Module java.desktop
Package java.awt

Class GraphicsEnvironment

java.lang.Object
java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment

public abstract class GraphicsEnvironment extends Object
The GraphicsEnvironment class describes the collection of GraphicsDevice objects and Font objects available to a Java(tm) application on a particular platform. The resources in this GraphicsEnvironment might be local or on a remote machine. GraphicsDevice objects can be screens, printers or image buffers and are the destination of Graphics2D drawing methods. Each GraphicsDevice has a number of GraphicsConfiguration objects associated with it. These objects specify the different configurations in which the GraphicsDevice can be used.
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