# Module java.desktop

module java.desktop
Defines the AWT and Swing user interface toolkits, plus APIs for accessibility, audio, imaging, printing, and JavaBeans.

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Module Graph:
Since:
  9

## Packages

Exports
Package
Description
java.applet
Provides the classes necessary to create an applet and the classes an applet uses to communicate with its applet context.
java.awt
Contains all of the classes for creating user interfaces and for painting graphics and images.
java.awt.color
Provides classes for color spaces.
java.awt.desktop
Provides interfaces and classes for interaction with various desktop capabilities.
java.awt.dnd
Drag and Drop is a direct manipulation gesture found in many Graphical User Interface systems that provides a mechanism to transfer information between two entities logically associated with presentation elements in the GUI.
java.awt.event
Provides interfaces and classes for dealing with different types of events fired by AWT components.
java.awt.font
Provides classes and interface relating to fonts.
java.awt.geom
Provides the Java 2D classes for defining and performing operations on objects related to two-dimensional geometry.
java.awt.im
Provides classes and interfaces for the input method framework.
java.awt.im.spi
Provides interfaces that enable the development of input methods that can be used with any Java runtime environment.
java.awt.image
Provides classes for creating and modifying images.
java.awt.image.renderable
Provides classes and interfaces for producing rendering-independent images.
java.awt.print
Provides classes and interfaces for a general printing API.
java.beans
Contains classes related to developing beans -- components based on the JavaBeans architecture.
java.beans.beancontext
Provides classes and interfaces relating to bean context.
javax.accessibility
Defines a contract between user-interface components and an assistive technology that provides access to those components.
javax.imageio
The main package of the Java Image I/O API.
javax.imageio.event
A package of the Java Image I/O API dealing with synchronous notification of events during the reading and writing of images.
javax.imageio.metadata
A package of the Java Image I/O API dealing with reading and writing metadata.
javax.imageio.plugins.bmp
Package containing the public classes used by the built-in BMP plug-in.
javax.imageio.plugins.jpeg
Classes supporting the built-in JPEG plug-in.
javax.imageio.plugins.tiff
Public classes used by the built-in TIFF plug-ins.
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.
javax.print
Provides the principal classes and interfaces for the Java Print Service API.
javax.print.attribute
Provides classes and interfaces that describe the types of Java Print Service attributes and how they can be collected into attribute sets.
javax.print.attribute.standard
Package `javax.print.attribute.standard` contains classes for specific printing attributes.
javax.print.event
Package `javax.print.event` contains event classes and listener interfaces.
javax.sound.midi
Provides interfaces and classes for I/O, sequencing, and synthesis of MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) data.
javax.sound.midi.spi
Supplies interfaces for service providers to implement when offering new MIDI devices, MIDI file readers and writers, or sound bank readers.
javax.sound.sampled
Provides interfaces and classes for capture, processing, and playback of sampled audio data.
javax.sound.sampled.spi
Supplies abstract classes for service providers to subclass when offering new audio devices, sound file readers and writers, or audio format converters.
javax.swing
Provides a set of "lightweight" (all-Java language) components that, to the maximum degree possible, work the same on all platforms.
javax.swing.border
Provides classes and interface for drawing specialized borders around a Swing component.
javax.swing.colorchooser
Contains classes and interfaces used by the `JColorChooser` component.
javax.swing.event
Provides for events fired by Swing components.
javax.swing.filechooser
Contains classes and interfaces used by the `JFileChooser` component.
javax.swing.plaf
Provides one interface and many abstract classes that Swing uses to provide its pluggable look-and-feel capabilities.
javax.swing.plaf.basic
Provides user interface objects built according to the Basic look and feel.
javax.swing.plaf.metal
Provides user interface objects built according to the Java look and feel (once codenamed Metal), which is the default look and feel.
javax.swing.plaf.multi
Provides user interface objects that combine two or more look and feels.
javax.swing.plaf.nimbus
Provides user interface objects built according to the cross-platform Nimbus look and feel.
javax.swing.plaf.synth
Synth is a skinnable look and feel in which all painting is delegated.
javax.swing.table
Provides classes and interfaces for dealing with `javax.swing.JTable`.
javax.swing.text
Provides classes and interfaces that deal with editable and noneditable text components.
javax.swing.text.html
Provides the class `HTMLEditorKit` and supporting classes for creating HTML text editors.
javax.swing.text.html.parser
Provides the default HTML parser, along with support classes.
javax.swing.text.rtf
Provides a class (`RTFEditorKit`) for creating Rich-Text-Format text editors.
javax.swing.tree
Provides classes and interfaces for dealing with `javax.swing.JTree`.
javax.swing.undo
Allows developers to provide support for undo/redo in applications such as text editors.
Indirect Exports
From
Packages
java.datatransfer
java.awt.datatransfer
java.xml
javax.xml javax.xml.catalog javax.xml.datatype javax.xml.namespace javax.xml.parsers javax.xml.stream javax.xml.stream.events javax.xml.stream.util javax.xml.transform javax.xml.transform.dom javax.xml.transform.sax javax.xml.transform.stax javax.xml.transform.stream javax.xml.validation javax.xml.xpath org.w3c.dom org.w3c.dom.bootstrap org.w3c.dom.events org.w3c.dom.ls org.w3c.dom.ranges org.w3c.dom.traversal org.w3c.dom.views org.xml.sax org.xml.sax.ext org.xml.sax.helpers

## Modules

Requires
Modifier
Module
Description
transitive
java.datatransfer
Defines the API for transferring data between and within applications.
transitive
java.xml
Defines the Java APIs for XML Processing (JAXP).

## Services

Uses
Type
Description
AccessibilityProvider
Service Provider Interface (SPI) for Assistive Technology.
AudioFileReader
Provider for audio file reading services.
AudioFileWriter
Provider for audio file writing services.
FormatConversionProvider
A format conversion provider provides format conversion services from one or more input formats to one or more output formats.
ImageInputStreamSpi
The service provider interface (SPI) for `ImageInputStream`s.
ImageOutputStreamSpi
The service provider interface (SPI) for `ImageOutputStream`s.
ImageReaderSpi
The service provider interface (SPI) for `ImageReader`s.
ImageTranscoderSpi
The service provider interface (SPI) for `ImageTranscoder`s.
ImageWriterSpi
The service provider interface (SPI) for `ImageWriter`s.
InputMethodDescriptor
Defines methods that provide sufficient information about an input method to enable selection and loading of that input method.
MidiDeviceProvider
A `MidiDeviceProvider` is a factory or provider for a particular type of MIDI device.
MidiFileReader
A `MidiFileReader` supplies MIDI file-reading services.
MidiFileWriter
A `MidiFileWriter` supplies MIDI file-writing services.
MixerProvider
A provider or factory for a particular mixer type.
PrintServiceLookup
Implementations of this class provide lookup services for print services (typically equivalent to printers) of a particular type.
SoundbankReader
A `SoundbankReader` supplies soundbank file-reading services.
StreamPrintServiceFactory
A `StreamPrintServiceFactory` is the factory for `StreamPrintService` instances, which can print to an output stream in a particular document format described as a mime type.