Apache Batik

Batik is a pure-<a href="/facts/Java_/9ScgFyAL">Java</a> library that can be used to render, generate, and manipulate <a href="/facts/Scalable_Vector_Graphics/ARq5C3YV">SVG</a> graphics. IBM supported the project and then donated the code to the <a href="/facts/Apache_Software_Foundation/Xl9Tt9lE">Apache Software Foundation</a>, where other companies and teams decided to join efforts.
Batik provides a set of core modules that provide functionality to:

<ul><li>Render and dynamically modify SVG content,</li>
<li>Transcode SVG content to some raster <a href="/facts/Graphics_file_format/tLGQogv3">Graphics file formats</a>, such as <a href="/facts/Portable_Network_Graphics/mwgK6xw5">PNG</a>, <a href="/facts/JPEG/HQ8QS3uB">JPEG</a> and <a href="/facts/TIFF/TjBJcLeT">TIFF</a>,</li>
<li>Transcode <a href="/facts/Windows_Metafile/cdwb79jW">Windows Metafiles</a> to SVG (WMF or Windows Metafile Format is the vector format used by <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Microsoft Windows</a> applications),</li>
<li>And manage scripting and user events on SVG documents.</li></ul>
The Batik distribution also contains a ready-to-use SVG browser (called Squiggle) making use of the above modules.
The name of the library comes from the <a href="/facts/Batik/gzNjRaE3">Batik painting technique</a>.

Apache Batik open-in-new

Apache Batik