# Package 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.

See: Description

Interface Summary
RegisterableService: An optional interface that may be provided by service provider objects that will be registered with a `ServiceRegistry`.
ServiceRegistry.Filter: A simple filter interface used by `ServiceRegistry.getServiceProviders` to select providers matching an arbitrary criterion.

Class Summary
IIORegistry: A registry for service provider instances.
IIOServiceProvider: A superinterface for functionality common to all Image I/O service provider interfaces (SPIs).
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.
ImageReaderWriterSpi: A superclass containing instance variables and methods common to `ImageReaderSpi` and `ImageWriterSpi`.
ImageTranscoderSpi: The service provider interface (SPI) for `ImageTranscoder`s.
ImageWriterSpi: The service provider interface (SPI) for `ImageWriter`s.
ServiceRegistry: A registry for service provider instances.

## Package javax.imageio.spi Description

A package of the Java Image I/O API containing the plug-in interfaces for readers, writers, transcoders, and streams, and a runtime registry.

The `javax.imageio.spi` package contains service provider interfaces for reading, writing, and transcoding images, and obtaining input and output streams, as well as a run-time registry that discovers installed service provider instances and allows new instances to be registered dynamically.

Since:
  1.4