# Uses of Interface
javax.imageio.stream.ImageOutputStream

Packages that use ImageOutputStream
Package | Description
--- | ---
javax.imageio | The main package of the Java Image I/O API.
javax.imageio.spi | A package of the Java Image I/O API containing the plug-in interfaces for readers, writers, transcoders, and streams, and a runtime registry.
javax.imageio.stream | A package of the Java Image I/O API dealing with low-level I/O from files and streams.

## Uses of ImageOutputStream in javax.imageio

Methods in javax.imageio that return ImageOutputStream
Modifier and Type | Method | Description
--- | --- | ---
`static ImageOutputStream` | ImageIO.`createImageOutputStream​(Object output)` | Returns an `ImageOutputStream` that will send its output to the given `Object`.

Methods in javax.imageio with parameters of type ImageOutputStream
Modifier and Type | Method | Description
--- | --- | ---
`static boolean` | ImageIO.`write​(RenderedImage im, String formatName, ImageOutputStream output)` | Writes an image using the an arbitrary `ImageWriter` that supports the given format to an `ImageOutputStream`.

## Uses of ImageOutputStream in javax.imageio.spi

Methods in javax.imageio.spi that return ImageOutputStream
Modifier and Type | Method | Description
--- | --- | ---
`ImageOutputStream` | ImageOutputStreamSpi.`createOutputStreamInstance​(Object output)` | Returns an instance of the `ImageOutputStream` implementation associated with this service provider.
`abstract ImageOutputStream` | ImageOutputStreamSpi.`createOutputStreamInstance​(Object output, boolean useCache, File cacheDir)` | Returns an instance of the `ImageOutputStream` implementation associated with this service provider.

## Uses of ImageOutputStream in javax.imageio.stream

Classes in javax.imageio.stream that implement ImageOutputStream
Modifier and Type | Class | Description
--- | --- | ---
`class` | `FileCacheImageOutputStream` | An implementation of `ImageOutputStream` that writes its output to a regular `OutputStream`.
`class` | `FileImageOutputStream` | An implementation of `ImageOutputStream` that writes its output directly to a `File` or `RandomAccessFile`.
`class` | `ImageOutputStreamImpl` | An abstract class implementing the `ImageOutputStream` interface.
`class` | `MemoryCacheImageOutputStream` | An implementation of `ImageOutputStream` that writes its output to a regular `OutputStream`.