Add GIF Encoder/Decoder Support

Name: rmT116609 Date: 07/29/2003


A DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUEST :
No standard GIF image encoder shipped with jdk 1.3/1.4

JUSTIFICATION :
Gif is a very common image format used on the web, it only makes sense to support both encoding and decoding.


CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
Currently, developers must use 3rd party libraries ... this is ok in the short term but having support in the jdk would be ideal.

(Incident Review ID: 192953)
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