Java2D Overview

• Draw lines of any thickness

• Fill shapes with gradients and textures

• Move, rotate, scale, and shear text and graphics

• Composite overlapping text and graphics

For example, you could use the Java 2D API to display complex charts and graphs that use various line and fill styles to distinguish sets of data, like those shown in the following figure.

• storage and manipulation of image data

The Java 2D API also enables you to store and to manipulate image data--for example, you can easily perform image-filter operations, such as blur and sharpen, as shown in the following figure.

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