## com.sun.opengl.util
Class Screenshot

    java.lang.Object
      com.sun.opengl.util.Screenshot

    public class Screenshot

extends Object

Utilities for taking screenshots of OpenGL applications.

Method Summary
`static BufferedImage` `readToBufferedImage(int width, int height)` Takes a screenshot of the current OpenGL drawable to a BufferedImage.
`static BufferedImage` `readToBufferedImage(int width, int height, boolean alpha)` Takes a screenshot of the current OpenGL drawable to a BufferedImage.
`static BufferedImage` `readToBufferedImage(int x, int y, int width, int height, boolean alpha)` Takes a screenshot of the current OpenGL drawable to a BufferedImage.
`static void` `writeToFile(File file, int width, int height)` Takes a screenshot of the current OpenGL drawable to the specified file on disk using the ImageIO package.
`static void` `writeToFile(File file, int width, int height, boolean alpha)` Takes a screenshot of the current OpenGL drawable to the specified file on disk using the ImageIO package.
`static void` `writeToFile(File file, int x, int y, int width, int height, boolean alpha)` Takes a screenshot of the current OpenGL drawable to the specified file on disk using the ImageIO package.
`static void` `writeToTargaFile(File file, int width, int height)` Takes a fast screenshot of the current OpenGL drawable to a Targa file.
`static void` `writeToTargaFile(File file, int width, int height, boolean alpha)` Takes a fast screenshot of the current OpenGL drawable to a Targa file.
`static void` `writeToTargaFile(File file, int x, int y, int width, int height, boolean alpha)` Takes a fast screenshot of the current OpenGL drawable to a Targa file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Method Detail

### writeToTargaFile

    public static void writeToTargaFile(File file,
                                        int width,
                                        int height)
                                 throws GLException,
                                        IOException

  Takes a fast screenshot of the current OpenGL drawable to a Targa file. Requires the OpenGL context for the desired drawable to be current. Takes the screenshot from the last assigned read buffer, or the OpenGL default read buffer if none has been specified by the user (GL_FRONT for single-buffered configurations and GL_BACK for double-buffered configurations). This is the fastest mechanism for taking a screenshot of an application. Contributed by Carsten Weisse of Bytonic Software (http://bytonic.de/).

  No alpha channel is written with this variant.

  Parameters:
    `file` - the file to write containing the screenshot
    `width` - the width of the current drawable
    `height` - the height of the current drawable
  Throws:
    `GLException` - if an OpenGL context was not current or another OpenGL-related error occurred
    `IOException` - if an I/O error occurred while writing the file

### writeToTargaFile

    public static void writeToTargaFile(File file,
                                        int width,
                                        int height,
                                        boolean alpha)
                                 throws GLException,
                                        IOException

  Takes a fast screenshot of the current OpenGL drawable to a Targa file. Requires the OpenGL context for the desired drawable to be current. Takes the screenshot from the last assigned read buffer, or the OpenGL default read buffer if none has been specified by the user (GL_FRONT for single-buffered configurations and GL_BACK for double-buffered configurations). This is the fastest mechanism for taking a screenshot of an application. Contributed by Carsten Weisse of Bytonic Software (http://bytonic.de/).

  Parameters:
    `file` - the file to write containing the screenshot
    `width` - the width of the current drawable
    `height` - the height of the current drawable
    `alpha` - whether the alpha channel should be saved. If true, requires GL_EXT_abgr extension to be present.
  Throws:
    `GLException` - if an OpenGL context was not current or another OpenGL-related error occurred
    `IOException` - if an I/O error occurred while writing the file

### writeToTargaFile

    public static void writeToTargaFile(File file,
                                        int x,
                                        int y,
                                        int width,
                                        int height,
                                        boolean alpha)
                                 throws GLException,
                                        IOException

  Takes a fast screenshot of the current OpenGL drawable to a Targa file. Requires the OpenGL context for the desired drawable to be current. Takes the screenshot from the last assigned read buffer, or the OpenGL default read buffer if none has been specified by the user (GL_FRONT for single-buffered configurations and GL_BACK for double-buffered configurations). This is the fastest mechanism for taking a screenshot of an application. Contributed by Carsten Weisse of Bytonic Software (http://bytonic.de/).

  Parameters:
    `file` - the file to write containing the screenshot
    `x` - the starting x coordinate of the screenshot, measured from the lower-left
    `y` - the starting y coordinate of the screenshot, measured from the lower-left
    `width` - the width of the desired screenshot area
    `height` - the height of the desired screenshot area
    `alpha` - whether the alpha channel should be saved. If true, requires GL_EXT_abgr extension to be present.
  Throws:
    `GLException` - if an OpenGL context was not current or another OpenGL-related error occurred
    `IOException` - if an I/O error occurred while writing the file

### readToBufferedImage

    public static BufferedImage readToBufferedImage(int width,
                                                    int height)
                                             throws GLException

  Takes a screenshot of the current OpenGL drawable to a BufferedImage. Requires the OpenGL context for the desired drawable to be current. Takes the screenshot from the last assigned read buffer, or the OpenGL default read buffer if none has been specified by the user (GL_FRONT for single-buffered configurations and GL_BACK for double-buffered configurations). Note that the scanlines of the resulting image are flipped vertically in order to correctly match the OpenGL contents, which takes time and is therefore not as fast as the Targa screenshot function.

  No alpha channel is read back with this variant.

