JDK-4055931 : Provide more image file format capability natively
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: client-libs
  • Sub-Component: 2d
  • Affected Version: 1.1,1.1.4,1.2.0
  • Priority: P5
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Duplicate
  • OS: generic,windows_95
  • CPU: generic,x86
  • Submitted: 1997-06-02
  • Updated: 1999-05-10
  • Resolved: 1999-05-10
Related Reports
Duplicate :  
JDK-4101949 - RFE: Add a pluggable Image I/O framework into Java 2 SE SDK
Description

Name: sgC58550			Date: 06/02/97


It would be /* really nice */ to have a little more image
file format capability natively.  Specifically, the ability
to save files in the supported formats (currently gif and jpeg).

Because of the limitations and proprietary nature of gif and jpeg
formats it would be nice to have a non-proprietary lossless 
format available.  Allow me to suggest PNG.  After all, it's even
been accepted by the www consortium as an image format.

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[Another user]


I would like to be able to load PNG images as
a java.awt.Image just as I currently can load
GIFs.  PNG is better than GIF, plus it's free.
Please add PNG support to AWT.

The PNG home page is at http://www.wco.com/~png/

joon.oh@Eng 1997-10-08
Comments
EVALUATION The user can use the jpeg classes to save images in jpeg (com.sun.image.codec.jpeg). The display of PNG files will be supported in the next JDK release so I am closing this bug as a duplicate of one asking for a generalize image file I/O package, which would allow PNG and other image files to be written. jeannette.hung@Eng 1999-05-10
10-05-1999