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Java 9: Building Robust Modular Applications

By : Dr. Edward Lavieri, Peter Verhas, Jason Lee
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Java 9: Building Robust Modular Applications

By: Dr. Edward Lavieri, Peter Verhas, Jason Lee

Overview of this book

Java 9 and its new features add to the richness of the language; Java is one of the languages most used by developers to build robust software applications. Java 9 comes with a special emphasis on modularity with its integration with Jigsaw. This course is your one-stop guide to mastering the language. You'll be provided with an overview and explanation of the new features introduced in Java 9 and the importance of the new APIs and enhancements. Some new features of Java 9 are ground-breaking; if you are an experienced programmer, you will be able to make your enterprise applications leaner by learning these new features. You'll be provided with practical guidance in applying your newly acquired knowledge of Java 9 and further information on future developments of the Java platform. This course will improve your productivity, making your applications faster. Next, you'll go on to implement everything you've learned by building 10 cool projects. You will learn to build an email filter that separates spam messages from all your inboxes, a social media aggregator app that will help you efficiently track various feeds, and a microservice for a client/server note application, to name just a few. By the end of this course, you will be well acquainted with Java 9 features and able to build your own applications and projects. This Learning Path contains the best content from the following two recently published Packt products: • Mastering Java 9 • Java 9 Programming Blueprints
Table of Contents (33 chapters)
Title Page - Courses
Packt Upsell - Courses
Preface
25
Taking Notes with Monumentum
Bibliography
Index

TIFF image input/output [JEP-262]


JEP-262 is pretty straight forward. For Java 9, the image input/output plugins have been extended to include support for the TIFF image format. The ImageIO class extends the Object class and is part of Java SE. The class contains several methods for encoding and decoding images. Here is a list of static methods:

Method

Return value

createImageInputStream(Object input)

ImageInputStream

createImageOutputStream(Object output)

ImageOutputStream

getCacheDirectory()

Current value of the CacheDirectory

getImageReader(ImageWriter writer)

ImageReader

getImageReaders(Object input)

Iterator of current ImageReaders

getImageReadersByFormatName(String formatName)

Iterator of current ImageReaders with the specified format name

getImageReadersByMIMEType(String MIMEType)

Iterator of current ImageReaders of the specified MIME type

getImageReadersBySuffix(String fileSuffix)

Iterator of current ImageReaders with the specified suffix.

getImageTranscoders(ImageReader reader)

Iterator of current...