Apache Batik


Batik is a pure-Java library that can be used to render, generate, and manipulate SVG graphics. IBM supported the project and then donated the code to the Apache Software Foundation, where other companies and teams decided to join efforts.
Batik provides a set of core modules that provide functionality to:
The Batik distribution also contains a ready-to-use SVG browser making use of the above modules.
The name of the library comes from the Batik painting technique.

Status

Batik was long the most conformant existing implementation and is just a small fraction behind Opera.
Version 1.7, made available on January 10, 2008, had an "almost full" implementation of the current state of the sXBL specification, a nearly complete implementation of SVG SMIL features, and some of the late October 2004 working draft.