Overview Summary

Module java.desktop

# Package javax.imageio.spi

package javax.imageio.spi
A package of the Java Image I/O API containing the plug-in interfaces for readers, writers, transcoders, and streams, and a runtime registry.

The `javax.imageio.spi` package contains service provider interfaces for reading, writing, and transcoding images, and obtaining image input and output streams, as well as a run-time registry that discovers installed instances of Image I/O service providers and allows new instances to be registered dynamically.

Since:
  1.4

- Related Packages
  Package
  Description
  javax.imageio
  The main package of the Java Image I/O API.
  javax.imageio.event
  A package of the Java Image I/O API dealing with synchronous notification of events during the reading and writing of images.
  javax.imageio.metadata
  A package of the Java Image I/O API dealing with reading and writing metadata.
  javax.imageio.stream
  A package of the Java Image I/O API dealing with low-level I/O from files and streams.
- Class
  Description
  IIORegistry
  A registry for Image I/O service provider instances.
  IIOServiceProvider
  A superinterface for functionality common to all Image I/O service provider interfaces (SPIs).
  ImageInputStreamSpi
  The service provider interface (SPI) for `ImageInputStream`s.
  ImageOutputStreamSpi
  The service provider interface (SPI) for `ImageOutputStream`s.
  ImageReaderSpi
  The service provider interface (SPI) for `ImageReader`s.
  ImageReaderWriterSpi
  A superclass containing instance variables and methods common to `ImageReaderSpi` and `ImageWriterSpi`.
  ImageTranscoderSpi
  The service provider interface (SPI) for `ImageTranscoder`s.
  ImageWriterSpi
  The service provider interface (SPI) for `ImageWriter`s.
  RegisterableService
  An optional interface that may be provided by service provider objects that will be registered with a `ServiceRegistry`.
  ServiceRegistry
  A registry for service provider instances for Image I/O service types.
  ServiceRegistry.Filter
  A simple filter interface used by `ServiceRegistry.getServiceProviders` to select providers matching an arbitrary criterion.