Module java.desktop

module java.desktop

Defines the AWT and Swing user interface toolkits, plus APIs for accessibility, audio, imaging, printing, and JavaBeans.

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Since:

9

Packages

Exports

Package	Description
java.applet	Provides the classes necessary to create an applet and the classes an applet uses to communicate with its applet context.
java.awt	Contains all of the classes for creating user interfaces and for painting graphics and images.
java.awt.color	Provides classes for color spaces.
java.awt.desktop	Provides interfaces and classes for interaction with various desktop capabilities.
java.awt.dnd	Drag and Drop is a direct manipulation gesture found in many Graphical User Interface systems that provides a mechanism to transfer information between two entities logically associated with presentation elements in the GUI.
java.awt.event	Provides interfaces and classes for dealing with different types of events fired by AWT components.
java.awt.font	Provides classes and interface relating to fonts.
java.awt.geom	Provides the Java 2D classes for defining and performing operations on objects related to two-dimensional geometry.
java.awt.im	Provides classes and interfaces for the input method framework.
java.awt.im.spi	Provides interfaces that enable the development of input methods that can be used with any Java runtime environment.
java.awt.image	Provides classes for creating and modifying images.
java.awt.image.renderable	Provides classes and interfaces for producing rendering-independent images.
java.awt.print	Provides classes and interfaces for a general printing API.
java.beans	Contains classes related to developing beans -- components based on the JavaBeans architecture.
java.beans.beancontext	Provides classes and interfaces relating to bean context.
javax.accessibility	Defines a contract between user-interface components and an assistive technology that provides access to those components.
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.plugins.bmp	Package containing the public classes used by the built-in BMP plug-in.
javax.imageio.plugins.jpeg	Classes supporting the built-in JPEG plug-in.
javax.imageio.plugins.tiff	Public classes used by the built-in TIFF plug-ins.
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.
javax.imageio.stream	A package of the Java Image I/O API dealing with low-level I/O from files and streams.
javax.print	Provides the principal classes and interfaces for the Java Print Service API.
javax.print.attribute	Provides classes and interfaces that describe the types of Java Print Service attributes and how they can be collected into attribute sets.
javax.print.attribute.standard	Package javax.print.attribute.standard contains classes for specific printing attributes.
javax.print.event	Package javax.print.event contains event classes and listener interfaces.
javax.sound.midi	Provides interfaces and classes for I/O, sequencing, and synthesis of MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) data.
javax.sound.midi.spi	Supplies interfaces for service providers to implement when offering new MIDI devices, MIDI file readers and writers, or sound bank readers.
javax.sound.sampled	Provides interfaces and classes for capture, processing, and playback of sampled audio data.
javax.sound.sampled.spi	Supplies abstract classes for service providers to subclass when offering new audio devices, sound file readers and writers, or audio format converters.
javax.swing	Provides a set of "lightweight" (all-Java language) components that, to the maximum degree possible, work the same on all platforms.
javax.swing.border	Provides classes and interface for drawing specialized borders around a Swing component.
javax.swing.colorchooser	Contains classes and interfaces used by the JColorChooser component.
javax.swing.event	Provides for events fired by Swing components.
javax.swing.filechooser	Contains classes and interfaces used by the JFileChooser component.
javax.swing.plaf	Provides one interface and many abstract classes that Swing uses to provide its pluggable look-and-feel capabilities.
javax.swing.plaf.basic	Provides user interface objects built according to the Basic look and feel.
javax.swing.plaf.metal	Provides user interface objects built according to the Java look and feel (once codenamed Metal), which is the default look and feel.
javax.swing.plaf.multi	Provides user interface objects that combine two or more look and feels.
javax.swing.plaf.nimbus	Provides user interface objects built according to the cross-platform Nimbus look and feel.
javax.swing.plaf.synth	Synth is a skinnable look and feel in which all painting is delegated.
javax.swing.table	Provides classes and interfaces for dealing with javax.swing.JTable.
javax.swing.text	Provides classes and interfaces that deal with editable and noneditable text components.
javax.swing.text.html	Provides the class HTMLEditorKit and supporting classes for creating HTML text editors.
javax.swing.text.html.parser	Provides the default HTML parser, along with support classes.
javax.swing.text.rtf	Provides a class (RTFEditorKit) for creating Rich-Text-Format text editors.
javax.swing.tree	Provides classes and interfaces for dealing with javax.swing.JTree.
javax.swing.undo	Allows developers to provide support for undo/redo in applications such as text editors.

Indirect Exports

From

Packages

java.datatransfer

java.awt.datatransfer

java.xml

javax.xml javax.xml.catalog javax.xml.datatype javax.xml.namespace javax.xml.parsers javax.xml.stream javax.xml.stream.events javax.xml.stream.util javax.xml.transform javax.xml.transform.dom javax.xml.transform.sax javax.xml.transform.stax javax.xml.transform.stream javax.xml.validation javax.xml.xpath org.w3c.dom org.w3c.dom.bootstrap org.w3c.dom.events org.w3c.dom.ls org.w3c.dom.ranges org.w3c.dom.traversal org.w3c.dom.views org.xml.sax org.xml.sax.ext org.xml.sax.helpers

Modules

Requires

Modifier

Module

Description

transitive

java.datatransfer

Defines the API for transferring data between and within applications.

transitive

java.xml

Defines the Java APIs for XML Processing (JAXP).

Services

Uses

Type

Description

AccessibilityProvider

Service Provider Interface (SPI) for Assistive Technology.

AudioFileReader

Provider for audio file reading services.

AudioFileWriter

Provider for audio file writing services.

FormatConversionProvider

A format conversion provider provides format conversion services from one or more input formats to one or more output formats.

ImageInputStreamSpi

The service provider interface (SPI) for ImageInputStreams.

ImageOutputStreamSpi

The service provider interface (SPI) for ImageOutputStreams.

ImageReaderSpi

The service provider interface (SPI) for ImageReaders.

ImageTranscoderSpi

The service provider interface (SPI) for ImageTranscoders.

ImageWriterSpi

The service provider interface (SPI) for ImageWriters.

InputMethodDescriptor

Defines methods that provide sufficient information about an input method to enable selection and loading of that input method.

MidiDeviceProvider

A MidiDeviceProvider is a factory or provider for a particular type of MIDI device.

MidiFileReader

A MidiFileReader supplies MIDI file-reading services.

MidiFileWriter

A MidiFileWriter supplies MIDI file-writing services.

MixerProvider

A provider or factory for a particular mixer type.

PrintServiceLookup

Implementations of this class provide lookup services for print services (typically equivalent to printers) of a particular type.

SoundbankReader

A SoundbankReader supplies soundbank file-reading services.

StreamPrintServiceFactory

A StreamPrintServiceFactory is the factory for StreamPrintService instances, which can print to an output stream in a particular document format described as a mime type.