Package javafx.scene.image

Provides the set of classes for loading and displaying images.

Interface Summary
Interface	Description
PixelReader	This interface defines methods for retrieving the pixel data from an `Image` or other surface containing pixels.
PixelWriter	This interface defines methods for writing the pixel data of a `WritableImage` or other surface containing writable pixels.

Class Summary
Class	Description
Image	The `Image` class represents graphical images and is used for loading images from a specified URL.
ImageView	The `ImageView` is a `Node` used for painting images loaded with `Image` class.
PixelFormat<T extends Buffer>	A `PixelFormat` object defines the layout of data for a pixel of a given format.
WritableImage	The `WritableImage` class represents a custom graphical image that is constructed from pixels supplied by the application, and possibly from `PixelReader` objects from any number of sources, including images read from a file or URL.
WritablePixelFormat<T extends Buffer>	A `PixelFormat` object representing a pixel format that can store full colors and so can be used as a destination format to write pixel data from an arbitrary image.

Enum Summary
Enum	Description
PixelFormat.Type	An enum describing the in-array storage format of a single pixel managed by a `PixelFormat`.

Package javafx.scene.image Description

Provides the set of classes for loading and displaying images.

The Image class is used to load images (synchronously or asynchronously). Image can be resized as it is loaded and the resizing can be performed with specified filtering quality and with an option of preserving image's original aspect ratio.
The ImageView is a Node used for displaying images loaded with Image class. It allows displaying a dynamically scaled and/or cropped view of the source image. The scaling can be performed with specified filtering quality and with an option of preserving image's original aspect ratio.

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