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/**
* ContextualRenderedImageFactory provides an interface for the
* functionality that may differ between instances of
* RenderableImageOp. Thus different operations on RenderableImages
* may be performed by a single class such as RenderedImageOp through
* the use of multiple instances of ContextualRenderedImageFactory.
* The name ContextualRenderedImageFactory is commonly shortened to
* "CRIF."
*
* <p> All operations that are to be used in a rendering-independent
* chain must implement ContextualRenderedImageFactory.
*
* <p> Classes that implement this interface must provide a
* constructor with no arguments.
*/
/**
* Maps the operation's output RenderContext into a RenderContext
* for each of the operation's sources. This is useful for
* operations that can be expressed in whole or in part simply as
* alterations in the RenderContext, such as an affine mapping, or
* operations that wish to obtain lower quality renderings of
* their sources in order to save processing effort or
* transmission bandwith. Some operations, such as blur, can also
* use this mechanism to avoid obtaining sources of higher quality
* than necessary.
*
* @param i the index of the source image.
* @param renderContext the RenderContext being applied to the operation.
* @param paramBlock a ParameterBlock containing the operation's
* sources and parameters.
* @param image the RenderableImage being rendered.
* @return a <code>RenderContext</code> for
* the source at the specified index of the parameters
* Vector contained in the specified ParameterBlock.
*/
/**
* Creates a rendering, given a RenderContext and a ParameterBlock
* containing the operation's sources and parameters. The output
* is a RenderedImage that takes the RenderContext into account to
* determine its dimensions and placement on the image plane.
* This method houses the "intelligence" that allows a
* rendering-independent operation to adapt to a specific
* RenderContext.
*
* @param renderContext The RenderContext specifying the rendering
* @param paramBlock a ParameterBlock containing the operation's
* sources and parameters
* @return a <code>RenderedImage</code> from the sources and parameters
* in the specified ParameterBlock and according to the
* rendering instructions in the specified RenderContext.
*/
/**
* Returns the bounding box for the output of the operation,
* performed on a given set of sources, in rendering-independent
* space. The bounds are returned as a Rectangle2D, that is, an
* axis-aligned rectangle with floating-point corner coordinates.
*
* @param paramBlock a ParameterBlock containing the operation's
* sources and parameters.
* @return a Rectangle2D specifying the rendering-independent
* bounding box of the output.
*/
/**
* Gets the appropriate instance of the property specified by the name
* parameter. This method must determine which instance of a property to
* return when there are multiple sources that each specify the property.
*
* @param paramBlock a ParameterBlock containing the operation's
* sources and parameters.
* @param name a String naming the desired property.
* @return an object reference to the value of the property requested.
*/
/**
* Returns a list of names recognized by getProperty.
* @return the list of property names.
*/
/**
* Returns true if successive renderings (that is, calls to
* create(RenderContext, ParameterBlock)) with the same arguments
* may produce different results. This method may be used to
* determine whether an existing rendering may be cached and
* reused. It is always safe to return true.
* @return <code>true</code> if successive renderings with the
* same arguments might produce different results;
* <code>false</code> otherwise.
*/
boolean isDynamic();
}