1 /* Composite.java -- graphics formed from composite layers
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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    */
createContext(ColorModel srcColorModel, ColorModel dstColorModel, RenderingHints hints)70   CompositeContext createContext(ColorModel srcColorModel,
71                                  ColorModel dstColorModel,
72                                  RenderingHints hints);
73 } // interface Composite
74