Java image management interface (JIMI)

JIMI(JavaImage Management Interface) is a class library for the Java programming language. JIMI essentially provides functions for loading and saving images. JIMI was taken over by Sun from the original developer of the company Activated Intelligence. A whole set of different graphic file formats are supported by JIMI as for example Graphics Interchange Format( GIF), Portable Network Graphics( PNG), JPEG, pixel file format( PCX), Photoshop, Targa, Tagged Image File Format( TIFF) or PICT.

A special feature of JIMI is the memory-performant processing of very large graphic file formats, which is also called smart scrolling in the documentation. Only the part of the image that is currently being displayed uses memory. This technique is made possible by a dedicated memory management system - Virtual Memory Management. There is also a separate image class for direct access to pixel values. For the display of both JIMI and AWT images, there is provision for setting filters for rotation and adjusting brightness as well as color gradations. In contrast to AWT images, images processed with JIMI can also be serialized.

Further information such as documentation, examples and the JIMI library can be found at the link below.