1. /*

  2.  * @(#)Transparency.java	1.17 00/02/02

  3.  *

  4.  * Copyright 1997-2000 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

  5.  * 

  6.  * This software is the proprietary information of Sun Microsystems, Inc.  

  7.  * Use is subject to license terms.

  8.  * 

  9.  */

  10. 

  11. package java.awt;

  12. 

  13. /**

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

  15.  * modes for implementing classes.

  16.  * @version 1.17, 02/02/00

  17.  */

  18. public interface Transparency {

  19. 

  20.     /**

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

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

  23.      */

  24.     public final static int OPAQUE            = 1;

  25. 

  26.     /**

  27.      * Represents image data that is guaranteed to be either completely

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

  29.      * with an alpha value of 0.0.

  30.      */

  31.     public final static int BITMASK = 2;

  32. 

  33.     /**

  34.      * Represents image data that contains or might contain arbitrary

  35.      * alpha values between and including 0.0 and 1.0.

  36.      */

  37.     public final static int TRANSLUCENT        = 3;

  38. 

  39.     /**

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

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

  42.      *		either OPAQUE, BITMASK or TRANSLUCENT. 

  43.      */

  44.     public int getTransparency();

  45. }