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Multi-resolution Images

The purpose of Java Enhancement Proposal 251 was to create a new API that supports multi-resolution images. Specifically, to allow a multi-resolution image to encapsulate several resolution variants of the same image. This new API will be located in the java.awt.image package. The following diagram shows how multi-resolution can encapsulate a set of images, with different resolutions, into a single image:

This new API will give developers the ability to retrieve all image variants or retrieve a resolution-specific image. This is a powerful set of capabilities. The java.awt.Graphics class will be used to retrieve the ...

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