Multiresolution images

Java 11 includes an API that supports multiresolution images. Specifically, it allows a multiresolution image to encapsulate several resolution variants of the same image. This API is located in the java.awt.image package. The following diagram shows how multiresolution can encapsulate a set of images, with different resolutions, into a single image:

Multiimage resolution encapsulation

This new API will give developers the ability to retrieve all image variants or to retrieve a resolution-specific image. This is a powerful set of capabilities. The java.awt.Graphics class is used to retrieve the desired variant from the multiresolution image.

Here is a quick look at the API:

package java.awt.image;

public interface MultiResolutionImage {
  Image getResolutionVariant(float destinationImageWidth, 
    float destinationImageHeight);

  public List <Image&gt...