The image input/output plugins have been extended for the modern Java platform 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 the current ImageReaders |
| getImageReadersByFormatName(String formatName) | Iterator of the current ImageReaders with the specified format name |
| getImageReadersByMIMEType(String MIMEType) | Iterator of the current ImageReaders of the specified MIME type |
| getImageReadersBySuffix(String fileSuffix... |