Java: create graphics without awt?

Question

Is there any library out there to create graphics without using AWT?
What I need is simple drawing functions (like to draw a line) and text drawing functions to create graphics in memory for a Google app engine application. App engine does not support AWT.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Not unless you want to implement your own image class (say, a bitmap) and rendering algorithms for lines, shapes, images.

If you have experience with computer graphics and rasterization, this may not be very hard, but otherwise it will be more than you want to bite off.

Answer 2

You might try using SenseLan. In the requirements section, it says they don't use awt or ImageIO. Of course, there is the Images api but it seems fairly limited in what it offers.

Edit:

It looks like there are a couple of Python possibilities that could offer you some limited drawing capabilities. You could probably write appropriate image functionality as python web services, and keep the rest of the app in Java:

1. Replacing Functionality of PIL (ImageDraw) in Google App Engine (GAE)
2. http://denislaprise.com/2008/08/21/drawing-images-on-google-app-engine/

Answer 3

Use Batik for GAE which is available as a dependency of FOP on GAE.

You can also track the issue further on the Google app engine bug tracker where others have shared other ideas in the comments.