Displaying .ai files in Java

I've been talking with an artist and she is planning to send me .ai files for a project I'm working on that is using Java for its front end. Unfortunately, I'm having a lot of trouble searching for this issue because search engines are replacing .ai with "a" (even when I specifically say not to) or are searching for artificial intelligence. O开发者_如何学运维bviously neither of those are what I'm looking for.

Is anyone aware of a Java library capable of rendering .ai files as static images?

.ai file are vector graphics, they shouldn't be used in production. When the final copy of your image is ready your artist should be sending you a .png / .jpg or similar end working file.

.ai stands for Adobe Illustrator and are intended for use only by Illustrator. It's like a developer creating .java files and sending them to a client, it's more likely they'd want a executable jar or a program installer.

Worst case scenario you should install CS5.5 (there's a trial version) and exporting the .ai files to a static file type yourself.