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Class java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment 

java.lang.Object
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public abstract class GraphicsEnvironment
extends Object
This class specifies the graphics environment. The resources in this environment might be local or on a remote machine. The graphics environment consists of a number of GraphicsDevice objects and Font objects. GraphicsDevice objects are typically screens or printers and are the destination of Graphics2D drawing methods. Each GraphicsDevice has a number of GraphicsConfiguration objects associated with it. These specify the different configurations in which the GraphicsDevice can be used.

See Also:
GraphicsDevice, GraphicsConfiguration

Constructor Index

o GraphicsEnvironment()

Method Index

o createGraphics(BufferedImage)
Returns a Graphics2D object for rendering into the given BufferedImage.
o getAllFonts()
Returns all fonts available in this environment.
o getDefaultScreenDevice()
Returns the default screen graphics device.
o getFont(String)
o getFonts(TextAttributeSet)
Returns all Fonts available in this environment that match the specified AttributeSet.
o getImagingLib()
Returns a ImagingLib object that can used to process some/all of the imaging ops.
o getLocalGraphicsEnvironment()
Returns the local graphics environment.
o getPrintJob2D()
Gets a PrintJob2D object suitable for the the current platform.
o getScreenDevices()
Returns an array of all of the screen devices.

Constructors

o GraphicsEnvironment 
protected GraphicsEnvironment()

Methods

o getLocalGraphicsEnvironment 
public static GraphicsEnvironment getLocalGraphicsEnvironment()
Returns the local graphics environment.

o getScreenDevices 
public abstract GraphicsDevice[] getScreenDevices()
Returns an array of all of the screen devices.

o getDefaultScreenDevice 
public abstract GraphicsDevice getDefaultScreenDevice()
Returns the default screen graphics device.

o createGraphics 
public abstract Graphics2D createGraphics(BufferedImage img)
Returns a Graphics2D object for rendering into the given BufferedImage.

o getImagingLib 
public abstract ImagingLib getImagingLib()
Returns a ImagingLib object that can used to process some/all of the imaging ops. Can be null.

o getAllFonts 
public abstract Font[] getAllFonts()
Returns all fonts available in this environment.

o getFonts 
public abstract Font[] getFonts(TextAttributeSet attributes)
Returns all Fonts available in this environment that match the specified AttributeSet.

o getFont 
public abstract Font getFont(String fontFaceName)
o getPrintJob2D 
public abstract PrintJob2D getPrintJob2D()
Gets a PrintJob2D object suitable for the the current platform.

Returns:
a PrintJob2D object.
See Also:
PrintJob2D
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