/*
 * @(#)WritableRenderedImage.java	1.14 00/02/02
 *
 * Copyright 1997-2000 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 * 
 * This software is the proprietary information of Sun Microsystems, Inc.  
 * Use is subject to license terms.
 * 
 */

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package java.awt.image;
import java.awt.Point;

/**
 * WriteableRenderedImage is a common interface for objects which 
 * contain or can produce image data in the form of Rasters and
 * which can be modified and/or written over.  The image
 * data may be stored/produced as a single tile or a regular array
 * of tiles.
 * <p>
 * WritableRenderedImage provides notification to other interested
 * objects when a tile is checked out for writing (via the
 * getWritableTile method) and when the last writer of a particular
 * tile relinquishes its access (via a call to releaseWritableTile).
 * Additionally, it allows any caller to determine whether any tiles
 * are currently checked out (via hasTileWriters), and to obtain a
 * list of such tiles (via getWritableTileIndices, in the form of a Vector
 * of Point objects).
 * <p>
 * Objects wishing to be notified of changes in tile writability must
 * implement the TileObserver interface, and are added by a
 * call to addTileObserver.  Multiple calls to
 * addTileObserver for the same object will result in multiple
 * notifications.  An existing observer may reduce its notifications
 * by calling removeTileObserver; if the observer had no
 * notifications the operation is a no-op.
 * <p>
 * It is necessary for a WritableRenderedImage to ensure that
 * notifications occur only when the first writer acquires a tile and
 * the last writer releases it.
 *
 */

public interface WritableRenderedImage extends RenderedImage
{

  /**
   * Adds an observer.  If the observer is already present,
   * it will receive multiple notifications.
   */
  public void addTileObserver(TileObserver to);
 
  /**
   * Removes an observer.  If the observer was not registered,
   * nothing happens.  If the observer was registered for multiple
   * notifications, it will now be registered for one fewer.
   */
  public void removeTileObserver(TileObserver to);
 
  /**
   * Checks out a tile for writing.  
   * 
   * The WritableRenderedImage is responsible for notifying all
   * of its TileObservers when a tile goes from having
   * no writers to having one writer.
   *
   * @param tileX the X index of the tile.
   * @param tileY the Y index of the tile.
   */
  public WritableRaster getWritableTile(int tileX, int tileY);

  /**
   * Relinquishes the right to write to a tile.  If the caller 
   * continues to write to the tile, the results are undefined.
   * Calls to this method should only appear in matching pairs
   * with calls to getWritableTile; any other use will lead
   * to undefined results.
   *
   * The WritableRenderedImage is responsible for notifying all of
   * its TileObservers when a tile goes from having one writer
   * to having no writers.
   *
   * @param tileX the X index of the tile.
   * @param tileY the Y index of the tile.
   */
  public void releaseWritableTile(int tileX, int tileY);

  /**
   * Returns whether a tile is currently checked out for writing.
   *
   * @param tileX the X index of the tile.
   * @param tileY the Y index of the tile.
   */
  public boolean isTileWritable(int tileX, int tileY);

  /**
   * Returns an array of Point objects indicating which tiles
   * are checked out for writing.  Returns null if none are
   * checked out.
   */
  public Point[] getWritableTileIndices();

  /**
   * Returns whether any tile is checked out for writing.
   * Semantically equivalent to (getWritableTileIndices() != null).
   */
  public boolean hasTileWriters();

  /**
   * Sets a rect of the image to the contents of the Raster r, which is
   * assumed to be in the same coordinate space as the WritableRenderedImage.
   * The operation is clipped to the bounds of the WritableRenderedImage.
   */
  public void setData(Raster r);

}