1. /*

  2.  * @(#)Transparency.java	1.20 03/12/19

  3.  *

  4.  * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.

  5.  * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.

  6.  */

  7. 

  8. package java.awt;

  9. 

  10. /**

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

  12.  * modes for implementing classes.

  13.  * @version 1.20, 12/19/03

  14.  */

  15. public interface Transparency {

  16. 

  17.     /**

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

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

  20.      */

  21.     public final static int OPAQUE            = 1;

  22. 

  23.     /**

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

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

  26.      * with an alpha value of 0.0.

  27.      */

  28.     public final static int BITMASK = 2;

  29. 

  30.     /**

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

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

  33.      */

  34.     public final static int TRANSLUCENT        = 3;

  35. 

  36.     /**

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

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

  39.      *		either OPAQUE, BITMASK or TRANSLUCENT. 

  40.      */

  41.     public int getTransparency();

  42. }