Java Foundation Classes in a Nutshell

CHAPTER 10

Thejava.awt.color Package

The java.awt.color package includes the abstract ColorSpace class, which defines

methods necessary for converting colors between arbitrary color spaces. The pack-

age also contains implementations of the ColorSpace class based on data contained

in ICC profile files. (The ICC is the international color standards body.) Most appli-

cations do not need to use this package; it is requir ed only for applications that

per form sophisticated image processing or requir e extr emely accurate device-inde-

pendent color display. Figure 10-1 shows the class hierarchy of this package,

which is new in Java 1.2.

This package does not contain classes for repr esenting colors. See the java.awt.Color

class instead.

ABSTRACT CLASS

KEY

CLASS

java.lang

Object

RuntimeException

ColorSpace

ICC_Profile

java.awt.color

ICC_ColorSpace

ICC_ProfileGray

ICC_ProfileRGB

CMMException

ProfileDataException

Figur e 10−1: The java.awt.color package

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CMMException Ja va 1.2

java.awt.color serializable unchecked

Signals that an error has occurred in the internal color space management code.

public class CMMException extends RuntimeException {

// Public Constructors

public CMMException(String s);

}

Hierar chy: Object→ Throwable(Serializable)→ Exception→ RuntimeException→ CMMException

ColorSpace ...