  Parameters:
    `width` - the width of the current drawable
    `height` - the height of the current drawable
  Throws:
    `GLException` - if an OpenGL context was not current or another OpenGL-related error occurred

### readToBufferedImage

    public static BufferedImage readToBufferedImage(int width,
                                                    int height,
                                                    boolean alpha)
                                             throws GLException

  Takes a screenshot of the current OpenGL drawable to a BufferedImage. Requires the OpenGL context for the desired drawable to be current. Takes the screenshot from the last assigned read buffer, or the OpenGL default read buffer if none has been specified by the user (GL_FRONT for single-buffered configurations and GL_BACK for double-buffered configurations). Note that the scanlines of the resulting image are flipped vertically in order to correctly match the OpenGL contents, which takes time and is therefore not as fast as the Targa screenshot function.

  Parameters:
    `width` - the width of the current drawable
    `height` - the height of the current drawable
    `alpha` - whether the alpha channel should be read back. If true, requires GL_EXT_abgr extension to be present.
  Throws:
    `GLException` - if an OpenGL context was not current or another OpenGL-related error occurred

### readToBufferedImage

    public static BufferedImage readToBufferedImage(int x,
                                                    int y,
                                                    int width,
                                                    int height,
                                                    boolean alpha)
                                             throws GLException

  Takes a screenshot of the current OpenGL drawable to a BufferedImage. Requires the OpenGL context for the desired drawable to be current. Takes the screenshot from the last assigned read buffer, or the OpenGL default read buffer if none has been specified by the user (GL_FRONT for single-buffered configurations and GL_BACK for double-buffered configurations). Note that the scanlines of the resulting image are flipped vertically in order to correctly match the OpenGL contents, which takes time and is therefore not as fast as the Targa screenshot function.

  Parameters:
    `x` - the starting x coordinate of the screenshot, measured from the lower-left
    `y` - the starting y coordinate of the screenshot, measured from the lower-left
    `width` - the width of the desired screenshot area
    `height` - the height of the desired screenshot area
    `alpha` - whether the alpha channel should be read back. If true, requires GL_EXT_abgr extension to be present.
  Throws:
    `GLException` - if an OpenGL context was not current or another OpenGL-related error occurred

### writeToFile

    public static void writeToFile(File file,
                                   int width,
                                   int height)
                            throws IOException,
                                   GLException

  Takes a screenshot of the current OpenGL drawable to the specified file on disk using the ImageIO package. Requires the OpenGL context for the desired drawable to be current. Takes the screenshot from the last assigned read buffer, or the OpenGL default read buffer if none has been specified by the user (GL_FRONT for single-buffered configurations and GL_BACK for double-buffered configurations). This is not the fastest mechanism for taking a screenshot but may be more convenient than others for getting images for consumption by other packages. The file format is inferred from the suffix of the given file.

  No alpha channel is saved with this variant.

  Parameters:
    `file` - the file to write containing the screenshot
    `width` - the width of the current drawable
    `height` - the height of the current drawable
  Throws:
    `GLException` - if an OpenGL context was not current or another OpenGL-related error occurred
    `IOException` - if an I/O error occurred or if the file could not be written to disk due to the requested file format being unsupported by ImageIO

### writeToFile

    public static void writeToFile(File file,
                                   int width,
                                   int height,
                                   boolean alpha)
                            throws IOException,
                                   GLException

  Takes a screenshot of the current OpenGL drawable to the specified file on disk using the ImageIO package. Requires the OpenGL context for the desired drawable to be current. Takes the screenshot from the last assigned read buffer, or the OpenGL default read buffer if none has been specified by the user (GL_FRONT for single-buffered configurations and GL_BACK for double-buffered configurations). This is not the fastest mechanism for taking a screenshot but may be more convenient than others for getting images for consumption by other packages. The file format is inferred from the suffix of the given file.

  Note that some file formats, in particular JPEG, can not handle an alpha channel properly. If the "alpha" argument is specified as true for such a file format it will be silently ignored.

  Parameters:
    `file` - the file to write containing the screenshot
    `width` - the width of the current drawable
    `height` - the height of the current drawable
    `alpha` - whether an alpha channel should be saved. If true, requires GL_EXT_abgr extension to be present.
  Throws:
    `GLException` - if an OpenGL context was not current or another OpenGL-related error occurred
    `IOException` - if an I/O error occurred or if the file could not be written to disk due to the requested file format being unsupported by ImageIO

### writeToFile

    public static void writeToFile(File file,
                                   int x,
                                   int y,
                                   int width,
                                   int height,
                                   boolean alpha)
                            throws IOException,
                                   GLException

  Takes a screenshot of the current OpenGL drawable to the specified file on disk using the ImageIO package. Requires the OpenGL context for the desired drawable to be current. Takes the screenshot from the last assigned read buffer, or the OpenGL default read buffer if none has been specified by the user (GL_FRONT for single-buffered configurations and GL_BACK for double-buffered configurations). This is not the fastest mechanism for taking a screenshot but may be more convenient than others for getting images for consumption by other packages. The file format is inferred from the suffix of the given file.

  Note that some file formats, in particular JPEG, can not handle an alpha channel properly. If the "alpha" argument is specified as true for such a file format it will be silently ignored.

  Parameters:
    `file` - the file to write containing the screenshot
    `x` - the starting x coordinate of the screenshot, measured from the lower-left
    `y` - the starting y coordinate of the screenshot, measured from the lower-left
    `width` - the width of the current drawable
    `height` - the height of the current drawable
    `alpha` - whether an alpha channel should be saved. If true, requires GL_EXT_abgr extension to be present.
  Throws:
    `GLException` - if an OpenGL context was not current or another OpenGL-related error occurred
    `IOException` - if an I/O error occurred or if the file could not be written to disk due to the requested file format being unsupported by ImageIO

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