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Images

These interfaces are for loading and uncompressing various image formats. You can use the imgILoader interface to load images.

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Interfaces

The following image related interfaces are available.

gfxIFormats
gfxIImageFrame
imgICache
imgIContainer
imgIContainerObserver
imgIDecoder
imgIDecoderObserver
imgIEncoder
imgILoad
imgILoader
imgIRequest
imgITools
nsIMozIconURI

Image Components

The following image components are available, which implement the corresponding interface above that is similar in name. There are special containers for animated images.

@mozilla.org/gfx/image/frame;2
@mozilla.org/gfx/image;1
@mozilla.org/image/cache;1
@mozilla.org/image/container;1
@mozilla.org/image/container;1?type=image/gif
@mozilla.org/image/container;1?type=image/x-mng
@mozilla.org/image/loader;1
@mozilla.org/image/request;1
@mozilla.org/image/tools;1
@mozilla.org/imgmanager;1

Image Decoders and Encoders

These components are used to decode and encode images of various formats.

@mozilla.org/image/decoder;2?type=image/bmp
@mozilla.org/image/decoder;2?type=image/gif
@mozilla.org/image/decoder;2?type=image/icon
@mozilla.org/image/decoder;2?type=image/inspector-bitmap
@mozilla.org/image/decoder;2?type=image/jpeg
@mozilla.org/image/decoder;2?type=image/jpg
@mozilla.org/image/decoder;2?type=image/pjpeg
@mozilla.org/image/decoder;2?type=image/png
@mozilla.org/image/decoder;2?type=image/vnd.microsoft.icon
@mozilla.org/image/decoder;2?type=image/x-icon
@mozilla.org/image/decoder;2?type=image/x-jng
@mozilla.org/image/decoder;2?type=image/x-png
@mozilla.org/image/decoder;2?type=image/x-portable-bitmap
@mozilla.org/image/decoder;2?type=image/x-portable-graymap
@mozilla.org/image/decoder;2?type=image/x-portable-pixmap
@mozilla.org/image/decoder;2?type=image/x-xbitmap
@mozilla.org/image/decoder;2?type=image/x-xbm
@mozilla.org/image/decoder;2?type=image/xbm
@mozilla.org/image/decoder;2?type=video/x-mng
@mozilla.org/image/encoder;2?type=image/jpeg
@mozilla.org/image/encoder;2?type=image/png

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