79 lines
3.7 KiB
Java
79 lines
3.7 KiB
Java
/*
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* Copyright (c) 1998, 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
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* DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
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*
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* This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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* under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
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* published by the Free Software Foundation. Oracle designates this
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* particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
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* by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
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*
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* This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
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* ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
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* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
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* version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
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* accompanied this code).
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*
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* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
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* 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
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* Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
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*
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* Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
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* or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
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* questions.
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*/
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/* ********************************************************************
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**********************************************************************
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**********************************************************************
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*** COPYRIGHT (c) Eastman Kodak Company, 1997 ***
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*** As an unpublished work pursuant to Title 17 of the United ***
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*** States Code. All rights reserved. ***
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**********************************************************************
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**********************************************************************
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**********************************************************************/
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package java.awt.image.renderable;
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import java.awt.image.RenderedImage;
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import java.awt.RenderingHints;
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/**
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* The RenderedImageFactory interface (often abbreviated RIF) is
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* intended to be implemented by classes that wish to act as factories
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* to produce different renderings, for example by executing a series
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* of BufferedImageOps on a set of sources, depending on a specific
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* set of parameters, properties, and rendering hints.
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*/
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public interface RenderedImageFactory {
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/**
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* Creates a RenderedImage representing the results of an imaging
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* operation (or chain of operations) for a given ParameterBlock and
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* RenderingHints. The RIF may also query any source images
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* referenced by the ParameterBlock for their dimensions,
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* SampleModels, properties, etc., as necessary.
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*
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* <p> The create() method can return null if the
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* RenderedImageFactory is not capable of producing output for the
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* given set of source images and parameters. For example, if a
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* RenderedImageFactory is only capable of performing a 3x3
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* convolution on single-banded image data, and the source image has
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* multiple bands or the convolution Kernel is 5x5, null should be
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* returned.
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*
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* <p> Hints should be taken into account, but can be ignored.
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* The created RenderedImage may have a property identified
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* by the String HINTS_OBSERVED to indicate which RenderingHints
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* were used to create the image. In addition any RenderedImages
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* that are obtained via the getSources() method on the created
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* RenderedImage may have such a property.
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*
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* @param paramBlock a ParameterBlock containing sources and parameters
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* for the RenderedImage to be created.
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* @param hints a RenderingHints object containing hints.
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* @return A RenderedImage containing the desired output.
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*/
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RenderedImage create(ParameterBlock paramBlock,
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RenderingHints hints);
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}
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