public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { // Create an SVG document. DOMImplementation impl = SVGDOMImplementation.getDOMImplementation(); String svgNS = SVGDOMImplementation.SVG_NAMESPACE_URI; SVGDocument doc = (SVGDocument) impl.createDocument(svgNS, "svg", null); // Create a converter for this document. SVGGraphics2D g = new SVGGraphics2D(doc); // Do some drawing. Shape circle = new Ellipse2D.Double(0, 0, 50, 50); g.setPaint(Color.red); g.fill(circle); g.translate(60, 0); g.setPaint(Color.green); g.fill(circle); g.translate(60, 0); g.setPaint(Color.blue); g.fill(circle); g.setSVGCanvasSize(new Dimension(180, 50)); // Populate the document root with the generated SVG content. Element root = doc.getDocumentElement(); g.getRoot(root); Writer out = new OutputStreamWriter(System.out, "UTF-8"); g.stream(out, true); // Display the document. JSVGCanvas canvas = new JSVGCanvas(); JFrame f = new JFrame(); f.getContentPane().add(canvas); canvas.setSVGDocument(doc); f.pack(); f.setVisible(true); }