Saving array of images to gif animation

Hi, i have a program that generates x images and i want to save these images into one gif file, and then show the file to the user as an animation. I know how to save individual files, but i'm not sure how to do this.
i appreciate any hints, tips, or you could even show me a plugin that i can figure out...
thanks

You won't write gif images into a single animated file with any of the core java libraries. If you do a google on 'java gif animation' you can get a few links to some free and some trial+pay libraries to help you out.
If all you want to do is show an animation to the user you don't have to create a gif to do that, make animations in java is easy...
If a file is what you want though make sure you research LZW, the patents may still hold up in some areas.. most places they don't.

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