libjava/java/awt/Composite.java

   1 /* Composite.java -- graphics formed from composite layers
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  37
  38
  39 package java.awt;
  40
  41 import java.awt.image.ColorModel;
  42
  43 /**
  44  * This interface is for graphics which are formed as composites of others.
  45  * It combines {@link Graphics2D} shapes according to defined rules to form
  46  * the new image. Implementations of this interface must be immutable, because
  47  * they are not cloned when a Graphics2D container is cloned.
  48  *
  49  * <p>Since this can expose pixels to untrusted code, there is a security
  50  * check on custom objects, <code>readDisplayPixels</code>, to prevent leaking
  51  * restricted information graphically.
  52  *
  53  * @author Eric Blake (ebb9@email.byu.edu)
  54  * @see AlphaComposite
  55  * @see CompositeContext
  56  * @see Graphics2D#setComposite(Composite)
  57  * @since 1.2
  58  * @status updated to 1.4
  59  */
  60 public interface Composite
  61 {
  62   /**
  63    * Create a context state for performing the compositing operation. Several
  64    * contexts may exist for this object, in a multi-threaded environment.
  65    *
  66    * @param srcColorModel the color model of the source
  67    * @param dstColorModel the color model of the destination
  68    * @param hints hints for choosing between rendering alternatives
  69    */
  70   CompositeContext createContext(ColorModel srcColorModel,
  71                                  ColorModel dstColorModel,
  72                                  RenderingHints hints);
  73 } // interface Composite