Java Media APIs: Cross-Platform Imaging, Media, and Visualization presents integrated Java media solutions that demonstrate the best practices for using this diverse collection. According to Sun MicroSystems, "This set of APIs supports the integration of audio and video clips, animated presentations, 2D fonts, graphics, and images, as well as speech input/output and 3D models." By presenting each API in the context of its appropriate use within an integrated media application, the authors both illustrate the potential of the APIs and offer the architectural guidance necessary to build compelling programs.

Contents

• Media, Imaging, and Visualization Programming on the Java Platform.

I. Graphics and imaging on the Java platform: the Java 2D, Java advanced imaging, and Java image I/O APIs.

• Imaging and Graphics on the Java Platform.
• Graphics Programming with the Java 2D API.
• The Immediate Mode Imaging Model.
• Image I/O Package.
• Java Advanced Imaging.

II. Time-based media: the Java media framework.

• Time Based Media and the JMF: An Introduction.
• Controlling and Processing Media with JMF.
• RTP and Advanced Time-Based Media Topics.

III. Visualization and virtual environments: the Java3D API.

• 3D Graphics, Virtual Reality, and Visualization.
• Creating and Viewing the Virtual World.
• Interaction with the Virtual World.
• Advanced Topics: The View Model and I/O Devices.

IV. : Bringing it all together: integrated Java media applications.

• Integrating Across the Java Media API.