# Uses of Package
javax.imageio.metadata

Packages that use javax.imageio.metadata
Package
Description
javax.imageio
The main package of the Java Image I/O API.
javax.imageio.metadata
A package of the Java Image I/O API dealing with reading and writing metadata.
javax.imageio.plugins.tiff
Public classes used by the built-in TIFF plug-ins.
javax.imageio.spi
A package of the Java Image I/O API containing the plug-in interfaces for readers, writers, transcoders, and streams, and a runtime registry.

- Classes in javax.imageio.metadata used by javax.imageio
  Class
  Description
  IIOMetadata
  An abstract class to be extended by objects that represent metadata (non-image data) associated with images and streams.
- Classes in javax.imageio.metadata used by javax.imageio.metadata
  Class
  Description
  IIOInvalidTreeException
  An `IIOInvalidTreeException` is thrown when an attempt by an `IIOMetadata` object to parse a tree of `IIOMetadataNode`s fails.
  IIOMetadata
  An abstract class to be extended by objects that represent metadata (non-image data) associated with images and streams.
  IIOMetadataController
  An interface to be implemented by objects that can determine the settings of an `IIOMetadata` object, either by putting up a GUI to obtain values from a user, or by other means.
  IIOMetadataFormat
  An object describing the structure of metadata documents returned from `IIOMetadata.getAsTree` and passed to `IIOMetadata.setFromTree` and `mergeTree`.
  IIOMetadataNode
  A class representing a node in a meta-data tree, which implements the `org.w3c.dom.Element` interface and additionally allows for the storage of non-textual objects via the `getUserObject` and `setUserObject` methods.
- Classes in javax.imageio.metadata used by javax.imageio.plugins.tiff
  Class
  Description
  IIOInvalidTreeException
  An `IIOInvalidTreeException` is thrown when an attempt by an `IIOMetadata` object to parse a tree of `IIOMetadataNode`s fails.
  IIOMetadata
  An abstract class to be extended by objects that represent metadata (non-image data) associated with images and streams.
- Classes in javax.imageio.metadata used by javax.imageio.spi
  Class
  Description
  IIOMetadataFormat
  An object describing the structure of metadata documents returned from `IIOMetadata.getAsTree` and passed to `IIOMetadata.setFromTree` and `mergeTree`.