Provides classes to output java Shape objects to a vector-based output format, such as EPS (Encapsulated Postscript) or PDF (Portable Document Format). These classes are intended to allow the developer to save pictures in a higher quality format than the raster-based graphics objects provide.

The methods in the class are named more after a Postscript system than the Java system. Additionally, some abstractions are provided that may not exist in a particular output class (such as transparency). In this case, the feature is either ignored or emulated as closely as possible (transparency is provided by mixing the foreground color with the background color in Postscript).

There is also a PNG class included for the exporting of a raster file format. This class requires support from the JAI (Java Advanced Imaging) package, which must be downloaded separately from Sun (it is not included with Java 1.2 JDK releases). The JAI can be found at the following link:

http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/jai/

(Last Modified $Date: 2001/02/15 15:18:26 $ by $Author: jhealy $)