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package java.awt;

/**

 * The <code>Transparency</code> interface defines the common transparency

 * modes for implementing classes.

 */

public interface Transparency {

    /**

     * Represents image data that is guaranteed to be completely opaque,

     * meaning that all pixels have an alpha value of 1.0.

     */

    public final static int OPAQUE            = 1;

    /**

     * Represents image data that is guaranteed to be either completely

     * opaque, with an alpha value of 1.0, or completely transparent,

     * with an alpha value of 0.0.

     */

    public final static int BITMASK = 2;

    /**

     * Represents image data that contains or might contain arbitrary

     * alpha values between and including 0.0 and 1.0.

     */

    public final static int TRANSLUCENT        = 3;

    /**

     * Returns the type of this <code>Transparency</code>.

     * @return the field type of this <code>Transparency</code>, which is

     *          either OPAQUE, BITMASK or TRANSLUCENT.

     */

    public int getTransparency();

}