I'm pleased to announce the second early access release (EA2) of the
Java(TM) Image I/O API. This API will be a part of the upcoming release
of the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (JDK 1.4, a/k/a Merlin).
Both the specification and the implementation have been updated
considerably since the first early access release in June. We look
forward to your comments on both the specification and the
implementation. Public discussion should take place on the
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The API is available for review on the Java Community Process web
site:
http://java.sun.com/aboutJava/communityprocess/review/jsr015/
This page has a complete specification in PDF format, as well as a
short users' guide for the API. The download links are not working
currently; they are supposed to be fixed by 2:00 PST today.
The EA2 implementation may be downloaded from the Java Developer
Connection (JDC) web site:
http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/earlyAccess/imageio/
The implementation bundles may be downloaded from this page. HTML
documentation is available for downloading and viewing. You will need
to be a member of the Java Developer Connection in order to access the
page.
Some information about the API from the web page follows:
The Java Image I/O API is a pluggable framework for image readers and
writers. It will allow applications to:
o Auto-detect installed plug-ins
o Choose plug-ins based on format name, file suffix,
file contents, or MIME type
o Access individual images in multi-image files
o Monitor reading and writing progress
o Provide progressive updates of images being loaded
o Read or write only a region of interest of an image
o Read only selected bands of an image
o Choose the output size of resolution-independent imagery
o Retrieve detailed image and stream metadata
o Work with unknown formats using generic interfaces
o Work efficiently with both random-access and streaming data sources
o Transcode between different formats
Enjoy,
Dan
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