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 API for XML Processing (JAXP), the Streaming API for XML (StAX), the Simple API for XML (SAX), and the W3C Document Object Model (DOM) API.

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.