The JAI Image I/O Tools library is actually a set of ImageIO codecs, so
we ARE using ImageIO. A normal Sun JDK doesn't have a TIFF codec behind
the ImageIO API, so this is why JAI Image I/O Tools is necessary. Maybe
IBM has a TIFF codec built in. I don't know.

On 11.09.2008 18:14:56 matt.accola wrote:
> 
> We are using Apache FOP 0.95 to produce TIFF images in CCITT T.6 format and
> the performance is quite poor. It seems Apache FOP is selecting the JAI
> Image I/O library to produce the images. Installing the native libraries
> helps with the compression but still we are seeing around 1 second / image
> which adds up over time.
> 
> The JDK also has an ImageIO library.  What is difference between this and
> JAI Image I/O tools?  Why is Apache FOP not using the ImageIO API?  Is there
> any way to force Apache FOP to use the ImageIO API?
> 
> My thought is, since ImageIO is a standard part of the JDK, using this
> instead of JAI Image I/O Tools might allow us to leverage a faster
> implementation built by a vendor, such as IBM. We run on IBM WebSphere in
> some deployments.
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> 


Jeremias Maerki


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