Friday, October 3, 2008

Introduction to Java media programming

Learn the basics of Java-based multimedia with the Java Media and Communication APIs

Java as a versatile programming language has gained widespread acceptance in the two-plus years since its introduction. It is widely espoused as having the usual benefits with which we are all familiar: cross-platform portability, a fairly secure runtime environment, strong networking and connectivity APIs, and so on.

However, no one could credibly argue that the Java platform as we know it (the 1.0 and 1.1 core platforms) is a multimedia power house. In fact, far from offering a robust set of multimedia APIs, Java as a platform still is adding a great many features and gaining acceptance. Media support is only now beginning to roll into the core platform (as part of the upcoming 1.2 release, which will include the Java 2D API and Java Sound engine).

These developments show promise for Java's media capabilities. In future installments of this column we'll be exploring the many aspects of this promise.

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