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package java.awt.image;

import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;

import java.awt.geom.Point2D;

import java.awt.RenderingHints;

/**

 * This interface describes single-input/single-output

 * operations performed on {@code BufferedImage} objects.

 * It is implemented by {@code AffineTransformOp},

 * {@code ConvolveOp}, {@code ColorConvertOp}, {@code RescaleOp},

 * and {@code LookupOp}.  These objects can be passed into

 * a {@code BufferedImageFilter} to operate on a

 * {@code BufferedImage} in the

 * ImageProducer-ImageFilter-ImageConsumer paradigm.

 * <p>

 * Classes that implement this

 * interface must specify whether or not they allow in-place filtering--

 * filter operations where the source object is equal to the destination

 * object.

 * <p>

 * This interface cannot be used to describe more sophisticated operations

 * such as those that take multiple sources. Note that this restriction also

 * means that the values of the destination pixels prior to the operation are

 * not used as input to the filter operation.

 * @see BufferedImage

 * @see BufferedImageFilter

 * @see AffineTransformOp

 * @see BandCombineOp

 * @see ColorConvertOp

 * @see ConvolveOp

 * @see LookupOp

 * @see RescaleOp

 */

public interface BufferedImageOp {

    /**

     * Performs a single-input/single-output operation on a

     * {@code BufferedImage}.

     * If the color models for the two images do not match, a color

     * conversion into the destination color model is performed.

     * If the destination image is null,

     * a {@code BufferedImage} with an appropriate {@code ColorModel}

     * is created.

     * <p>

     * An {@code IllegalArgumentException} may be thrown if the source

     * and/or destination image is incompatible with the types of images       $

     * allowed by the class implementing this filter.

     *

     * @param src The {@code BufferedImage} to be filtered

     * @param dest The {@code BufferedImage} in which to store the results$

     *

     * @return The filtered {@code BufferedImage}.

     *

     * @throws IllegalArgumentException If the source and/or destination

     * image is not compatible with the types of images allowed by the class

     * implementing this filter.

     */

    public BufferedImage filter(BufferedImage src, BufferedImage dest);

    /**

     * Returns the bounding box of the filtered destination image.

     * An {@code IllegalArgumentException} may be thrown if the source

     * image is incompatible with the types of images allowed

     * by the class implementing this filter.

     *

     * @param src The {@code BufferedImage} to be filtered

     *

     * @return The {@code Rectangle2D} representing the destination

     * image's bounding box.

     */

    public Rectangle2D getBounds2D (BufferedImage src);

    /**

     * Creates a zeroed destination image with the correct size and number of

     * bands.

     * An {@code IllegalArgumentException} may be thrown if the source

     * image is incompatible with the types of images allowed

     * by the class implementing this filter.

     *

     * @param src The {@code BufferedImage} to be filtered

     * @param destCM {@code ColorModel} of the destination.  If null,

     * the {@code ColorModel} of the source is used.

     *

     * @return The zeroed destination image.

     */

    public BufferedImage createCompatibleDestImage (BufferedImage src,

                                                    ColorModel destCM);

    /**

     * Returns the location of the corresponding destination point given a

     * point in the source image.  If {@code dstPt} is specified, it

     * is used to hold the return value.

     * @param srcPt the {@code Point2D} that represents the point in

     * the source image

     * @param dstPt The {@code Point2D} in which to store the result

     *

     * @return The {@code Point2D} in the destination image that

     * corresponds to the specified point in the source image.

     */

    public Point2D getPoint2D (Point2D srcPt, Point2D dstPt);

    /**

     * Returns the rendering hints for this operation.

     *

     * @return The {@code RenderingHints} object for this

     * {@code BufferedImageOp}.  Returns

     * null if no hints have been set.

     */

    public RenderingHints getRenderingHints();

}