Learn JavaFX 17: Building User Experience and Interfaces with Java

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K. Sharan, P. SpäthLearn JavaFX 17https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7848-2_21

21. Understanding the Image API

Kishori Sharan¹   and Peter Späth²

(1)

Montgomery, AL, USA

(2)

Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany

 

In this chapter, you will learn:

• What the Image API is

• How to load an image

• How to view an image in an ImageView node

• How to perform image operations such as reading/writing pixels, creating an image from scratch, and saving the image to the file system

• How to take the snapshot of nodes and scenes

The examples of this chapter lie in the com.jdojo.image package. In order for them to work, you must add a corresponding line to the module-info.java file:

...

opens com.jdojo.image ...