NVision's JShapeFile library gives you a complete, well-tested, production quality, pure Java method to read and write ESRI shapefiles from your Java application.

JShapeFile is versatile. JShapeFile reads and writes all 14 shapefile types including 3-D shapefiles. Shapefiles can be read from the local file system, a networked drive, or even a remote Internet URL. JShapeFile is suitable for use in server-side applications, applets, and standalone desktop applications.

JShapefile is standard. Standards compliance is an often overlooked virtue of good software which helps make programs more future-proof and interoperable with other systems. JShapeFile will allow any developer to build shapefile support into applications quickly because of the library's predictable Java API. JShapeFile also has complete, well-written JavaDocs and numerous code examples to get your development team jumpstarted right away. NVision also provides our unique ShapeFile XML Specification which can be wired to JShapeFile for interoperability with other applications and Feature Data Specifications including those from the Open GIS Consortium using tools such as XSLT.

JShapeFile is robust. The NVision team developed this powerful libarary over a four year period with several design revisions. NVision uses JShapeFile in-house as well as in our customer's projects and our commercial products. In addition to being well-tested JShapeFile automatically validates data input and output to ensure compliance with the official ESRI Shapefile specification.