This library is Free Software/Open Source. It is available under the Apache Software License.
Sanselan is pure-Java. It will run on any jvm, on any platform without modification. It has no dependencies. Sanselan only requires Java 1.4 or later.
Sanselan is easy to use. It has a simple, clean interface. Most operations are a single Sanselan method call. See our Sample Code for examples.
The core functionality is reading and writing a variety of image formats. See the list of Supported Formats.
Sanselan supports a number of format variations and uncommon features not supported by other image libraries.
Sanselan does more than read and write images. Reading image info (image size, colorspace, bit depth, etc.) and metadata is easy and does not require reading the entire image.
Sanselan supports reading and writing a variety of metadata in a structured way, including EXIF metadata.
Sanselan provides a consistent api across a variety of image formats.
Sanselan is network-aware. Sanselan will only read the data it needs. Reading most image info and metadata only requires reading a header.
Sanselan was written with an eye to correctness and code clarity rather than efficiency.
Commons Sanselan
