Mark Stephens

  https://www.idrsolutions.com Mark founded the company and has worked with Java and PDF since 1997. The original creator of the core code, he is also a NetBeans enthusiast who enjoys speaking at conferences and reading. He holds an Athletics Blue and an MA in Mediaeval History from St. Andrews University.

   



196 Stories by Mark Stephens

How does Java handle different Images and ColorSpaces – Part 1

One of the attractions of Java is the way it abstracts and simplifies many programming constructs. In place of Tiffs, PNGs, JPEGs and other...
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What are the WMF and EMF Image File formats?

What is an EMF file? EMF is a large metadata Windows file format designed to store high resolution images for high-quality image printing. It...
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How to use JDeps with multi-jars in Java

If you have followed previous instalments, you will know we have used JDeps to create a multi-jar file version of our JPedal Java library....
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How to find deprecated methods in Java

A Java deprecated method is one that should not be used because it is going to be removed (and often there is a better,...
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How to create a module-info file with JDeps

In this article, I am going to work through adding modules support to an existing Java application. I am using our JPedal (our Java...
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3 reasons Java developers switch to JDeli from ImageIO

ImageIO is build into the JDK and provides basic image support in Java. JDeli is a commercial image library for Java Developers from IDRsolutions....
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