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1 /* Image.java -- superclass for images
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39 package java.awt;
41 import java.awt.image.AreaAveragingScaleFilter;
42 import java.awt.image.FilteredImageSource;
43 import java.awt.image.ImageFilter;
44 import java.awt.image.ImageObserver;
45 import java.awt.image.ImageProducer;
46 import java.awt.image.ReplicateScaleFilter;
48 /**
49 * This is the abstract superclass of all image objects in Java.
51 * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
52 * @since 1.0
53 * @status updated to 1.4
55 public abstract class Image
57 /**
58 * This variable is returned whenever a property that is not defined
59 * is requested.
61 // For debug purposes, this might as well be a unique string.
62 public static final Object UndefinedProperty
63 = new String("undefined property");
65 /**
66 * Constant indicating that the default scaling algorithm should be used.
68 * @since 1.1
70 public static final int SCALE_DEFAULT = 1;
72 /**
73 * Constant indicating that a fast scaling algorithm should be used.
75 * @since 1.1
77 public static final int SCALE_FAST = 2;
79 /**
80 * Constant indicating that a smooth scaling algorithm should be used.
82 * @since 1.1
84 public static final int SCALE_SMOOTH = 4;
86 /**
87 * Constant indicating that the <code>ReplicateScaleFilter</code> class
88 * algorithm should be used for scaling.
90 * @see ReplicateScaleFilter
91 * @since 1.1
93 public static final int SCALE_REPLICATE = 8;
95 /**
96 * Constant indicating that the area averaging scaling algorithm should be
97 * used.
99 * @see java.awt.image.AreaAveragingScaleFilter
100 * @since 1.1
102 public static final int SCALE_AREA_AVERAGING = 16;
105 * A default constructor for subclasses.
107 public Image()
112 * Returns the width of the image, or -1 if it is unknown. If the
113 * image width is unknown, the observer object will be notified when
114 * the value is known.
116 * @param observer the image observer for this object
117 * @return the width in pixels
118 * @see #getHeight(ImageObserver)
120 public abstract int getWidth(ImageObserver observer);
123 * Returns the height of the image, or -1 if it is unknown. If the
124 * image height is unknown, the observer object will be notified when
125 * the value is known.
127 * @param observer the image observer for this object
128 * @return the height in pixels
129 * @see #getWidth(ImageObserver)
131 public abstract int getHeight(ImageObserver observer);
134 * Returns the image producer object for this object. The producer is the
135 * object which generates pixels for this image.
137 * @return the image producer for this object
139 public abstract ImageProducer getSource();
142 * Returns a graphics context object for drawing an off-screen object.
143 * This method is only valid for off-screen objects.
145 * @return a graphics context object for an off-screen object
147 public abstract Graphics getGraphics();
150 * This method requests a named property for an object. The value of the
151 * property is returned. The value <code>UndefinedProperty</code> is
152 * returned if there is no property with the specified name. The value
153 * <code>null</code> is returned if the properties for the object are
154 * not yet known. In this case, the specified image observer is notified
155 * when the properties are known.
157 * @param name the requested property name
158 * @param observer the image observer for this object
159 * @return the named property, if available
160 * @see #UndefinedProperty
162 public abstract Object getProperty(String name, ImageObserver observer);
165 * Scales the image to the requested dimension. A new Image with asynchronous
166 * loading will be produced according to the hints of the algorithm
167 * requested. If either the width or height is non-positive, it is adjusted
168 * to preserve the original aspect ratio.
169 * If an illegal value of <code>flags</code> is passed,
170 * the default algorithm is used.
172 * @param width the width of the scaled image
173 * @param height the height of the scaled image
174 * @param flags a value indicating the algorithm to use
175 * @return the scaled <code>Image</code> object
176 * @see #SCALE_DEFAULT
177 * @see #SCALE_FAST
178 * @see #SCALE_SMOOTH
179 * @see #SCALE_REPLICATE
180 * @see #SCALE_AREA_AVERAGING
181 * @since 1.1
183 public Image getScaledInstance(int width, int height, int flags)
185 ImageFilter filter;
186 switch (flags)
188 case SCALE_AREA_AVERAGING:
189 case SCALE_SMOOTH:
190 filter = new AreaAveragingScaleFilter(width, height);
191 break;
192 case SCALE_DEFAULT:
193 case SCALE_FAST:
194 case SCALE_REPLICATE:
195 default:
196 filter = new ReplicateScaleFilter(width, height);
199 ImageProducer producer = new FilteredImageSource(getSource(), filter);
200 return Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().createImage(producer);
204 * Flushes (that is, destroys) any resources used for this image. This
205 * includes the actual image data.
207 public abstract void flush();
208 } // class Image